The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-14
oNG AGO. when young Luke Da

70 solomon otflQe or Ragged HarDOr,
a punt fisherman:
Solomon, by. an you be willin', III
trust you with Irvine for a eod-traD.
An You trade with me, by, III trade
with you, come good times or bad"
Solomon was young and lusty,
mighty youth in bone and seasoned
muscle. Iunged ike blast furnace.
courageous ANA finely sanguine. said
he:
An you trust me with Irvine for a
trap. skipper. IN deal fair by you,
come good times or bad I'll pay for
I'm, skipper, with the first FISH
cOtches."
said Luke Dart: when I trust, by,
I trust. You pays for un when you
can"
II was a compact. so at the end OF
the season Solomon bUiided a cottage
under the Man-o'- Wa. Broad Cove
way. and married a maid OF the place.
In FIVE months Of that winter he made
the trap, every net OF It, leader and
all. with his own hands, that he might
know that the work was good 70 the
last knot and splice. In the spring he
put up the stage and the flake and
made the skiff: which done, he waited
FOR a sign Of fish. When the tempered
days came he hung the net on the
horse. where il could be seen from the
threshold Of the cottage In the even
ings he sat with Priscilla on the bench
a. the door and dreamed great dreams,
while the red sun went down in the
sea and the shadows crept out Of the
wilderness.
Woman, dear" said this young Sci
onion Stride, with a slap Of his great
thigh, " twill be a gran season for
fish this year"
sure. by" said Priscilla, tenderly;
twill be a gran season for fish"
"Ay," Solomon sighed, twill that
this year"
IT'S handy { three hundred an
fifty dollars ] owes Luke Dart for the
twine." unused Solomon.
Tis not much" said Priscilla, smil-
ing, when you has a trap"
+Us'n pay IN all Up this year" said
Solomon.
Sure said she, echoing his con
fdence.
''UsH pay VII for a trap, dear"
chuckled solomon, ''an' have enough
lett over { buy "a
ooh" she cried with an eestatio gasp,
"a SEWN machane!"
'Iss." he roared. "Sure, girI.''
But in the beginning Of that season,
when the first fish ran in for the capiin
and the nets were set out, the ice was
stiU hanging of shore drifting va
GRAVITY with the wind; and there came
gale in the night, springing from the
northeast great. vicious wind, which
gathered the ice in a pack and drove
ii swiftly in upon the land.
solomon dragged the trap from the
bottom. Great holes were bruised in
the nets, head rope and span line were
ground to pulp, the anchors were lost.
Thirty-seven days and nights it took
10 make the nets whole again, and in
that time the great spring run Of cod
passed by. So in the next spring Solo
mon was deeper in the debt Of SYM
pathetic Luke Dart-for the new Irvine
and for the winters food he had eat
en- but Of an evening when he sat on
the bench with Priscilla he looked
through the cleaning shadows gath
cred over the haTbor water and hang
ing between the great rocks to the
golden summer approaching, and
dreamed gl0riousiy of the fish he would
catch in his trap.
Priscilla, dear, said Solomon Stride.
Shaping his iron thigh. they be a fine
sign O fish down the coast. Twill be
gran season, I'm thinbin -
sure, by" Priscilla agreed: twill
be a gran cotch o fish you'll have this
year"
Ten u5y Luke Dart this year. I tells
YOU. said Solomon. like a hOastful boy
"Esll pay M twice over"
% Twill be fine L have the machane.'
said she. with shining eyes
An the calico l. use un on" said he.
And 50. while the night spread over
head, these two simple folk Toasted
upon an tie sweets Of life; and ali that
they desired they possessed, as fast as
fancy could form wishes. just as though
the bench were q bit OF magic furni-
tuFe, 10 bring dreams true-untl the
night. advancing, thrust the red and
gold Of the sunset clouds over the rim
Of the sea, and it was dark.
Leave us goa in" said Priscilla
This year" said Solomon. rising. 7
be soain' { cotch three hundred duin-
tails o. fish. sure. be-this year"
" Twill be fine" said she.
i CHANGED ia that year that the fish
failed utterly; hence, in the winter fol-
lowing, Ragged Harbour IN upon DAYS
of distress; and three old women and
one old man starved 90 death-and five
children. Of whom one was the infant
son of solomon Stride. Neither in that
season. nor in any one of the thirteen
gears coming after. did this man catch
three hundred Quintals Of cod IN his
trap. In pure might of bOdy-in pleni-
-tude and quality of Strengthen the
full eager power OF bTaWn-he was
great as The man Of any time. a tower
ins glory to the whole race. here hid
den: but he could not catch three hun
dredQUintals Of COD. N spiTft--in patti
encc, hope, courage and the fine will
for toil-he was great; but. good season
OF bad he could not catch three hun
cred quIntais of cod. He met night,
cold fog. wind and the fury Of waves
in their craft, In their swift assault.
I'm their slow, crushing descent; but all
the cod ne cGUid Wrest from the sea,
being given into the hands OF Luke
Dart, an honest man, yielded only SufIi-
eient provision for food and clothing
for himself and Priscill5-0niv enough
90 keep their bodies warm and still the
crying Of their stOmachs. Thus, while
the nets Of the trap rOtted. and solomon
came near 10 middle age. the debt
swung from 500 to s., and hack to S7S.
which IL was on an evening IN spring
when he sat with Priscilla on the
Eunken bench at the door and dreamed
great dreams, as he watched the
shadows gather over the hsrbor water
and suIlenIy hang between the great
rocks. rising all roundabout.
II wonder, by" said Priscilla. eff
twin be q good sesson-this year
"Oh, sursi" exclaimed Solomon.
-Sure.'
Dye think It. b'y?" wistfuIly.
Woman said he. impressively.
''usn cotch a hape o. fish in the trap
this year. They be millions o fish In
the trap this year. They be millions
o fish t the say" he went on excited
Iy. They be there. woman. 'Tis oan'y
for US take un out. be goain' to