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THE WATERFALL.
' perched on a stump
by the side of the water
fall the hawk, eagerly
watching for its prey.
At the falls of Tallulah,
Georgia, may generally be seen
birds of prey slowly wheeling
yay round and round above the moun
tain gorge. I have been told that
a little fawn once got on a ledge of rock
at Tallulah, from which it found it im
possible to escape. It remained thereun
til it had nearly perished from starvation,
when fortunately a gentleman chanced to
visit the falls,
and swimming
the river at a
spot where i t
formed a pool
among the rocks,
rescued the poor
little fawn from
its perilous situ
ation.
E. P. M.
Confidence.
A young man
once asked a city
merchant to sell
him some goods
on short credit;
his recommenda
tions w6ro very
favorable,but the
times were un
certain, many
were failing, and
the credit was
refused. As he was slowly leaving the
store, greatly depressed at the disappoint
ment, he stooped to pick up a pin, and
carefully stuck it in his coat collar. The
merchant noticed it, called him back, and
told him lie could have what goods he
wanted, “for I see you are careful and
economical of small things—such men can
be safely trusted.”
A young man purchased a bundle of
goods from Stephen Girard. As he was
about to shoulder them at the door, Mr.
G. said to him :
“Why don’t you call that dray?”
“ 0,” said the youth, “ I can carry it
home myself and save the cartage.”
Mr. G. was so well pleased with the re
ply that he took the youth into his confi
dence and befriended him as long as he
lived.
llow can we expect to live with
God in Heaven, if we do not love to live
with Him on earth ?
BURKE’S WEEKLY.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
MAROONER’S ISLAND ;
OR,
Dr. Gordon in Search of His Children.
BY REV. F . R . GOULDING,
Author of “ The Young Marooners .”
CONCLUSION OE CHAPTER XIX.
discussions which now arose
were far from being as animated or
rcyno as hopeful as those of the confor
xPsQ euce the day before; for, as a sail
(^F 5 or would say, the sheet anchor of
their hopes had been lost when
they lost their chance of return by the
cutter. The questions proposed by Dr.
Gordon were simply these: “Shall we at
tempt a return direct to Tampa ? and, if
so, how ?”
On the first of these questions there
was but little difference of opinion. No
one thought of remaining where they
were, and no one thought that any place
yet seen offered them any special induce
ment to abide. The only division of opin
ion was, for a time, in the preference ex
pressed by Jones, and supported by Whee
ler, to seek a refuge on that Enchanted
Island of which Tomkins had spoken, the
same that Wildcat had called “ Great
Spirit Island;” but when they came to
analyze their motives for this preference,
it was manifest to themselves, as well as
to others, that they had been influenced
more by their love of wild-woods life than
by any advantage arising to the expedi
tion. Moreover, Jones observed, during
the discussion, such an expression of dis
tress on the countenance of his young
friend, Wildcat, who, with all his good
sense, evidently sympathized in the super
stitions of his people, that he not only
ceased to express his own preference on
the subject, but prevailed upon Wheeler
to do the same.
Upon the question, which incidentally
arose, whether it would not be best to
work their way southwardly to the Flor
ida capo, and thence over to Ivey West or
the Tortugas, it was decided that the dis
tance to those places in the south was
probably as great as it was to Tampa in
the north, while they were far more inac
cessible on account of the open sea be
tween. The unanimous verdict was, there
fore, that they should return to Tampa.
if not to Tampa itself.
These discussions occupied them until
deep twilight, when they prepared for
supper, and after that for bed. The
weather had been cool ever since the
storm, and the men felt the need of fire.
To this, however, Wildcat objected very
strongly, on account of the exposure to
observation which it would occasion, and
finally went to Dr. Gordon to say,
“ Tell men make little fire ; tell men
hide it. Injin hear too much gun,” allu
ding to the volleys fired that afternoon.
“Injin see too much smoke. Will come,
see who’s here.”
In the excitement caused by their great
calamity in losing the help ot the cutter,
no one had thought ot the probable effect
which.the signals intended for the vessel
might have had upon the people on
shore. Wildcat’s remonstrance was,
therefore, indicative of more than usual
shrewdness, and his carrying it to Dr.
Gordon showed also his sense of propriety,
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Upon the sec
ond question,—
How ? there was
a long and care
ful comparison of
views, and the
decision was that
they should con
tinue to use their
raft until they
had passed the
waters of the Ca
loosahatchie riv
er, and of Char
lotte Harb or,
(which extended
too far inland to
allow the hope
of heading them
in safety,) and
then that they
liould make their
way on foot along
the beach as far
as Manatee Bay,