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

Harvey chcNne's fatilcF WIS sfnp
merscd IN an,assing mere niolics hiS
mother was husyt with her nerves
nnG so we have Harvey. a, Bftecn
years. the Insui,erahle typ that most
grown males want 10 htave a brick
az on sight.
He wus a passeuscr on this ocean
timer md she WAS crossing the Grand
Banks ln a fog. lie came into the
smoking room. saying: you can
hcar the ash boats ~suawking all
around Us. Wouldn't u he great u
we run one Iowni" ha
He asked for cigar~tte. Some
body with q disbcllcsl sensc of hul,,ov
passed him . thick. oily cigar. Har.
veg lit Il up and went on deck. lie
began to feel queer. but he hsd
brssged Of never being scssick 20 now
he went aft to the turtle deck. and
he was stiII there. wrestling with the
cigar and not caring much what hap
pcned. when q long gray sea swung
eut OF the fog and took him overheard.
Harvey was next aware of being
on pile Of ash with a road.backed
man In blue Jersey. who said: -yos
IN dory with me. Manuel my name"
Later he was hoIstcd abonrd Of q
schooner and lowered Into her hcaving
fo'c's1e where men Ia oilskins gave
him hot drink and put him To sleep
On bunk. When he awokc. boy
whose name was Dan asked him snil.
ingIy II he was feeling better. The
schooner was the "we're Here" OF
Gloucester. and the boys father. Disko
Troop. was her skipper.
Harvey went up on deck 20 see
Disko; and demanded that he be TAX
en- back to New York. whers. NJ he
told Disko condescendlngiy. his father
would pay them very well for their
trouble; he added many other items
70 what hts father could and would
do. Disko. M Il hsppeocd. waS sn
old-fashioned type Of hank fisherman.
wise In the ways Of hsh bat Knowing
little ~ the great world. tie decided
that this boy with his tnik of his
fathers immense wenith must he
crazy: with an idea of restoring the
poor boy To sanity. he offered bin the
berth OF second boy ON ,he "we're
Here" al si0.50 per month
Harvey had lt of sulienness. but
his sullenness worried nobody: he
went to work. The dories were re-
turning "a the vessel with their ciifches
Of fish: so for the lrsi work of his
life Harvey was set 10 helping Dan
hoist Ia the dories. 10 swabbing the
curry from their lnsldes aud then To
nesting them op the deck by the
time he had finished doing that and
eating his supper II was nighttime.
and Ainnnel. Penn. Long Jack. old
Salters. Tom Platt--a.I haIuis were
standing by 10 dress fish. t.e q
Manuel and Penn stood deep snonr
the bsh. nourishIng sharp knives.
HI r. shouted Manuel. With one fn.
ger under. the siIl Of u cod. the. other
In an eye. The blade glinnsred,
there wns "A sound of tearing. the Hsb,
slit from throat 10 mil--'lropped az
tffiH 1Hfh 'ifN tffU(
Jack and. with scoop of mittcned
hand. dropped the cod's liver Into u
basket: another wrench aud SCOOP
sent head and ofrai dying The gut
ted fish slid across 10 Old Salters.
who snorted 6crcely. ripped OUT the
backbone and splaslcd the .headless.
gufIess fish into a tub Of water.
Harvey pitched The washed hsh
down Into the hold from whence came
frampllnps and rumblings as Tom
Platt and Dlsko moved among the salt
bins. The rasping sound Of rough salt
rubbed on rough flesh from below
made steady undertone 10 the click
nick OF the knives IN the pens. the
wrench and schi0op of torn hends,
the flap, Of rIpped-open fish falling In
10 the tub on deck.
At the end Of an hour Harvey want
ed terribly 20 rest. bur also for the
first time In his life he was one Of a
working gang Of men; and so. begin
ming 10 take pride IN The thought. he
held on grInly. MOI III The last fish
was towed below did man rest. But
when that moment came. isko and
Old Salters rolled toward their cabin
hunks. Manuel and Long Jack went
forward. Tom Plat waited only long
enough TO slide home the hatch.
All hands were below and asleep.
except the rwo boys; they had 10
stand watch; so by and by the moon
looked down on one slim hoy In kDick-
erbockers. which was Harvey. stag
gerlng around The ciuttered deck;
while behind him. waving knotted
rope. walked another boy, which was
Dan, yavning and nodding between