Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-11-02

| to SAL; and then came long round Oh
! visits to bid farewell to all their friends.
This over, they embarked on board the
Barbados for Rio and Buenos Ayres.
Greatly were the girls amused at the tiny
| little cabin allotted to them and their
mother-a similar little den being taken
| possession of by Mr.. Hardy and the
boys. The smartness of the vessel and
the style of her fittings alike impressed
and delighted them. Sarah, their house
| maid, accompanied the party. She had
been left early an orphan, and had been
taken as nursemaid by Mrs. Hardy.
AS time went on, and the little girls no
longer required nurse, she had remain
ed as housemaid, and having no friends,
now willingly accompanied them. Mr..
Hardy had, to her great amusement, in
sisted upon her signing a paper agreeing,
upon her masters paying her passage, to
remain with him for a year; at the end
of which time she was to be at liberty
to marry or to leave them, should she
choose
The last looks which the party cast to-
ward England, as the Welsh coast sank
in the distance, were less melancholy
| than those of most emigrants. The young
people were all full of hope and excite,
ment, while even Mrs. Hardy felt bu'
little disposed to give way to sorrow
as 1t had been arranged that in three or
four years, if all went well, she should
bring her daughters over to England to
finish their education.
After an uneventful voyage across tht
Atlantic they finally arrived at the har-
Dor of Buenos Ayres, where the two great
rivers, the Uruguay and the Parana,
unite to form the wide sheet Of water
called the river La Plata. 1t was night
when the Barbados dropped her anchor,
and it was not until the morning that
they obtained their first view of their
future home. Their exclamation was
one of disappointment. The shores We're
perfectly fat. After the magnificent har-
Dor of Rio this uninteresting coast was
most disappointing.
What a distance we anchored from
the Shore" Hubert said. ct must be
three or four miles off,"
Not so much as that Hubert" Maud
insisted; mot more than two miles, l
should think
'The distance of objects across water
is very deceiving," said the captain. 1T
is from eight to nine miles to those build
ings you see."
"Why do we anchor such a long way
off, captainW asked Charley
Because the shore is so fiat that there
is no water for us to get in any closer.
In couple Of hours you will see boats
coming out to fetch you in; and, unless
it happens to be high tide, even these
cannot get to the beach, and you will
have to land in carts.''
GIN carts, Captain Trevor" they all re-
peated; "that will be a strange way of
landing"
eyes, it is" the captain answered. 81
think that we can safely say that the Ar
gentine Republic is the only country in
the world where the only way to land at
it's chief city is in cart"
Tide was fortunately high, and the boat
containing the Hardys and the lighter
portion of their luggage was able to get
up to the landing place without the carts
being called into use. AS they approach
ed the land they were hailed in hearty
voice, and greetings were exchanged be-
tween Mr.. Hardy and his friend Mr..
Thompson-a sunburnt-looking man with
a great beard-in a Panama hat and in
a suit of spotless white.
''Why, Mrs. Hardy" he said as they
landed, you hardly look day older than
you did when 1 last saw you fourteen
years ago. And now, if you please, we
will be off as soon as we can, for my
estancia is fifteen miles away. 1 have
made the best arrangements I could for
getting out; but roads are not a strong
point in this country, and we seldom
trust ourselves in wheeled vehicles far
out of the town. You told me in your
letters, Hardy, that the young people
could all ride. I have horses in any num-
Der, and have got in two very quiet ones,
with side saddles, which I borrowed from
some neighbors for your girls; but if they
prefer it, they can go in the trap with
Mrs HARDY"
ooh, no, please" Maud said; Il had
much rather ride"
To be continued.)