HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-4-27, Page 6BLUE WATER
A TALE OF THE DEEP
SEA FISHERMEN
BY FRED tERICK WILLIAM WALLACE.
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by the 14ussoa, Book Coeseanpd,
How the Story Started. 1 mother's advice. Hie feelings were
'Shorty,"
I` esthave,, 'known as varied by pleasurable antieipation at
Shorts, lives at labra Core en Bay, the life before him and regret at lea:
of Fundy coast with hie mother and V ing home. A boy's leave-taking sor
his uncle, Captain Jerry C:ark.• Hes row does not last long, however, and
ani his .shim 14entsel. Biatg, sin�rJ aiShirty nodded gravely to his mother'
be rile of rum, n whereupon Franit's'j admonitions. while his eyes roved up
urt:le tells. him the story of his fain-icn the brow of the hill where a white
er's fon;Ixaess for drink and hov, the `aro-icee figure was waving a handker-
"`G dee Westhaver" went don off;chief.
Se,:ee� Islend with ten of her crew and,. Shorty had gone through a valedic-
se slapper. This has tee tee -area e;- tet horny with, fiat' ie Dexter the even
3c :t upon. Fmk. The two ways pilot • E- tare -e'ws; and :n his canvas Ban
u: Itti fan ieizel into tr hervil1P to Tf- ir,'*, there- rep€eed a little token
the astenishtnee of Captain Spinney, of I,er +r_ennsbin in the shape of
hate rmaster. Frark finishes c hoa'.epan' of real woolen wristlets.
w l: credit to I: ase":f <.r:,l s eri.ta the' '
,• F ", ,.,� "Yon won't forget me, Frankie?
Salrnmer, as an apprentice to Lord ,. site l:ad asked, and Shorty .wore by al
D.c_: Jere -jags. - his be�rli od gods that • it was impos
- sib;e-
CHAPTER TFiiREE•....(Cere d ) , "There's lots of girls in Glo;xcester
There were other days tort, a and'
e; ry Mt ;:s g I hear," ahe, ventured.
grand, where under ao "There,
sir o breeze, sunshine' are+ Beeer eallmay t t replied Short} em
eavale the Fundy e m ers once ra. e ^ liras ;P.Carrie,li so they
ain't o up y.D I'
ir. ',am -tae ei isatta.:arts ant nurst in a incite pee wherever 1 get a ehanst, an
aer's of white water upon the ruck' don't you forgit t' do tie' same."
girt shore These were the days when The schooners sails filled to th
tee bit ships whirled down the Bay. light breeze and swung the little craz
in fell heir. prides of billowy cal aa; - out from the wharf, "Good-b}e,
wher:, with top-ga.lenteails and ray acs . Frankly," cried Mrs. Westhaver, with
drawing, they careened to the breeze: a quaver In her voiee. "Don't forget
and displayed their lumber Iaden'to say your prayers and change you
deeks with lee water alining over the clothes when they're wet
high to"i a'.aant rail. Many a time "So long, Shorty," rumbled Long
Shorty w;etehed them as they passed pick. "Show them Gloster townie
him inalexia' the shelled for the d as they
rc inatme a of mel t ateh large.e're a what
Th' first luedred
blue -water and the storied lands ton years o' Aspin is th' hardest, son',
which the: were bound. 1 And with their farewells echoing in
The fall frtti?h-cut season came in! hie ears, he .saved his ear until the
slue time. The haying was over once l moraine fog blotted the wharf and
more, and the mer negar. to get readysrl:eoner from each other's sight.
to fain their 'vessels. Shorty had putt ;�s they glided down the coast in
in a good summer with Tseng -Diel;,,, the mist he began to feel very forlorn
andt o 1wasr r .ear
h u r he ha e-ia� b en h
zg g'
saris lonely. Joe Smell
full 3 rail was at the
or strong enough to do hie fall Share wheel steering, and his etnele Jerry
in a dory, yet he "was worth lata Fait,": and the other passengers were seated
as Long Ihek expressed k. He cone1 around the main hatch gossiping and
rig • tae txaw • gear, iaitr'h gaangins, and smoking. It was only then that Short,
Leek up as nnmbiy as the retest e;cpert, r,e;alized. the heart -gripping sensaations
as well as bait .cel overhaul the lsnes o • easing home for the first time, but
after a set. For his size and ':eight , boy -like he sten forgot his feelings;
he handled a dory as good as the met,, -when the fog lifted and the glorious
and could take leis stand, at the dress August sun*hine flooded the sea an
stables and dress down" either as a landscape witli golden e#fulgenee.
throater, gutter, or splitter to s p i ley noon the, shot alongside An -
Now. son, said Dict., toe ken chol•viik pier. and, ehouldering his
e4"axr,lasr.' na otic no genii as any ea' : bag,he'
them. I've farrier! seg 011 I knew 'vet b. ttheea his uncle's wake and
[' boarded the train fur Yarmouth. It
;ai e' a vessel an' final' fish. .t waa,9 Shcrty's first time on a train,
kin sniiceen knot; ye kin rig trawl;.and the ,journey to the seaport`was
pea;• an'make tubs outer flour Naar Is; wonderful revelation to thboy, who
ye kin rig a Fumy lag in proper Bank. feasted hi (lea, on the panorama of
fashion an heave a trawl thout snarl -,farms, forests, and rivers which flash -
in' it all up. Ye ken hook an 'hart up, al past. And what a man the braes -
overhaul an omit, throat, gut, an' bound conduetor seemed!. Short felt
split life any or shacker, an' allye ve that such a position might well be
lyot t' ,`stir native ext th flshin line 9'
of his Uncle Jerry's importartce, and t
the: conductor's job begat- to pale into
insignifieance beside that of the ehigh-
lin a" Bank skipper, .
They disembarked et the flourishing
Nova Scotian tower—then in the
zenith of its greatness as a -eighty
shipbuilding and shipowning point -•.
alnd :boarded the waiting Boston steam-
er. The voyage across the Gulf of
Maine to the big American city eon-
stituted another memorable experi-
ence to Shorty, end it was late that
night era he turned into his state- reom
bunk: While his uncle yarned and
gossiped in the stroking -room the bay
paced the steamship's deck and
watched the loom of the Nova Scotia
toast smiting into the evening Wrist
until the whirling flash of Cape t'orchu
- light alone remained to mark the exis-
tenee of the land. The seeoed engi-
s neer—a friend of his eagle—took hint
in hand then and conducted him down
to view the racing arms of steel which
whirled in their gnldes with hissies's,
and e1anitings, and purrings as they
drove the steamer through the sea at
-' Ka twe.ve-knot gait. Aitogt'her it had
- been a day of days to the boy, and
when he turned in at last it was but
a to dream over the memory of the
things he had seen.
, Next morning his uncle teased him.
I "Look through th' port, Frankie," he
said, his newly washed face shining
like the sun in a Bank fog. "Thar's
or Cape Ann away off thea'. Yell
' see it often after this, I hope.
Gio'ster's jest inside that', an' by
tit' weekend we sh'd het the of
1, I tstalia a-pokin' her horn outside ed
, Ten Pound Island. � Eastern Plat lay
a little t'th west'ard ar d o' th Cape, an'
• I collate afore ye're mueh older yell
' giBreakfa th'
hwamilt
over there
n theyow rocks,"
e ed the Lightship, and through a sea'
smooth as glass and glittering in the
sun they swung up Boston Bay, What
1 a morning it was! To Shorty, the
steamer trip haethe train ride beaten
hollow. and the ' assage up to Boston
it on that glorious August morning was
a. perfect delight, Oft the Lightship
, they passed a Yankee -tier-o'-wax
yacht -like in white and huff, with
brass a -glitter and the Stars and
Stripes floating proudly from the
stern pole. Near the Graves they saw
asplendid i s
cl er hi towing er m
P out to
zea—a black -hulled dream of a ship.
with sky -raking Wrests and ;ands
a
ac u �.l
braced f ltless s, s urr Shorty w
e, Sho i
was
ci ]?
absorbed in the contemplation of her,
nautical loveliness when his uncle,
ieaned over the rail. "What a beauti-
t ful vessel," said Frank in admiration
of the deep laden windjammer.
' Ilis uncle was not so •enthusiastie.'
"Yankee hell -ship." he growled. "Cape
d • Horner, 'with bullies aft and an all
nation gape. o' shanghaied scrubs''
for'ard. Yell notice there airt't none
o'her erew on deck. Riggers a -taken :
!her out ---crew in their bunks sleepin'
oft' th' knack -out rum they swigged.
Ilast night, Aye Frankie--etheyre
beautiful ships t' look at, but iioatin',
hells t' sail iii,' That's tit' Martha;
Sturbuck—a proper Cape Horn blood'
• hoat—three skys-ls an' monkey's al -I
lowanee for th' forem'st crowd. Now
s look of or t' port here an' see what I,
call a vessel. She's a T Dock market -I
"alt . r om f:eorges main trip o esho
Ain't that a beauty for ye now?" I
On. their beam lay a beautiful
chooner under all sail, and making
ut bare steerage -way in the light"
rceze. The gang of men loungingi
round her quarter :stared et the Bos
on steamer with a sort of contempt,
stand in the bow an' haul a four-, egnity offtlhe un formedtoificial with
tub set on a hard bottom, snarled 11P:reverential awe. Acs he eulleetetl the' .
an' tide settle agin ye; pit adrift for tickets from the trawlers and drum-'
a week in a sl.ery with nawthin' to ett; mer who crowded the smoking -ear' b
swear ar in three langwidges—Portygee, he carried such an air of dignity with
Juduine. an' T Dock Irish; an' pleb him that almost caused the boy to gas
DD a skipper what is a sigh -liner, when his uncle at -.ase r , d th
p' d
t
.a• e cont tic
ten ye kin do •ttate ye're a blooded ter with the familiarity - of old ae,j
Banker an'ready t'become a second quaaintanee• a
Clayton Morrissey. You git along, "Hullo, trier', Tien Simpson! How's
with yet untie for a s pell a ' I'll` she heedin' this trip?" y&11 11 be rennin a vessel o' The 's
y of own :afore >'re a marl's age." l � onaubeai , official mask dre-
y,
laxed into a beaming smile.. "Ilotvdy,
At supper that night Iii: uncle spoke <'sp', Clark. Off for th' fishin' ager .l
the long -hoped-for words. "Frank, pit More high -line trips an' big stocks to
yer duds ready. �Yell �ship as spare, yet Two tickets, eh? Your boy,
'hand `thme this fall." And Shorty Cap'en? Your nephew, eh? Not
felt that he had at last crossed the Cap'en Frank Westhaver's youngster,
rubicen of his dearest desire, is he? You don't say! Goin' a-fishin'
----- are ye, son? Waal, here's hopin' ye
CHAPTER FOUR. steer a close wake to yer uncle, sonny."
Georges,
'th, men who set on And while Shorty
acknowledged the
There'sOn th' Channel an' Cape Shore advice in blushing
pleasure, the man
of tickets passed down the aisle.
The train journey opened Frank's
eyes as to his uncle's importance.
Everybody appeared to know him, and
the smoking -ear seemed to have be -
In th' first hundred years. come Jerry Clark's reception -room.
Sun -bronzed trawlers lurched up the
Shorty and his uncie boarded the lit- aisle and respectfully begged for "a
tie packet schooner ona misty Aug- chance" to sail with him; old ship -
zest morning, and, in company with mates hopped into the seat alongside
many other Long Covers bound for and exchanged yarns and notes, and
the Bank fishing, they waved their all who passed through the'car seem -
farewells to the little knot of women ed to have a hail for Cap'en Clark.
on the wharf. While his thele and the Shorty divided his- attention between
other men were assisting Cap'en Bill the passing scenery and the boisterous
Daley to "hang out th' patch," Frank gossip of his uncle's friends, and by
Westhaver stood an the schooner's the time the train pulled into Yar-
quarter. and listened dutiful•1
From th' Quero down to Cashes,
An' tb' Peak to Labrador;
There's seiners, shackers, salters,
But where'er a vessel steers.,
They'll tell you fishin's hardest
to his mouth, Frank, had a new coneepti.q
although it must have annoyed them
oxeeedingly to see the advantage of
steam over sail an such a morning.
"She's th' Mennic G. Irvine -.a
Burgess model, There's her skipper at
th' wheel—Stormalong Jae Evans --a
pow'ful bard driver an' a mighty good
fisherman. But wait, Frankie, till ye
see th' Kastaalia, Smartest vessel out
o' Gio'ster--sails like a; steamboat.
Now we're eomin' in among the is-
lands. Boston's dead ahead. 'D'ye see
th' smoke of it? Here's a big At-
lantic liner a-corrin'—boun' for Lieer-
pool, I collate. Some size vessel
sonny, eh?"
(To be continued.)
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every shot. What is the reason?"
"Well, sot," said Pat, "the only rea-
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who stuck up: the targets hasn't put
thein in a straight line from here."
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