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It titan :as tranquil a morning in
March as Lem Longley had ever seen.
As he rowed out in his dory on the
ebb slack to Sea. Chamber Ledge, the
sea stretched smooth before him. Even
the gentle surge of the ground swell
was lacking. 'Seaward there was the
yellow haze that often accompanies an
unseasonably warm day in late winter.
East of the bay at Kirkport a mile
of almost perpendicular granite ledge
rises abruptly from the water to a
height of forty feet. At one point the
ebb tide leaves exposed .a deep •gash
in the face of the ledge, wide enough
to admit a boy.
Sea Chamber Ledge, Lem had nam-
ed the place. Although he always re-
turned from it with a veli filled pail
boy wondered for a moment whether
he had gen , blind,' and then the truth
dawned upon him. There had been a
snowslide ham the ledge above!
Beyond a doubt that was what had
happened, Lem decided. Loosened by
the warm sun, the whole layer of ice
and snow that had covered the ledge
from high-water nark to the edge of
the woods above had slid down into
the water!
Sonie of the .slide had been cartglit
by .the six-foot shelf of rock outside
the chamber. The mouth of the cave
was blocked by a wall of snow and ice.
How thick it was, Lem, of course, did
not. know.•
He started to go in what he believed
o
of the largest mussels, his real pur- ,to
bethe drection of the muth of
pose in visiting the cave' was to ex- the chamber, but to his surprise found
plore the darkened floor and ceiling his progress stopped almost at once.
of the stone chamber that. ran back He took off- his .gloves and passed his
from the opening far about thirty feet.. bare band over the obstruction, which
The sea mosses -and the shells that he proved to be a;vall.of the cave. Some -
always found there interested him. how he had :raveled to one Bide instead
Stepping out on the six-foot shelf of straight toward the mouth: He
of rock that formed the protruding started on again, and a moment later
floor of the chamber, Lem hauled up his hands encountered anotherepart of
his boat. It was his first visit to the'• -the :ledge. A feeling of uneasiness
cave since the preceding fall, Standing! came over him. He had not thought
on the weed -covered shelf in front of ; it possible to lose all: sense of direction
the crevice, he stopped a moment toi in a space only thirty feat square. The
look up at the dripping, glistening; darkness was impenetrable.
ledge above him. At that point it was Realizing that there was no time to
really more like a very steep hill of lose, he started again immediately; he
rock than a. cliff. Lem could have' must get out son-ehew before the tide
climbed it—but not now. The surface rose much higher. .:At last he readied
of it was covered wiih a layer of ice the icy barrier at the rnor.th of the
and snow several inches 'thick, which
was melting now in the warm sun.; cave. He put on his gloves and began
The water dripped from the upper lip at once to pull away the snow. Work -
of the opening to the shelf beneath,' ing steadily, he threw large double
and in places Lem could see it trickl-' handfuls to one side, but the more,he
ing down between the clear :ice and the' dug the harder the stuff- seemedpack-
reek. I ed. Frequently s came on sharp -
Taking his rusty pail, Lem stooped : edged little cakes of ice. He had no
and entered the sea chamber. ' For a I
moment he waited, until his eyes: be- idea dea how much progress he was mak-
came accustomed to the dim light; ing, for it was as black .is ever before
them he'tdegan to gather the mussels. him. The fingers of his gloves wore
A bed of them that he had found in through, and his fingers began to' bleed
October at the back of the chamber; fit= handling! the sharp' edges d ice.
had remained undisturbed and had i For a moment he stopped, tired and
grown noticeably larger. The biggest! a little discouraged. He seemed to be.
of the=n were more than half as large Withhispail filled he was leaving!. almost no headway. Presently
as his fi. ! it occurred to him that he might as
the patch to explore another part of i well rest and wait—that the surge •of
the -chamber, when suddenly there was' the sea would soon break up the tiar-
a great splash in the water at the I rier of ice and snow. The rising tide,
mouth of the cave and at the same! he reflected, would accomplish more hi
time a prolonged roar. The next in- minute than he could in an hour.
stint he was in total darkness. a As he crouched there, waiting, with
Too thoroughly dazed to realize; his hands in his pockets, the began to
what had happened. Lem stopped in wonder how long he had been, Mi -
his tracks. Silence had fallen again,:
but the cave was terribly dark. The' prisoned. He had no idea Iho7.v, much
1 time had passed, but he 'thought that
- :he :anew of the tide must soon reach
eW - ° "• mow• ` the protrading floor of the chamber.
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barrier without losing much time, but unable to gain an inch more; he was
the pail proved to ho an awkevard held as if in a vise.
implement at beat. After- he had dug 'Ie ceased his frantic efforts for a
in a little way with it he could hardlymoment to recover his breath; then,
use it at all. So, with spree °trouble, gathering every orrice of strength in
he ripped off the rueted bottom, ansa align, he sh:oveci outward, On the in
bent it twice. • Now he had a fairly stant a great roar and splash filled his
sharp -edged, scoop -like tool, ears and he was carried down—clown,
Once more he resumed digging. :It in a deluge of xt e and snow. But even
was still slowr'hara'wark; but he was in the awful rush that bore him down
getting ahead faster than,before he realized what had h'a'ppened. There ,
Meanwhile he was a-04 that the been another slide of• snow' from
water was •.rising steadily As he the ledge above and it had freed him,
knelt there, it came over his boot tops.. carrying hirai below the surface with
Horrified, he realized that hg Gould it
not work much I ager. e heh: Inet'ncti4Cly he began to stroke up -
In ,spite of his acing hands and ward through the ice and the slush at
wrists he dared not stop for an instant the foot of the ledge and at last reecho
•—every second was preoious. Pres-; ed the surface. He looked around for
.eretly, with a thrill of joy; he noticed a place where . he might pull himself
a faintglimmer of light in front of*could through the slushy -water, he
out Swittiming along as well' as he
ilei.:., He tang away everishiy, and
the light spot in, the tale gree strong-
er. A few minutes later he was leek-
ing out en. a 'patch :o f 'wati?r,.'that yeas
as smooth as glass. But the:'hole tleaat
he had broken through u a; .:yiiitually
on 0 level with the surface of the sea;
managed to, get a foothold' on at' part
of:the sloping ledge beyond the fissure.'
',The dory was nowhere in sight. Lem
thought that it had probably filled
with snow and been carried away by
the tide. In••spite of the pain in his
;bleeding hands he succeeded in climb -
indeed, here and there water had al- ing to the top of. the ledge, and from,
ready washed into his little tunnel, there he made. his way home. Two
The hole was not yet nearly large days later word cane to him that a
lobster man had found his waterlog-
ged. dory floating near the ledges and
that he had towed it into Kirkport.
(The End.)
enough to let hTm through. He Inteet
work fast, for this was a race with.'
the tide.
Digging mostly at the sides and top
of the little tunnel, and shoving the
snow out through the hole in front, he
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labored furiously. The floor. of the - es--•
passage was already awash, and. Len
feared that at anyminute the tunnel
would cave in. At last he decided that
the hole was large enough to let his
shoulders through; in .any event, he
dared. not wait any longer.
Feet first, he squirmed outward on
his stomach, pushing himself along a
few inches at a time.with hands and
elbows. His feet and hgs reached -the.
water. Inch by inch he forced himself
out through,,the narrow opening. H,is
shoulders •scraped the sides. He push-
ed with all his strength, 'but seemed
The atter darkness and quiet were.op-
pressit e. He tried to assure himself,
that he was not afraid, but .in spite
of his efforts he became more and
marc nervous. Presently a feeling of
coldness about his knees as he,
crouched on the floor of the chamber I
caused him to reach downward. To
his surprise his hand went into icy
water, wrist -deep.
There was only one •way in ,rhich he
could account for the water. The tide
iaust already have begun to cover the
shelf of rock outside and was seeping
through the wall of snow. He had not
felt the water before because, as. he
knelt there, his hip boots had kept
his knees dry. And then, in a flash,
he realized that `he could expect no
help from the tide!
He remembered now how still the
sea had been when he had rowed out
from the bay. There was no surf, no
swell, to help batter down his prison
wall. Probably the pile of snow and
ice that covered the mouth of the cave
would remain in place long after the
chamber, itself had filled with water!
Horrified at the thought of being
trapped there, Legh began digging
again with a furious strength, His
gloves, worn to tatters, no longer pro-
tected his bleeding lands; but al-
though it was torture to him each
time he dug into the barrier of packed
snow and icy crust, he worked witlicbut
rest, for lie could feel the water now,
pressing against his bootlegs, and he
knew that it was rising fest.
After a while he had to stop; the
strength lead left his hands entirely,
and he felt unable to get out another
handful. If there were only some-
thing that he could use -for a shovel!
The pail! Yes, that,was it; he must
have the pail. •
Realizing that there was not a sec-
ond to lose, he 'hurried back through
the water. Luck was with him .this
time, he told himself, when his feet
struck against. the pail a rnonient
later.
reeling his way carefully, he sue-
t ceedod in getting back to the snow
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NOW UNDER W4Y.
`' Mi niers' 8tart m T-wenty..
Year Task to`'Re4eelxa Half
.Acres,
witliou.t waging.war..•agalixst'any of
its noigiibora7, without riak.of shedding
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the blood of d 'si}ikle . oho ' of its citiL
tens, Holland' is preparing to increase
its territory, by ono-sixtoeptiel of. -tte
present surface. 'Lae d-hunger.,there,
must be in a rapidly increaasiiag: Agri•
cultural conihunity, and the patch.,
nation, which did not even undergo
the blood-letting to which mast of the
surrounding countries lt}ive been sub-
jected, aspires to its place in the sun
as much as any other. But not every
couatry ,has the privilege of beipg
ables whoa trying t,o • satisfy; tbitt ap-
petite, 'to extend its- frontiers as
though they Were an elastic cord, and
to keep its emigrants within its own
territory. Holland's- conquests are of
a Peaceful character, but conquests
they are, and fruits of a hard end un,
relenting struggle with a terrible and
treacherous enemy. At peace with
men for generations, Holland has been
lighting the sea, with varying for.
tunes. Defeats there have been, cap
tastrophes, such as the loss of tho
Biesbosch in 1421, when on St. Eliza-
beth's Day a great flood broke the
dykes and kept submerged ever since
a rich portion of the province of South
Holland, or when, earlier still, the
North Sea, out of the small Lake Fla
vo, made What is now the Zuyder Zee,
Blameless Annexation.
It is against the Zuyder Zee that
Holland will now concentrate her ef•
forts. 'Within the last fortnight the
works have begun which will, in less
than twenty years, reclaim 434,00(1
acres of good soil from the sea. Like
*the Channel tunnel, the reclamation of
the Zuyder Zee has its history. Frain
1848 onwards plans have been drawn
and books published advocating vari•
ons schemes. A society was formed,
which collected all the data, and final.,
ly decided for one of 'the plans, on
which it concentrated, and by an in•
tense propaganda raised a new fornt
of annesationism in the Dutch nation,
Parliament expressed the unanimous
will of the country when in Marcia,
1918, it passed' the bill which em.
powered the State forthwith to under'
take the works of reclamation in ac.
cordance with the plans of. the "Zuy.
der -Zee Vereeniging.”
These plans are not the most am,
bitious of those that have been pro.
pounded. The more hazardous ones
have been put aside, but the system
now adopted by no means precludes
further works at a later date. But
they will be left to a following genera-
tion. Care has been taken to reclaim
only fertile clay, while sandy parts
will remain submerged, but in such a
way, the engineers expect that a layer
of good soil will gradually form on top
of them. In due course, in place of the
Zuyder Zee, with its salt water, its
tides, its tempests, and its Inunda-
tions, the last of which occurred in
1916, there will come four agricultural
districts and a fresh -water lake, the
Yselmeer, the level of which can be
reg>,ilatod by sluices.
Sahara Desert Miy Yet
Bloom.
That the Sahara will some day
"blossom like the rose" or, at any
rate, like a reasonably productive ag,
ricultural country, is the gist of an ar.
title by 3. Nicholas Brusse in La Na,
tion, of Paris. For more than a guar,
ter of a century, Mr, Brusse declares,
although people in general have
thought of the Sahara as an enormous,
permanently hopeless expanse of sand,
those acquainted with the results of a
geographical survey conducted about
1893 have known also tha' the Sahara
is not absolutely unfit for either plant
or animal life.
Rain falls sometimes in the Great
Desert and there are underground
streams that could be made available
for water. The present oases could ba
developed and others created, pro:"
vided a beginning were made by es-
tablishing strategic roads and intro-
ducing a sense of law and order among
the desert tribes for the security o
those who were trying to develop the
country.
In its entirety the region included 1;i
tale Sahara contains already a goo
deal of spontaneous vegetation:
grows a number of foliage plants and
shrubs •that serve as pasturage fol}
caravans, and could doubtless bo inid
proved and made valuable by eultivar
tion. Fig trees, apricots, peaohes,
grapes and various cereals have been
groweein the oases.
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"Some people are always finding
fault with nature for putting thorns at
roses. I ,always thank her for putting
roses on thorns.';• ---Alphonse Karr,