The Seaforth News, 1941-06-12, Page 6PAGE SIX
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"It was now getting hear the hour
to set elle !catch, and when it was us
aa1 to retire. for the night. Most of the
pary went 'below, leavme no one oft
deck but Cap. the Sergeant, jasper,
and two of the crew. :arrowhead and
his ,wife also remained, the forner
standing aloof in proud reserve, and
the latter exhibiting, by her attitude
and passiveness, the meek -humility
that characterizes an Indian woman.
'"lou will find a place •for your•wi'8e
below, Arrowhead, where -my daugh-
ter will attend tc:, her wants." said
rhe Sergeant kindly, who was himself
on the point o*. quitting the Bleck;
"yonder is a sail ,here you may
sleep yourself,"
"1 thank my father. The Tuscarora,
::re nor w -r, Tttc »tn will look
lily L.ankee, m t ,e
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of a'boy to join in the pursuit; "let us
launch it, and give chase!"
"It will the useless. if Pathfinder
had been on deck, there night have
been a chance; drat there is none now.
'1'o launch the canoe work! hare taken
three or four ntinares. and the time
lost would be sufficient for the pur-
poses of Arrowhead."
,Both 'Cap and the Sergeant saw the
truth of this, which would have 'teen
nearly ,elf -evident even to one unac-
customed to ,vessels; The shore was
distant less than half a mule, and the
canoe was already glancing- into hs
shadows, at a rate to show that it
looms reach the land before its Part
suers could probably get half ;he di -
twice. The lett' .: the Scud was re-
luctantly put til. again, and the cutter
wore ;itort round i ,cn her Creel, ronin,
ac, ,•r .•, use ,tn the oilier tack, as
tin: ou ,a12 instinct .1l1 thi- was
don - thy j -ser in 1,rnfnun,1 silence.
,,,. plerstfonlin:, what Sas
.e .Secy .,•„i leuditta. their ,lid in ,
*rt T echatt•ra' mi•.atsm. 11ti'r
se manoeuvre. were in the roars,
rye"..trio•;. talo J, tht Sertzean!
,...!i. ,>,l !e,1 hits toaurtla !„•
. tit ,. -.r, ,.'fer. ti,• ,sa, out ,f ear -
t, f.ttal ,tt Lan To .,tt!r,: ;; his stores
-•IT:ir.e 1.r ,1'1tr 1Jnr.ham," s;tid he,
e"•'t aft. +.. .. t,, , f es, 'Tit.. ft ln"it-
: et; q .ir. , alto ire l'to 1 ',t and
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'The life -,i,l'.r,,r,.t'trr Cap,
- fate tusta.f. , tteitt and ir-
..ns, '.h;-..,t,tt,•r y..rt
hr nisi might
t.:.,.• ..,•n is ,2,1 !'n. ,..s.
.. solo t. 5,t1 .. :11171 1
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a -rain,: !h i„i
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..:d. fl.l t17•771 ..tot , •'4 t•A'TI. n `1 r,t':,tit. 't:.i
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.
ly. - ,ti.",— .-yi
rn C1'. . s -aiitly
:, ra ,.. - breeze ,...h all 11'7T canvas
f:agoing. or was .. .ni^g t,E., the
'wind's eye. as seamen o.rn it. ':01i1
tate sight waft aa- a hundred feet to
windward of ?ter former position.
Quirk and dexterous, a Wa,this
movement. and ready a; hari heen the
expedient, it :vas not quicker or more
ready than that of the Tuscarora.
With an intelligence that denoted
some familiarity with vessels, he had
seized his paddle and Iva, already
skimming the water, aided by the ef-
forts of his wife. The directt:on he
rook was scstth-wezterly, or on a line
that led him equally towards the wind
and the shore a;hile it also kept nim
.so far aloof from the ratter as to av-
oid the clanger of the latter falling on
board of him when she filled on the
other tack. Swiftly it the Scald had
the wind. and far a, she had tfrrrced
ahead. Jasper ,knew it was nerr•s.ar
to cast her ere she had lost all her
way; and it was not two tninntes
from the time the helm had been ,put
den's ''before the 11.-ely little craft
:was aback forward, and rapidly fall-
ing. ,eft in ,,rte- to 10w her .stiiis u,
fill on the .rub. totack.
"Tie ,rill e1 .,aha.!" said. .1.. -,-per
... _
instant i caught 1 Llitil..ser' the re-
lative bearings of the. 'toter and the
ca*oe, 'rhe 51705 nc kna: . traddl-
ti:a
dead tat windward. a the Scud
can int' 5. _ a•ertaTc. him!"
"'s':,n have a c •e-" exe,aimed the
Sergeant .manifesting the eagerness
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cutter is sole slipping through the
,eater at the rate of sir knots, and as
the distances are so short on this bit
of a bond, we may all find ourselves
in a French port helore morning. and
in a .French ,prison (before night."
"This May the true-enrtrg+h. What
would you advise me to do 'brother?"
Ili my opinion you should ,put this
Master Freshwater under arrest on:
the spot; send him below under the
charge of a sentinel, and transfer the
command of I,
ecutter t V
rto t tt, 1t his
ytuu have power to .perform, the craft
helongin'g to the ,arni: and you (being
the commanding officer of the troops
present,"
Sergeant Dunham deliberated more
than an +hc,ur on the propriety of this
proposal; for, •though sufficiently
prompt •when his mind was really
made up, he was habitttally thought-
ful and wary, 'fhe .habit of -superin-
tending the personal police of the
garrison had made hini acquainted
with character, and he had 'long (been
disposed to thinnk well of jasper. Still
that subtle poison, suspicion, had. en-
tered his soul; and so Much were the
artifices and intrigues of the French
dreaded, that, especially• warned as he
had ,herr ,by his commander, it is not
to the -wondered that the recollection
of years of good conduct should van-
ish under the influence of a d1 tr;, t
so keen, .and seentin.gly so plausible,
In this entharrassment the Sengean1
cunutlted -the Qitarterntaster, whose
opinion. as his superior, he felt bound
to respect, though at the moment in-
dependent of his control. It is an un-
fortunate toccurrence for one who is
iu a dilentnta to ask advice of another
',dm i, desirions a,f Standing in Ids
favour, the party consulted (being a'1 -
most certain to try to think in the
manner which will be the most agree-
able to the party consulting. In the
present instance it was equally on -
fortunate, as respect: a candid con-
sideration. of the strhiect, that ,Cap, in:
stead of the Sergeant himself, made
1' '.e ',tocnlrnt of the case;- for the
earnest hold sailor •Iris not backward
leoing his listener perceive to
which side he was detrious that the
Quartermaster ,he'll lean. Lieuten-
ant \luir was much trod ,politic to of,
fend the uncle and father of she wont
=m'1 110e7.1 and as'teeted 10 1.N111, 1,11
lie t a''y t't.ot,ht the ease adtuitie•d ..
,ert.t_; 'tit. in th,.' manner in which
t!t -ac:. .ce re snhinitte,i to hint,. he
was seTti.tsty inclined tv think that i•
5' .T 1 'x• ,well to ,tat the t'.onerol of
the Scud temporarily into ire ntana1e-
:.nt•t:i ni Lap, a. a prtraniioll asTitinst
treachery. •l•hi, ,opinion then decided
the Sergeant,w'w forthwith set to. e t
t,u. t X7•07111e'5 neees,tary :ora.
ire,
'Without entering into any e; -en
,.,7,t 1,, Tti,r..177.1111 11tnthan 'mr h ,n
'orintal Jasper !left 'le fell it to n ,ti,'
.1 it-' To deprive !tin, temoor;eri'y
rite ,,,'rant , : tae, c ttp•r, and to
,,.. •, 011 111.: r ,1 sit ', ,P, A nal
.•1 cl :and 1t,r,dtmt;tn
e •.,rel t't.• t„ 7e1 nn•:, ca, :n, t ,v a
q'tint r.•ita"k. rein iu,li`•_ hill 111;1 tni'-
•
nary t 'i „"en ,oi a 11:11`15, r'•-
gantel ...071.777-a1110..711. ;4111 a 1ev'.it-alion
Ilan The 1'55.ent dnlr rya' „f such
e;t:rafter that this 1':r•ienicu- :rrrianae•
memt had 1,eawne tndi.pettsahla \.-
thoIl h jasper's e-totti•limen' remain-
ed and ntn,iand the Ser chit eattt-
'to t -':t flastaininz from Making.
allusion to his sus »cions--bhe
a �1 young
g
nein vas artu:iont d to obey with
military submission; and he quietly
acgaiiesced, with this own 'mouth dir-
ecting the little crew to receive their
further orders -from .Cap until another
change should the effected. When,
however, he was 'told the case re-
quired that not only he himself, 'but
his .principal assistant, who, on ac -
account of his long acquaintance with
the lake, was usually termed 'the pilot,
were to remain below,wthere was an
alteration in his countenance and
manner that demoted strong •feeling
though it was so well mastered as to
leave even distrustful Cap in doubt as
to its meaning. As a smatter Of course,
however, when distrust ;exists, it was
not long 'before the worst cottstnuct-
ion was pmt upon it,
:\s Sean as 'Jasper and the pilot
were !below, the sentinel at the hatch
received private orders to pay partic-
ular attention to (both; to allow neith-
er to carte on deck again without 'giv-
ing instant notice to the person Who
'tight then the in charge of 'the cutter,
and insist on his return (below as soon
as possible. This (precaution, however;
was. uncalled for; Jasper and Itis as-
sistant both throwing themselves sil-
ently on their pallets, which neither
quitted again that night.
'And now, Sergeant" said Cap, as
soon as lw ,feud himself 'taster of
the -deck, "you will just have the
goodness to give tine the courses and
distance, that I may see the boat
keeps her head the right way,"
"1 know nothing of either, brother
Cap," returned Dunham not a little
eatharraSsed at the question, "We
must make the 'best of our way to the
station among the Thousand Islands,
where we shall lantl, relieve the .party
that is ah•eady out, and get info•rtna't-
ion'for our future ,governmenet. That's
it, nearly word for word, as it stands
in the written orders,"
"(tut you can muster a chart—
something in the way o1 hearings and
distance-, that I may see the road?"
"I do not think Jasper . ever had
anything of the sort 10 ,get by."
"No chart, Sergeant Dunham!"
"Not a scrap of a pen even. Our
sailors navigate this lake without any
aid from 'taps."
" devil they do! They must este rr4-
tdar Yahoos. And cin you Amo. %
Sera rant IIunhan, than 1 can find ,nth•
island out of a thousand w51',
knowing- its mune or its .position,
without even a course or a (1121125151'
":\s for the name, l,rother Cap, you
need not .ire particular. for tont one of
the .thole thousand has a pante, and
'mistake can never he made o.,
that s,„r,, .\s for the position never
'siert_ theet1 there tny.cIf, 1 can tell:
y„•: 'oaten:; :!tout ;2 nor do 1 !IMO.
1-. „-it�..•1 r any tartiralor consen
n puce, provided .ye ; 1(1 1115 7-7710Y,
haps ,nn• a.i the hand, on deck can tell
the way.”
Bold ,.n, Sergeant—. -hotel on a
tucunant, if you piea.e. Sergeant dh,n-
h:rn. If I au to command this craft,
it ntnst the done, if esti -please. With-
out holding councils of war tc ith the
conk and cabin -'hoe. :\ -14-'taster
x-11111111'n•r, and he must have an
opinion ref 1,i, owtt, 'ver if it be a
wing one. I suppose you know ser-
vice rel! enottgll to understand that
it i- better in a commander In go
r I u than to go nowhere. At all
ev-
ent5, the Lor \<tnitt1 couldn't
command a yawl with cii:gnity, if hr
consulted the cock. ovain every time
he wished to go ashore. No, sir, if I
sink, 'I Bunk! hut, d --me, 1.11 go down
ship-shape and with dignity,"
`MBut, 'brother Cap, .1 have 'mo wish
to go 'down. anywhere, unless it be To
the station among the Thousand 1s -
lands whither we are 'bound.'.
"Well, well, Sergeant, rather than
ask advice—that is, direct, lbaretfaced
advice --of a foremast hand, or any
other than quartermaster officer, II
would 'glo round to the whole thous-
and, and examine then' one by one
until we got the right haven. But
there is such a thing as coming at an
opinion 'without manifesting ignor-
ance, and I will manage to rouse all
there is o(nt of these hands, and anatke
them think all the 'while that d ant
cramming them with my towti exper-
ience! We . are sometimes obliged to
else the glass at sea when there is
nothing in sight, or to heave the lead
long (before we strike soundings,
When a youngster, 1 sailed two tv
ges with a ;man who navigated his
ship tt>'retty match thy the latter sort Iof
inlforntation, which sometimes answ-
ers."
"I know we are steering in the
right direction at present," returned
the Sergeant; 'lout in 'the coarse of a
few hours we shall be op with a head-
land, where we moist feel our way
with more caution."
"Leave- me to ,155511(5 the .man at the
wheel, Ihdother, and you :shall see that
I will atta'ke hint suck in a very dew
minutes,"
'Carp and the Sergeant now, walked
aft, until they stood by the sailor who
was at the 'helot, Cap maintaining an
air of security and tranquility, like
one who was entirely confident of his
own ,powers,
"This is a wholesome air, sty lad,"
Cap Observed, in the 'tanner that a
superior on (beard a vessel 5ometlntes
condescends to use to a favoured in-
ferior. "Of- course yowl have it its thic
,fashion off the land every night?"
":fit this season of the year, sir," the
ratan returned, touching this hat, out of
respect to his new commander and
Sergeant Dnnhain's connection.
"The seine thing. 1 take it, anon;;
the 1'hmtsand Islands The wind will
stand, of course, though 155 shall shell
have land on every side of 'its,"
'i\V'hen WC get farther east, sir, the
wind will probably shift, for there
can then be no particular land --
breeze."
":\y, sty; 5'o much for your fresh
water- It has always some trick that
is opposed to nature. Se,, down :m1-
onar the \\'est India islands, one is
WO: ns certain asf hawing a land -
breeze as he is of having a sea-thrrere.
fit that respect there is no difference,
tlto•t..h its !pile in mile it should .h. -
different 111. here on This obit of fresh
tater. ('1f course. my- lad. yott know
all. 'about these p111,1 'I'hons1cnd is
land: "
"Lord bless you, !:Vaster ('ap, no-
body knows till about then', or ,1m -
thing about them. They are a puzzle
10 the oldest sailor on the lake, and
we don't pretend to know even their
names. Icor that 'tatter, most Ahem
have no more mune." than a child that
dies'before it is christened,"
"I take it, Jahn %' resumed ('1'.
' (0115 name is Jack, 1 ;believe?"
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"No, sir; I atm ,called Robert."
'Ay, Robert, it's very much The
sante thing, Vatic for Both; we arse the
two indGffercntly. I say, Bob, it's -
good holding ground, is it, down at
this same station for which we ere
hound "
"Bless you, sir" I •'.kn-ow no more
about it than Ione of the (Mohawl-s, or
a soldier of the -t MO."
'D'id you never anchor there?"
"Never, sir. tllaster lieu-datrce ,a1 -
ways ntakes fast to the shore,,,
".But in running in for 't+hs town,
yo -u. 15541 ,1115 lead' going, out of quest-
ion, and 411.1151 have tallo.wed as ostial,"
"Tall tw 1—arid two, tool Bless your
heart, tMaster'Cap! there is no more
town than +111ere is on your chits, and
not Half as much ta.11inw1"
The Sergeant smiled grimly, lb&
his brother-in-law dill not detect +this
pr,m,f of Murmur.
'"No church tower, nor light, nor
;fort, liar There is a garrison, as yon
call it herea•way, at least?"