The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-09
CAP'N TOM W0OLLEY,

Well, yea, sir, the young lazy WAS =
beautiful swimmer. Never seen a
young lady as could swim out like she
could. "Cap'n Tom 'oolley," she'd used
to say to me, II just love the water
She come here every year. She said she
never could take to anywhere like the
coast of Cornwall. But after the last
year she never come again. Seems as
IL Bil-o.myIsoul must have give her a
distaste Of the Cornish folk like.
Well, that's true what you say, sir
there ain't no sea anywhere Xix the
sea here, in Cornwall. 1t breaks, as
you may see 1t, all so green as emerald,
round the stacks and skerries of Lands
End and the Lizard. See 1t breaking
yonder sometimes in fine white foam
most as high as a lighthouse, round
they granite peaks, and you wouldn't
and nothing more beautiful, not If II
was painted in oils by they artist gents
at Newlyn. The Channel?-well, what's
the Channel, come to think o 1t, but a
muddy river, In the manner OF speak
ing, with the Seine and the Avon flood
ing 1t all with dirt and -efusef The
North ~Sea?-no, nor the North Sea
ain't much better, neither, through be
ing filed with yellow clay by the
mouths O. Thames and Rhine and Hum
Der. l know EN- all, your cart, as l
have sailed In coasting craft, mar an
boy, this fifty year an more, an being
bred myself at Lyme Regis In Dorset
an a muddier sea you'd wouldn't
want nowheres than that, though IFS
me that says 1t as oughta't 10 say il,
belying my own home. II | may make
bold to put it so, which Is as tidy 1
little town as any in the country. But
the open Atlantic. where 1t rolls right
In, all blue and green, and clear as
crystal, on them Cornish rocks-vhy,
there amt no water like II, for pleasure
of swimming, III the British Isles, not
till a man comes round again to Cath
ness and Sutherland.
Our Joe-him as they calls the fisher
man poet-he says il reminds him OF a
good woman's heart, 1t does. You loos
right down into the depths. as far as
you see, and it's all transparent snd
it's all pure an innocent. That's the
sea, In Cornwall.
The young lady's name / was speak
In of was Noe. She was a Miss PFyce
O. London; but through knowing O. her
so intimate like, We always called her
by her given name, Mss Nee She
was at home with the childTea, yoa
see; and my missus wss folder Of bel
than OF any other folks as eTsr 150E
u lodgings, same SIS she might Be Q:
your good isdy, sir, beggns JOE par
don. She vas : fine b1IlI youlg wou-
an i0o. was Mas Me- See hsE clam
be- Up IL rocks youd say ale yzs Z
gaxIs 49, LEI s1Im sgin the waves.
ye13 say sbs IVES : sal. sr her tel
tss B-1ls ozss Stores by tie Tocks al
nIgb-s ys1d sEy .ss va Inc o tasse
ssasE Writes - i night be yourself,
81, Pa Uls-andinE young lady, too.
VIII L es33- Il 5sF cheek and a spring
In hsf SEP TElksaz free across Null
= roars II &s15 as If they belonged
% hsr
Well il want lon. before We per
esvsd Miss Sos vas pretty good
friends with a gentleman Up 10 Browns
Mr.. Moore from Exeter. He vas 3
ntee young doctor come to Kynance for
his holiday; and when them W went
gu walking together. with her father
and mother hanging about like for COM
psny, as is the way with parents, a
amer young couple you'd never set eyes
on. AT the end OF a fortnight my wife
says to me, Tom" says she, 1T Amt
Mr.. Moore no more with our young
lady; it's plain Alex, this morning. His
name being Alexander, 1t was Alex. for
short, as is the new fashion now, though
when was young it was all AIic or else
Sandy.
AN a good thing, too" says l. For
q young lady like Miss Noe had ought
to marry One as ID her natural equal"
says /; not meaning In birth alone, as
b a thing l don't hold with; nor yet in
money, as there amt no counting upon;
but a fine outstanding young lady, to
nv p''rd d"S""vrS to be married to 4
nne young fellow. Or wihere'd the
country get Its soldiers and sailors
FROM
And handsome couple they'll make"
says my missus, being fond of Miss
Noe.
Well, one of the days, Mr.. Moore
that's Alex.-he went out swimming off
the rocks by the cove; and Miss Noe,
she was ashore sitting high on the
cliff, reading n book or something. But
every now and again my wife sees her
raise her head and look out to sea any