The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-05-08

isps he dcar<tm srst hoy 10 -kcrp bin
Tner-we,rS ficv~'-wna. on . .~s.;
sishlng trip which mesot foun month.
away. tom home: 70 there was tim.
for uhrvcy to searn many strange new
things II he cured 10 After time
rs the pride In honest work well done
began to grip him. he cared. lie learn
ed 10 Ash from q dory to make hil
wny ln safety around q hcaving YES
seas deck; to know what each rops
aud saII aboard = vessel was for
Disko allowed him. when the wind
was tight. 70 steer the vessel from
ono berth 10 another, and wonderful
wss Harvey's sense % power when h
nrwt fsst the vessel answer % his touch
Of the wheel. Almost did be come d
understand, 40 . fisherman under
stands. the neversbsent dangers Of
the bsnks. the eternal foEs. the tIdea
the gales. the wicked seas: aud learn.
Ell. too. nshermen's opinion Of the ON.
GERS Of the great steamers who. sftes
cutting vessel down. rsiss high
hands to heaven and swear with
nnan,ruity that the careless fisherman
had pover--sbsoluteiy never--shown
10 much as a single light.
He saw one day q foul. dragsled. un.
kcmpt vessel henving up past the
"we're Here" for all the world like
q hIowsy. frousy. had old woman
sneering at decent girl. saw her sall
on and Into hatch of watcsy sun.
shine and--go under. taking all hands
with hcri lie saw. while his hnIs
stood an end. q whitcnsSs moving In
the whIieners of the fog with a brcati,
like the breath of q grave: and then
he heard q roaring. piunging and
sp"utt0g: that was his nrst iceberg.
lie saw the surf break over Virgin
Rocks; aud the nsh strike In 80 thick
On shosl tl,at scores Of dories stood
riding gunnel to gunncl while their
crews battled for the catch. lie saw
q gale break 80 sudden and fierce that
everywhere on the sen were men In
dorIes cutting riding lines and racing
for their vessels. but some never max
ing their vessels.
No he passed four busy. wonderful
months. growing in body. mind aud
soul with every hour that passed :
and then came the great day when
they Jeff the banks for home. Toll.
hardship aud danger were now most.
~ behind ihsin: there wns left little
10 do bnt stand watch and study the
folding and .packips away OF the .ulQrn:
ing mists. the hurry OF Winds across
the open spaces. the glare and blaze
of the high sun: "a hnrken, 20 the
grinding Of the bOoms against The
masts. the creaking OF shs sheets
against the bitts. the sail dIling 10 the
roaring winds. & 81 @
Now about che time the were
Here hundred quIosais of Ash In
her hold. sas laying her course for
Gloucester. Iiarvey's father was be-
ginning to wonder In his mahogany
Offices IN Los Angeles " u wasa't =
better game 10 drop the ceasetess
struggle for more power aud wealth.
What was the use of II ail---with no
son 10 hand II 80? lie was stilI won
dering when one day Nh excited sec
reinry brought him telegram. fN
II was from Harvey. safe Ia Glon.
ccsier Mr.. cheyne laid his face down
on his desk. brenthed heavily for
awhile; and then. heavIng orders
right and left. started that ran Of
which railroad men talked for many
"a day. Three days and u bnlf n Sras
from coast to coast. with rnllrond spe,
cialists along the way dividing huge
bonuses: for Il was the great Harvey
Chcyne who was racing Eas, 10 see
his rescued hoy. and the boys mother
was with him.
Not without fear dIi he meet mat
hoy. lie had memory OF pasty,
faced bnd-nnnnered lad. What he
met was q hoy with toughened figure
and keen clear eye.
Railroads. lumber. mines--snch
things dId not interest young Harvey.
What his heart yearned for WAS to
some day. manage his fathers newly
purchased shiiing ships on the Pacific
coasi. The ships he gof when he was
ripe for them; and fds Dan. son OF
Disko Tro0p--seeIng that he could not
offer money--he got a berth as mate
OF one Of them. with the promise thai
some day he would go master OF the
hest he could build.
"Great ships these OF my fathersi
oh. yes" says Harvey. "BM bnck In
Gloucester are the able little vessels
The Were Here she's one. owe
a heap 10 .her--to her and her crew."
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