Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-17

This is serious. skipper. You cant
mean IT,"
You bet cant" says, sculling like
oil possessed with one arm and fight.
Ing pullets with the other
You're not going" says Van, de-
cided. "You're-slmply-not. Is he.
Martini
Il should say not" says t'other Twin.
Sol, IL you want more money-or as
sistants--or anything. why, all right.
But we want you. And we're going to
keep you"
That's settled then" says Van,
quick What kind Of help do you
want--and how many"
We'll" | says, cooling down a mite
of course I was pleased to md they
liked me so we'll. Well" ! says. ~
you could get somebody to cook and
help round the house may be l."
"A cook" says Van. Good! We
get cook-two cooks-ten OF en-. II
you say so. And we get EN- quick"
Lets get ashore first" says l. I've
got TO make the point there or well
get"
"Onr finish, hey?" he saws. ending
the sentence for me. "All right; make
the point" Then he got out a cigar
and went TO smoking.
But / want by no means sure we
would make the point. Twas tho
BASTARD end Of Ozone island was
aiming for. The tide set in strong
there and ! could see that the skin
would pretty nigh hit the beach, II
HAD luck.
We zigzagged along. Pretty soon
We got to where the waves was run.
ming higher. They commenced to slop
into the boat.
She'll go under, sure's you're born"
says l. IF can only keep her up Till
we get into shoal water"
II seem TO have acquired the cast.
away habit" says Van. Once In that
other boat of yours, Sol, and now in
this one. I must swear Off This Is
getting monotonous"
The swells run bigger as we neared
the point. The skiff was hall full and
the stopping and the motion stirred up
the menagerie. Such squealing and
squawking and Tapping you never
heard nor saw. Them hens was all
,over us and the pig underneath.
: We riz on a wave and begun to CAD.
SEE
Here we go.' yelled. Stand BY"
over We vent. The hens had the
best OF Ms in a way-they could fly
nfter fashion. | wished I could.
Lucky The water want more than
waist deep
plowed through the sand and
underto~ aud got to the beach. Hart.
ley come next. toting the pig by one
leg. The lear" wriggled loose and
headed for he pines. hurrahing like a
50 Wmill The most OF the hens had
sone on ahead.
"Humph" says somebody. You're
pretty wet, amt you?"
rubbed the wet sand out OF nv
eyes. There on sand hummock In
front OF US was girl. A Queer-looking
she was. too. Reminded mo
some of Hannah Jane Purvis. being
built on the same spare lines and hav.
ing the same general look Of being
oil corners. She had on a striped cali.
co dress stripes running up and down,
and her belt went across the middle OF
the stripes as straight as II twas laid
out with a spirit level. l couldn't see
her face good, for she had on q sun
bonnet and twas like peeking at her
a nail keg, but she had snap.
ping black eyes and moved quick, /
which want Hannah James way by .
good sight, I stood and stared at her. |
Il say you're pretty wet, amt you?"
she says again. louder. why don't |
you say something? Are you hard Of
hearing?"
Before could get my bearings
enough to answer Van Brunt comes
alongside. He was still hold
Ing the cigar stump In his mouth and
he had one of the Plymouth Rocks
the rooster, as 1t happensd-squeezed
tight under one arm.
Well, skipper he says, the Ark
has stranded and the animals may now
Hello. What? Who?"
He looked at the girl and she 1T him.
Then he says brisk:
Can you cook"