The Washington times., 1936-09-09

18th their everyday life.
were afraid of it when darkness
seemed to give it gigantic proper
tionS.
"Oh, you towards" cried liver
son and Jenkins, but they were
almost as scared as the younger
ones.
About the end of June those
amusementS had to be given uH.
Snow was three or four feet deep
and made walking almost ImpoS-
sible.
The young coloniSts remained
inside for two weeks and the daily
program was carefully observed.
Everybody enjoyed the studies
and debates. Although the re-
creation hours had to be spent
in the hall, the general health did
not suffer. They escaped with
only a few colds or sore Threats
which were promptly cured with
rest and hot teas.
Then they were confronted
with another problem. Generally
their water was taken from the
river at low tide so as not to taste
salty. But when the surface of
the river froze, it was impossible
to do so. Gordon talked the mat
ter over with Baxter, who pro-
posed to lay a pipe a few feet
under the bank, so it would not
freeze. to bring the water from
the river to the Storeroom. 1t
was a difficult work but fortu-
nately they had one of the lead
pipes from the bathrooms on the
yacht. At last water supply
was assured for the storeroom.
Another difficulty during this
period was to get enough food for
the little colony, for the boys
could no longer hunt or fish for
the daily needs. Only jackals
driven by hunger came close to
Sport Terrace. Indeed, one day
about twenty came in band, and
it was necessary to close the doors
of the hall and Storeroom. An
invasion of these wild animals,
rendered ferociouS by hunger,
would have been terrifying.
In these circumstances, Moko
had to take few provisions from
the yacht supplies which they
were boarding in case of future
need. Gordon unwillingly gave
permission to use them, and he
sadly looked at the mounting
stock used" list in his notebook
while nothing was coming in.
However, since they had quite a
stock of ducks and geese, which
had been Theoretically sealed in
barrels after a first cooking, Moko
was able to utilize them as well
as some salmon which had been
sailed down. But there were
fifteen mouths to feed, and the
appetites were large.
They were not altogether de-
prived of fresh meat. Wilcox be-
came very clever at setting the
figure four" a trap for small
game, which often brought them
victim.
With the help of his comrades,
Wilcox also set some traps on the
river shore, using the Sloughi'S
fishing nets tied to poles. In the
meshes of these long nets, enough
birds from the south moors were
caught to supply their needs. The
ostrich gave them most trouble to
feed. Meanwhile tanning of the
wild bird made no progress, what
ever Service might say.
What a racer he'll bel" he often
said, although no one could i'm
agine how the feathered flyer"
would be mounted!
= Meantime, the ostrich had to be
fed with grasses and roots that
Service had to dig for two or three
feet under the snow. But he would
have done anything to procure
good food for his favorite pet!
On the morning of July Briant
stepped outside and found the
cold so intense that he returned
to tell Gordon Of the sudden fall
in temperature.
"It shows" said Briant, "That
the Slough was carried in a much
more southernly direction than we
had thought"
Ito Be COntinued)
Translation from the original "Deux
Ans de Vacances," copyright, 1895, by
Celesta Hamer-Jackson; distributed by
King Features Syndicate. Inc.
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