Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-12-20

to sail; and then came a long round Of
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
possession Of by Mr.. Hardy and the
boys. The smartness of the vessel AMI
the style Of her fittings alike impressed
md delighted them. Sarah, their house
maid. accompanied the party. She had
been left early an orphan, and had been
taken as u nursemaid by Mrs. Hardy.
AS time went on, and the little girls no
longer required II nurse, she had remain
ed as housemaid, and having no fri.n is.
now Willingly accompanied them. Mr..
Hardy had, to her great amusement, i'll
sisted upon her signing IL paper agreeing.
upon her masters paying her passage. to
remain with him for Il year; at the end
of which tiinc she was to be Mt liberty
to marry or to leave them, should she
chon-c.
The last looks which the party cast to-
ward England, as the Welsh coast sam.
- ~ WHY ~
than those of most cmigrants. The young
people were all full OF hope and excite
men;. while cvcn Mrs. Hardy felt but
little disposed to give way to SORROW,
rs it 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 uncventful voyage across the
Atlantic they finally arrived at the har.
Dor of Bucnos .Ayrcs, 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 tn ir
future home. Their exclamation was
one of disappointment. The shores We're
perfectly flat. After the magnificent har.
bor of Rio this unintcresting coast was
most disappointing.
"Wha Il distance We anchored from
the Shore" Hubert said. ut must be
three or four miles Off"
Not so much as that, HUBERT" Maud
insisted; mot more han two miles, 1
should think"
1.-The distance of objects across water
is very dcceiving,'' said the captain. ut
is from eight to nine miles to those build
ings you see."
why do we anchor such a long way
off. captain?" asked Charley.
because the shore is so flat that there
is no water for us to get in any closer.
In a couple of hours you will see boats
coming out to fetch you in; and, unltss
it happens to be high tide, even these
cannot get to the beach, and you will;
have to land in CARTS"
I'm carts. Captain Trcvor?' they all re.
poatcd: that will be n strange WAY OF
landing
Yes. it is" the captain answered. ~
think that we can safely say that the Ar.
gcntinc Republic is the only country in
the world where the only way to land III
its thief city is in a cart
Tide was fortunately high. and the hoat
containing the lIardys and the li.h cl
portion of their luggage was able to g t
up to the landing place without the carts
being called into use. AS they approai H.
cd the land they were hailed IN a hcnrty
voice. II greetings We're exchanged To-
tween MIR. Hardy aud his frieni Mr..
Thompson-a sunhurnt-lookins man will,
4 great beard-in Il Panama hat ana in
Il suit of spotlcss white.
why Mrs. Hardy" he said as they
landed. ''you hardly look a day older than
yon did when | last SAW you fourteen
years ago. And now. if Won please. /.
will he off as soon us we can, for m,
cstancia is fifteen miles away. have
made the best arrangements | could for
getting out: but roads are not a strong
point in this country. and We seldom
trust ourselves in wheeled vehicl $ f y
out of the town. You told me in Your
letters. Hardy. that the young peop'e
could all ride. have horses in any NM
her. and have got in two very quiet ones.
with side saddles. which | borrowed from
some neighbors for your girls: but if they
prefer it. they can 30 in The trap with
Mrs. Hard.."
'Oh, no. please" Maud said; 81 had
much rather ride"
ITO be continned.1