Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-04-17

made q STEADY undeFtone 70 the cllek-
nick of the knives In tAs pens. the
wrench and schloop OF torn heAts,
the flap Of ripped-open fish falling into
the tub On deck.
Al the end of an hour Harvey
wanted terribly 10 rest. but also for
the first time in his life he was one
OF a working gang OF men; and so
beginning TO take pride In the thought
he held on grimly Not till the last
fish was slowed below did man rest
But when that moment came. DisSo
and Old Salters rolled toward their
cabin hunks. Manuel and Long Jack
went forward Tom Platr waited only
long enough 10 slide home the hatch
All hands were below and asleep,
except the two boys; they had 10
stand watch; so by and by the moon
/ looked down on one slim boy in knick-
/ erbockers, which was Harvey, stag
gering around the cluttere,i deck;
while behind him. waving a knOtted
rope. walked another boy, which was
Dan. yawning ana noddiug between
taps he dealt the first boy to keep him
awake.
/ The Were Here" was on a salt
/ fishing trip which meant four months
away from home: so there was time
/ for Harvey to learn many strange new
things il he cared 10. After time,
as the pride Ia honest work well done
/ began 10 grip him, he cared. He
! learned 10 fish from a dOry; to- make
his way IN safety around a heaving
vessels deck 10 know what each rope
and sail aboard q vessel was for.
/ Disko allow FL him when the wind was
light. TO steer the vessel from one
berth to another. and wonderful was
Haryey's sense of power when he first
/ felt the vessel answer 70 his touch of
the wheel Almost did ne come TO
+ understand. as a fisherman under
stands. the never-absenu dangers Of
! the banks. the eternal fOgs. the tides
! the gales. the wicked seas; and
I learned. too fshermen's opinion OF the
officers OF the great steamers who.
after cutting q vessel down. raise high
hands 70 heaven and swear with
unanimity that the careless fisherman
had overwhelmingly never-shown
+ SO much as a single light.
He saw one day a foul, dragged. IN
! kempt vessel heaving up past the
Were Here" for all the world like
/ bl0wsy frousy, bad old woman sheer
! Ing at a decent girl. saw her sail off
and Into batch OF warery sunshine
! amigo under. taking all hands with
g hs,. L. b = Il H.,g
end. a Wilderness moving in the white
ness Of the fog with breath like the
breath OF a grave; and then he heard
a roaring. plunging and spOuting; that
was his first iceberg. He saw the surf
break over Virgin Rocks; and the fish
strike in 50 thick on a shoal that scores
of dortes stood riding gunnel to gunnel
while their crews battled for the catch.
He saw a gale break so sudden and
fierce that everywhere on the sea were
men in dories cutting riding lines and
racing for their vessels, but some
never making their vessels.
So he passed four busy. wonderful
months. growing in body, mind and
soul with every hour that passed; and
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the banks for home Toll hardship
and danger We're now mostly behind
them there was left little to do but
stand watch and study the folding and
packing away of the morning mists
the hurry of winds across the open
spaces. the glare and blaze Of the high
sun to harken to the grinding of the
booms against the masts, the ereaking
Of the sheets against the bits. the sail
filling to the roaring winds.
Now about the time the Were
Here" q hundred quintals Of fish in
her hold, was laying her course for
Gloucester, Harvey's father was be
/ ginning TO wonder In his mahogany
Offices Ia Los Angeles If 1t wasn't a
better game to drop the ceaseless
struggle for more power and wealth.
What was the use Of it an-with no
son to hand il to? He was still won
dering when one day an excited sec
rotary brought him a telegram.
1t was from Harvey. safe in GIouces.
ter. Mr. Cheyne laid his face down
on his desk, breathed heavily for
awhile; and then. heaving orders
right aud left, started that run of
which railroad men talked for many
day. Three days and a half 1t was
from coast to coast, with railroad spe-
ciaiists along the way dividing huge
bonuses; for it was the great Harvey
Cheyne who was racing East to see
his rescued boy. and the boys mother
was with him.
Not without fear did he meet that
boy. He had memory of a pasty-
faced bad-mannered lad. What he
met was a boy with tOughened figure
and d keen, clear eye.
Railroads. lumber. mlneS-such
things did not interest young Harvey.
What his heart yearned for was to
some day manage his fathers newly
purchased sailing ships on the Pacific
Coast. The ships he got when he was