Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02

nrWr JOY OF Wtit cNAnNQ toultitf Nuht
The spectre hand Of fate coming closer TO
the inner vision every time the fisher
mon's heart grew glad. Ia whatever DE-
gree this Is universal, It soems TO DO
moro marked among the hGhcrncn OF
England Ireland and Scotland, thar l
have ever found IL elsewhere revealed.
/ hciyeyc Diokcns saw and felt this at
the old fishing port Of Great Narmonth,
when he created out Of his great, ten
der heart the pathetic characters Of the
pcggottys: simple, tender, true, scorn-
ing bascncss; reaolute Ia all manly attri-
hutcs; majestic In suffering and for
givencss. and through and over AL. the
pathetic thread OF sadness. quivcring Ike
au endless plnint in molodious though
mOumful song.
IN this experience strange and tcndcr,
weird and sad, pictures Of fishing towns
aud villages. sea-rcaches and coasts tn
Vulnerable. cnch one a study for mas
tvr's brush, are stored within the mcm-
CRY. Here are few Of their outlines.
The mighty southwest OF ireland Kerry
coast, with tch weird Bmy Head, aud
majestic ST Michael's Mount upon Great
Skcllig rock. darkcniug along the east
ward lnndwdrd horizon; and at sen, just
10 the north Of the great occau liners
way, the spring mackercl ilcct from
Kerry hamlcts from Mainland and from
France, altogether from 5000 to 1000
craft frequently 80 densely masscd that
watcr cannot be seen from fishing
smacks deck: thousands Of sea guls
whisiling aud Tapping their white wings
above aud to the east, horizon Of rose
and orange whore the setting sun still
shows q ilaming edge; while more than
10000 lusly men, under u thiN as many
hshing crutchlghts set amidships Of the
snncks. aro silently shooting the great
brown seues for the night
T.. al.
10y the near presence OF hsherfolk and
their storm-whipped homes, YOU may see
from Shetaud's most spmhrc scu.wull
height mighty. moumiul, hitim Head
II Is the White Mountain of the Morse
men, ON account of the lustro of les SLATE
formation. Its highest crag rises fully
1000 feet above the sea, but the Legend
airy hnhitation of Ncrnn, bold. almost
detached. clim lifting its sca.front into
point az sharp az n church spire, Is
not moro than thrcc-fOurths that cleya-
ton. lt Is quito accessible after n rough
scramble aud lbs sides are tho hRunts
of mynads of scn-fowl. Horrible Indeed,
must be the place In time of storm. hut
away down there below, the sea In often
~ cnlm ne Highland loch. From the
higher heudlnnd, the whole of Shetland
can be secu--wastc, moor, hillock, valley,
glcn; % land without forests, split aud
serrntcd lay the cOoaoless cravings OF the
sea- Tremendous prccipices rise every
where. lOchs aud tarns show without
cOpse or ycrdurc Snowy "hnllycrs' cut
the sen-wulls where the tide N over MI
chb or How, Here a fishing station,
thcrc droury hamlet. Nondcr gray
ely beach. With lish-curcrs aud their
sOdden toll, beyond, a weird giO with u
herd of seals turning their shining sides
10 the low, rcd sun, Over all. n hlmy,
dreamy, tender presence; for In the brief
| days before the dark, long winter sets
| in, 10 Is the nsherman's "pocrio summer
IN the Shctlund Isles.
Strange quiet, God.fcaring soula ar,
| the fishermen of the Solway shores
/ whether thcy live On the Scottish side
/ where every stream and hruc and vale
| has a reminder of the immortal poet of
| the lowly who rests within the sound OF
! Splwny'a observation-disclosures or ON the Eng
| lish sidc Ia rock-grt Cumberland, In th,
brave old houses built from tomnl
/ walls, GiOnt frames have these folk ant
| wondrous height, wide, fair brows, groai
blue on hazel eyes and lconinc heads OF
| nnXen hair ! always remember then
! with their apparent nlertness Of ntton
| ton. an unconscious habit and httimd,
| of listening. For u N snid these foil
can hear the oncoming sweeps of th,
great tidc-borc from the Irish sea-whicl
! brings the harvest of fish ANA Otter
terror and death for twenty milcs away
Long before this, " you are standing
on the cliit-edgc above ancient Bowncas
you win see the fishers waist deep "
wnter, hurrying on the tightening of thci
upright nets, which for ten miles below
seaNard with your glass you can SO,
seem like tiny fences of rush: aud ayhy
seawnrd with your glass you can se,
thom scutrying up from the obb-slim,
! ana sands toward safety and the shore
| Then 10 your Impractical ear come IN,
faint reYorhorntiona of hoarsp runr
and soon, like q pillnr of flame In the
play of the sunlight the great mist-bln
ncr of the advancing wOtcr IL flung from
Scotland 10 England, almost from Crine
10 Sllloth. aud moves toward You lik,
a lurld cloud above running battle IL
! a Few moments moro the billinncy of ia,
phenomenon Is greatest
Proceeding the advancing cloud alonl
the sccthing front Of "a wall of water hv,
miles Wide, glitter foams and Kisses
| bank of spume and spray, 2oncd rimmet
and intcrlaccd with tiny rainbOws Th,
roaring Of the believing watcr-hosts be
| comes deafoniuH For AN instant yot
are cnycloped BY the cloud. That passed
willie YOU thrill with the mystery an,
awful grandeur Of the spectacle, thi
great tide-head Is abreast of YOU Il trul
tidc-hore, such rs brealSs majesticnlh
into Minus aud other estunrcs Of thl
Bay Of lfnndy, cylindrical and straight a.
nn arrow across the Firth and from N,
20 eight feet IN height, which sweep
past with below and shrek like tina
Of an hundred thousand coast fog-horu
bowling IN unison, while close Ia its walk
Is hillocky, teinpestuous mass OF wave
brilliantly gorgeous "a htlully-swopt pris
matte cOlors and the Solway tide Is in
This Us the picture that comes to M
from IrenndH crnggy North. The east
ern shore of wild Tough Swilly h a sue
cessiOn Of ruins, dainty villages. liz
Bnncrana mad Fahan, and of pilgrim
hunted shrlnes, over 10 the west ar
wilder shores, huts, ronnd-tOwors fab
crs cabins. and hero and there the patch
ed sails OF the horring-lishers srnaclgH ii
white agninsi the background of IA
hcadl0nds and hills. Here the swcetcs
herring known 20 man are taken. Tn
brawny herring-lishors Of the North ar
here In greatest numbers. They ar
soddcn. hopeless, hard. But they an
brave and as strong as iron, They hay
tremendous frumes; are brown as bronze
and form groupings Of startling inprc,
eiyencss, Ihuy ara simple md peacoabl,
! nm told. liut were pirates wanted
were fleets 10 bo fitted ont with men 20
work giving one q shuddcr TO contem
plate. these sea-glunts would furnish III
comparable human, hoartloss flint Bu
IL they are flint. thcir wives are steel.
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