The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-05-02

they placed the gourd of cream,
and each taking a side rolled it
backward and forward continu-
, ously for half an hour.
"Now," | cried, looking up from
my work, open the gourd and
take the contents to your mother,
with my compliments"
They did so; and my good wife's
eyes we're delighted with the sight
of a large lump of capital fresh
butter.
With my sons assistance the
cart was in time completed; a
clumsy vehicle it was, but strong
enough for any purpose to which
we might put it, and, as it proved,
of immense use to us in collecting
the harvest.
We then turned u attention
to our fruit trees, which we had
planted in a plot ready for trans
planting. The walnut, cherry and
chestnut trees we arranged in par
alIel rows, so as to form a shady
avenue from F~alconhurSt to Fam
ily-bridge; and between them we
laid down a tolerable road, that
we might have no difficulty in
reaching Tentholm, be the wealth
er bad as it might. We planted the
vines round the arched roots OF
our great mangrove, and the rest
of the trees in suitable spots;
some near F~alconhurst, and others
away over Jackal River. to adorn
Tentholm. Tentholm had been the
subject of serious thought to me
for some time past, and | now
turned all my attention thither.
1t vas not my ambition to make
it beautiful, but to form of it a
safe place of refuge in a case OF
emergency. My first care, there
fore. was to plant a thick, prickly
hedge capable of protecting us
from any wild animal. and form
ing a tolerable obstacle to the at
tack of eve savages. should they
appear. Not satisfied with this.
however, we fortified the bridge,
and on a couple of hillocks mount
ed two guns which we brought
from the wreck, and with whose
angry mouths we might bark de-
fiance at any enemy, man of beast.
Six weeks slipped away while
we were thus busily occupied, six
weeks of hard, yet pleasant, labor.
We greeted each Sunday and its
accompanying rest most grateful
". and on that day always, espec-
tally thanked God for our contin-
ued health and safety. | soon saw
that this hard work was develop
ing in the boys remarkable
strength, and this | encouraged
by making them practice running,
leaping, climbing, and swimming;
l also saw, however, that it was
having a less satisfactory effect
upon their clothes, which, though
a short time before remarkably
neat, were now, in spite of the
busy mothers mending and patch
ing, most untidy and disreputable.
l determined, therefore, to pay
another visit to the wreck. to re-
plenish our wardrobe and to see
how much longer the vessel was
likely TO hold together. Three of
the boys and went off in the pin
The old ship seemed in
much the same condition as when
we had left her; a few more of
the planks had gone, but that was
all.
Come. boys" cried l, mot an
of the slightest value must
be left on board; rummage her
out to the very bottom of her
They took me at my word: sail
ors' chests, bales OF cloth and lin
en-, a couple of small guns, ball
and shot, tables, benches, window
shutters, bolts and locks, barrels
of pitch. all were soon in a heap
on the deck. We loaded the pin
and went on shore. We soon
returned with our tug-boat in
and after a few more trips
nothing was left on board.
One more trip" said | to my
wife, before we started again,
and there will be the end OF the
brave ship which carried us from
Switzerland. / have left two bar
f - rnudQr on board and