Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-05-23

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sive grip, and, pale as death, whispered
to him, Larry, did We no mark him %
Him, who?" exclaimed Larry, much
astonished, for he had been too much
occupied with dreams of his coming hap
piness to notice anything.3
"Yonder mon-eh, GUIDE beward us!
It's fearful sicht He has an evil eye
l-if ane ever glowered oot O. mortal
head. Oh, Larry, ye maunna gang this
day. Sorrow and woe will BETA us a. if
We do 60"
Dell hae me, what's come to ye? 1
wish the mon at the bottom O. the Red
Sea afore he gev thee sic turn. Pughl
it's fancy"
ats no fancy, Larry, but the Gospel
uuth. He has the evil ee 1 tell ye, and
maunna gang this day.
EVIL ee! an auld wife's tale 1
csrena for a. evil ee's O. a. the heads O.
a the ill faurd chiefs frae John O. the
Groats TO the lands end %
''Dinna speak sae," cried the terrified
girl, who was profoundly impressed with
all the superstitions of her race. "For
the luve O. God, dinna set at naught Sic
can warning. Evil wi BETA if ye sail
noc."
Larry laughed, but not very heartily,
for he by no means was proof against
the notions Of his people. He had set
his heart, however, upon sailing with all
expedition; and as he knew we'll that his
messmates themselves would obstinately
refuse to sail were they told what his
sweetheart had seen, he determined to
keep it from them.
THAT, for a. the evil ees, and a. the
auld wife's joucks /" cried he, swapping
his fingers with an air of bravado.-
GA the spells O. darkness shall no keep
our bonny boat frae hosting its wings
to the blast, an coming back in sax days
WI caller herrin' to fill the creels. Ye
ken the auld song, lassie:
Wee may the boatie row,
And weel may she speed
Wee may the boatie row,
That earns the bairnies bread"
!" Larry. dearie, ance mair, for the
luve O. God-for the luve O. me-dinna
be sac daft and reckless. Aud Tam
Fairly was just sac. He wadna take
tent when he met the evil ee, and he
sailed the same nicht, an was drooned
wi a. on board. An then, there was a
young Abbie Suewlie, who used to
laugh at his auld grandmither when
She
"Ye're ma better than an auld grand.
mither yerseP, to maunder at that rate.
The wiud's fair, an the sky's clear, an
a promises weel. GUIDE sake, dinna
baud me back sac l'' for they were now
on the jetty, and the poor girl, in her
terror and anxiety to detain her lover,
was clinging to his back ''See, if Jock
an Allan are ma laughing at US enough
to split. Well be the toun's jouk i yc
carry on sae.''
Hastily, and even roughly, disengag-
ing himself, Larry gave her hearty
kiss, and leapt into the boat, which had
its sails ready hOisted, and bagging with
the breeze. The rope was cast off, and
the little bark swiftly cut through the
waves, impelled by its heavy red sail
Poor Lillias waved her hand in adieu,
and burst into tears.
She watched the boat till it was but
a mere speck, and was hid from sight by
an island, as it sailed down the Forth
for the open sea. Filled with dire fore.
bodings, she walked slowly home, and
mechanically set to work knitting a new
net.
In FIVE or six days several of the New
Haven boats returned, with the sad news
that not one herring had been caught,
and that the rumor of their appearance
was altogether false. Larry's boat was
not of the number, and when Lillias ca.
gerly questioned the arrivals concerning
him, they one and all expressed their
surprise that he had not returned before
them, for they said he was the first to
give up the bootless adventure, and
spread his sail for home before any of
them.
The poor unhappy girl was now half
distracted. She felt certain that the boat
had foundered, remembering the warn
ing of the evil eye, and how madly her
lover had laughed it TO scorn.
When Larry and his crew were on the
homeward voyage, they had outsailed
all their brother fishermen, and were
running up for the Forth. When off
Bass Rock, one of them noticed some
black objects rising and sinking to the
leeward. They bore up to them, and
found they were four or FIVE rundlets of
French brandy, evidently cast overheard
by some smugglers. Here was temp
tation to the poor fellows, dispirited as
they were by the i'll success of their voy
age.
But they all knew that the strict rev.
enue law forbade them to pick up any
cask of spirits at sea, if of less capacity
than forty gallons-the reason being that
frauds were frequently practiced by
smugglers bringing in small casks, and
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