The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-03-21

have heard their enormous
height described, and also the pc
~culiarity Of the arching roots sup
porting the main trunk raised
. above the SOIL
lust then little Franz came up
with a large bundle OF sticks, and
his mouth full Of something he
was eating with evident satisfac-
ton.
"oh. mother!" cried he, this is
so good! So delicious!"
GREEDY little boy!" exclaimed
she in a fright. What have you
got there? Don't swallow it, what
ever YOU do. Very likely it is pois-
onous! Spit it all out this min
ute," And the anxious mother
ouickly extracted from the rosy
little mouth the remains OF a
small fig.
where did you find this?"
said 1.
There are thousands lying
among the grass yonder," replied
the little boy. "They taste very
nice. | thought poison was nasty.
Do you think they will hurt me-?
The pigeon and the hens are
gobbling them up with all their
might and main, papa!'
81 think you have no cause for
alarm. dear Wife" l said. 1.-The
trees seem to be the ~fig-bearlng
mangrove of the Antilles. But re-
member. Franz, you must never
: eat anything without first show
) ing it to me, never mind how good
) if seems. If birds and monkeys
: eat a fruit or vegetable, it is us
l uallv safe to believe it whole
l some" added l, turning to the
I other bovs. who, instantly taking
? the hint. coaxed Franz to give
them the figs he still had in his
: rocket. and ran to offer them to
Knips. who was closely watching
: the skinning of the tiger cat and
pocupine, apparently giving his
. oninion on the subject with much
chattering and gesticulation.
d Here. Knips, allow me to pre-
I sent YOU with a fig" cried Jack
3 holding one out to the funny lit
tie creature.
a Knips took it readily, and aftel
e turning it about, and shifting ant
smelling it, he popped it into his
q mouth. with such a droll grimacf
of delight and satisfaction thai
: the boys all laughed and clappet
u their hands, crying Bravo, Knips.
q Won know a good thing when YOU
z see it, don't you, old fellow! Hur
rah!"
NV wife. with her mind set a
= rest on the question Of the figs
;. now continued her preparation
a for dinner.
- The flesh Of the margay wa
y" given to the dogs, but part Of the
porcupine was put on the fire t.
: boil, while we reserved the res
for roasting.
I employed myself in contriv
ing needles for my wife's work
:. nv boring holes at n end OF tn
= ouills, which l did by means OF
: red hot nail, and l soon had
= nice packet Of various sizes, whic
- pleased her immensely. also fai
- n1ans for making proper harnes
for our beasts of burden, but coul
: not attempt to begin that Will
81 many wants more pressing d.
of manded attention.
We examined the differer
trees and chose one which seen
NJ ed most suited TO our purpos'
The branches spread at a grei
all height above us, and l made II
III. hoys try if it were possible
throw sticks or stones over OF
of these. my intention being
construct a rope ladder if v
om could once succeed in getting
e4ring across a strong bough.
Finding we could not succe'
-, in that way, 1 resolved 9th
schemes in my mind, and mea
time went with Jack and Fri
70 a small brook close by, whe
I showed them how to place t
skins to steep and soften in t
water, with stone placed
them beneath the surface.
When dinner was over, l p
pared our night quarters. l I'll
slnng our hammocks from
roots of the tree, which, meet
above us, formed an arched 70
- then covering the whole with ST
cloth. we made a temporary tie
which would at least keep OF
: - night damps and noxious inset
Leaving my wife engaged
got making a set of harness for
my ass and COW, whose strength l
/ in tended to employ the follow
day in drawing the beams up
and our tree, l walked down with Fl
and Ernest to the beach to X
for wood suitable for build
hing our new abode, and also to
,orm cover, if possible, some light r
cred to form a ladder. For some Il
.ious we hunted in vain, nothing
drift wood was to be seen, ute
sup unfit for our purpose. Ernest