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Entered according to Act of Congress, in June, 1867, by J. W. Burkr & Cos., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District of Georgia.
Vol. I.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
MAROONER’S ISLAND ;
OR,
Dr. Gordon in Search of His Children.
BY lIEV. F. R. GOULDING,
Author of “ The Young Mnroonern.”
CHAPTER XIY.
DETAIL TO LOOK FOR WA
TER AGAIN —THE RAC
COON —wildcat’s mer
ry PRANKS —THE CAP
TURED SQUIRRELS— IIA B
ITS OF THE RACCOON
NEWS FROM THE YOUNG
MAROONERS, AND POSSI
BLE NEWS OF RILEY AND
SAM.
" their
bivouac under the
rafljl oak on the morn-
W ing of Saturday,
October 30, 1831. But a
sense of weariness soon
gave way to merriment,
on seeing how oddly each
looked in his last night’s
costume of dust and
smoke.
“Our first duty this
morning is to obtain wa
ter to drink,” said Ser
geant Tomkins. “If we
cannot obtain it on this
key, we must at once seek
it elsewhere. Corporal
heeler will please
choose some man to ac
company him on another
tour along the western
heaeh; and Mr. Morgan* has proved
himself so expert in water-works, that, if
♦Willy Wildcat would hardly be recognized under his
0 lc * a l title, without some notification.
MACON, GrA., NOVEMBER 24, 1867.
Dr. Gordon permit. I will send him with
a company along the eastern shore, (Dr.
Gordon bowed assent,) and he will also
pick his man for this purpose. Neither
party must be absent over an hour.”
Scarcely had the sergeant ceased speak-
OUT OF MISCHIEF.
ing before Wildcat, in response to a sly
wink of invitation from his friend, said,
“ I pick Jones.”
“And I choose Thompson, my comrade
in misfortune last night,” said Wheeler.
The parties immediately separated,
each having several extra canteens for
water, slung over the shoulders, and also
furnished with some woollen and fine
linen as a filter to the mouth of the can-
teens, in case of need. In
the meantime, the party
at the tree prepared
breakfast, and reloaded
the barge ready for de
parture. The explorers
returned within the limi
ted time, bringing a sup
ply of water, it is true,
but none which they
could report as being
more than barely endur
able.
Wheeler and Thomp
son, in addition to their
supplies of water, bore
upon their shoulders a
pole, on which hung a
very large turtle, tied by
the legs with silk grass,*
the lon £ tough leaves of
which, an inch wide, and
one or two feet long, form
excellent wild-wood ties,
capable o f supporting,
each from one to two
hundred pounds weight.
This turtle was laid com
fortably on its back be
side the others taken the
evening before, and prom
ised an abundant supply
of delicious steaks and
stews and broils, which
the most fastidious epi
cure might envy.
When Jones and Wildcat came into
(
I *Known also ns bear grans —the Yucca filamentosa of
i botanist!— having filaments of thread stretching from
end to end of the loaf, and almost equal in toughness to
the sinew fibres of the deer.
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