Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-03-28
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.anforth TO look out for you. and IL he
thinks you're getting into trouble to
sail after you"
Thank you. captain"
Dick" said his mother. cant you
let the lobster pots go?"
Couldn't possibly" smiled the boy.
Gould you have the heart to ask meP
Will you cast me of. mother2" he
a second later.
Wait "a minute" exclaimed Mrs.
Fetch your boat close up. I
want to speak to you. Dick"
The boat received the necessary i'm
petus. and touched the side OF the pier.
Mrs. Swing had seated herself on the
topmost layer OF logs forming the
wharf. and leaned over as though TO
speak confidently to her son.
Dick" said his mother. hold fast.
coming" and into the boat she
dropped before either Captain Rose on
the dock or Captain Richard in the
boat had knowledge Of her intention.
What under the sun. mother" cried
the boy. do you mean?r
Il am going with you. Dick. to keep
you from tumbling overheard when
you haul in." and she seated herself in
the ste rn. calling back as the tide
fioated the boat out. I'VE depend on
you. Captain Rose. to send after MS il
we-if it gets too rough" she gasped.
with a dash Of spray in her face.
"Ay. ay! cried the captain. and no
took of his hat and swung it. 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 de-
lighted her. but to venture on il for
pleasure She was never known to dc.
A moments peace she never knew
when Richard. her only son. was ex-
posed TO the treachery OF the waters.
but rather than mar his wild delight in
wind ard waves this unselhsh mother
concealed rs much As possible her anx-
iety for him.
Richard was not selfish. and had he
imagined what his mother was nj that
moment suffering. would have put the
boat about and tied il forever NJ the
stake rather than cause her this agony.
just rs the boat got well into the
toll Of the waves the sun arose. she'd
ding such b%rilliance on the waters that
Mr. Swvfng -k. auF fsa. -
dazzled and well nigh failed To see in
time a gill net into which the BOAT was
running.
See any boat ahead mother2r ques-
toned Richard You must keep a
good lookout for me. I've got my
ranges right and can fetch the lobste,
ground every time"
lis it far?" Questioned his mother
shudderingiy.
Not very; just outside Dull Head.
| reckon wen fetch it," said the lad.
dipping his oars for a full stroke and
then letting the boat slide up to the
summit OF a rolling wave. n trick he
had caught from Captain Hezekiah
Danforth. the master bOatman OF Dell
Haven.
The wind grew stronger and strong
or, and the waves every moment in
creased In size. Even Richard glanced
sideways more than once with ill-con-
cealed anxiety a. the long pillows came
tumbling on. and just then getting a
glimpse of his mothers face bcheld II
so blanched with terror of the sea that
it seemed to him mis- mother was no
longer in the boat with him.
Dick. she gasped. as his oar missed
stroke and e N the spray over the
boat. Dick. I'm afraid to 20 on"
Dick glanced backward. He had
pulled about a mile from shore and
was midway between the two head
lands familiarity spoken of rs the Horns.
Dull Head was surrounded by an even
accommodating mass OF breakers. and
Bright Head caught the sea on its
precipitOus sides. sending it backward
in fountains of foam. and all the four
miles that lay between the two points
were rolling miles of pillows.
Sitting with his face landward Rich
ard had not fully felt the danger.
Now, the lad could not repress a
shudder as he said: Il don't believe |
could find the buoys in such a sea. and
nobody could haul in the pots. | be-
lieve I'll put about"
.Oh. do o Richard. there comes
an awful onei" and Mrs. Swing slipped
down from her seat into the bottom of
the boat and hid her face from the on
coming wave.
Richard gave "a mighty pull at the
bars to keep the boat head on, and it
rode that wave in safety only to meet
new ones. into whose depths the tiny
shell rolled to be completely hidden
from the sight of the two men who
who were standing out on the Del!
Haven pier.
oEs vas Hrtekiah Danforth. the
other was Captain Rose.
why didn't you dun a little COM
mon sense into the woman il she didn't
take it naturally" scolded Captain
Danforth. ''or shut her and the boy up
somew heres"
Il told her. but | declare when /
was young could have brought down
them oars in half the time it take ;
Jim to fetch EN- say. 'Kiah Da H.
forth. amt that boat trying to put
about7"
1T acts like it. John. but it will get
swamped just as SUR as guns if-no.
its golag en- There's nothing eIso 10