Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-16
UN ARyEY CHEYNE's father

was immersed in amaSSing
d - more money his mother was
busy with her nerves; and so we have
Harvey, at fifteen years, the insuffer-
able type that most grown males want
to heave q brick at on sight.
He was passenger on this ocean
liner, and she was crossing the Grand
Banks in fog. He came into the
smoking room saying: "You can hear
the. fish boats squawking all around
u.s. Wouldn't it be great If we ran
one down.
He asked for cigarette. Some
body with a diabolical sense of humor
PASSED him a thick, oily cigar. Har-
vey lat II up and went on deck. He
bezan to feel queer, but he bad
Dragged of never being seasick so now
me went aft to the turtle deck, and
he was Still there wrestling with the
cigar and not caring much what hap
penei- when a long gray sea swung
out of the fog and took him overheard.
Harvey was next aware of being
<1n q pile of fish with a broad-backed
Enza In blue Jersey, who said: you
I'm Hary with me. Manuel my name."
I11zser he was hoisted aboard of
schooner and lowered into her heaving
fo'EHsfse where men In oilskins gave
him n mot drink and put him to sleep
In n fxfnk When he awoke a boy
whose nHHse was Dan asked him smil-
Engfy If he was feeling better. The
=rhxsaer WIS the ''We're Here" of
Gloucester. and the boys father, Disko
Troop, was her skipper.
THmrveg went up on deck to see
DiSlzO; and demanded that he be taken
back to New York, where, as he told
Disko condescendingly his father
would pay them very well for their
trouble: he added many other items
to what his father could and would
do Dislso, as 1t happened, was an
old-Eashloned type of banks 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 immense wealth must be
-<razy- with an idea of restoring the
poar boy to sanity he offered him the
BERN Of second boy on the. "We're
Here" at 5000 per month.
Harvey had a fit of sullenness, but
Sifs sullenness worried nobody he
vxxsrf to work The dories were re-
xurazng to the vessel with their catches
Of tkssh, 81. for the first work of his
life Harvey WIS set to helping Dan
hOiM sn the deries, to swabbing the
CURRY from their insides and then to
asesfinx them on the deck. BY the
xime ase had finished doing that and
4e1nng his supper 1t was nighttime, and
Nfanzez, Pecan. Long Jack, Old Salters.
Tom Plaft-a all hands were standing
by to dress fsh.
Manuel and Penn stood deep among
the fish. nourishing sharp knives.
~HiI" shouted Manuel, with one fin
ger under the gill of cod. the other
In an eye. The blade glimmered. there
==< soupd OF tearing, the fish
slit from throat to tail--dropped at
Long lacks feet. "Hii" cried Long
lack and, with scoop Of mittened
hand. dropped the Gods liver into a
BASKET; another wrench and scoop
sent head and otfal flying. The Quilted
1Ish slid across to Old Salters, who
nnnrted fierceIy. ripped out the back
nune and splashed the headless. gut
Gens Ia into a tub at water.
zEzwwey pitched the washed fish
azOun 1n6O the hold, from whence came
m zLazgs and rlmbIings as Tom
Rlnex nd Disko moved among the salt
49, Tlhe saGping sound Of rough salt