The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07

fashioned wooden snail's horn dsvits. TIL
a'Frenchmon \, shouted Dan. mo. tain
That's no. FRENCH said DIsko. "ssltors
You can't nowise tell fer sure"
i've eyes. rs Uncle Ablshai."
The head. ki ne OF all Jonnses.'' groaned Ton
Plat. 20, sal;crs, salters. why wasn't vol
."ilow could tcill" said poor salters. as tn,
schooner swung up.
pS Ssi milr@9t SO hf foSl, G sfsrr ieG S SnG un fiy1n'
was every rope. and stiJk aboard. Her old
style ausIterdeck was some four or Eye fee
before tho wind yawing friehtluliy her STAY
IS" ".ro ,si Gnsn 20 they sss e cali i Il. sS nd I 2or to 5SsssaSi,
guyed. out. over the, side. Her 5owspri: cockcd
BOOM af had az been elHi ssssd snd i rpiissd and dG nailed led
and clampcd beyond further repair. and as
she hove herself forward. aud sat down on her
broad tail. she looked for NIL thu world Ike a
blouzy. trouzy, bad old woman sneoring at q
THAT'S Abishai." said salters. Full o
gin an Judiduo men. an the judgments O.
Providence 10y n fer him an never, tnkin'
good holt. Hes run In to bait. Miiuelon
..rmnc1l run her under said Long Jack.
Not lie. r he'd n.don- IL long ago." Disko
replied. Looks as II he .~cal'inted TO run Us
under Amt shc dnown by the head more'n
it's his style o loadin' her she mint
,afe." said the sailor. slowly. "E she's spewed
her oakum he'd better cit TO his pumps mighty
The creature thrcshed up. wJre round with
a @slntter and n.tle. and lay head TO wind
4 gray beard wagged over the buiwurk, ard
a thick voice yelled something. Harvey, could
not unaorstand. But Di,ko,s face darkeped;
news. Says were in fcr a shift 2 wind, He's
In fer q worse. Abtshai! Abishai!' Ie
Of a man at the pumps. and pointed forward.
The crew M ckcd him and laughed.
rn nSs0 %Sis iG. an * s'F ii2i Sf' s snI trip a i Ssin Fs snisi
Yah. Cast IN fer your last trip. all you Glou-
se,isr haddocks. You won't see Gloucester
...Grnly iulI- rs usual" said Tom Platt.
head yelled something about u dance at the Bay
OF Bulls, and n dead man In the foc'sle. ,liar-
vey shuddcred. lilo had seen the sloven decks
A that's " fine II. tie nontin' he'll for her
drnnEht,n sald Long Jack: 81 wonder what
Hes a trawler.'" Dan explained. an he
runs IN fer, bait all along tho coast. oh. no.
south an east shore up %yondHr.". He nodded
In the direction Of the pitiics. Newfoundland
Abishais. tile toughest. Ion saw his boaty
Neil. she's nigh seventy wear old. they say the
don't innsa them puarterdeckS any more; Abb
shat don't use Marb!ehcad. though. lie amt
wanted there. lie Ic,' drifts arao1nd; in debt,
traw lin an cussin' like you've heard. Bin II
Jonah fer years an years. he hez. Gets liquor
frmm the teecamp boats fer ilakin' spells an
sellin' winds al such truck. Crazy. ! guess"
"'-wo u be- any use underrunnin' the trawl
tonight" said Tom Plat. with quiet despair.
He come alongside special to cuss us. I'd
eangway o. the old Ohio fore we'd quit fog.
gin. jest about six dozen, an sam Mocatta
in Tybs a 'Sn on s5is "Gasr,sop.r. danced drunk.
emily, down wind. and all eyes. followed her.
suddenly the cook cried IN MS ,phonograph
so! lie iss fey fey. | tel. you. Look ~ She
sailed into n patch OF watcry sunshine three or
four miles distant. The patch dullcd and
tho schooner. She dropped into IL hollow and
Run under. by the Great Hook Book
shouted Disko. jumping aft. "Erunk or sober.
we've got 10 help EN-. leave short and break
Harvey was thrown on tho deck BY the
shock that followed TIE setting OF the lib and
roresail. Tor they hove short on the cable. and.
the bottom. heavins IN "a they moved away.
This is u III Of brute force seldom rcsorted to
little We're Here complained like n human.
They ran down 10 where Abi-hais craft had
vant;hed; found two or three trnwl tubs, n
gin bottle, and u stovr-in dory. but nothing
more. Let 'em 60" said Disko. though no
ono had limited at picking them mp; ~ wouldn't
Guess shc run clear under. Must ha' been
spewIn' her oakum fer n week. an they never
hoAEu 4 Duulp tllitT. mt = ono nor IpNt
Glory be- said Long Jack. We'd ha'
been obliged to help 'em II they was top o.
'":Thinkin' o. that myself" said Tom Plat.
Fey! FEY" said the cook. rolling his eyes.
when We see, Eh whN-atf" said Manuel. III
y work ru Unss ' i,sr w y. before H. h. T 9r.w and nd, i he
hands with an indescrihnble gesture. while
Penn sat down on the house and soIbed at
rho alIa,r horror md pitN pf IL all Hava,.
could not realize that he had seen death on
the open waters. bur lie felt very sick.
D!sko stc'red them back to within sight Of
their own trawl huoys lust before the fog
blanketed the sea once again.
We 10 mighty quick hcTcabouts when we
do. GO" was all he said to Harvey. You
think on that fer II spell. Young feller. That
After dinner it was cnlm enough to fish from
the decks Penn and Uncle SR'trr- were very
Jealous THIS time and III" catch vas large
'Abashei has .hor.ly took his luck with
MIN said Saltcrs., The Wind hain't backed
despise suucrstiiIon. anyway"
Tom Plat Insisted that they had much bet.
q! Q cook .a!l: THE luck ISIS In two pieces.
r"n viii iind y so when you look; !! know"
Tom Plat. and the two vent out together.
Cnderrnnning q trnwl means pulling It In
on one side OF tho dory. picking OH tho fish.
the sea again something like pinning and un-
pinninR linen on n washlinc. it IL n lengthy
business AMI rather daiccrOgs: but when they
heard. And ,nnow to tee. u Cnpting - boom
ina out OF the fog. the crew OF the Were
Here took heart. The iory swirl-l along
aide well loaded. Tom Plat yelling for Manuel
to net aS relief boat.
The lnck's cut square in two pieces said
Long Jack, fOrsing In tile liSl. while Harvey
stood open-northed At tho skill. with, witch
tho plunging dory was saved from destruc-
ton. One halr was icst punkins. Tom
plntt wanted to hnul her nm ha' done wild ut.
but ] said, III back cookie thtt has the seq
ona sisn,' an the other half come up ,Hgrinz
n NIB - bait. There's luck aipat to-nirh'."
The fish bit at tho newly baiied hooks from
which their brethren had Just been taken. and
Tom Plat and Long Jack moved methodicnlly
up ana down the length Of the trawl. the boats
nose under tue wet line of hooks, stripping tho
son that thcv called pumpkins,
stating oil the fresh caught cod against tho
gnnwnlc, reDaitinG. and loadiaE Manuel's dory
TIL dusk,
I'm take, no risks" said DIsko tLen, mot
with him fUatin' inrnund 40 near. Ahishai
won't sink her II Week. llcavc In the dories,
an Wa dress down after Huppar."
That WAS y mighty dressing down, attended
by three or lou" blowing grampuscs. II lasted
till y O'Clock. and D!sko was thrice heard to
chuckle rs Harvey pitched tho split fish into