The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-06
A Boundless Sea.

Charles Lee. in st. Nicholas.
g#5 ia. A Boundless Sea. 49,. = s.
Benny was a little boy who lived by
a river that ran into the great ocean,
and he liked to sail ships so we'll that
his father made him six. all of a size,
with a boom and a gait and two sails
apiece. They were not really ships,
but he called them so. This was Ben
ny's feet. and in a little cove, where
the water was not too deep nor too
rough, he took great delight in sailing
his ships. They were named Pearl"
phoebe" Dolphin" Star Racer"
and Kate A.. -slss =. "a: b.. B. &....
Now, there was a great stirring about
in Benny's family, for grandpa, who
lived away out west, and who had a
ranch there had written to them to
come and join him, and help him raise
sheep and horses. So they began to
pack up their things; ( but, as they
could not take all, they sold some, and
some they gave away. Papa told Ben
ny he had better give his ships to his
playmates. :" g.. ,F .<&~ 80 .ss4-.
y "'Why, no." said Benny: II can't do
without my ships! I'll give the boys
my checkers and my ninepins, but l
can't give away my ships. I love my
ships!'' 49, .r.' .l.,~.. Il.
"And, with his mammals help, he
packed them the next day carefully in
a box, along with her 5 O'Clock tea
CUPS. s,.~ i'm ~ T.
There isn't even a brook on the
ranch!" papa said to mamma; "and all
the water has to be pumped with wind
mills, - Il. H., 49, -. 49,. -.
a., q Never mind,' she replied. Benny
has to leave the sea he loves, but he
shall not leave his ships. It may make
him happy to look at them and to re, re-
member. :9# go Z 5t III s:4s :. y . sirt g;ff
n In another month the little family
reached the far-off ranch where grand
pa welcomed them. Benny was very
happy. He had pony to ride upon.
:. and a dog to follow him, and some
lambs we're given to him for his own.
For three weeks Benny did not say one
{ word about his ships, but he did not
forget them. Wherever he went, he
, looked about to see if there was pond
.or brook, though ever, so little, but
there was not one. ~
g. .''Do you. like it here, Benny?" asked
grandpa, at the end Of three weeks, as
r they stood looking over the billowy
plains and pastures.
eyes, grandpa. / do" said Benny,
patting his dogs head, Call I want
! now is brook s. ~ '.-..,. $ ~.
And then he told his grandpa that
he had brought six ships, named Pearl,
d Phoebe, Dolphin. Star. Racer and
Kate. -."$>~T-' s = =. ~
Grandpa whistled. and then he
laughed. &t"& ....<
eve must sail them" he exclaimed
PIP But there is no water?' said
Benny. - .a.s ..-55< - -.
III Water is not the only element, nor
+ the only fuid,'' said grandpa. water
doesn't swell the sails :sa - 4 :.
FL mo, the wind does that" Benny ad-
mitted. - S7# ~ y w.
Grandpa now went to work and
made frame with six arms. and on
each arm he fastened q ship. On the
top OF his barn he fixed a strong pivot,
and on the pivot he put the frame, like
a wheel on its axle. When he came
down from the ladder, little breeze
was filling the sails, and the ships
were gently careering around. BY and
/ by it blew harder. and the ships in
i creased their speed. Benny shouted
for Joy, and called everybody to see.
""They are going sixty knots an
hour said his father
so now the ships had a place where
they could sail east west, south, north,
and many time they went so fast
that nobody could tell, not even. Benny,
B which was Pear, or which was Phoebe,
or which was Dolphin, Or Star, or Ra-
Ger. or Kate. 5;ss, t. ~