The Forrest City times., 1912-07-26
ANOTHER INTERESTING LETTER.
Mrs. Margaret Terry Darr, Writes Entertainingly of Their Summer
 Home on Sulliyan's Island.

having Boou time To write, which is
 the truth of the matter. was wait
 Ing too, until l had something new
 to write about and could also give
 our new address You may send our
 next mail to us at atAtlanticyille. S. C..
 Station 2, care of Miss Hattie Tay-
 Tor, for you see, here we are on SuIli-
 vans Island, for the summer, board
 ing with Mrs. Hattie Taylor. We
 moved Saturday afternoon We are l nicely located just about 300 feet
 from the car line and Station g.
 and about the same distance from
 the water when the tide is in. We
 have dandy breeze nearly all the l tlme-use cover at night.
 The car line runs through the mid
 dle of the Island. and there are 29 stations Oh the island. nearly all of
 them facing the front beach. in rows. 1 one row alter another. Ne are on l the second TOW.
 l Yesterday afternoon l put off my clothes and OH my kimona and lay on my bed, head 10 its foot in the finest 1 breeze, coming across tie water. and watched the big waves come rolling i ln until o'clock; when over in the l city everybody was sweltering in
 temperature Of 97. surely was glad ] to be moved. At We went out bath i ing. Son couldn't stay in long got 1 chilly, so l brought him in and dress ed hln4 and put on his overcoat, then i went back. l came in at 6:45-we
 have supper at 7;l5 The water sure. l yis fine. Sunday morning was my l tlrst experience and it really was 1 quite all experience. Edgar cant go
 Tn yet, on account of his treatment,
 but he put on some old pants, and no socks, and took off his shoes and wa l ded about. He thought he would l have quite joke on me-because | l have Ioked so much about knowing 1 how to swim, when 1 had not been in l the water-so he kept urging me on 1 further and further until l got out i beyond my depth, no one who can't swim should ever go out beyond his 1 waist without swimmer is with him l for the undertow is so strong. So a I big wave came along and out went my 1 feet and down my head, and l got such q dose of salt water as don't
 want again. 1t doesn't taste good, and my lungs got so full il took all 1 day to get over it. Once. just as l got on my feet, another big wave came along and down went again. It 1 wash | bit funny at the time and if i l had not known Edgar was wading out to help me, it would have been i still less funny. but when he caught ] my hand 1 came out alright. bout i 10 o'clock had fever to come up, s8 ached until 1 went 10 sleep that i night They say it was my bilious
 ness which caused the fever, and such a dose of salt water precipitated i il. Everybody who comes here has i just such spell-Or takes liver medi- i cine before c0ming-l got up feeling 1 fine yesterday morning. fever ana aching all gone. l took Salhepatica and Sodamel Sunday and that fixed
 me up. This is a great place for children, one of the healthiest places l for them in the world. People have
 brought children here as q last resort when they were almost dead, and in two days time, they were able 10 eat Son is crazy about his bathing suit.
 and wants it every little while, but he has been in only once each day yet, mY suit is mighty nice to0-black mohair trimmed in red-and my cap
 is real rubber and my hair never gets
 wet at al. whereas all the others do i There is quite q crowd here in the ] ilN GNts >t Gi dl NliiiNlIt tIi dtiI dti lldNt good time, one young lady, Florence Taylor, just l5, though larger than l am, and We are having such a good time l together. SEe is sitting here now
 wishing l wonld quit and go in with i her the tide is in now and looks so ] fine Yesterday we held hands and
 rode the breakers together. It is so ] much fun each holds the other up.
 and We laughed so much at each |. other getting our mouths full Peo-
 pie around do nothing but eat, sleep
 write, read do a little fancy work,
 and go bathing, fishing, grabbing, etc
 Edgar and got Up early this morn- ing and went out grabbing at }. The
 tide was out, and at it's lowest, then. We surely had q bushel of fun. I'm going every day. We got Us crab net apiece It is Q net about the size
 of a water bucket on an iron hoop the size of the top of bucket, on han
 de the length of hoe handle. The
 crabs are brought in with the tide
 when il first comes in for about two
 hours We caught 49 in an hour
 hour and half, about dozen more
 than big zinc bucket would hold
 m not especially crazy about eating
 them. but l am about catching them.
 It is certainly exciting 10 see the
 things swimming out past YOU and to grab them i'll your net. Every body
 has net The crabs are blue. green \ and brown, with red on their claws.
 They run away from you until you
 attack him then he rises up on his side
 or l reckon sits up on his tail and
 fights for fife with two long arms which have claws instead of hands. | The claws are two long 3-inch jaws
 with sharp points and saw-tooth edge
 inside. This is what they pinch and hold with and it is next to impossible
 to make one turn loose of anything.
 One pinched Edgar's thumbas he was \ getting it loose from his net. One
 got me by the heel of my stocking,
 but didn't get well fastened, so 1
 easily shook him out. Edgar stepped
 on two and proceeded to dance a jig
 had on my bathing suit and he had
 on his old pants and shirt (and
 nothing morel. We wade out nearly
 knee deep, and walk up and down on