Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-14
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BY ALFRED R. CALHOUN.
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hhTO. sir, no fashionable watering
ace for me; j want rest and
comfort during my holidays" said
Alick Freeman to his friend, Casper
Burns, with whom he was discussing
the place where they should,spend the
two weeks vacation allowed them by
the bank in which they were both
clerks, and of which their respective
fathers were directors.
I'VE had a good time at Saratoga last
year" said Casper Burns, adding, with
sly laugh, but you are afraid of meet
+ ing Miss Julia Fletcher there again:
well, | don't blame you; she is as rich
and pretty and heartless as you find
them"
NO, confound it, Casper, Miss Fletch-
err is all right, it is | who was the fool,
and a presumptuous one at that, for
thinking she looked more favorably on
me than she did on the score of fellows
who danced her like midges in the sun.
late fashion. Why, only the strongest
constitution can stand the dressing,
the driving, the dining and dancing of
those fashionable watering places. We
want rest, or, rather, change. Now
what do you say to Whites Inlet?"
Whites Inlet? Never heard of such
place" replied Casper.
Then III enlighten you" said Alick
Freeman, stopping in the midst Of
packing his trunk and turning 10 his
friend. whites Inlet is near Barne-
gat--"
"Down on the Jersey coast?'
Certainly; the fishing is good, the
shooting tip-top. and there is no such
place for boating and bathing. And
then it is pretty well out Of the world,
and the chances are wen be the only
visitors within miles"
"And we can wear out our old
clothes" interrupted Casper Burns.
''Of course. no one would think of
wearing anything but old clothes down
at Whites Inlet. oh. wen have a
splendid time, free as the winds. and
almost like being in state of nature"
II know. Alick, but people in a state
of nature eat and sleep; how are we to
obtain those necessary comforts?"
"The point is well taken" said Alick.
slamming down the lid of his trunk and
facing his friend. Right near the
mouth of the inlet there lives fisher
man named White"
''The inlet takes its name from him."
Just so; and he has all accommo-
dations necessary. ] sent him word
we'd be down next week. and he's ex-
pecting us"
Got any pretty daughters"
NO. that's the beauty of it: has no
one but his wife. and the only neigh
Dor is a mile and half away across the
inlet. Oh. wen have peace and no end
Of a good time" said Alck Freeman.
rubbing his hands in anticipation of
the pleasure in store for them.
The result Of this interview was that
the young men found themselves at
Whites Inlet within a week. After
leaving the ears they had TO go in a
wagon some 90 miles over a sandy road
that ran through a forest of funeral
pines and distorted scrub oaks, on
which the sun beat with tropical in
tensity and along which the mosquitoes
prowled in fierce. bloodthirsty bands.
The fisherman's house was perched on
a yerdureless bluff of white sand. with |
a swamp in the background and glori-
Gus expanse of blue ocean in front. IL |
the structure did not promise comfort it |
WAS certainly picturesque, and told OF |
wrecks and dangers along that treach-
erous coast.
One end of the cabin was the stern
section Of a wrecked schooner. with the |
name ELIZA Jane" still visible; the |
chimney of rusty iron had once done |
duty on a tugboat. and the Gothic door |
way was the under jaw of whale which
sam White had killed on thesoar, about
a mile from his cabin.
1T doesn't look promising. ] must
confess" said Alick Freeman. as they
got out OF the wagon which they had
hired at a round price TO fetch them
over. ~but it looks as if we might have
all the quiet here that heart could wish /
for" This was Alexis first visit TO the
place. which had been recommended 10
him by bachelor friend, and though
he pretended to like it he felt in his
heart that il was not all he desired.
'.It must be a splendid place for fish"
said Casper. with a grim smile.
"Oh. IT isl Why. there's no end OF
fish out there" said Aliek. waving his
hands at the water.
"If it isn't a good place for fish" con
tiuued Alick. ~then It's about the most
place l ever set eyes on.