The sun., 1900-08-19
n and d.vour. II alive and kicking. like blood

on and devours awe ana kchlng'i ~ : pi0ou -
iul, and IL Is rather seldom that hunter gsets
Mr. Hardenborsh got and has mounted In his
foarng studio Il a particularly .nne, one
Although Mr, HsrdenboTRh has been house
boating on BarnegGt for about year he has
known the bay and frsquented Il for years back,
until he has lalen completely under the spell
Of the II has for those who become Ia
nilIar Slthlt. There Is mystetious something
about this long, winding strip OF water WIN le
sombrc shores which appeals strongly 20 those
who find charm In sense oi lonely remolenesi
from the world And yet the remotenoss, una
the loneliness for that matter. m the Case 0i
Bqrneaal Is purely hctitous you aIm may ,bs9 go
viii whirl you away In an hour or So 70 the most
densely EoIuiatsd Iert. o. ,ng T9uniLs ir. ytS yGSS
equal facility and turn In an order 10 New York
or Philadelphia that will be nllsd for you 90 the
same day. II 4 the lonellncsa and relnoteness
ruestes all the atmosphere of the bay with
soI! OF poetry all "a own f.. .,,,..
most 90 down 20 the Wide stretch near the mouth
Of Toms River some October evening and see
the sun sot behind the pine, and ccdafs that
fringe the mainland shore Nj llArdenoetGii
has a number Of water oolors ~ scenes Ike this
which are full of all the solemn mystery that
hangs over those scenes Eyen now WIN the
II is place as dusk begins 20 creep over the
water that makes you think @ou know what
Poe was trying 20 get nt when he wrote:
TWAS hard by the dim lake o. Aubsr
In III. Misty mIdrtglon Of wlsf
1t VS. down BY the dark turn Of Aube!
In the ghOul haunted woodland OF Welt
Now the Barnegat Bay mon do not want
the Impression TO get abroad that the bay Is
haunted by gh2uls or moslutoes either; De,
screens IN your hou-eboat windows, but
that Is a good idea on any. houseboat. And
IL may be- said that IL Is beginning 70 be found
ont that there are no better waters anywhere
around New York and philadelphia Tor holli"-
boating than Barnegat Bay I Is about ne
safest bit Of water 70 be found Tor one thing
and then there are so many places along both
shores where you can put IN inr co,nlnnnioa, iol,
and and another The usual way Of moving The
houscbDats Is 20 put them In tow OF sailing
craft Of some kind But tho bay IL so shallow
much anywhere YOU want 20 90. II Is tho
ideal way for hunters TO live, a. good many
Of them are hudng ogt somewh9t M 70 ne Sear ds,r
the bay TO the lnlet and beyond. After you
have got your househoat tho cost OF living
1, Just what you want TO make IT, And the
price Of a hou'eboat Is tritiilns compaarttd ppa "a
With that Of cottsge You hsye ne Isnq no
and eduin two houseboats. When you 1nish
hol.eHost keeping for the season nS a. you have
body be- IS trde ioT ookHs after It IN the winter.
But II does not need looking after o
studio and live down here altogether.
| have bought n little shanty At Ortley, on
the sound strip by the ocean, and my brother
aud will live there and will work there in
the winter when the bay Is frozen over. |
love the bay all the year round and some
times I think II l. more beautiful In the win
ter with it, reaches OF ice aud Its splendid WIN
ter sunsets behind the pines than at any, other
time. The absolute gypsy freedom OF the
lie is delightful and it does not seem a. though
| could ever coop myself up in town again;
II both ] am very fond Ny brother and |
are unmarried. we both Ike 1t here and feel
a. though /, at least, had come TO stay.
Besides his brother. Mr.. Hardenbergl'S :
only companion Il Nip. Nip is retired bird
dog-retred because he ha. reached the ago
limit, for he will be 10 next october. Nip and
his brother Tuck both came from Mr.; 1selin,I
kennels and are the po1sessors OF blue bird
dog blood-thst Is Nip Is, for Tuck dled not
fessiously was last fall when Mr.. Harden
bergh shot five quails over him He now
lives on the house boat sleeping In the upper
story over the studio whore Mr.. HardenberRh
sleeps. In fact, during all the nineteen years
of MA generous and honorable dog life, Mp
has mover been away from his master night.
Wherever Mr Hsrdenbergh has gone Nip
has gone and the two have travelled over a
good deal Of country together ia all those years.
Although he can't himself go shooting with
his master, he draws the line on any other
dogs going and II any other dog does 90
that dog gets licking the first time Mo
catches him. He lay In wait for a pointer
Mr. Hardenbergh had out with him not long
p 90 and punched him all over the pier when
he me of the boat AZ the landing