The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-10-22
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| the listeners heard the rough. cracked
voice OF Dugald McVennel raised in :
song he had crooned many d time = her
out for the fish:
| Then farewell sisters, brothers. a,
May ye ne'er forget on God 10 ca
| And prayers for your sakes viii IA
Frae lips tho IN America
| Rise, rise and come awa'-''
And the last the Cornish Methodists
saw Of the aged fisherman, fishing boat
and fisher lassie was as dark patch
| IN the heart Of the great sun that
rested on the rim Of the sea
| The ancient Highlander and the
young girl sat and spoke not for a
long, long time The waters purred
and purIed by the side OF the boat
! singing q limpid lullaby; the breezes
swelIed the sails and split ont again
but stiu the boat sped on When the
sun was swallowed by the waters a
greater star, white and beautiful. III
its fame II the light-1aved sky Nc
Vennel's eye caught the CLINT
THAT wiz be Venus. Jean" he said,
for he knew the sky as he knew The
sea .sThat viii be Venus following the
sun. Il VIII be clear. clear sky, The
nights sky. and I viii show you Vega
and Cape41a and the Northern Crown
Man. we'n run fine race with Vega
and you wIn see the stars as never
Iassie born among the Cornish folk
has seen them For the sea and the
sky are twins. Jean. They go LID 10
lin through ali time and all eternity.
When one Is peaceful the other is at
peace. when one Is fuu Of wrath The
other RACES. They that are on the sea-
nv lass. are nearest 10 the sky. and
I joy 10 think that they that are in
the sky are sailing on and on and on
like the two Of rs. jean But there
are no storms there. Jean, and no need
TO harry the fish. Its just sailing on
and on and on among the moons and
planets and stars. with suns for bea-
cons: and never-ending joy Of great
distances and majestic sights, Of foods
of warm light and the singing Of the
spheres. Man. that would be a grand
eternity
He pressed the little girl still closer
10 his breast but his gaze was upon
the sky. Night closed down upon the
world and the two were alone, as Il
swinging in awful space
at was 10 hsherfoIk that our good
Lord came when He was in trouble.
and we hsherfoIk have ever clung 70
Him. He walked upon the sea He
Il walking upon the sea tonight by
the side Of Us Just kneel ye down, my
bonny lass. here by my knee, and say
your prayers You viii no need 10
speak loud. Take or your bonnet"
MY bonny lass, my bonny wee las
sic" the old man kept repeating, strok-
ing her hair as the girl said her pray
ers Then he wrapped her warm IN
blankets and laid her down and she
fell asleep 10 the grooming Of "A Lang
Fairweel 70 Funerie-"
All through the night Dugald Nc
yenna tended the boat, peering over
his shoulder for an occasional glimpse
OF his favorite star Vega until she
swung over his head and lost her light
n the light OF the sun All the night
long he sat there, and t was not until
the chill Of dawn was upon him that
he drew forth his heavy plaid and
flung II over his shoulders
Fo1- DAYS CUT from St Ives. and the
evening OF the day. Blunt, sullen rol-
lers swung across the wide Atlantic
hu-rytng. hurrying on like couTIsrs o.
the 5nk-bIack clouds that heaved them
selves over the horizon TO take posses
sion OF the sky. Pufs Of wind danced
devil dances upon the waters our1et-
ing this way and that, and al times
-hA vacuum OF stiffness and silence
77la5 the growing vault between, clouds
and ocean And tossed about a prey
IN each run % the tide and blast o.
~ v;r5 10 each heaving and reed
ing. swung The fishing boat from s.
IVES. an atom IN a wilderness OF space
Forward in a disconsolate huod5e sat
the little girl silently crying AsleEl-.
with arm thrown over the tIler' yet
axa-efs5ng 10 control crouehed Dugald
AFcyennel. his eyes gIaring ahead For
,--o,-a than q day and q night he had
sat thus, ard answered nothing wnen
zr-ggen 70. until Jean grew 10 fear nm
49, vaguely % understand that she
rs taxing part N q tragedy Her
,xg-a--c-a<l told her that all was wrong
with the boat Indeed the ooal