HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-5-11, Page 2BLUE WATER
A TALE OF THE DEEP.
SEA FISHERMEN
BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE.
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enough. The skipper then jumped
aboard, "That'll do," he said, "Up
on yer maiti+s'1 now!" Shorty cast the
stops off, ar.d when the great roll of
canvas had dropped on to the cabin.
house the whole gang of twenty men
tallied on to the peak end throat hal-
liards. "Now then, up she goes!';And
with three men fore -all to each iTal-
hard, the rest strung along the quar-
ter alleys ,and hauled in uniserL to the
encouraging shout" of some of heir
umber. The mighty sail slowly climb-
ed the last to the creaking of blocks
and the panting barks of `Walk her
up now, bullies!" "Give it to her, fel-
lers!" "Heave en' walk away with
Hove the Story Started.. I good care ye don't get a good many her!" While Captain Clark stood well
(eras lc Westheree, unman as' more vessel's bills. A word from ^int aft and directed the operation with a
`+caro E 1' t L n Crew on l3av about this will queer you with most Hold yer throat, an'up on yer peak.
of 1 c lives
a with
o d e rer r skipper out o' Gloucester, I "Hold yer throat!"
,ae ceast with his cirgtmotheane, .til ?eta. F'xrnk, here's some money. until the bipen mainsail weshho stcd as
lei, :elz., L`a fain Jeri Clrark. He
:i<:ss itis eha:ee Lemuel Rin drink a ; i•'`a} hint, act ' let's go." taut as the alliards would take it.
bottler of rum, wiiereepon� 'ranak,g The man was abject ir- his apologies "Come an yer sleek! cried the
uncle .ells him the story
- of his fatly; and pleaded various excuses to ac- gang at the fife -z_1, The fore -all
ern eondness for drin'nmeat how the unt for the overcharges, but Cap- trio held on while the pin -sonars took
`•(Irate Westbever" wezit down off:: talo Jerry was adamant. "Don't talk a. turn and belayed, then all straight
Waal aad with ten of her crew and` V ire; he rumbled. "Tell it to th ened up for a breather after ,he haul,
her clapper. This has the desired of-' boy. He noes rl', my business for me All right, cried the skipper, Jig
feet aeon frank. The two bays pilot now'" be :ip naw!" The ^ nos or peak aril
ar 1�:�'izn a•esreel luta Anehorville to They left the store at last, with the throat halliard pur.hzses were ma+i-
the esronielenernt of Captaia Spinney,?proprietor apologizing to the door. On ned, and they took up all the slack
oarbe masher, Frank t'niy' es school• their way down to the wharf Uncle until the mainsail lufP rope set up
velth ere::it to l into f end . spends the Jerry spoke: "Now, Frank, ank, that'll jest "bar taut" and the great canvas was
satinet,;-r.µs en apprentice to "Deng show ye how eaueb good) edeiiea-non! stretched until the wrinkles ran from
Mile Je r ag,.. In August Ca& sloes a man. Look at th huedre is en' Peak to tack
takes hint to Gi:-t;eeter as sp. re hand; donate i meet ha bin swindled out of; "Well yer u ains'I. Come up en yer
on the Ken n». 'court off not bein' rile t' keep track' Lift raw, lnship tli' crotch an' tend
, :n things. Ye did fine, my son, we th' •sheet, some o' you!" On the order
CHA,'>;'1:P 1; OInR I.Cont'd.) 'tawas a. proud man I was when I saw the nsherrnan's topping lift, which be-
` r e% fine,"' chuct led Captain Ye gzvin that lougshore shsarle leis lays on the boons, was manned and
Cl res. e las better' than cold Clancy, Pinner a oundiees--- •-" p the boom topped sip and out of the
til' ler' intheoffice. 'd ha' clone it.i Shorty strutted along proudly, and erotei-.
ye'x (tie '•ai'rU th' bilis fog -he winked knowingly at his uncle as ""ntell th' lift. Up on yer fores'I
me, Frannie, after after this, an' I'll givei.he handed over the remainder of the nolo, fellers!" The foresail was soon
Ye charge o' all til' store tallyiu' ann money.. "Yes, Uncle, an' I drew same hoisted and jigged, then the skipper
th' fix;nin' when we snake th' grounds, r o • th' snort's blood too; I made pini ;sang out( Up on yer jumbo, boys;
No;'v shoot up to th' 'store an' nes. glare a�discount o' fifeen per cent. Make th tail -rope fast t'wind'ard.
them t' 1 h their int nn air th bill stead a' ten."Let go bow -line." The torestaysail
i�I1r et y e have
.air ecce ,
see of they jibe v:th yer tally," ( The big fiehing^ skiper burst ince or jumbo was quiekly hauled -'up and.
the tail-rope—an auxiliary sheet --
Shorty procured the ett'rt's aocaunt,' a laugh. "3i a did? Mem Lou little
che;ked it over, and discovered a few:. runt, of you ain't th' limit! Ye dewed was made fast to windward, and the
discrepane.es in the prices of certain „nm coram, an' then took fifteen per'Kastalia's bow swung out into the
commodities. here, e Lrn,1e," he .cent. discount afro pini, Iia! ha! Qh„ stream. Captain Clark took the wheel
mmodt e. Lao(.. e , i , and spun the spokes over. "Cast of
nein. "This feller has one hundred but you're a deg, Frank! A man ll'
lends o' batter at twenty and one -,need keep a-gripin' t' work t' zvind'ard Iyer stern -Line'. Hist yer jib! Draw
n!f cents a pound charged up as o you afore ye re much older; Ha". ha! ;away yer jumbo. The stern -line was
+y s ha! .And Uncle Jerry chuckled all 'oast of the bollard by a dock lumper
twenty-five dollars, an' it li'd only
coarse to twenty dollars fifty cents— :Ithe way along the wharf. the triil.rone was slacked away, enc
four dollars ilft•y cents tore much. ]de's N That evening all the stores and gear the Jia hoisted. Under her four low -
got ore dezen o' piclales at twelve and Were erten aboard. The dories, re- ars the Kastalia worked her way out
a half cents a bottle ehurged u as fitted with thwarts thole -pians pen-' the harbor with the fresh morning
ore dollar seventy-five cents, when as
board., tow and stein beekets, part -;breeze an her sails,
Ought t'. be one dollar fifty cents, Al- : ers, and oars, were brought alongside; Shorty had been busy tailing on to
most every item her an overeli;arge and netted upon the (leeks. .After halliards end casting otf stops, and,
of a few conte- " supper the gang, with but one or two. as spare hand, it was his duty to pick
"But they gizmo ;i die:cnuut, Frank, three ports, dressed themselves in up the gaskets, strops, heaver,. and
cause I al,aas :ay cash afore I sail their .ore toggery and went up -torr -boon guys and stow them away until
'stead o' settlnn' at the end o' th' . for a last "lock around" and gossip called for again. When he had put
trip,"before starting out on their long.trip a them in the cabin lockers he came on
Shorty was not satisfied. "Yes, an' to the eastern Banks, Shorty wrote .deck and looked back at the town fad -
they take their discount; out o' you by three letters—one to his mother, one gin into the half-darkness astern.
these overebarges^ Dad you ever cheek to MISS Dexter, and one to Lem Ring^ Waal) sen, said a man, slapping
up these bill "fere?" _and, in company with his uncle, hien on the back, "you're in for it
"Waal," replied the skipper heli- went ug to the post office end mailed naow, No seein Gloster agin til th
tautly, ''i tallae l th' stuff as it eame , ` e nThl balance of the
main: snit's 1%et an' full c cks fin), $0
f shin'
down, but I River bothered t cheek. spat listening to:a band concert. „
th' bill. I illus cal'lated they was in East Gloucester, anal Shorty stroll-iweather,
honest." ed among' the crowds thoroughly en Up to the present Shorty had no
His nephew smiled grimly, "Let's raptured with the'beauty of the night. idea where they were going, and
walk up to this store, Uncle. We'll : The soft wind from the sea, the moon- neither his uncle nor the meat had,
hes a palaver with them" slight, the gaily dressed summer visa volunteered any information. Captain
Into the store they went, and Cap- tors, laughing and chattering, and the Clark made it a point of never telling
fain Clark was greeted effusively by . stirring strains from the 'reg]menitil anybody Ida intentions, and' the men
never asked him. If they did, his in -
the proprietor. Shorty, as a ccimmon band made an impressionupon him
bay on u fisherman, was ignored. ;which he dreamed over with subcon- ,'triable reply was, "To the east'ard!"
"About my bill—" began Uncle'scious pleasure as he lay in his bunk The successful Bank skipper is the
Jerry. in the Iiastalia's cabin. Since he had one who keeps ears and eyes open,
'_ah, yes, Captain. Just step into left Long Cove his eyes had seen but mouth shut, and Jerry Clark was
my office!" The storekeeper rubbed many strange things, and as he turned one of the successful ones.
his fat halls together and smiled them over in his retrospective mind he With a breeze freshening with the
ingratiatingly. began to feel that life was good and dawn they rounded Eastern Point and
Captain Clark wasn't looking pleas- well worth living, passed the twin towers of Tlnatelner's
ed, and he turned to Shorty. "Frank
Island, when the cook's whistle sound-
jest go in an' settle up with this fel- . CHAPTER FIVE, ed for the "first half" to go down for
ler. Whatever it is 1'11 pay•" Shorty was in th breakfast, 'Shorty was among this
The other gazed tipon the grimy
little figure in jersey and sea -boots.
"Who's this kid, Captain?" he ask-
ed in surprise.
"My nevvy," replied the skipper
shortly. "He'll go over th' bill with
an'wfew i
ye show ye a e things." s. And
g
he did.
The account was a long one, and
Shorty went over every item, pointing
out mistakes until the storekeeper
was furious. It was very seldom that
fishermen bothered checking up his
figures•, and the ignorant Jerry Clark
was the last man he ever expected to
doubt his honesty. When it was fin-
ished and Shorty had brought the bill
down to some fourteen dollars less
than originally charged, Captain Clark
had bis say.
"Now, sir, I've bin aabuyin' stores
from you fur a con'sid'rable time, ane
I've illus paid cash afore sailin'. I
took ye fur an honest man, an' now
I find ye ain't. Ye knew I warn't
much o' a hand at figgerin', an' ye've
bin talon' advantage of it. I'll pay
ye this bill, but no more business will
ye git from me, en' I'll take dsnn'
e midst of a de- gang, and regretfully* he left the deck
lightful dream, wherein he had got to take his place at the triangular
eommand of a vessel likethe Iiastalda, fo'c'sle table, winch road its base at
and he was taking the admiring Miss
Dexter down to have a look at her
when the pleasant fancy was rudely
disturbed
b the roar
of his sun
sleds
voice, 'Tumble out, all hands! Get
underwa-a-ay! Come on now, fellers!
Show a legs Shake a stoekin'!"
In the light from the cabin lamps
the gang emerged yawning from their
bunks and proceeded to don -coats and
sea -boots. Blinking at the clock,
Shorty noted the hour—half-past
three— and he pulled -on rubber boots,
coat, cap, and mittens and joined the
mob shivering on deck. It was a dark
morning; the moon had gone down,
but the stars were shining, and a
light breeze was ruffling the waters
of Gloucester harbor. Captain Clark
was -standing upon the dock, and when
the crowd mustered he gave the word.
"Get her down to the end o' th' wharf.
Slack away yer starn-mines. Haul away
far'ard"
Warping the vessel down to the
wharf end, they tugged and strained
at the hawsers until she was far
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the foremast and its apex at the pawl -
post, both of which timbers had their
massive sides festooned with beekets
for the sauce, a, vinegar, pepper,
and
salt bottles. The "grub" was placed
upon the oilcloth in great enamel-
ware pots, and armed with knife, fork,
spoon, plate, and inug, each man "dug
in" until hunger was satiated.
(To be continued.) •
Salt Is My Good Friend.
A handful of salt put around the
roots of carnations about once a
month will give fine bloetoms.
A sprinkling of salt underneath a
baking pan will prevent a roast from
burning.
Salt with lemon juice will remove
ink stains.
Salt will remove scorchfrom freshly
ironed clothes if placed on scorched
place, dampened, and the garment
hung in the sunshine. -
Salt will - set the color in cotton
clothes if used the first time they are
laundered.
New ironware should be scoured
thoroughlyy with salt if it discolors
the dishcloth.
A teaspoonful of fine table salt
added to kerosene lamps, and changed
once a month, will prevent the lamps
from ,smelling badly.
If a sprinkling of •salt is added to
the whites of eggs or whipping cream,
it will help either to stiffen much
more quickly. •
A. teaspoon of salt with one table-
spoon of alive oil will remove dis-
coloorations on the dining table caused
by heat. The mixture should - stand
en the spots several hours, and then
be rubbed off with a fine piece of
flannel.
Slant will remove fresh ink stains
from a carpet.
Bags of salt bake& in the oven are
often more soothing to use in illness
than a hot-water bottle.
rlt will remove stains from tea
cups. t''
Nothing will stick to new pans if
Handful of salt with c21d waiter as
allowed Co stand in them several hour
ane then rinsed out with clean cold.
Wareal •
A. test .Eon .the purity of salt° -i, to
place a tablespoon of salt in a glass
of water. If the salt iseinadulter.;ated
it will sink to the bottom of the glass,
leaving the water clear; but' if ;other
material bus been added to it the
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Watch Four Children's Teeth, ('and .friveious, but she is mother's
Every member of the public, and'. daughter " ,*viclly's voice. broke, and
especially the children, sl:auld baEshe urnecl away abruptly, What
taught about Teeth, would Judge Howell think of a girl
The poisoning which goes on from! who cried? He bad been the kindest
diseased teeth and gums spreads over and most patient *of Meade since 'her
the whole system, causing premature 9 father died; she did not know what
olid age and degeneration of aital she °sheuel do if'the could not gra to
organs.
' hizn when things were too hard for
As soon as a child's. teeth appearher to"bear,
they should be attended to. His food; Tlie judge was looking musi•ngly
should be regulated, Some of the' out the window at a-ggreet maple.
foods eaten by child en—and adults,? "Did I ever tell you about Roy's
too—favor the growth of harmful;Armita,ge and Rei s tumble?"he
9aske
germs tench attack the teeth.
These foods are white bread, white' Molly« sti tined•. To tell .a story!,
biseuats, sugary foods, sweets, and, when she was quivering with pain
milky mixtures; but it must be re-; over Cicihy! `"I don t remember at,"i
menrberecd that their harm "is mini- " she replied a bit coldly in spite of l
mired if' the part rl .are brushed ed. herself. The judge never had failed
after a meal, and if fruit is mixed leer be#ore,
with the mead or eaten immediately!. The, judge smiled as he „looked at
afterfirards, :the maple. "There ware only a year
The kinds of foods which are not between the yoUngsteran he said,.
harmful are . meat, .fish, fruit, nuts, i "and from the first Roy had been
brown bread and stone -milled bread, Passionately devoted to Rex. lde would.
coarse biscuits, vegetables, ealads,shaw of Rexs•accomplishments as a#
salt, and almost everything ~halo re- he bad been his mother. And indeed
quires good, hard ehewing, except n Rex was a clever little beggar with
toffee and sweets. ( ways that few peoinle could resist.
Fruit is most helpful, and should be "When the boys were five or six!
taken by children after every meal, if Years old they received a pony; it was •
possible. This brings about a copious; a frisky little animal, but so small
flow of alkaline •saliva which dissolves that a tumble from it wouldn't amount
and washes away the particles stick-; to nnieb. Rex of course began all
ing to the teeth and neutralizes the sorts of cercus stunts on it^
acid products of decay -producing "Roy confined himself to plain Tide:
germs, Sorge foods, like tea ing, but he was immensely proud of
with bread and butter, hinder this Rex's feats. He was boasting to nie,
flow of saliva, unless combined with, ono day. "Rex can ride bareback!' he
fruits or vegetable aeids such as ` declared- 'He can ride standing up!
lemon juice or portions of orange ora "Rex was standing up on the pony's
of apple jelly: back at the moment, The next rno-'
While pyorrhoea is chiefly a disease i ment he was on the ground, rubbing
of middle-aged and elderly people, it hie head. I looked at Roy to hear
sometimes begins with very young . what he would say. He looked back
persons. It is a disease of the tooth at ane steadily. 'lie stilly can,' be
socket, which eomanenees as a slight declared:"
inflanimation at the edge of the gum, There was a little silence before the
showing that the latter isslightly judge went on. "Far twenty years .
infected by germs This state of Roy kept saying of Rex, 'He still can.'
things causes no pain, but it should He said it through ,some pretty bard
be regarded as a danger signal. Py- tines, for Rex was wild. But in the
orrhoea loosens the teeth, destroys end Roy's faith made a man of him."
their sockets, poisons the breath and The judge looked straight into
the whole system. Molly's troubled eyes. "Do you see,
In this ease --as with disease of the child?" he aaket!.
teeth --the best preventive is "frie- Molly drew a long breath. "You
non," This can be brought about by mean to keep on believing that
giving solid or hard foods. Hard foods. Cicily—"
ensure the proper development of the; "Till one or the other of you dies.
jaws in children, and at the same Though Clelly is only live years
time clean teeth and gums. The' younger than you, she is living in a
child's teeth and gums should be( different age. It's a dangerous' age;;.
brushed vigorously after every mean $ there's no doubt about that. But after,
ifossible, P Y but more es eeiall thea all she is her parents' child, and if
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last thing at night, so that the mouth! her sister believes in her and makes
may be clean during the hours of, her feel her belief every moment—
slumber. The teeth should be brushed' We a good stiff job, Molly, child; ere
all over and in all directions, especial- Yoti equal to it?"
ly downward's in the upper and up- Molly's eyes met his. "I couldn't
wards in the lower, like brushing out fail!" she Inied. "I have to do it—
the teeth of a comb. The masticating for mother:"
surfaces- of the back teeth should be -----_ .
brushed backwards and forwards and DyeDress,Skirt
also across.or Fded Curtains
in Diamond Dyes
Brushing the gums is even more
important than brushing the teeth.
brush every square inch of the gums
briskly but with a fairly light band,, Each package of "Diamond Dyes"
both before and behind. They will contains directions so simple any wo-
acquire increased resistance to germs man can dye or tint her worn, sbabby
and so will defend themselves against dresses, skirts, waists, coats, stock -
attacks of pyorrhoea. Ings, sweaters, coverings, draperies,
Salt and water is good enough for hangings, everything, even if she has
cleaning the teeth and gums. The never dyed before. Buy "Diamond
strength should be about a teaspoon- Dyes"—no other kind—then perfect
ful to a turnblerful of water. After home dyeing is sure because Diamond
use, dry the brush by friction on the Dyes are guaranteed not to spot, fade,
towel. streak, or run. Tell your druggist
If a tooth is only beginning to decay whether the material you wish to dye
it can be easily stopped, and if it is wool or silk, or whether to is linen,
is too badly decayed for stopping it cotton or mixed goods.
is better to have ,it out than let it be •r --•--
an impediment to fearless chewing. Insects as Inventors.
The toss of temporary teeth" before The diving -bell was invented origin.
the proper time, however, often causes
eerier- irregularities of the second
set.
The dentist should be visited at
ally by the ordinary water -spider.
Thousands of years before human
beings thought of this device for visit -
least twice a year. His work will be ing tete sea -bottom, the spider was in
as -important in preventing future de- the habit of using a bell made of silk.
cayand pyorrhoea as in curing actual
mischief.
Care of the teeth, a -s has been point-
ed out, is important - first of allin
ehildhood-; but the .same simple rules
apply just as much to adults.
Home Remedies.
It is thimble -shaped, and is anchored
to the weeds by silken threads, with
the opening downwards.
The water is expelled in a very in-
genious manner. The hairs an the
spiders body are long, with a hoolc at
the end. By means of these the insect
is able to surround itself with a cus-
hion of air, It dives into the water
A teaspoonful -or less of paregoric i and enters the bell, where it releases
in hot water will nearly always eased the air. This process Is repeated un -
an acute attack of neuralgia, especial-' til the bell is full of air.
Iy when it is due to a nervous shock In the bell the female spider lays
of some sort: The remedy is one that her eggs twice a year, In the early
should not be often repeated, but kept part of the summer and in the autumn,
on the emergency, shelf for use when The first batch of eggs is hatched by
hot applications, ginger or other
remedies are not available.—Mrs. L. T.
Always have a g'l'ass medicine drop-
per and a 'bottle of rose water in • the
medicine chest and M your traveling
bag, then viten you get a foreign sub-
stance in the eye, you will be spared
much pant and discomfort by using
the following simple and harmless
Method. Put into the dropper six .
drops of rosewater. Pull drown the
w lid.float the,iciuidl on the stir -
a on tw
injured' eye. After Ant
ros;ewatei been in the eye -'1 few
seconds, flee the emote riiedreine:rrop -
per tosuck out the lig fid, and tfie
foreign substance will come with
it.—Mrs.J. O'C,
The Task.
"I've tried so hard' to make home
happy for °icily, and now to have her
go away"'-- Oh, I knew she was gay'
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After laying the second batch of
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