Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-08

they were determined 10 go on some
where else and see II they could no
} find the dog.
After eating they packed up the
rest Of the lunch In the basket and
set out up the shore. n a short time
they found another field full 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
we'll when l think what / would do If
l were a dog" said Brother II just
wish l knew what goes on inside of
Aristotle's head"
They sat down to rest, aad Brother
looked at his watch. 1t was ten min
utes after four. Il think we shall
have to give it up" he said. at 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. a 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 II 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 lucklpss children!
You can see plai-lly that they are GO
ing to be lost again. The dog is al
ready lost, and now the dog hunters
will he lost, too.
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,
bur never stopping to pick anything
up. At half past five Brother said
that he thought II was about time to
see the CHI hnel. But the channel did
not appear. The fog was so thick that
they couldn't have seen it in any case
til; they we're almost up to it.
Al six o'clock Brother stopped short
and said, II didn't know we had gone
so far 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 a hundred steps when Sis
ter slipped on a stone that was COW
cred with seaweed. She went down
in a little heap, with cry of pain.
Brother went back to her.
IT'S my ANKLE" she said. II 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
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
Ooked up expecting to see the chan
lei and the bridge. But he saw moth
ng of the sort Instead he saw
what do you think?-a wrecked ship.
"Well. what do you think of that?"
ie said.
Sister stared and stared At last
he said: Lost again"
Lost. again" echoed Brother.
We've been going in the wrong direc-
ion all the time"
Running" said Sister. Running
way from home"
"And tumbing down and spraining q
ur ankles" +
You would think that they would a
ave cried, but they didn't. 1t was Il
o silly that Brother rolled on the Ii
ana and laughed, and Sister laughed II
1 spite of her ankle. L
"Well," said Sister. "what shall we
o? l cant walk. Oh, my scissors! II
Ow my foot hurts!" II
"I'll go home and get papa and the n
Orse and Wen drive up on the sand
nd get you" suggested Brother. 1T IL
i'll be low tide pretty SOON" A
NO sir. won't let you go. Do you HI
link I'm gOi:ig to sit here and wait HI
IF you, without even Aristotle to keep Il
e company? It's going to be dark. h,
ou've got to stay here with me till
finds u.s." Ell
Brother ran up on the sand dune al
see If there were any houses near. 1t
ut there was none that he could see. in
was lonely place. AS he stood &c
Gre he thought he heard dog bark,
r, far away. He thought that 1t 81
unded like Aristotle, though 1t was ST
Their mufiled and faint. Then 1t ar
npped. of
When he came back to her, Sister tn
Id: II want you to climb up on that
Up and see what It's like. Perhaps su
) could stay oil night on it." DIR
So Brother ran down the long wet
nd and splnshed through shallow Of