South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-04

Harvey Cheyne's father was I'M
mersed in amassing more money
his mother was busy with her
nerves. and 30 we have Harvey. at
Is years. the insuneraole type that
most grown males want 20 heave
brick AZ on sight.
He was a passenger on this ocean
liner and she was crossing the
Grand Banks IN a fog. He came in
20 the smoking roora. saying You
can hear the fsh boats squaking all
around u.s. Wouldn't 10 be great II
we ran one down.
He asked for "a cigaret- some
body with a diaboiical sense Of
humor passed him a thick. oily
cigar Harvey lit it up and went on
deck He began to feel queer, but
ne had Dragged Of never being era-
sick: 30 now he went aft 70 the --
tIe-deck. and he was still There.
wrestling with the cigar and not
caring much what happened. when
a long gray sea swung out Of the
fog and took him overheard.
Harvey was next aware Of being
on a pile OF FISH with a broad-back-
Cd man IN a blue jersey, who said
You in dory with me. Manuel my
name"
Later he was hoisted aboard Of
schooner and lowered into her
heaving fo'c'sle where men in oil
skins gave him a hot drink and put
him 70 sleep in a bunk When he
awoke. a boy whose name was Dan
asked him smilingly If he was feel
ing better. The schooner was the
We're Here" OF Gloucester, and the
boys father. Disko Trop, was her
skipper.
Harvey went UP on deck TO see
Disko. and demanded that he be
taken back 20 New York. where. as
ne told Disko condescendingly, his
father would pay them very we'll
for their trouble: he added many
other items 10 what his father could
and would do. Disko. as il hap
pened. was an old-fashioned type Of
bank fisherman. wise in the ways of
fish but knowing little OF the great
world. He decided that this boy
with his talk Of his fathers inn
an idea Of restoring the poor boy 20
sanity. ne offered him the berth OF
second boy on the We're Here" az
$1,000 per month
Harvey had a At Of sullenness
but his sulIenness worried nobody
he went 10 work. The dories were
returning 10 the vessel with their
catches Of fish. so for the first work
Of his life Harvey was set TO help
ing Dan hoist in the dOries, 20
swabbing the curry from their in
sides and then 10 nesting them on
the deck BY the time he had fin
ished doing that and eating his
supper il was nighttime and Man
uel. Penn. Long Jack. Old Salters,
Tom Platt-all hands were stand
ing by TO dress fish.
Manuel and Penn stood deep
among the fish. hourishing sharp
knives. iii" shouted Manuel
with one finger under the gill OF a
cod. the other I'm an eye The blade
glimmered. there was a sound OF
tearing. the fsh-slit from throat "a
tail-dropped at Long Jacks feet
"Hi," cried Long Jack and. with a
scoop OF a mittencd hand, dropped
the Gods liver into a basket; an
other wrench and scoop sent heaC
and onal flying. The Quilted fist
slid across to old Salters. who
snorted hercely. ripped out tn,
backbone and splashed the headless
gutIess FISH into a tub OF water.
Harvey pitched the washed FISH
down into the hold. from whence
came tramplings and rumblings a.
Tom Platt and Disko moved amOng
the salt bins The rasping sound OF
rough salt rubbed on rough fiesl
from below made a steady under
tone TO the click-niCk OF the knive,
in the pens. the wrench and schlooI
or torn heads. the flap OF ripped
open fish falling into the tub OF
deck
At the end OF an hour Harve!
wanted terribly TO rest but also FOL
the FIRST time in his life he was on,
or a working gang OF men; and so
beginning TO take pride in tn,
thought. he held on grimly. No
ttl the last fish was slowed below
did a man rest But when tina
moment came, Disko and Old Salt
ers rolled toward their cabin hunks
Manuel and Long jack went for
ward Tom Platt waited only lonl
enough 20 slide home the hatch
Penn 10 empty a basket OF fish lv
ers into a big cask
All hands were below and asleep
except the two boys. they had q
stand watch. so by and 10y the moor
looked down on one slim boy II
knickerbockers which was Harvey
staggering around the cluttere,
deck while behind him. waving
knotted rope. walked another Roy
which was Dan. $awnue and nod
ding between taps he dealt the frs
boy 20 keep him awake
The Were Here" was on a salt
fishing trip which meant fou
months away from home. so Their
was time for Harvey 10 learn man
strange new things If he cared q