Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-19
West Wind Drift
BY GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Copyright. 1850. BY George Barr Mocutohson
THIS STARTS THE STORY


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clinton, ~ ,,c.d ,nI,n -. ~,
as mar guotha,ds tor.ok. ~. .h,s
parry. iWo ~ ,otr"ies. transwtteer p ~,
" ooo., .0,s. 10 Sort,,-s air ~ az ,,r,,,
fuses ,,i 70 vp nasse,oers are Killed An NJ,
dnd mans Tbe boat sorinoa n i,ab n
sfptoS.vm sI'' eususs and fhsy take 10 the Hfs.
pohiC H., ,c.rntsy Inc Ho shio o,,d
iodtS, guy ,,,. psyctyai has oyo,,ed In.
dryt iyr 20 ~ IN, e1ptatr. he Ma ous,isd
cdtuav.e, ,o.,.J ,,,,fi,u 1y,on1 enc stee,s-
20 m'em,T .,asse,oers. 10th Mas CHrfon
ogSS Madame oboskv, a beautiful
"oUno Russton. shoto marked Interest
pS,cipaL AZ a most critical point
o,ad nM An exploration party, headed
s""p H. perciral, plants the Stars and
SSyrioss on The island and commences
~ 70 bmiid huts and prepare for long
stau EUer,p one II pressed into serp'ce
i o,d me pork 10 IN the hands of Per-
motss trouble for hin by refusing TO
pLs orders. and q cuone is formed
1y,. clinton ts on the "Ldndopor,
s!Jo ,rifh Madame Oboskv aidi,to and
oSetting act Percival IN his e,deapors.
fsI'u sI Nine Obosky ts IN love ,otth Per-
ona ,a, :" "''
,xn urpr TT coNrINuIEs
hNn -.
A S The days went oy-iohs Gays Una,
~ we're not governed oy any dayiieh'
saving law-the settlement TOOK on the
Tbero was the general warehouse from
which stores were dispensed sparingly by
agents selected for such duties. Womc!
and men went to market and carried
home the provender. fish market was
sstle'ish tsbis booths. a dispensary, and a gen.
nrai store where leather, cloths Of va
rous description. and furs were to be
had by reauisition.
" y, srearing NJ the a,spensarv pr
Cutit,n 70 n,ndScjno waa Ijn,ItaS h't +ha
Supply VI ,h,on 20 unrg, ahovt IL ',,a aa'
was thi"mt,vsonG tU,t,s w}th ty,ri,ie o IN
sIarea Ga ptIh tthst neonie took too no,,ch nnedi.
cine anyhow, o,
Medicine Is luxury. ne said. tine
more we stun into people the more they
want, ana the less tney take the sooner
they forget tneyre sick: As your doctor
set your broken bones: sew up your
gashes, and az that sort OF thins, but II
is sprecious little medicine III give to you
30 don get SICK: INC oniy epiaemiS we
can nave ner epia.mic of aeoS % AM
right. gentlemen?
Tho two young American doctors put
aside their dignity and grinned.
The wines and liquors from the Do.
rane we're brought ashore and locked
away in the cellar. beneath the, ware
house. It could be had only on the doc
tors orders
"T. won't hu-t any Of us TO d-ir,S moth.
inr but water for a while" said Percival
in discussing he matter: and e
sach other IL we let the croe alone There
will he no drinking on this island II
can helm IL / understand some OF YOU
men are planring TO nut the nuip of the
algaroba through process of fermenta-
IL ~"o anything 70 say about il. vow
DO nothing Of the sort I know that stun.
Its got more murder in 1t than anything
I've ever tackled. We can make flour
out OF that pulp, as some of you know,
Of IT, Besides, we can be decent longer
on -four than we can on chlca.
"wer, ANA a. barder "a ao without
s,obarco than wi,hout hooxe ana unless
we discover somethinq To take its Mace
wen be smokeless in a few weeks. Pro-
Emn,, WI, I, s uy no H xIi ~eoS .,,h.,,.v.a 10
sronerlv' sn " @ cured ed hut Il Won't be tobacco,
% I guess we may as we'll make up our
drinking, hope there's nothing in the
saving that the good die Young Because
II there is. we're in for an epidemic that
will wipe out four -fifths Of our popula-
tion in no time at ALI We're going to
be 80 good we'll die like flies"
The weeks wore on and the fields Of
sruin were harvested. The yield was not
avg one hut II was suftc'ant 20 tus-
tify the rather haphazard experiments.
The fifty odd acres Of wheat produce /
little over a thousand bushels. The
twenty-acre oat field had averaged
forty bushels. A few acres of barley.
sown broadcast in the calcareous loan
Primitive means for grinding the grain