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A TALE OF TIE DEQ
SEA FLSHERIVIEN
BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE
brought in over the wharf and enter-
ing the ateoents to the credit o the
various shore fishermen. The store
required h great deal of attention,
and as most o the goods purchased
were debited against fish susOlied, it
[nece'ssitated quite an amount of book-
beeping on Westhaver'as part. When
the wcaile eased up fee. an hem; or en,
he would light up his pw e end pro-
ceed to master the art of double -entry
book -peeping, and by the s'uinnier he
was able to strike off aa accurate hal-
wee° and run his ledger, cash-bookk,
a?-djournal in a very creditable man-
ner for a fisherman. There were Oc-
casions too' when the memoryof hhs
legal fight came to mind, that he elotse
ed hips door; against the chatter of the
loungers outside and:reae1ed down a
half -called volume labelled with a
legal title, It was intensely dry read-
ing, but by patience and exercise of
the dogged deterinan'ation which was
part of his nature, Westhaver gained
I a fairky comprehensive idea of the law
regarding paxiperty and business;
transactions.
Almost before be was aware of it,
Frank, froth his dsesic at the office, saw
that spring had come. The grass was
showing brown-green through the
patches of gnaw, and the drip from
the roof pattered in glittering drops
before the window. In the flake -yard,
Captain -Ring and Lem were busy
erecting the drying racks, and as he
gazed out upon the blue oif grey and
sea, the lure of the season called to
him, and he threw down liis pen, open-
ed the window to let the fresh breeze
sweeten the heated atmosphere redol-
ent of .tar and sulphur readies, and
went out.
In the flake -yard Captain Ring' look-
ed up from his work on Frank's hail.
"Aye, it's beginnin' t' look summery
again. We'll hev t' git th' flake -yard
a-goin' ,soon, as we hev an awful pow-
er o' fish t' dry afore th' barquentine
comes aroun' t' load."
Dawn on the wharf, Uncle Jerry,
with an oilskin apron around his waist,
was standing by the scale's tallying
the Lillian's catoh, and Frank stood
for a moment and watched the gang
swaying en the dory tackles hoisting
the baskets of fish out of the hold and
dumping them into the scale box.
"Waal, you blame' quill drivel!" cried
Captain Clark. "You're like th' bear,
I co'l'late, Th' sun. het sure brought
ye away from yer desk t' come an'
smell gurry again, eh?"
"Yes, I reckon it has," answered the
other, smiling. "How much has Cap-
tain Jules' brought in this time?"
"'Bout sixty-five thousand, an' all
good grade. Brown's Bank fish,
y'know, an' all from Jule's's favorite
spot on th' no'thern edge. He's' dain'
well for a green skipper."
The spirit of the season was enter-
ing Westhaver's blood, and after look-
ing on the scene of activity around the
vessel, the gang unloading on her
decks, the busy weighers monotanous-
Iy droning the weights, the wharf
hands pitching the fish into wheel-
barrows and trundling them away,
and old Sailor Dan hitching and bench-
ing - new rettlins on the Lillian's rig-
giiig, he strolled with an indefinable
feeling of pleasure to the end of tae
pier.
The water's of the Bay stretched
gloriously blue to the far horizon, and
the white sails of the boat fishermen
could be discerned in the middle dis-
tance, while far away to the south e
lumber -laden three -masted schooner
was sagging lazily on her lawful oc-
casions. In tie spring the youlig man's
fancy turns to thoughts orf love -so
runs en odd saw; and Frank felt that
way and thought of Lillian teaching
school in Yarmouth: He wondered if
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN--(Cont'd.) he felt that - he had friends for life
• "The cheque is made payable to among the Bay Shore trawlers, and it
Bearer," replied M r.Stevens slowly; was fact, he gamed a lot of fisher -
'but I see that Asa Crawford has en- mens business, by his connection with
dorsed it as well. That gives us three the ease.
signatures for comparison, and I Mr. Wrigley, knowing that he had
think that Mr. Smith, who hats handled lost the day, made the best of a bad
all the Oaptain's legal business, will Job by eongaatulatting bank upon his
certify as to their authenticity." sucees5. "I'm sorry I "buthad to oppose
The Judge nodded. "How carie• this v vaY o Captain,"
a said; that's the
letter to turn up?' I "S•orry sulphur!" growled a bulky,
Captain Clark stepped coward on red-headed fisherman. "Crit away an'
a nod from the lawyer. 'k , leave th' skipper alone, you yaller-
he said, "one of my men had a ditty mugged scuilpin." And Mr. Wrigley
bo:: given to him by a Mrs. Taylor of wriggled off with the grovr1s and 'surly
Long Cave, who bought it at Cap en looks d of -a score of angry, trawlers
Crawfoxtl's place when th' sale was heel- his departure.
held. It's one o' thein puzzle boxes,i Mr.�Stevens gathered up- his papers
an' I managed to open it while we ' and placed them in his bag.
were lyin' to oil Seal Island in th' "Well, Captain, I'm glad you won
schooner Lillian, As soon as I opened' out. Pll look after this business for
it number o' letters fell out an'th'you and see that you don't get mixed
one which Lawyer Stevens has was u in any more legal complications. It
among them. When 1 Tarred who will be some satisfaction to you to
'two, addressed to, 1 earsated it might' know that your friend Morrissey is
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b th' letter my navvy was a lookinto .pay the costs of this suit. Good
for, -o . weehung out th'patch an'day, Captain-" '-
heeke l for port as hard as we e'd
slam. 1,f th ' wind hadn't ha' headed
us in th' Bay we might ha' bin in
afore." -
"AII right, Cepteinl" The Judge would satisfy kiln until he had drag -
looked looked over the papers laid beforey 'g' -
him. "I think we have conclusive god all the Lilliim's gang into one of
proof that Captain W esthaver pur- the best hotels in Anchorvitile and
the property in litigation. The
rhasetl ordered a dinner. Clad in their old
endorsed cheque and the letter to cIotltes and rubber boats, they sat.
Messrs. Smith and Crosby bear ort down to the ureal and ate everything,
the testimony of the defendant, and from souls to nuts, and the commercial
the c•.gilature on the receipt is identi- travellers and other guests wondered
cal with the signatures on the !otter what such a rough -looking crowd could
and the endorsement en the cheque, be rejoicing ever. At last, when it
Yee will swear to the late Crawfords was all over, Frank: drew his uncle
le iz<:writing, Mr. Smith?" to one side.
"Yes, your honor!"
Mr. Wrigley, the oriole gone from
his endaverous features, arose and
seat?. "Your honor," he said, "I beg
fora postponement of the ease. I wish
to prove that the deceased was not in
his right mind when he made this die -
position of his property,"
The Judge waved his hand. "Non-
eenee, Mr. Wrigley. I wouldn't enter-
tain that claim for a moment. I knew
Captain Crawford very well indeed,
end I know he never evinced any signs
of insanity."
And the fishermen assembled snig-
gered audibly.
Of course Westh:aver won his ease,
and when the Judge gave his decision
there wee a roar of approval from the
spectators, and. for a good quarter af, tivn brawny •trawlers, Westnever was
tin hour Frani. ss.zs ahaking horny fists escorted, to his home bya laughing,
and being almost: cho,ceal by the Hearty. eliouting mob, who, whethey arrived
daps he rt e.vc l on the back (rani at the house, clattered into the sacred
vdelighted fishermen. }iris. Ste-urn:i precin is of Mrs. Westhaver's "settin'-
:.as ch''th.at`1 ami congra„ t-ated unti.; room" and demanded: to know all about
it If peer Bob Morrissey had been in.
HEURIATIaM77'oelt.•the vicinity at that time he would
Greatest ' ha > e fared i ougliI' , and Mrs. West -
Rheumatism Treatment. We thet41 haver had to close her ears to the
all kinds of Rheumatism, and if various lurid and picturesque deep -
we frail to.a'tniisiazte the pain it will not r water anathemas Which were 'levelled
vast yen anyti,•ing. Try tie and be eon- : a; ins`. him. -
wiricad. Noin+acircines. No electricity. ; `Novi•," murmured Frank when they
T,rauir ,' Depaxttzz'ealrt, 99 kin g St, rest..1 ailin' (shipmates withe I'ni Trouble. o Tgi'
''hone Adelaide 4043, Offices. Toronto, j•clouds hev lifted an' th' barometer's
Winnipeg, Vancouver. ;ruin' for fair weather. Let's hope 1
kin steer.good courses • after this:"
E An he sadown and ratite to Lillian
Denton.
i The autumn paesed Midwinter came
' with frost and snow, but Long Cove
: had passed the hibernating- era of
coast settlements. The Lilixan had a
!full gang of Bay Shore omen who came
i away from the American vessels when
they heard that they could fish out of
their home part, and as they were in
is ; almost every tea• weeks during the
The transition from absolute de-
spair to the ecstasy of joy and renew-
ed hope brought out all the boyishness
of Westhaver's nature, and nothing
"Before we go aboard th' Lillian an'
shoot for th' Cove, I'm goin' down t'
buy sonic books on business, an' one
o' them will be a copy o' th' Law. I
don't git inter any more serapes like
this again."
When the Lillian arrived off the
Long Cove wharf next morning, the
whole population were down to meet
her, and with the ensign fluttering
from he main gaff She -glided in be-
tween the pier heads.
"How d'ye come oat?". bawled Har-
bor -master Jennings,
"All right!" answered Frank, and
the crowd on the wharf broke into a
cheer which made the hills and reeks
echo again.
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whiter the village wz,ss by no moms!
1 lonesome. The boat fishernien, abler
. to proeurc supplies, bait, and a readsy •ff
i'
m z ke for their fish, lead no call to
haul thcdr craft up and go vessel- i
! fishing gut of other ports, and the'
once almost deserted wharf became a
daily eeu'tre Of activity wltli. the men
! unloading their fares and cleaning
I and dressing the catch.
The neve store, owned and operated
by the Company, became a kind of
club -room for the irdeabitants of the
village, and around the big stove on
i winter nights h coterie of Long Clov-
ers smoked, yarned, and argued over
evei;q conceivable subject from the
.intid of Noah's Ark to the cul:petit
:ear in progress, All the old men of
the setlement found the etore a great
slum fol w'hn'Ita�lg' aWa;' the Long
ivinler data, and they dropped in after
l ,,, 11 1z ,i 1 () Id 10,es tee "fruity" �` breakfast and 2'e td 1.1'rank's new -,pa -
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hours you < lilt see for yourself hole ling, and .teft•er sweeping it out and
lboroughly nori-s all (116 constipa-lighting' up the; big heater he usually
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his younger :.clays, and be shuddered
at the `thought. .
While he was ruminating aver the
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hied him, and Jules's 'heavy 'hand on
his back almost spitted him on the
Mooring post upon which he was'.
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The olives girdle Nazareth,
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The night wind when it whispereth
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And nearer with their bloom -perfume
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But the hill town of Nazareth
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Is meanly said and meanly done.
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"My yoke is done, thine soon shall be;
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The swarming children strive and cry,
And one falls hurt, a puny thing
Unmarked save by His pitying eye
And eager hands.that rescue bring.
"Like as a mother comforteth,"
Is soothed that child of Nazareth.
Blind Reuben sits outside his door
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"Shall he go darkly evermore?
Father, let pie give back his sight!
Not yet? Even so then let it be,
But speed the day for him and me."
Thus lass the slow years one by one
Beneath that lovely thatch of brown,
Till all the tender tasks a -e done
That lit the squalor of the town.
Incarnate Iove more strong than death,
The Christ fares forth from Nazareth.
(God help us all in Nazareth).
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