The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-08-20

cooked over a small portable
stove, cottage loaves not cut and
already packed or even cut with
the bread saw but pulled apart
just as the nice crusty bits came
away from the new bread. Tea
or cocoa was our usual beverage
although we usually stopped in
at the dairy shop on our way to
the beach and had glass of milk
apiece, fresh from the cow. That
was before the pasteurized and
thiS-ariZeds' all came into being.
1t may have been unhygenic but
it sure tasted good. Maybe the
difference in the taste of things
now is, as l read in an article by
Beverly Nichols last night, that
the mis- sing ingredient is
youth.
If we didn't spend the day on
the beach, sometimes we would
go for walk along the cliffs in
either direction. England may be
trifle crowded in population
but there is one thing sure; if
you keep walking long enought
you're bound to end up some
wnere and if it isn't the right
place there are usually buses or
trains to put you right.
To return to the night of the
storm-.It had been a very hot,
still day as was usual before
storms and everyone remarked
how clearly France showed up
but we went about our way,
swimming, talking, reading and
having our meals in the beach
tea-huts to save us the trouble
of going back to camp before
evening.
When we got back, we cooked
the evening meal, did some
chores and then settled down for
the night and, having become
used to sleeping on the ground in
naught but a sleeping bag, were
soon asleep. A very loud crash
of thunder was the next thing
we knew, followed by a down.
pour of rain. Well we had a nice
rain proof, insect proof tent at
tached to the ground sheet on all
but the flap side. So far this had
been good, for it not only stop
ped the bugs but also the breezes.
However, when the rains came,
the top sagged more and more,
Tightening of guy ropes not with
standing, until the edges of the
tent came down to ground sheet
level about six inches inside and
around the edge thereof and then
in came the rain. We made cocoa
and edged around and tried to
sleep, gave up and read and ate
candy until finally with the pass
ing Of the storm we went into an
exhausted doze in our tracks.
We woke to a bright, newly
washed world but as far as our
bedding and clothes were con-
cerned, a very damp one. We
hung the stuff to dry on a line
we rugged and the hedges; took
the food out of the little shelter
tent and put ourselves in there
to sleep the following night as it
was dry inside; last but not least
to me at any rate, the girls start
ed operating on my hair. I had
fallen asleep the previous night
with my head on a damp bag of
humbugs; in case you don't know
what they are, it is candy made
up somewhat like a Glove Gus
hion or cinnamon candy with a
peppermint favour chiefly but
they are brown in color and very,
very sticky. We washed and
washed as much as was able
with our small present water
supply and a small kettle on an
outdoor stove. When the |last
pieces of stick would not come
out, Alice decided that an Elton
crop or boyish bob would suit
me and the deed was done with
pair of nail scissors. 1t felt very
comfortable and my brother and
mother decided it would pass
with a bit of trimming, but now
l think comfortable hour in a
nice beauty parlor is the best
way to get a hair cut.