The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-06

aldine. urniy. aS she tied
her hat securely beneath her chin.
Remember we do uot know the
coast: people who have lived here all
their lives say they never saw such
high tides before III til" C;rihp"cS.
Girls are such c..wrIis. murr*red
ten year old Lester, Sttllcnly. I'VE are
not afraid. are we, Keith"
kcirh was only eight, and accuS
toned to look up to his daring cousin
III al things, so he answered iofCily:
OF course not. We want TO play
WE are smugglers. and il the cave
Was safe for them it is for us. Gerry
don't know anything about it,"
Gerry saw that her brother was in
one Of his l,erverSe moods and for Il
nOueTI felt tempted to take Keith
with her 10 the store. His mother
had left him in her charge. and she
felt the responsibility keenly. But one
glance at the lowering sky convinced
iicr that she had better leave him be-
hind. since he already had :; severe
cold. SO bidding them both be good
boys. and not stir out of the house
uuyil she returned, she left them To
their own devices.
The high cliffs of Tohago looked
dark and lonely under the leaden skies:
White, curling waves We're leupng up
against them. aud heaps of frGth lay
on their sheer sides. Gerry could
hardly Send against the WIND. and
mad" slow progress toward the vii
lace.
The "trip was accomplished 1T last.
however. and she set out for home III
hu>te. She haued l.rstpr wouiG need
her W.'inI,". hut he was 50 Wilfui il
was not easy to tell what wild thing
II" might do. He seemed to think il
perfectly safe FOR HIM 10 venture on
TIL" cliffs at any time. though in stormy
weather even rhe old natives OF the
island gave them Il wild" berth.
The Kuthven fnmilv were whitening
in Tohngo, and on the present occa-
sion, Gerry'S father and mother had
gone on Il short cruise to the Grcnn-
dimes, accompanied 10y KeithS parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Danron, who owned !,
yacht. Their return had been looked
for before this; but the recent heavy
storms had delayed them Gerry
wished they would hurry back. fui. he
two restless boys were becoming" I'M
manageable.
49, '7''N u "'''''V" 'i'' VIM '"'''' sun
SaW heloW hef thN rae sweeping in.
ana Vie great. toamT waves t"apn"
up III Splehitof Il" break 20 pieces III IN"
abyss. me SKY WAS rs gray as III"
sea ana MOI Il living th!nG WAS III
sight save It lonely sea gun Swimming
ah"N" the surge.
mere St"uh IN" ilJtl" rntta@" beyond.
looking warm and cosy. with Il "irnm
o. h""iIGhl SHINING through on" az III"
WINDOWS. Gerry was -.:'H T." rs&"h
IL anu thrust her itr" jn>id" iue G"or.
thIiikLu- 10 SuiPrH" I'll" o"ES. hui was
herself surprise" 10 tind ~" room de
S'F'""' ~" east startled :.."nc" Il;
tie h"i-rAck III TN" hal. E"S. thrir
hi.lS ana coats 'Trr" MISSING. Eh"I
ma" as 'hrNch ;iAd con" ont IN NE
Wih". she mad S"'n - sign of th"m
along n" c'ifN-rouid l." SCR have n""n
=" l"oihardN rs I" seek IN" Sllu..
gers cave AFTER AM
ne h;'hdS OF the Lao" clock on I'll"
mahlel pointed to til" hour Of 1--WE.
Size had been absent an hour and Il
hail. In another minnt" she was out
III the open air and hurryinG along
the cl'Hs as fast as she wis able.
there was nothing III Sight: the whole
shore was empty over the long. dreary
eNpi'hSe' terror drove the color from
'heeh ana up. For the tide was rls-
ing ana II the hoyS were in the cave
'"eH were I'D great peru. with the wind
uasliihG the waves so nigh along the
ci'iis'
She dared not wait to alarm any of
rae heishnors -thrir dwellings stood at