The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-11
T MAY be that in her under parts
in some twist OF keel or bottom-Job


stubby and stupidity squat With all
her heaviness OF Outline-her loggy. sui
len guise at anchor-she had an evil
reputation for nerves, the bad name Of
slender rake of a craft; and she was
damned as a reprobate crank in three
haTbors for the lives that had been lost
from her. The gossip OF the flake and
The stage. had she but understood.
would have touched her true old heart
y the quick. When they rallied job
Lun on her ways he made vague allu-
sions 10 a salmon's belly: so it may be
trat her perYersity proceeded from a
crank in her keel or bottom, for Job
had fashioned both in secret She was
aforementioned punt: all she de-
manded was mOdicum OF faith, and a
sympathetic hand on sheet and steer
Ing oar. which is to say that she craved
% be understood. She nosed her way
through high seas with eusto IN the
sight OF Job Luff her only fault was
Tat SIC was laggard in a light wind,
and he freely forgave her that.
Skipper Bin Butts observed the mir
aculous career OF the punt for three
years; then he could curb his curiosity
10 longer
Job. by" said he. in.the twilight Of
one day. haul un high an dry, an
leave US see the bottom o. She"
Twere nasty Top Off the Three
Poor Sisters this day said Job. with
a wag Of his head
Hut, by! Haul IN high an dry.
They De mar an eye T. see
They be fine sign o. fish { Round
'Arbor, they do say" said job. He cast
ell from the stage in haste.
Sure, YOU dunderhead. I'll trade you
? quintal o FISH for a sight o tn"
tbs salmon-belly punt, skipper"
Cob whispered; then ne made off for
the bait slliff, for the horn had oppor-
timely sounded.
It was the image Of this Job Luff that
she was made: a tawny lout frowsy.
E,ssy, shiftless; with a queer twist 20
him-a CLINT in his eye, a heck of red
Ia his shifty glance.
He lived up to the obligation of
scouting hell fire; he smoked. said "By
Eawd! Tin fine weather.. left his nets
cut over Sunday. sold more quintals
than he caught and gave away half as
huch again-Which is an invidious re-
nark-and looked hell i'm the teeth in
every gale that blew. He had a re-
llEiOn OF his own: il was this: that all
the men of Bonavist' bay were cock
eyed and ali the women knock-kneed.
IE ten years he had found seventeen
church members incautious enough to
dispute the latter tenet: Them he hayed
or the spot At such times he cranky
Iunt found public favor: what with
Fer load OF iniquity. men said-the bla-
tant laughter OF Job Luff still tingling
their ears-it was to her credit that she
nad turned turtle but six times. But
Inc punt was in no haste to hurtIe Job
his reward; she cheerfully ran into
the jaws Of death al his bidding. and
managed to scurry out with him before
irey snapped shut. For all OF which
job loved her.
In the days before the tide lured little
Skipper 10 and Ezekiel Sevior into the
NAV of the sea twhen all the mysteries
OF sea and sky and wilderness were re-
VeaIed i'm FASH, never great wind
came but they sped to Lookout Head
10 see job Luff beat in. thus:
III. b'ytf Ezekiel cried. Leave us
goa [ the Head L see Job Luff fetch
the punt in. They be big sea out
side"
Tis a mean small loD. Ezekiel Sc
Nlor. lis noa sea at all
sure, by; lis a awful tumble. Hark
10 IN. It may he the deyiTn snatch
Job Luff the day.
10 listened to the breakers. .s,T'II goa.
Ezekiel Sevior." said he. Bear a hand
with ne capliR. by. I've but a bucket
t spread"
The caplin was spread in hurry:
then off they pattered up the hill. little
Billy Luff tagging behind. With tense
interest the three watched Job skim
through the tickle with all sail set. the
heet close-reefed, -till blurred in the
mist.
It's barbrous bad punt" 10 OBJ
served perversely.
lis sinful cranky punt" said
Ezekiel Sammy Arnold do say it's"
Billy Luf puffed himself up. "'Tis
he best punt L Ragged 'Arbor" said
he.
Shell goa t. wreck on Mad Null in
q east wind" said Jo.
Noa. an she won't" said Billy Luff
shell c2psize ia squall off the
Sisters" said Ezekiel
NOa, an she won't. neither" Billy
Lum whimpered. Sure, me fawuer
can handle she"
I knows" said 30. Shell turn over
i'm the tickle. She've sheets 5 rotten :
oakuin. Shell Saa { wreck on Black
Rock
Sure, b'ys." said Ez kiel you can
stick your thumb in her paddle at the
butt. tis that rotten"
Noa, she won't" screamed Billy
LUZ. Me faw'her ain't afeared Of a
wind what blows.
All Notwithstanding through the
years Job Luff caught fish: thus, innO-
Gently. he scandalized the name Of the
Almighty and put the wrathfui sea TO
scorn.
IN the hot days. between the times
oi capiin and herring. when there is no
bait. and the fish are jigged from the
shadows. Job LuG followed the sign 10
Windy Cove. with Billy Luff. his boy,
"a the bow oars. 90 Keep the head Of the
punt up, il luck should be with them;
aid there he found the cod, nine faith
oms deep, dawdling i'm the shadow of
tie rocks. The fish had eluded the fleet
for three days: and nov that the fleet
was stupidity hanging off shore in the
sun soaked breeze, tossing in the Top.
and locked like aimless sheep. Billy
kept the boat out Of the breakers grasp
while JOB jerked up the fish on the
prongs of his jigger.
Never the flash of a scale got to the
spying eyes OF the fleet. for job Luff-
the tawny old eprObate-worked fhe
jieging line with one hand and held
his pipe in -the other. meantime giving
great and deiusive clouds to the breeze:
and he slipped the catch over the gun
vale under cover Of his great body.
and. with 4 sinful chuckle. added IL 10
the rising heap under the tarpaulin.
The fleet lookouts kept keen watch on
jug dllUluti- I UE- suoL man! Eldilce
o. Windy Cove. or the alert for the
gieam Of fish, and they whispered
so their mates at the uufruitful lines
that Job Luff was lazing the day away
IL the shade of the shore. catching
nothing.
DO they be cotchin anything of
shoare. by job asked.
Mar belly do ! see. zur.' said
Billy Luf.
The FISH were thick. jobs arm was