Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

s'wHAr DO o KNow ABOUT JENNIE Hill
BERTf" HE DEMANDED.
mel through a thick weather bedlam Of
whistles, horns and bells, into which
her own patent hair raiser doomed its
own doleful contribution.
Or Hampton while the skipper was
debating with the mate whether to an
Choir inside Old >Posnt or to keep on up
the bay two bare spars doomed in the
smother straight ahead. An instant
later, with two helms rolling vainly
hard over. and two anchors rumbling
down under foot, the yacht had side
swiped the stranger with a bump that
made both craft reel
The funny Part OF It was b a Cap
tain Gale, believing an tmpotent warn
ing through his megaphone, had In
stantly recognized in the other vessel d
Gloucester fisherman commanded by
an old townsman of HIS, whom he had
not seen since he gave up fish killing
for the lure OF blue broadcloth and tbs
grip of a brass bound wheel.
In fact, the recognition was mutual
But the greeting of brawny Captain
Andrew Sponsor OF the White Sen
lacked some OF. the spontaneous COZ.
dianty called for by a five years sep.
aration. He looked oversize and tool
stock of damage, then remarked:
"What do We think ye're doin'T'
Sponson's churlishness should be ex"
pfained lest he make enemies. In the
month since the White Sea had como
south with q feet OF seiners to convoy
the seethfng shoals of mackerel ON
their annual jaunt up the coast from
Hatteras she hadn't made enough to
keep her crew of eighteen In sheelaces.
All this didn't look much like Spon-
sons getting married In June to The
finest girl In Gloucester, and here hA
was with another repair bin On hh
hands.
.Sponson was allus as fun Of sass IA
an egg is Of meat" Gale assured his
mate loudly as the vessels dr1fted
apart and swung to their anchors
The ~peaceably disposed Gale later
boarded the fishing schooner in his g1G
for a chat with his old shipmate. But
Sponsor, broodfng over his lean sea-
son and with his crew Of huskfes dis
cussing afresh "the White Seas luck"
was not a very cheerful companion
"Im hoodooed, that's the long and
short of it," he declared II carlate I
couldn't have found room between
Fort Monroe and Wfiloughby beach TO
git by your hooker
!sAI there is to 1t, Andy" said Gale
sympatheticaTly, you've got to git a
decent vessel. How IN Sam Hill do ye
expect to git around with the rest Of
the fleet in a rusty old trap that can't
git out of her own way, let alone mo-
body else'sT
you wouldn't by no chance want
ito SAN that fat bottomed catamaran of
yuurn with the White Sea, would
yeY' he inquired with elaborate polite
ness. waving an eleven inch hand to-
ward the port hole which framed the
handsome Daybreak, dim in the fog.
~By goIly, I'd like 10 oblige We" said
the gold braided yacht captain, ~but
we're takin' things easy this trip.
guin' up the inside route"
"AIl the more reaso why We can
spare a little time" teered Sponsor
-sThink UP a better excuse than that
Owner won't let ye, truth was Known"
well, I don't mind givtn' We a go
out here in the roads in the mornin', II
IT'S Clear" conceded Gale.
'sBah!" snorted the mtsanthrope.
"I don't mind admittin' to ye that
there's only one thing I'd K to 90
now more than waliop this old box OF
yourn, and that is"-
ITO git enough to cat for oncef' I'm
sshed Sponsor sententfously.
-~and that Is to drop into Glosnter
and set down into that easy chair IN
the nor'west corner Of Jennie Hilbert1