Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1880 — CURLS AND MATCHES. [ARTICLE]

CURLS AND MATCHES.

; Paul and Ylrginia - Almost. A Mount Desert, Me .. correspondent of the Springfield Republican says this i% true: Two yonng persons of different sex went out rowing here one day, And seeing the open mouth of one of the caves in the cliffs, they thought they would rqw in and see the interior. Just after they got within, a wave d&shfed their boat against the rocks, breaking a. hole in it ana rendering it unfit for farther use. Their situation was critical. The-, cave was on a side of the island not frequently visited, and, being within, their voices could hardly be made to attract attention; even should anyone come near enough to hear them. They wefe very wet and there appeared no means to dry themselves. Suddenly the young lady bethought -herself of a few matches she had iu a pocket match case. Upon consultation they decided to make a fire of the plain kg of lheir broken boat, do- what they oould toward making themselves comfortable and await ittss vSfe. •tSS went out ’ From the third they succeeded in getting flame enough to kindle their fire. Thev dried themselves’ ns well as they could and then wailed patiently. Every now and again they snouted as loud as they could, but without response. They tended their fire carefully, economixing their fuel'to the utmost. Hour after hour passed- The day slowly dragsigns of rescue. Thp morning waned, the forenoon passed, noontide came'.'-' 1 The fual wM wearty gone, sod hope was goUkg with it* when a ringing shout from the a rescuing party'We’re in the cave, and they in the boat, which became to them an ark. They had.been missed at dqek of Um evening before, and, as Adventures and eyen accidents are nob infrequent m these Wafers, several parties of common friends took boats and went out in Search. Their peculiar situation made their dis covery difficult, and their Mends had almost come to , the conclusion that they had been drowned, wlven , the smoke ;pf their Are Was perceived to bo issuing from the cave. InsWptly guessing what might be the cause, the rescuers made directly for it. Tne moral of the tale for gitle is, if you are asked to go diitrrfwtag at, Mt. Desert, fIU your pocket with matches and take a box or two of patent kindling.