The Republican journal., 1882-05-04
Between two Horns

boy no bigger than y0urn go out IN
boat to-day. Don't you do it. faint no
kind Of weather for that slip of a lad to
90 tooln' with them big pillows as sweeps
around old Dull Head. Why look your
self, woman. You can see them more'n
four miles away dashiug and lashing the
shore
AS Captain Rose spoke he pointed with
his right hand in the direction of one of
the two headIands between which Dell
Haven lay.
And no dory in the harbor," he con
tinued, "could weather Bright Head,
pointing toward the headland at the
Left. not if Capt Hezekiah himself was
row'n' OF it. You'd better take them
row-locks out and hide the oars if he
won't mind without your doin' It,"
81 can't bear to do it," said Mrs. Swing
"Richard will be so disappointed. He
set his lobster pots yesterday and he
hasn't slept any all night in his eagerness
to 90 out early and haul them. Don't you
see Capt. Rose, it's Saturday and a coach
full of the summer boarders came last
night to the Bright Head House, and he
can get big price for his Holsters to-day
My poor Dick has worked so hard max
ing the lobster pots himself and it seems
like cutting off the boys reward to say
'you shan't go to him.
''S'pose you do feel weakish about it
Susan; but you don't want that ere boat
10 te picked up adrift and no boy in it,
90 you p
You know don't Captain Rose" she
said. "lf | hadn't loved him do you
think Id get up before daylight to come
down here to see him off,
"Hush," said the Captain. Here he
comes. and he's fastening his straw hat
to his buttons. He sees there is wind
enough ahead
1t was a morning in June and the sun
was not yet risen, but the glory Of his
coming was in the east and on the sea
As he came down the pier, the oars on
his shoulder, and securing his hat by
string to his jacket, the Captain said !:
''IIe's fine lad, Dick is, and we'll worth
the saving
Hes all the world to me- thought
Mrs. Swing, although her lips uttered no
word.
Good morning, Captain Rose" said
Richard. Good for Holsters, do YOU
think ?"
''Better tOr Holsters that It's for bows,
calculated the Captain, removing his
broad brown hands from his pockets and
laying one Of them on the lads shoulder
as soon as the latter came within speak
ing distance. II say Dick Swing that
You are not going out in that cookie shell
Of your'n this morning?" He announced
81 certainly am, Capt. Rose" returned
"a 1,,,t
not the wind will come right around be-
fore get half way to the ledge, and
should think you would know better than
to scare my little mother here half to
death '.See mother" he said gayly, II
have an extra oar and one tholep yes,
TWO OF them, in case Il ow-lock gives
way, and I've got a lot of extra courage
about NE that can't exactly show YOU
unless you come with me-"
This be said looking out to sea for he
did not feel like looking at either his
mother or Capt Rose
Dick said Mrs. Swing, approaching
the piers edge as the owner Of the little
boat proceeded to bestow bis lunch basket
and extras under the bow.
''Well, mother, returned Richard look
ing up.
II wish You would not 60" she said
her tones full of beseeching
"Why mother? Do you want my seven
new lobster pots to be carried off to sea 2"
he asked. How could you have the heart
to ask me? If this wind keeps on blow
ing shall lose every one of them"
"That's true" calculated Captain Rose,
81 never thought Of that. It's just right,
this wind is, to drag them off, but you
can never haul them in alone. You'll be
sure to be dragged overheard"
mo, | shant. Come along with me if
You want to help laughed Richard.
"Humph. | should sink that craft be-
fore we got out of the harbor," said the
Captain; Though if wasn't so heavy
would go" Captain Rose weighed trihe
less than three hundred pounds, and had
left the sea after fifty years of faithful
service. =.
Not another person was in sight.
II tell you what III do said the Cap
tain. ''If you insist on going, Tll stop on
my way up and ask Captain Danforth to
look out for yon, and if he thinks YOU are
getting into trouble to sail after YOU
"Thank you, Captain.
the lobster pots GO"
'Couldn't possibly" smiled the boy.
''Could you have the heart to ask me
Will you cast me off, mother" he called
second later.
"Wait a minute" called Mrs. Swing
''Fetch your boat close up. want to
speak to you, Dick"
The boat received the necessary i'm
petus and touched the pier Mrs. Swing
had seated herself on the topmost laVer
OF logs forming the wharf and leaned over
as though to speak cOnfidentiallv to her
son.
'Dlck,' said his mother, "hold fast,
I'm coming" and into the boat she drop
ped before Captain Rose on the dock or
Captain Richard on the boat had knowl-
edge of her intention.
"What under the sun, mother, do you
mean " cried the boy
I'm going with you, Dick, to keep
You from tumbling overheard when YOU
haul in" and she seated herself in the
stern, calling out as the tide f1oated the
boat, eve depend on you, Captain Rose,
to send out after us, if we-if it gets too
rough" she gasped, with dash of spray
III Hef lace
"Ay, ay," cried the captain, and he
took of his hat and swung if, he scarcely
knew why.
OF all the women in Dell Haven, from
the eldest to the youngest, Mrs. Swing
most feared the sea. To live beside it,
to watch its every mood delighted her,
but to venture on it for pleasure she was
never known to do
A moments peace she never knew when
Rc hard, her only son, was exposed to the
treachery of the waters, but rather than
mar his wild delight in wind and wave,
this unselfish mother concealed as much
as possible her anxiety for him.
Richard was not selfish and had he
imagined what his mother was at that
moment suffering would have put the
boat about and tied it forever to the stake
rather than cause her this agony.
just as the boat got we'll into the toll
of the waves, the sun rose, shedding such
brilliancy on the water that Mrs. Swing
| who was facinp if was da1zlad and wall