The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-22

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signs of life, which recalled me
to myself; and, quickly deciding
what must bedone, l tore a striI
from my handkerchief, on which
l traced the words-Do not des
; 'Npairi Help is near!'
; "This I carefully bound round
one leg, replacing the rag on the
other, and then applied myself tt
the complete restoration of the
bird. 1t gradually revived; and af
ter drinking a little, surprised me
by suddenly rising on the wing
faltering a moment in its flight
and then rapidly disappearing
from my view in a westerly di,
rection.
"Now, father, one thought occu-
pies me continually. will my note
ever reach this Englishwoman?
Shall l be able to find, and to
save herr"
l listened to this account with
feelings of the liveliest interest
and establishment.
"My dear son." said Il, you
have done wisely in confiding to
me alone your most exciting dis
covery. Unless we know more, we
must not unsettle the others by
speaking of it; for it appears to
me quite impossible that these
words we're penned long ago on
some distant shore, where, by
this time, the unhappy stranger
may have persisted miserably. By
the smoking rock must be meant
a volcano. There are none here"
Fritz was not disposed to look
at the case from this gloomy
point of view; did not think the
rag so very old; believed smoke
might rise from a rock which was
not volcanic; and evidently cher
ished the hope that he might be
able to respond e~ffectuaIly to this
touching appeal.
/ was in reality as anxious as
himself IN the subject, but judged
it prudent to abate rather than
excite hopes of success which
might be doomed to bitter dis
appointment.
After earnest consultation on
the subject, we decided that Fritz
should go in search of the writer
of the message, but not until he
had SO altered the canoe as to
fit it for carrying two persons,
as well as provisions sufficient to
admit of his absence for a con-
siderable time. Impatient as he
was, he could not but see the
wisdom Of this delay.
We returned to the house, and
saw the boys busily opening the
oysters, which they had had no
time to do the previous night,
and greatly excited as ever and
anon a pearl was found.
MAY we not establish a pearl
fishery at once, father?" shouted
they. 1--WE might build a hut on
the shore of the bay, and set about
it regularly"
An excursion to Pearl Bay was
now the event to which all
thoughts turned, and for which
preparations on a grand scale
were made. 1t was to form, as it
were the basis of the more i'm
voyage Fritz had in view,
and to which, unsupported by the
rest, he could devote all his at
| took an opportunity, one day, !
when all were present, to remark
in a serious tone:
Il have been considering, dear
wife, that our eldest son is now
Of an age to be dependent on
l shall, therefore, hence
leave him at liberty to act
all respects according to his
OWN Judgment; and, especially in
hidtISI VI ydS Vi CASul
,ions, he must not be hampered
)y the fear of alarming us should
lie choose to remain absent longer /
han we expect. | have such en- /
ire confidence in his prudence, t
Ind at the same time in his af-
ection for as, that | am certain I
lie will never needlessly cause us
lnxiety." t
Fritz looked gratefully toward '
as / spoke; and his mother s
atified my words, embracing him (
.ffectionately, and saying, with '
motion, God bless and preserve 6
hee, my boy!" d
1t took some time to make sew c
raj raking or scraping machines, h
which | invented for the purpose
f detaching and lifting the oy- v
tiers from their native rocks; v
ut that gave Fritz leisure to k
hange the fittings of his canoe, O
0 as to have a spare seat in il.
His brothers naturally conclud- S
d he meant to take one of them X
S shipmate on board, and he al o
owed the mistake to continue. d
hey occupied themselves in max e
1g various articles they expected e
D be of use, and bore the delay
18th tolerable patience. ]
At last came the day, when, Il
1x,po 1ooun re fha mother and n