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. How the Story Started. Frank Westhaver, known: oF ory lives at Cove on his uncle, Captain J 3 and his chum Lemuel Ring, drink a bottle of rum, whereupon Frank's uncle tells him the story of his fath- er's fondness for drink "Grace Westhaver" went down off Sable Island with ten of her crew and her skipper. This has the desired 'ef- fect upon Frank. The two Joya pilok an Italian vessel' into Anchorville to the astonishment of Captain Spinney, harbormaster, CHAPTER THREE Christmas and New Year came wi seasonable weather and for a w Long Cove entered into the festivities of occasion. A number of the men came home to spend the holidays with their folks, and for a while there was meetings. Uncle Jerry came over from Gloucester, and in exchange for his nephew's present of a pipe produced a bulky bundle of books which he had purchased in Boston. "lI callate you kin read them, Frankie," he said. "Th' man I bought them of said «they, were. useful an' entertainin' readin' for a boy, + Thar's some. good seafarin' pictures in 'em--that's how I sized 'em up. Look at this yarn--a couple o' pinks firin' guns at' each other, , Calllate bhey must be Frenchies a-scrappin' up on th' Treaty shore. What's th' name 'o th' yarn, Frank?" - " 'Westward Ho!' Uncle." "So! That's a good-soundin' name for a book. Now what's this feller here with three 'O's' and an 'M' in th' name----1" "'Omod! by Herman Melville--a tale of the South Seas," his i ty. "I'll bet that] be a dandy like 'Treasure Island.' What are the dthers?® 'The Wreck of the Grosvenor,' by W Clark Russell interrupted ' his 5 "Aye." suncle, Wi 's a Book 11 ras told t' git by one o' th' pang. was a great yarn, tho' ' I don't remember , the that wreck. Callate .she warn't a fisher- han. Av' this book here--what's that' "That's not a sbory book--it's a book on Aghies--"Arithmetie Simpli- fied,' it's called." "Eh? eh?" cried the skipper in sur- prise. "Arithmetic, is it? 'Now I wonder how I come t' git that darned thing ? Better heave it away, Frank --we don't' want, 'rithmetic. bogks, dol we?" : the | covered roads Callate TH) Uncle Jerry turned Westhaver: "How's he gittin' along at school, Grace? Ain't bin dodgin', has he?" "No, he's been going regular," she lied, "an' Migs Prim's very pleased year, If he 'the examinations in the 'spring 'have gone as far as he can go." ry. W. long about 'fall Pll git him off on a Bankin' cruise" ; Mrs. Westhaver's brow clouded. "But I don't want him to go to sea, Jerry. There's enough on the farm bere to keep him going and 'tis lone- some. enough I em now without---- the bi to in oT So a ; heart. & Clark an' did ye ever any o th mendoli linin' up : "Fisheries in the waters off both soasta of Canada in 1921 produced a revenue of $18,886,062 as compared with: $36,857,952 1n a a yo as Bay |: and and how the | that little ih Ye can't do it, Grace, an' 'tis better | rating the sky. | from the her voice | kids ¢ schooner o' Jud J through her aT Tout think o' him | pilotin' that lump of 'an Eyetalian bar- que inter Anchorville that day---thick o' snow an' blowin'! Why, Jesse Sore} ling--Jig] at th' North Head-- thought thet twas self a-bringin' her : her about at, th' Knock Rip ye please. An' d'ye thi a boy like that away from as nice as, ell keep: th water? for him ¢' go with our t' ron away. Ef he runs away he'll coastin' or deep water--jest what I' t want him to do, for a fisherman ! I want him t' be, erman as I am---ignorant an' uned- dieated. No, Grace! leave him t' me an' I'll make somethin' outer him." Mrs. Westhaver said nothing, but in her heart of hearts she knew: I brother was speaking truth, and being born and bred in a seafaring com- munity, With the sea ever before her eyes and the breath of+it in her nos- trils, she knew that the day was coms ing when her only child would answer womenfolk of that sea-washed coast were steeled to bear it; nerved to en- dure the racking anxieties of days and bers thundered in acres of foam upon the iron rocks, and the grey scud flew low before the spite of the gale; when the spindrift froze in the biting air and slashed through the howling snow- grey nights when wind and sea arose in rage and ghrieked for victims. God! They need His help when their men are at sea! » The New Year holiday passed: the menrreturned to their vessels, and the Bay Shore settlements became black and deserted. The ground was covered with snow to the water's edge, and the hills towered gaunt and sullen with! their spruce-clad crests ser-| The rocks on the beach were scaled thick with ice; and! the shore fishermen went about their bitter work on the waters of the Bay clad in heavy , clo ing, and always with a bit of grub in parcel and fresh water in the dory jal Around the farms only evidence of life came in the wisp of blue smoke a chimneys the 'chop-chop footed oxen trailed logs over the snow- to the rollway at the mill dam, and occasionally silent echoes of the creek gully were awak- | ened by the rasp 'and ring of Jim Hawkin's water mill. 1 Bhorty broke the ice in his waber- jug of a morning, and his pre-break- fast "hour was spent in milking the cow, splitting and drawing' wood and water, Clad in warm 'woollens and with mittens on his hands, he walked' to school a little before mine 'o'clock; and got the stove goi for Miss | Primy. Until four he ied himself | to his lessons, and the remaining hours of daylight. were 'usually nt down | - spe among the fishermen at the-wharf or up in' Skipper Ring's barn, where,! sprawled - among the hay, he read; "Treasure Island" to an awed as- sembly of listening youngsters. The grotesque chorus of "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest!" became as pop- ular as a music-hall ditty around the Cove, and hoarse shouts for *Darb. McGraw! Bring aft th' rum, Darby!" set Miss Prim wondering as to their origin. And they had a deal of fun out of it too, for with Shorty as Long John Silver and other youngsters taking, prominent parts they acted passages from that wonderful story upon the deck of Jud Morrell's schooner until that gentleman wondered "what in far- nation thunder hed come lover th' I And "Westward Ho!" Who can des- cribe the pleasure Shorty got out of | Quebec y ward Island '$451,408 (L171 Varieties and i rth Head--| or Tout Fetched but not such a fish-| oy nights when the great Atlantic com-|D, nocounted for $1,244,704; and eyes. ice--small and all as the way in which he pine had even old 'Cap I-down for styl t a t het the Cove :| bo the call. It was hard, but the hot pump-handi brigade saved the homestead. his hands were blistered and painful, yet he felt it was worth it when Carrie exter gave him a kiss and a piece plans. . : : ; I separated each variety at:bloom- ing time, and sold quite a few. ' The of real chocolate for hi ism, Altogether the winter was a wi fair one, with no storms to i and good fishing both in the Bay of Fundy and on the Banks, and when the men came home in the spring to at- tend, to-their: farms there was all the evidence of 'a prosperous winter's fishing among thém, * Houses were painted up, sheds built, iew dories on the beach, and a nine days' wonder in the shape of a piano in Skipper Ring's house. The Diag was brought from Anchervi in the. schooner with Captai 3 to Co une. . Captain Crawford, who rigged a com- plicated web: of tackles for its safe discharge. Up. to the skipper's house the stow followed Shen oxen, and hen 1t was finally unpacked, carried into the "gettin room and Miss j played a few old bal upon i Long Covers "cal'lated that th*: taown!" ; . Then came the examination tf the school, with a saturnine 'inspector, the English Church mindster, and Captain Jerry Clark to supervintend, Shorty and Lem were both in attendance, and as the children bent over their papers Uncle Jerry kept a vigilant eye uj his nephew. When at last they 5 finished and: the boys and girls ad- vanced to the desk with their: com- pleted tasks, the inspector glanced over Shorty's .work and rémarked: "You write a good hand, my boy., let me see? Are you not the. youth who misbehaved himself" and failed last year?" Shorty nodded: calmly. "Yes, sir; 1 callate I did!" ° -- The inspector allowed a ghostly smile to flicker across hi# austere visage, "Humph!" he said, and dis- missed him. * Vacation time- cane in due course and also the intelligence that Frank Westhaver had passed his examination successfully with high percentages in arithmetic, geography, reading, writ- ing, and spelling. Poor Lem had failed decided that he would 'spend another year at 8 afternoon' saw an buggies trailing 4 dismally, and his parents wrathfully | Closing day. came, and a sunny apparently endless next I had more orders than I could fill. " I culled them closely, and kept only the ones that were general favorites. I then planted each variety in separate rows, and 'booked orders when the: were in bloom. It is 'an' easy matter to select them at this time and I am always very particular to fill the orders correctly. Some people prefer to pay me extra and have me keep them. for them until spring, as. they seem to think there is some sort of magic about keeping the bulbs through the winter. They ave just af] easily kept as potatoes, They increase very rapidly from the tiny bulblets, which 'form underneath the old bulbs. I-havé counted as many as twerty bulblets on one large bulb. These are carefully saved and drillad in shallow trenches. © The next season they are blooming wize, : 2 is It is @ common instinct for the fond mother to use every possible effort in shielding her ehildren frome con- complishes wonders in the shaping life in the home itself byt how about away from the mother's direct touch? After all, is not the real task of motherhood to fit the child to meet the world: with all its influences-- good and bad? -- ; ie Somaay influence on young m "in our opinion, is 'almost as; important as the - home ' influence; 'especially in these modern days when the mind of the average child of ten almost as mature as the. man: or able business, Wd i If T lived near a large city, the blooms 'would find & ready sale, which They are not at all. particular as to soil or. location, With me any good garden soil has proved to be all right. I have planted them early and late, and I find that when blooming time comes, they are always reddy to dis- play their beautiful colors. I always planted at intervals of two weeks, so Abylas to have a longer period of bloom. If you are looking for a bulb that will bloom just as beautifully in yard or garden as it does in the florist's grounds, 'you willbe delighted with the gladiolus. ' 13 1 know that country women, many of them, are 18oking for ways of earn- ing extra dollars. The gladiolus is not the only plant that 'might prove profitable. "One's own taste, one's in- factors are to be considered. G Haye Sparkling Hair. 'Do you realize that you can't make 'the most of yourself if your hair isn't Win. good 'condition? It-must be lively, thealthy, and sparkling, or, just when the ['You don't want it to, it sill spoil your whole appearance. Slick hair is gen- erally perverse hair, and you never [ean count on it. 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