Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-07-09

The Cheals are q family OF Whlcf
| Cherbury has occasion to feel proud
! Humphrey, q veteran Of her ma ieSty s
coast Guard, is man who, holding his
! own life cheap, has again and again
voluntarily encountered deadly peril
at hunanty's call, and is known and
respected throughout the whole coun
t.. Though now close upon sixty
years of age, he still holds the oncrous
pcs; of coxswain of the lifeboat; and i
blessings always iell where blessings
are due, it is then ON the good gray
head that they should descend IN
showers, for many have been called
down by the wives whom he has saved
from wilowhood. Slowed away in a
locker in his trim little cottage on the
North Down. and only visible on cere-
monial occasions, are two mcdals-thc
Humane society's and the Albert, and
other decorations would be his beside
were it not that he is as modest as he
| is brave, and holds that saving a fel-
low creatures life is duty, and not
/ t. Use his own words-an affair to 90
and make Il fuss about.
Humphrey ChcaI has two SONS
George. the elder. Harry Reels bosom
friend and partner, stalwart young
fellow on whom the honorable society
Of the elder brethren Of Trinity house
have already conferred the certificate
for plotage duty in the Estuary, aud
little jim, the younger, a blue-cyed
urchin Of fourteen, who can handle oar
or tiller with any lad Of his age and
weight in the village. 1t had been a
somewhat tender point with Humphrey
in his earlier life, that his family had
no daughter; but this deficiency had
since been supplied, his sister-ln n-law
Rachcl-now, alas. a widow-having
brought into the world little Rachel,
who in due course had grown to be the
very apple of her unclc's eye. To her
the most lovable maid in all Cherburv,
the gentle reader has already been in
tr0lucrl under the irtty.
Ills cruel, cruel task, is parting"
she Sighs, as she wcnls her way up the
lane by Humphreys side; "and would
break my heart, uncle, if this voyage
was not Harry last -
Fright you be, my bonny lamb,
right you be. Parting is Il heavy bust
hess at best, and that's Bible truth, y
asscnts Humphrey. "But then, YOU
know, we mustn't take on when we're
right in sight Of port, SO to speak. he
continues in more chcery tone. "Why,
bless my heart, | shouldn't feel Il bit
surprised if you We're to anchor up
there an tell me- as pert us m"Doc' th'l'
Harry had gone and bespoke Shcl.
brakes cottages aforc he started.'
AYE, bless the lad ! that he dld' uh'
cle bespoke the cottage l1eF eyes
beam softly over the retrospect and
the smile Is lost.
ii IN main . Iad to heaE 1t, my lass
comments Humphrey, tho"ShtinIIy;
for there $ no denyln tadt Il wish TO
see thee settled all comfortable IT so be
'ha' any o'h'r cla''Se III Vne l''i'''s ~
TO come ABOUT 'e "ear'' 'o'Ao '"!N,
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