Evening star., 1914-04-12

palms
well, well!' says I. 4Real wild palms, eh2 Ought
to plant few in Central Park.
Yes expect kept Andres fairly busy, explanin the
things didn't know about But he willin per-
former Meanwhile the sun has been climbin' steady
and warnin' things up amazin. gances aft, to dis
cover that Billy Bounce has doled himself all up in
light gray summer suit and white felt hat. Next Mr..
Robert appears from the cabin, having boomed out in
two-piece blue serge and silk shirt.
"Huh." says to Andres @Those guys must think
this spring thaw is goin' to last
We'll have it up to eighty by noon, says he
"Honest9" says /. and in my winter 1annels
and heavy suit. Guess III see if Ferdy didn't stow
thin things in his bag.
Had he? Say, Ferdy's in the habit OF spendin few
weeks at Palm Beach every winter and maybe you
member what fnicky dresser he is? What l picked
white SERGE with white silk socks and canvas
shoes to match, and straw lid
what ho!" says Mr.. Robert as strolls out Some
what resplendent, aren't you?"
"Ferdys idea" SAYS l. "There's two more suits Just
like this
"That's hot costume to start up the Wiggywash
in, says he
ooh I'm goin to be careful where sit, says I.
@NIaybe," says Andres, then again
1t did seem funny, though, here in the winter
time to be sport1n around in such gauzy OUTFIT.
didn't wear the straw lid long but tucked it under
seat and let the breeze blow through my vivid
locks.
Miles and miles we kept on up the gulf. past all kinds
of funny little Robinson Crusoe islands, until inly
Andres rolls his wheel hard over, heads towards the
shore that's just green streak off to the right and
that we'll be openin up the mouth of the
Wggywash in another half-hour.
"No hurry Andros' says Mr.. Robert. "This suits
rather we'll
didn't see how it could be improved on myself; but
Andres shrugs his shoulders and remarks, "You watt
GAY he's the wise boy, too. First off we begins to
make out punches of palns,-tall, feathery ones
clustered on low, marshy Islands. Shootn IN between
couple of these we finds windin channel. Hall
dozen and the next thing know we pointed
straight into the thckest, werdest stretch OF woods
you could think of. There palms, with their tall,
atticework trunks leann' at all angles; big live
oaks all draped with strings of gray Spanish moss like
so many bilious Christmas trees; and and then
reg lar whale of tree-cypress Andres sad-shootln
up fifty sixty feet with big branches strechin out
half as far; and clumps of green bamboo lookn like
overgrown willow plunes the Easter lid of pawn
brokers' bride And where there wa 1t trees there
bushes and big vines that crawled like snakes around
the trunks and out on the branches And birds All
coors all sizes, red fire, bright blue
yellow custard pie.
And in the middle of all this, twistin' and turnin
the Wiggywash Part of the time with the cypress
branches and creepers meetin overhead it
like goin' through tunnel; and in
places the channel up so it amt
noren twenty feet wide
@How's this for water thought asks
Andres.
"O-oo-oh Wowey!7 says I, takin' peek I
over the side. @Look at them fish"
"By Jove!' says Mr. Robert; while Billy
Bounce gurgles admirin
Honest. the river is fairly alive with 'em,
some three foot long if they an inch,-
SLIM ong-snouted things, that darted this
way and that like live
"Gars," says Andros, alligator gars.
They're no good. But there's plenty of trout,
and sailors choice and striped bass Il
And talk about clear water! Why, it was -
like seem EN- in the air. The bottom is MI