The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-03-28

ward me, followed Dy MS D~rOtherS.
In his hand he had a plant, and.
painting for breath, and with
sparkling eyes, he held it up to
me.
@Potatoesl potatoes! father"
he gasped out.
Eyes said Jack, acres and
acres of potatoes!"
my dear Ernest" said |, for
there was no mistaking the flow
err and leaf, and the light clear
green dubious roots, you have
indeed made a discovery; with
the potato we shall never ~starve."
"But come and look at them"
said Jack, come and feast your
eyes on thousands of potatoes
We hurried to the spot: there,
spread out before us, was a great
tract of ground. covered with the
precious plant.
ut would have been rather diff
ficult," remarked Jack, mot to
have discovered such a great
field"
Every likely" replied Ernest,
smiling; "but l doubt if you
would have discovered that it was
a potato field"
Perhaps not" said Jack, you
are quite welcome, at all events,
to the honor of the discovery;
I'll have the honor of being the
first to get a supply of them"
So saying, he dug up, with his
hands and knife, a number of
plants, and filled his game bag
with the roots. The monkey fol-
lowed his example, and scratch
ing away with his paws most
cleverly, soon had a heap beside
him. So delighted were with the
discovery, and so eager were we
to possess a large supply of the
roots, that we stopped not dig
ging until every bag, pouch, and
pocket was filled. Some wished
to return at once to F~alconhurst,
to cook and taste our new acqui-
sition; but this l overruled, and
we continued our march, heavily
laden, but delighted.
How" said l, "can we thank
the Giver of all these blessings,
sufficiently"
"Oh," said Franz, 1--WE a say,
We thank thee, o Lord, for all
thy goodness and mercy; and
bless us for Jesus Christ's sake.
Amen"
'That would not be sufficient"
said Fritz. do you think it would
be enough, just to say to father
and mother: Thank you for all
you do and not show that we
we're really thankful by loving
them and doing what we can to
please them?"
you are quite right, Fritz
said 1; Franz did not say all
that was necessary, he should
have added, Give me grace to do
Thy will, and to obey Thee in all
things"
AS we thus talked, we reached
the head of our streamlet, where
it fell from the rocks above in a
beautiful, sparkling, s%plashing cas-
cade. We crossed and entered the
tall grass on the other side. We
| forced our way through with dit
ficulty, so thick and tangled were
the reeds. Beyond this, the land
scape was most lovely. Rich trop-
ical vegetation flourished on ev-
cry side: the tall, stately palms,
surrounded by luxuriant ferns;
brilliant flowers and graceful
creepers; the prickly cactus,
shooting up amidst them; aloe,
jasmine, and sweet-scented vanil-
la; the Indian pea, and above all
the regal pineapple, loaded the
breath of the evening breeze with
their rich perfume. The boys
were delighted with the pineapple,
and so eagerly did they fall to,
that my wife had to caution them
that there were no doctors on our
territory, and if they became i'll,
they would have to cure them
selves as best they might.
This advice, however, seemed
to have small effect on my sons,
and showing Knips what they
wanted, they sent him after the
ripest and best fruit.
While they were thus employ
ed, l examined the other shrubs
and bushes. Among these | pres
emily noticed one which l knew
well from description to be the
karatas.
Come here, boys" said;
"here is something of far more
value than your pineapples. Do
you see that plant with long
pointed leaves and beautiful red
flower? That is the karatas. The
fflaments of the leaves make
capital thread, while the leaves
themselves, bruised, form an in
valuable salve. The pith Of this
wonderful plant may be used eth
ar for finder or bait for fish.
Suppose, Ernest, you had been
wrecked here, how would you
ave made a fire without match