The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
LOBSTER men KEEN FORECASTERS

vesled him In the midst of his profes-
sional duties.
Girls Are Disappointed.
An old man. tall and broadshouldered.
with his chin hidden by a luxuriaTr.
white beard, came walking down the
beach with a pair OF oars over his
shoulders, bound to tend some Of his
lobster pots. Two fluffy young girl mem
bers OF the summer colony were skipping
along. one on each side of him
PLEASE. please, Uncle Tom, ten us
what the weather viii be tomorrow
they pleaded with him. Were going
TO have picnic around the point and
we have everything prepared. and wa
have invited the weather 70 be nice. and
II 1t rains it'll spoil everything. Now
please' please, please. say the weather
VIII De nice. they concluded coaxinzly.
Uncle Tom took on his hat. scratched
MS head gazed long into the slxy to tbs
hoFizon' wet his finger and held It uu
tum. liz U''-i
I'm afraid it's going TO be purity
sI'ls,, tomorrow he told them. -and
l shouldn't be surprised if frd rain
oh, oh. Uncle Tom" walled one or
inc INC glrls; I'm so disappointed, srrs-
pDSe we Il have to hold the picnic indocya
anG mat 5 no fun at all.
draWled the old Iobstsrrn-n-
,bo uoh You postpone your picnic ali
the Day after tomorrow? We r,izbt I,s--.
! some good weather bv that tIr,n -
why i never thought Of that sb.
comforted. ana ran away
40 ,L : What weather prophet has.to
x 70 throngh all the time" sirhed TTncIs
tSar,s h%, e,Hlng ta1,iI OF poor young thinsH
e., DS teilhS them what the weather
IS gong TO be. But can't belp it.,I
can't control the weather"
VIII Not Reveal Secret,
Uncle Tom refused TO reveal biz ,-
crets Of successful forecastfnr VI go
knows. that's all Does he mss s Hs
roneter? No. he wouldn't have o,. z
the things around. Does he hsvs yy,,1.
niatisn, that warns him OF auproarhIns,
storms? This question makes him F1-2
dIsnant. No, he never had rheumattsr-.
nor anything else the matter with hin, in.
ms me. lie Just knows what the weath-
er II De like by the way the gICv IooL,
the way the sea roars- and an tba o,to.'
mystical things that only a real A No.
fOrecasteT wots OF
AS Tor being sick. l ncle Tom doesn.,
know the meaning Of the word He bss
little habit of getting out Of he'd a.
! o CLOCK In the morning, rowing around
70 nIs numerous lobster pots and gath
crlng the contents therefrum, SICK in.
deed, A
Uncle Henry. the rival, In a wsv y,
speaking Of Uncle Tom. has ceased 70
Elean Holsters from the hay, not that he
- getting too old. but he thinks rowing
several miles is 'just a little TOO much
exercise as he SAYS himself.
Must Answer Many Questions.
He can't get over his early norrinz
habits. though. II the sun caught bir1
in bed on any morning. he vzould feel
disgraced- He does bit of coaching
around Baileys Island, driving a horse
named named "amorah' horse that Is twenty
three years old. and looks II.
The progress OF Uncle Henry along b;s
route is in the nature of a. travelfnE in
formation trip.
'.How's the weather. Uncle Heurv->
some interested person VIII shout.
"How's it going TO be tomorrow
Always slow and deliberate IN his
movements Uncle Henry's method OF
answering is invariably the same TTa
drives on few feet past he INQUIRE
then he pulls Gamorah to a ston He
nes the reIns TO the whip socket-noThfnas
less than cannon shot would start c.
morah-climbs out OF his carrfare. ana
walks back toward his questioner.
What's that You sayf- he always
After CoEitatinG for a moment r-r,cIs
Henry looks into tho distance with his
eyes shaded by his hand. strokes hts Cal
way whiskerS. and gives his opinion. 7.
Is said that he goes through this process
nfteen or twenty times a day during the
summer season. The Procedure is aivravx
the same. the passing Of the cIuestLorea.:
the getting from the wagon. aud The re-:
quest for a repetition OF the quesron
An interested person on Orrs Island.
declares he kept an account of the tIro
local torecaSters' proprecieS as com.
pared with those made by the Eoyern-
ment for one month Both Uncle Tom
and trcle Henry were wrong but twice.
he says: the governments forecast Vas
wrong ten times.
Oddly enough. Uncle Tom ara TracfA
Henry always agree. Once last yvfpter
there was slight Discrepancy Urcla
rom declared It would rain. Urele,
Henry declared IT would SNOW, II hafled.'
so the difference was declared a draws
anyhow,