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We were able to distinguish only a few phrases, such as, “They don’t know anything about us, do they?” “Hut they want to, don’t they?” Then a generous fellow said: “If they come again, I’ll tell them.” Fully convinced that they were talking about us, we made ourselves known. Great was the embar- rassment of the ones who had been giving vent totheir inmost feelings about us, but we soon relieved them of this by telling them how very much we would like to hear their story. They all brightened up at this, hut none seemed to dispute the right of the aforesaid generous speaker to relate his autobiography. “1 suppose,” began he,“you, who are so unable to understand perfect beauty, think I am a very ugly looking creature (and we certainly did), hut I flatter myself that among our little colony at the bottom of the water near by, I was one of the most beautiful and intellectual members. “As I lie here, I may say that I am just as I ought to he, that is—composed of three materials, lime- stone, calcareous or siliceous substance, and horny fibre. Hut bye and bye, I shall he taken off to some place to be prepared for market, or in other words, my limy substance will betaken away, and I will he put at the mercy of a hard-hearted druggist, only to be sold in town to some “sweet little child,” who will use me so roughly that 1 will soon be worn out and cast aside. Hut I must not indulge in a melancholy strain. “Some persons (possibly you) are ambitious to acquire names. In my life I have had live names, and no hearts have been smitten whatever. The name my mother first gave me was “Egg.” A common sort of name I admit, but it answered her purpose exactly Next she called me “Morula,” then “Hlas- tula,” after that, “Gastrula,” and at last 1 was an adult and needed no other name. “Among our class are little tow heads, negroes, and many other varieties, but, I myself, am nothing hut a beautiful shade of golden brown.” Although we were extremely sorry to do it, we knew that in order to reach our boat to take us hack to Palm Beach, we must close our interesting as well as profitable interview. With many thanks to our obliging little friend, we hastily departed, hearing as a parting word: “Don’t forget us or our story, and next time you have occasion to use one of us, remember “what we are.” HERNICE GOULD.
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A TRIP. DURING the latter part of December, 1900, a company of young people, having spent a most delightful Christmas at the home city of Ionia, left there for a trip to the southern states, hoping to escape the extreme cold weather of the north by spending a few weeks in the sunny south. Our party went directly to New York and thence took a steamer for St. Augustine, Florida. We reached that city early in the morning, thus enabling us to visit the ruins, which were once the most im- portant and best buildings of our nation The next day we left for Palm Beach, our home for the first few weeks of our visit. While here my companion suggested our visiting one of the Bahama islands; hut as the majority did not care for this, she and I started out alone on this pleasure trip. On the way to the island we chanced to meet a passing ship, the Lentulus, heavily laden with dark looking objects. These queer looking specimens aroused our curiosity, and as we neared the shore of the Great Ahaco island, and saw a group of men standing idly about piles of nets filled with objects strangely resembling those seen on the ship, Lentulus, our curiosity became greater. We began questioning at once, hut the people thought, “Oh, well, they are simply Americans,” and gave us such blunt answers that we could scarcely restrain ourselves till wo reached the shore. Having nearly reached the conclusion that the nets were filled with fish just brought in by fishermen, we were greatly surprised to hear that what we had thought truly wonderful, were “nothing hut sponges.” Unwilling to confess that we knew almost nothing concerning the sponge, we wandered off to view other points of interest in the island. Just before leaving, we found that our friends had been left to them- selves We approached very quietly, so as not to he observed by them, and heard them talking very ear- nestly over something that evidently was very near their hearts. 1 do not often indulge in evesdropping, hut in this instance it was difficult to refrain from doing so.
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