Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-12-02

where else and see If they could moi
find the dog.
After eating they packed up the
rest Of the lunch in the basket and
set out up the shore. n short time
they found another field fun Of wood
chuck holes, and they examined this
one just as carefully as the first. But
these were no signs Of Aristotle.
Il guess that / don't succeed very
well when think what / would do IL
were dog" said Brother Il just
wish l knew what goes on inside Of
'Aristotle's head"
They sat down to rest, and Brother
looked at his watch. 1t was ten min
utes after four. II think we shall
have to give it up" he said. ut is
time we were going home"
Seems to me it's sort OF misty"
said Sister.
Brother got up and looked out at
the ocean. Sure enough, fog was
coming up. In a few minutes the
thick mist came rushing in upon them,
and they could not see the ocean.
Thicker and thicker 1T grew as they
hurried back to the beach, and by the
time they reached the waters edge
they could not see fifty feet in any
direction.
They started back home, but alas
they had got completely turned round
in the fog, so that instead of really
going homeward they were going away
from home. What luckless children /!
You can see plai-ily that they are GO
ing to be lost again. The dog is al
ready lost, and now the dog hunters
will be lost, too. II
They walked and walked along the
edge Of the breakers, lodging the
water when it came too close, and
kicking at the seaweed and the shells,
but never stopping to pick anything
up. At half past five Brother said
that he thought it was about time to
see the channel. But the channel did
not appear. The fog was so thick that
they couldn't have seen it in any case
till they were almost up to it.
AT six o'clock Brother stopped short
and said, Il didn't know we had gone
so faE beyond that first field. Let's
rest minute and then run. It's sup
per time, and the folks will be worry
ing about us, Besides, cook is going
to have something for supper that
you like"
Whats that?" asked the little girl.
"YOu wait and see."
They rested for five minutes and
then began to run. They had not run
more than hundred steps when Sis
ter slipped on stone that was COW
cred with seaweed. She went down
in a little heap, with a cry of pain.
Brother went back to her.
Its my ankle" she said. 81 gave
it an awful twist"
She tried to get up, and Brother
helped her. But when she put the
hurt foot to the ground. she couldn't
bear her weight on it. She could only
hop along. holding on to Brother.
Then suddenly the fog began to clear
away. They sat down, and Brother
unlaced Sisters shOe-it was only a
sandal-and took it Off. Then he tied
his handkerchief around the injured
ankle. Once he had hurt his ankle in
the same way, and he remembered how
they had wrapped it up.
The fog kept on lifting, and Brother
looked up, expecting to see the chan
mel and the bridge. But he saw moth
ing of the sort. Instead, he saw
what do you think IA wrecked ship.
well, what do you think of thatP"
he said.
Sister stared and stared. At last
she said; "Lost again."
lost again." echoed Brother.
We've been going in the wrong direc-
ton all the time"
Running" said Sister. Running
away from home"
"And tumbling down and spraining
our ankles"
You would thfak that they would
have cried, but they didn't. 1t was
so silly that Brother rolled on the
sand and laughed, and Sister laughed
in spite of her ankle.
'Well," said Sister, "what. shall we
do? / can't walk. Oh. my scissors
how my foot hurts !"
'T'll go home and get papa and the
horse, and Wen drive up on the sand
and get yOu," suggested Brother. ut
will be low tide pretty soon"
mo, sir. won't let you go. Do you
think I'm gOiag to sit here and wait
FOR you, without even Aristotle to keep
me company? It's going to be dark.
You've got to stay here with me till
somebody finds u.s."
Brother ran up on the sand dune
o see if there were any houses near.
But there was none that lac could see.
It wos lonely place. AS he stood
here he thought he heard dog bark,
ar, far away He thought that 1t
sounded like Aristotle, though it was
ather mufled and faint. Then it
stopped.
When he came back to her, Sister
aid: 81 want. you to climb up on that
hip and see what it's like. Perhaps
We could stay all night on it."
So Brother ran down the long wet