The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-06-20

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monster toothpicks."
In time all the various parts
OF the loom were made ready,
and put together, my wife know
ing nothing of it, while to the in
cessant questions Of the children,
l replied mysteriously.
"Oh. it is an outlandish sort OF
musical instrument; mother will
know how to play upon it."
And when the time came for
presenting it, her joy was only
equaled by the amusement and in
terest with which the children
watched her movements while
playing the loom" as they al
ways said.
Z About this time, a beautiful
little foal, a son of the onager'
was added to our stud, and as
he promised to grow up strong
and tractable, we soon saw how
useful he would be. The name OF
Swift was given to him, and he
was to be trained for my own
riding.
The interior arrangements OF
the cavern being now we'll for
ward, l applied myself to con
irving an aqeduct, that fresh wa
ter might be led close up to our
cave, for it was a long way to
go to fetch it from Jackal River,
and especially i~nconvenient on
washing days. AS I wanted to do
this before the rainy season be-
gan, | set about it at once.
Pipes of hollow bamboo answer
ed the purpose well, and a large
cask formed the reservoir. The
supply was good, and the comfort
of having it close at hand so
great, that the mother declared
she was we'll pleased with our
engineering as if we had made
her a fountain and marble basin
adorned with mermaids and dol
phins.
Anticipating the settling in of
the rains, l pressed forward all
work connected with stores for
the winter, and great was the in
gathering of roots, fruits, and
grains, potatoes, rice, guaves,
sweet acorns, pine-cones; load af-
ter load arrived at the cavern,
and the mothers active needle
was in constant requisition, as
the demand for more sacks and
bags was incessant.
Casks and barrels of all sorts
and sizes were pressed into the
service, until at last the raft was
knocked to pieces, and its tubs
made to do duty in the store
rooms.
The weather became very I'M
settled and stormy.
Heavy clouds gathered in the
horizon, and passing storms of
wind, with thunder, lightning, and
torrents OF rain swept over the
face of nature from time to time.
The sea was in frequent COM
motion; heavy ground swells
drove masses of water Kissing
and foaming against the cliffs.
Everything heralded the approach
ing rains. All nature joined in
sounding forth the solemn over
ture to the g%randest work of the
year.
It was now near the beginning
OF the month of June, and we had
twelve weeks of bad weather be-
fore us.
We established some of the an
finals with ourselves at the salt
cave. The COW, the ass, Lightfoot,
Storm, and the dogs, were all
necessary to us, while Knips,
Fangs. and the eagle were sure
to be a great amusement in the
long evenings.
The boys would ride over to
Falconhurst very often to see that
all was in order there, and fetch
anything required.
Much remained to be done in
order to give the cave a comfort
able appearance, which became
more desirable now that we had
to live indoors.
The darkness of the inner re.
gions annoyed me, and l set my
self to invent a remedy.
After some thought, l called in
Jacks assistance, and we got a
very tall, strong bamboo, which
would reach right up to the vault
ed roof. This we planted in the
earthern floor, secured well by
driving wedges in round it. Jack
assembled this pole very cleverly,
taking with him a hammer and
chisel to enlarge a crevice in the
roof so as to fix a pully, by means
of which, when he descended, l
drew up a large ships lantern,
well supplied with oil, and as
there were four wicks, it afford
ed a very fair amount of light.
Several days were spent in ar
ranging the different rooms.
Ernest and Franz undertook
the library, fixing shelves, and
setting the books in order.
Jack and his mother took in
hand the sitting room and kitch-
en-, while Fritz and 1. as better