Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-13
CHAPTER XVII.
At poINT cEpAgTIAN-

Now the great rambling wooden hotel
In which Miss Elsie Kildare was staying
under care of her friends, the Van Liews,
though on the end Of telegraph wire and
within easy day IS steam of u railroad, was
not particularly far In crows Tight from
that uncharted river where the Port Edes
Law stranded on sand bar. The hotel, In
fact backed upon the Everglades and
faced the blue crisping waters of the Mex
lean gulf AT one side of 1t was planta-
ton Of sisal hemp, and beyond that thickets
of sawgrass, and beyond again cypress
trees and cabbage palms sprouting from
an underground which was bound into an
impenetrable cheval de frise with wait
a-bit thorn. At the other side were newly
planted umbrella trees two decrepit orange
I bushes without fruit, 90 luxuriant clumps
of elephants ears, and then struggles OF
palmetto scrub, right down to the soft
white banks Of gulf sand Beyond was
clear blue water with rickety wooden
wharf straddling mile out into it like
some uncouth gray legged centiped. And
beneath the water dented rusty food cans
grew intimate with the coral polyp.
In winter time Point Sebastian was a
resting place for nabobs of the north, and
a congregation spot for those delightful
A.Ita -, o,so,rhoro IN the dollar
Iii, NJ g., ,ho y.rrer month these
,,a..h, ,,aoria Ala tbejr nIeaspre living nj
~ saahoanhos ~ tho north or tbe hotels
- 49,, ,uo',ho,ios ard tho restbouse Mt
pa,,,. c,,tas,;ao ,oclod and covered most
=, a.. ,,,ri,s rrbo EIoridi,n xybo STAYS in
Elorido all sumner does so usually he
-, ~, t;,,h,,,..ss :, tho oxcheouar and
- -, 49,, - ..i,,, ,rbo c,,na m obstinate
~ 49,. Ill. eora,,aa ~, board in .
~ =. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n tortb ~ tho
apsii ~ III ,,io;ro r,aca
SIN 49, ,,,s :, e,,n,,ror season If sorts
-. p,,;u, Snh,stion which was merry
a,-,,h t. g., ,,,,, Most NIGHTS IN the
-, - ,ha IN . cbanrv score dancod
- 49,, IL - alaotric 1iob.s m tho
~. ~ o,,,lns ma IN tho cooI
-, ,La ,,ia,1as on,s;de ~ strait.
So ST., -, A., ,,ra,.,,,. Ska act,,, draft.
.urin.,a oo,,,non,s o,on repurv
.ns 1T, a,'',1a ;a, tho doll,;p,s ~
IN $50 ~, H. Kant WiIii,,ns
Wy, ~. tu;i'a 80 ,,,ar.air;no fa,,ors
.a h 800 e., lir,i,ad tjmo and
onousn w hH,a1 Gov o. "a.
sat - j., ~ ldar ~ ,ho;r
80 "a t,aa,.,, ,,ro,,ared ,bon.
pte'ty 'as' i.a .a,,,rorar,
se.'os
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ra',ioh Nai'oei nie' a. leso 49,
'here ne KNEW "hich sLoMa VIZ Eco au
vantage Oh nelhg uhiNersies i,an w
cause since at oAiof' anu Caiiioiiu 'io'
most successfully feiraiii lroiii ,oaoh'As
anything that is OF commercial use 10
any one except parsoh' or uootor' VI
schoolmaster' IL haouraliy ioiiows ui"'
fail to make avlng at nome ana uri'
across tne seas 800.
lie ana not make the sinallese seGres
about MS ADVENT. AS the newspapers i'"u
told them already, ne mad heeh on tue UNI
lucky Fort Edes wheh she came 10 Rriel,
but hau managed 10 get ashore ny mar
Vicious streak OF luck ana iouhu himself
at spot where less thah year aeo ne
had been wandering ABOUT Oh q shootliig
expedition. Thence he had made MS way
IN a uugout, DruSht from II Selhlhoie, 10
the MOTEL on Point SEBASTIAN, Noiia toue'
There was nothing surprising ABOUT IT,
He had had several opportunities Tor
drowning before that, but none Oh 'ueil
had ever come OH 90 he supposed that
the ParcR marked him out to lve Ana
what would they havef Ills shout.
At that period Mr., Patrick CANNED was
feeling extremely pleased with hlmself.
he hated the work at which ne mad peeh
engaged, as any man must nate nelng
mixed with swindle, be 1t great or small /
And the end seemed near; the END, con-
Joined to full success,
He had had struggle for 1t, because
once more Captain Kettle had felt inclined
to fight for his own hand rather than DO
all things for mere employers who only
moi n raiH al We Il Am
bel woke from that dead sleep on the
wheel grating of the upper bridge and
came down to learn of the tragedy OF the
plume hunters, which had taken place
during his unconsciousness that he got
the first hint of this. The little captain |