Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-11-03
"FRAsHRr THEY CRIED IN CHORUS.

goes good to grub me, but he never
shows for forty eight hours-or years.
l forget which. Anyhow. stand it as
long as can, then l dig my way up
to hatch and new like house cat
1t seems they were hep from the start.
and battened me down on purpose.
then made book on how long I'd stay
hid. oh. It's funny Joke. and they
all get stomach laugh when l show
When offer to pay my way they're
insulted. Nix! that amt their graft.
They wouldn't take money from a
stranger. Oh. MOI They permit me to
work my way. The scullion has quit.
sec? So they promote me to his job"
you deserted this morning. eh?"
II did. want a bath and some
clean clothes and II whole lot Of sleep"
He was granted his desires.
The Bedford Castle having disc arg
ed her cargo steamed away to return
IN August.
The middle OF June brought the first
king salmon. scouts sent on ahead Of
the "sockeyes;" but Boyd made no ef-
fort to take advantage Of this run. Ia
boring manfully to prepare for the adj
vance Of the main army that terrific
horde that was soon to come from the
mysterious depths either to make or
ruin him. Once the run proper started
there would be no more opportunity
for building or for setting up machin-
cry. He must be ready aud waiting
by the first Of July.
For some time his tin machines had
been busy night and day turning out
great heaps OF cleaning cans. whila
the carpenters and mnchinists COIL
pleted their tasks The gill METERS
were overhaulinG their gear the beach
was lined with fishing boats. On
their dock great piles Of seines and
drift nets We're being inspected. Three
miles below Big George with picked
crew and piledriver was building the
fishtrap. 1t consisted Of half mile
leads" or rows Of piling. capped with
stringers upon which netting was hung
and terminated In hearts" "corrals"
and ''spillers." the intricate arrange
ments of webbing and umbers out Of
which the fish We're to be taken.
AS for Boyd the fever in his veins
mounted daily ms he saw his dream
assuming concrete form. Always he
found Cherry at his shoulder, unob-
trusive and silent for the most part,
yet intensely obser-ant and keenly
alive to every action. She seemed to
have the faculty of divination. know
ing when to be silent and when to join
her mood with his. and she gave him
valuable help, for she possessed u
practical mind. One day when their
preparations were nearly completed
foreman came to Boyd and said ex-
citedly:
BOSS. I'd like you to look at the
iron Chinks right away"
whats up?"
Il don't know, but something u
wrong" A hurried examination show
cd the machines to be cunningly Grip
pied; certain parts were entirely miss
ing while others were broken.
The iron Chink. or mechanical
cleaner. is perhaps the most ingenious
Of the many labor saving devices used
in the salmon fisheries. 1t is an awk.
ward looking. yet very effective con-
trivance Of revolving knives and con-
veyors which seizes the fish whole and
delivers 1t cleaned, clipped. cut and
ready to he washed. With superhu-
man dexterity 1t does the work OF
twenty lightning like butchers. With
out the MD Of these iron Chinks Boyd
knew that his fish would spoil before
they could be handled. He hastened
straightway to George Bait. A half
hours run down the bay and he clam
bered from his launch to the pile
driver. where. amid the confusion and
noise, he made known his tidings. The
big fellows calmness amazed him.
"What are you going to do n0wT'
Butcher by hand" said the fisher
man.
"But how? That takes skilled labor
lots OF It,"
George grinned. I'm too old bird
to be caught like this. I figured on &C.
cideuts from the start. and when ]
hired nv Cinnamon ! included q crew