Show f i Old Old Salt t r rs Spending I If If fJ Summer On The Island t t l RS BRADLEY CLAWSON of I 11 is In e C l nf ut nn t r Ot a Ing liel ho har Round firs ly In ht Ihl l city hill but of hUc with bur husband t and lind brut F In Now New 7 Zealand Her here fibre behoved tint oho sho wn was nUll In tho lust I until n recant conveyed the sh oho Is III spending the tho summer on the tho Lord flown NaW South Wu to Mrs under tinder into or of Dec H 14 1900 pi js is nil as follows i RI to commence nod where S s 6 t place in III the tho drum that I am to try and work nut We from the tho lily r L or Of the tho tittle I need be said ns the Iho only good thing I could aaY III ut It Wes that It was Waif I short But I will hall 1111 rot about our 0 anchored out In the tho stream lit at tho evening tut of the tho third but the tho night being acs rough ugh to walt until 3 Tito ning going a horo Our I 1 friends from the Iho island canto out nut to th the sti steamer In 1 n bOlt boat iu l lAfter After wo had gotten Jotten Into thIs roel to thin waturs edge then out of oC the boat jumped tho thom in nand faking us In their arms to thin tho hor To ro till us nil all It a novel and most land iri nB as the tho sea wan pretty i However It II va nil 1111 Rood good fan tun fanI and even the gettIng wo quite I I 11 JIE iE Ii Our welcome III nd posers i of Had I been the lady of the tho good nood If I Il cheor could nut not have vo boon greater l l nor nor r dono Ina Dr my key pI and comfort e gh It a for ft CI cst t ot of for perhaps a thell l b boing ft little weary I wIts WIlli seated on 00 i i a sled iu nd ll taking the tho reins drove through the magnificent nt Pf proms ms tho oth other r me of the party saunter tog Ing along ell al ot of till trying to realize that thal we still lUI oh earth t or of beIng In BIRDS of the tho birds ore most f L l fill ful Iii color rind most of them halo Ir such and queer little K i is Pile Ono constantly t no or of Vir Virginia 1 i ginia when she Farewell My ty 1 muo Doll and another actually sings a low bars or of 10 Pop Ones GOCI the tho V l sI J v mentioned to sirs hoe hOIl hoeI I thought I one pf of thu birds sang tune and ond she said slI You are nrc right the tho bird In III called the tho 1 Pop Iop Goes the tha Weasel bird because t yC Its song i VISIT TO MT tT Wo have 1001 hero nearly two cek and this the quiet ino 1110 i I bravo havo found lund of tM breakfast rast a ot of Mr Mr Carruthers Mr Nichols Mr Roundy Dorothy Mar Mari I garet garat und rind Ruth Butcher BUlcher i end Ind four men men to carry provisions eta elc tor fora It three days trip to the tho ton t u or of Mt Gower To 1 they will sleep upon a Led bod of palm leaves Inda and a thatch or of thom than will bo be made In fn the tho form of a n canopy to iO protect thorn thom from the tho dew which I heavily tut night For coy cov wrap a steamer rUg around their thell bodIes then step Into a huge huco gunny sack pulling It up to their Hh shoulders Can you imagine an experience ence moro more PALM PALl SE D INDUSTRY The chIef of the eland is 19 gathering palm seeds Thero are lien here grow In inno no other part Qt of world Thousands of bushels are oro from hero yearly to all parts or of the globe I lIan trees that cover Coor nn an of groUnd each Tills how Thu Whitlor or n a ak k blyd will carry II a aced and deposit I i t It I in a crevice of some somo tree freo Soon SOOIl I a aL L x root shoots forth and tuna down this l L tree Iree and itself In ht the ground I others follow fallow and each ono extends out a fUrther but always ahus grow tog down and taking root In tho not Al the lit start lid thoy are aro little larg t Ithan than Ii a pencil but grow a foot fool or more moru across but these limbs which are n it sort of tendrils become a solid luard wood but bul In III shapo are aro sort ort of hat instead of round rind or of thom them most gro grot t In form The Tho other da day when We welo taking I a walk one of the tho thoen thep p en mon bl hIs s l handkerchief I through these fibers to II a 1 for tor ones feet and on this we stood and hUlt hod a floe swing moving back huck and forth II a of at perhaps O 0 t 11 feet Ii I i TILE TUE MUTTON BIRD BIRDt t l I r I toll you a II little more eon con AA A A A I t the bird of h I y I 1 t lt It t Is t tile the lf 1 n a rn II gull or of It a beautiful wun 1001 brown In I color has hils 1111 to 11 fO ut nm 1 1 gs 0 t of V ut re It a bolo or four fret n the and thorn hare the eggs IS rears young rh rho e egg g III ht size and flavor Is 19 notch that tut of IL a duck II fly during lh thin III lily the tho aid taking turn silting In inthe the nest tend ns SOOIl nil as night sets in III they about until they thoy nn arc ju just t aboc their nests and then thell whit a 11 weird that would matte your blood 1 curdle they drop to the tho earth n hullo bullet froin 1 h gun and dart bun their holes hole ouch each one In nil all these e thlU going to his own home Mr 11 Waterhouse anti Ir Carruthers took Mr noulI Roundy 1 and the tho girls to seo nil all thus thu other and they thoY declared that they thoy were never naC stricken Imd frightened before They thought tho trip trIll II too much for 1110 IU as It Is a perfect of trees vines btu nil the Iho Im going to try It litter luter en ill 11 the tho thomen men lucre here carry II a bolt boIL and with which to cut their WilY way through h the tho forests How I wIsh you could Mr Waterhouse life Ills I never nover met Always thinking ot or something now new for tor nos pleasure and entertainment Ile amid Mr Carruth Carruthers ers bachelors 11 hail all In the quaint quaintest est cst prettiest t little cottage Their veranda Is III a perfect bower ut oC asparagus gus tern Corn trailing roses and Mowers of nil all kinds lovely birds which with their song Hong try to yin to with their In us tut at all times the tho most hearty and delightful welcome Truly thIs Is the tho lire simple yet nr ar oa We Vo can call one good friend for short and lot let lilt me tell you the tho pattern was Io lost t There is III hut but ono Tho all call him Ihn HII ha HIl ha What II a volume the tho word none nono but bul tho those who know hIm can enn un understand ALMOST AN EDEN Time Tho of this little spot lIot In limo tho South Pacific leas lellI All Ail good friends all living ns as the tho children of the tho ono Great ant I read reuel In It a paper b before com coming In here that tho visiting magis who had just returned fro froth Ii Lord Howe reported that In over t o years there hall had never nover been a case callo of uny 1 ln for film to attend to A little about 10 feet which looked shabby for lack of If u use o arid and care caN was pointed out nut to inn as the tho jail It has never nover had un an occupant punt pant There Thera la Is not II a shop or of any sort lort on the tho Island Not Kol a 11 drop or of intoxicating drink It If any ono one drops n a pair of gloves n a or any thing they never bother It is II sCIon brought to them I For or Instance Dorothy lost It a shell flair pin out tin the trees where we alt It The Tho net nett morning ohl or of tho faith faithful rul ful ones of Mrs household brought It to her Nargaret lost n a nIdo aside side Ido comb away out In the tho forest It was round found und and returned We Vo sleep Iee with doors und and windows open When ono one lady goes to vIsIt another site sho simply lImply walks walles out leavIng doors open When Mr Hound and t I go vIsiting we find this Invariably the tho rule RIDING IN STATE How I wish you ou could see eo my char charlot lot let of oC On ono one or of thelO sheds which Is like 0 ono one bobsled only smaller Mr une and Mr Carruthers lies has firmly lashed II a steamer chair Over this they have halo built It a frame framo for COr I a canopy Every time I Igo go out tide this Is simply lImply II a boner or of asparagus ferns PIli mil roses and other othor flowers so artistically done that it would put I a city florist in III the back backgrounds k grounds Then I have huc II a little bay mare Betty Detty that takes taJ c me 1110 wherever ever 1 wish to go All this is III nt at nw my ut at an any time Really Heally there thoro Is III so much thought and intention lavished on me I inn IUn positively to my gratitude and appreciation Just out It a little buy from time Iho house is III II 37 by 30 O feet which Is for two purposes urpo es a 1 seed packing roots and u a recreation hall The Tho floor loor is 18 splendid Soon utter our arrival Mrs Nichols sent her piano over This with II a violin and nd concertina Is our for dane lug Ing Already have we WD had bad five parties par parties ties fun All the good old dunces dances or of alp youth A Vanderbilt could not Ilu huy the tho palms that are aro lit at this 1 moment decorating that hall ball go out nn and cot ent wagon loa loads s and line IIno time the walls and ceiling wIth thom them No words of oC mino con cun m alto you understand how beautiful It nil Is NATURE SUPPLIES I FOOD 1 anti vegetables In great groat varl ety and gro grow hare A And such chickens turkeys amid IlliCit dunks Our OUI tables are arc loaded with whim mil 1111 these things every day ln When Wu wo wIsh the men go out in a boat hoat III u n a short hort t Ilene 1 tubs rull One olle h 10 blue h bill bloc It Is I 11 e abort band tight g trum Cron 10 t golf 1115 11 me II laet WI we took linnet with a illI 1 This GIs J the tho menu es ilK as f 1001 iO ll II roost t d I i chIPI bolted whole t Ith nn 1111 eI n II I hll W Rt t f rot at o c pt I 1 4 tn i 11 e tint 1111 bunt r tea col colI tc I milk des A t t a ov 11 iii ide a mange roar OUI of trolls id Ilea Ill th 1111 t 11 reel pumpkin td c the II or of r r fault Unto I mCI ind 1111 jelly culm III la layers cl paw Ill WI Jaw linow hI how that 1 lit Tile we 1 ItO nt and lit at 1010 WI ter 11 dove to 10 supper to III 1 os UIO evening W had both Ii ul n a I Nest Wn we tune 1111 going tel to fl a nick IW III nn u t nil t l r II 11 ho 1 t I Ih 1 I I lit t u It 1 l r t I IIII h III oer limn Ilmo lh bout got ifill a out Alit u I will 1111 tell Ifill you ou it II Ir iii lIlt t o 0 hark hur w d l nl mm y about I me They Th die net lIt Whitt t day time till boat bont arrive Dorothy and I Dove t tr while p papa takes tents i Ct as r It Is slur hor W hot so 0 hot hol it 1 In 1 a d ni I T rn l ft time tho 11 Icen bf what W are aro find tu to II Zhu tho full a n beautiful 1 i WI ov r 11 tills this grant loul TIac lIfo helo Is ideal x h nr nor II small II and 1 hut itC furl ford one ever Ir necessary provides III much III hl tilt tho of nr that little w work rk in III required JUst the tho planting of vegetables Tho Yowls tl l their 1111 any With nil nu of a of thrill or bl Gina could l splendidly The h Bross I lu III the tho thus needing little money tot rOI that Ihal alum the tho nr nut nuta lIuto a o tent TI They ha have ut 01 tit here hrc 1 hate evetT 9 ai pol amid th e ra la hI lanu nu ono no hint II h y nf I save ItO tu or 01 three gases es I 1 nn as too a In Inan an 10 got 11 from oui Oll OllI I I one for or lilt ono In Sydney S but wo we will 1911 nut not oUr nor mail freni Jon or 4 |