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Port Perry Star, 23 Nov 1922, p. 6

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BLUE WATER A TALE OF THE DEEP SEA FISHERMEN BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE | © o > CHAPTER FOURTEEN--(Cont'd.) "What outside thar'1" asked the 1 man. "I have nmaw- thin' but a jumble a-runnin' fn my head about it. I kin remember seein' th' Lugcher Shoal breakin' en' ti Lightshi; » "Then you guv a yell what brought us ail "on di th' wheel hard down when she shipped a sea which threw ye on th' spokes, We were heavin' in on th' mainsheet, an' you sings out t' scandalize maine'). She started shattin' in that , in' an' ye were heavin' oe Copyright by the Musson Book Company So he had Yeasonad Seen while he of breeze, an' th' sea sluggin' quer her the somethin' savage; we had a blazes own job t' stand on deck. We lowered ! away on th' peak halliards an' was a-h'itsin' up when she guv a of a slat-an' th' spring then she jest comes tumblin' th' boom hite you at th' wheel. Ju an' Mac here you from under wreckage an' lays you down in cabin, an' we gits busy an' cuts th' gear wdmift. After that, runnin'. in among th' breakers an stay-- ia dove ay was the oilskinned man at the th of "Kinsella". that ? th' man who had tern ught almost caused him to groan with the agony of the conce, tion, and strange illusion haunted 'him. Who night? . The the spokes from grasp and gazed at him with eyes tender commiseration, and who xercieed a power the his fips, which blame near scared us.t' Over him which saved him from strik- death until you comes up an' gits us out o them again. i East Lord Harty! Ia ing the Shoal? "Sable Island North- Bar dead ahead!" Frank shiyer- He knew now, and the- thought that ¢ htened him, The father had come "Now, men, you must go," she said; yet pw promiging to call on the morrow y thoughts, 8 If ever a man received a castigation from his own conscience, it was West- | haver, and his mental flagellation gave him more pain than did his injuries. Luckily he was spared the itional Jesh of a wounded heart. The ordeal he had gone through had somehow put t¥e affair in a different Night, and t's mind ceased to be haunted with disturbing visions of -the git] who had driven him to the actions of his mad- She was a memory of the past --an unpleasant memory, but. one, which, like a nightmarish dream, could easily be dismissed from Jection. No! He did not care about her now. The scales had fallen from his eyes and he hmd become eriticed cruelly so--and her sayings and ac- tions he had emalyzed mentally until he had weighed her in the balance and found her wanting, He had known her for many ' years, arid 'yet, upon cool reflection, he began to. doubt the fact that he had really loved her. He had Jonged to possess, yet having posses- gion he was not sure that he would hive been entirely satisfied. It would be like a man who-ooveted a jewel, and be finally owned it would put it fu y in a case without giving it a thought. It was not love whieh had prompted him in his 'mad rage, but rather a sense of wounded ride at the success of a rival--a real- tion of having failed in his efforts to own andy control, and being a strong, self-willed man, he was un- controllable in his frenzy at failure; only insured to warn the son--to save him from himself; and as he turned it over in his mind he felt all the terror and reverence for the supernatural. And why should he be afraid? child is not afraid of the mother who left Frank alone with his lifts it from the floor to which it has ts, fallen. Why should he be afraid of the spirit of his father? In their sequence came other dis- turbing reflections." Jules!" The man who had bean his shadow for years; who bad been his confidant and his dearest -friend. Jules, who: had gd- Fane him money forthe furtherance of ambitions, and" who was oll tent to follow him without thinking: of himself, efile 8, Who had proved or ing and best--trie-heart tribtoi, ind hole Higw had treated hi So unk but ered, and nremary him week bitter He "would 1 m? what he tears into his pillow. him as soon as he h it were not too late. got, better +i "Then came the thought of his gang=-- the rough and tough, but staunch and warm-hearted fellows who had thrown in their fortunes, with his. What had he done fof them ?: Dragged them out to sea in a gale of wind and would have thrown their lives away in his blind rage had not.-a greater Power intervened and sayed him from being a wholesale murderer. Murderer! What an awfal conception! And yet him without a murmur; thized with him, and wished him well. J he had - risked their. lives but "the night" before "and". deprived them of a. possible livelihood for..a month at least! about him? Had he not: played fast and loose with the old man's property and lost him money? The vessel was under a policy which Hag Fgh 3 p of this callous 'conduct made. y And Hoolahan! What Q, {a brace block!" That brace-block gets me ahsolutely Li ves some- times by the way. he talk." Are you in any at 7 "No, 1 don't feel anythin' at all. They've got me all parceled, served, and fished like a sprung spar, until I can't move hand por foot for fear of startin' a laghin'." Miss. Denton- laughed nauticalisms! Good bus! What isa poor woman to do to understand sailormen.. Now, see what I've on sweet?" And she thru flowers under Frank's nose, "Ah!" He drank in the fragrance. 40h, but they're beautiful--and you are so kind<eo kind. They're lovely!" "Now, I'll just put them_.in ti vase alongside 'your cot. = Flowers do make one feel good sometimes, and I simply love them." And while she was busying herself arranging them, Frank looked over at his old dory mate with a questioning, half-fearful Jook in his eyes, It -was Jules who 'spoke first, and there was nothing but friendliness in his-eyes. "Welly Trankee; cl' boy, an' how you feel now? I. t'ink. you was thinkin' 1 wés never come to see you, but I' was here' wit' Fou "Wen we brought you ashore in de doree. dis mornin'. . You were faint den; so go back tode vessel an' dress. up, Den 1 make d%al for new mainmast--she's bein' made now--an' I get de sail an' boom an' de oder gear. from shore fishermen. "De vessel will bé all ready in.a week, an' 1:send message up. to your uncle at Long Cove to come down. Maybe he take her for: one trip until you' 'get Well again." Krank nodded. "Good of Jules. You done jest righ t' pay ye for Jules Te "Say navt'ing. 'T i forget!' with'his angwer Frank's Bert felt Ti Shai ; iss Denfon-had fini arranging the flowers, and we Tutse. was je = ing in some Supper. "Well, Captain; I'm afraidegour nurse will forbid our otaying niger, Now,' you're to make your mind to abe or Mr. & have somethi Papa and Ty see Doctor| W about having you moved pip to oun rneau and I will and eee you to-morrow. Now; be good 'til then. Au revoir!" 11 see you. then. 'And Jules, like 4 gentleman Jn his shore. clothes; escorted Miss Denton out, = After being fed like a baby; he dropped intd_ a xéfrezhing sheep, wi a mind strangely free from the har- Not until now has a dollar bill 'as big as a genuine. hiro et a" also .by. the, whom he 'had almost fo: whose presence seemed to linger with f to his-mind as the brought. i 'More. t, an', I'll mever be able|. at ye've done. Anh place, and your friend and I will calll "So long, Frankee, til: to-morrow.| Ji as "extra" things or u habits, and the children take them as natural get a child to observe health rules by saying wheedlingly, "Won't M darling do so and so now?" ght for you. Don't they smell f ideal conditions of simple, wholesome living, observe health "rples for our- selves and set them an example, and th some sort of a naturalness and normality are the, foundations of all right training. -- Mrs, 8. T. IR I rely more on food than megdigine to keep my children in proper running order, believing that "prevention is better than cure." Eggs, fresh fruit, ai play prominent parts on. our AWhilesoinie of the children do not «l- ways care for: their: glass of milk at mealtime; still they get that amount, for: are av \orites 'with us, and "milk gravy" and custards ave stand-bys.i ' . We. do not live in a fruit.country. still our small orchard furnishes fruit i To teach the daily of the tooth- brush seemed 0 be+my.. Waterloo. re with the rst South it, was always used vigorously until wh Tiovelty. wore' ' me Well as quick as! to say in the matter == lis tten, but| °° she Frank held a big levee next day,|' and his -visitors came in a perfect stream. ~~ First came McCallum \ To 1. Owning timber land to-day is Tike | : Busing money 'in the bawk, and pru- ent farmers are hisbanding their re' shape of trees. A Wood- but with intelligent bo inde 40. gly rl = Baked apples with n ' e Carefully, been re- ton appears to been omen 2 ok! sugar, sacred writing of India, about 500 BO.| jone- at CUP | minard's Liniment fo ne gor Plone known have e "cinnamon. "Put on a and bake in Guick oven, S rr pe 'Are you ing a" i Voges 5 : ss, 'appliance, or whatev "Diamond Dyes add years of wear tate you choose to cult? At oath to worn, faded skirts, waists, -coats,| the truss is only a make-shift--a false HE. atti Taree ie prop pn eo oun fay. ings, draperies, everything. § package contains 'directions so' any woman can put new, rich. fadeless | binding pr: colprs = rmentsss or culabi wl come out" are guaranteed not to fade, or run. whether the -| is wool or 8 cotton or mixe goods. pe pW Scientific Dole Giving.- ~*~ "| © Susmployment doles in Switzerland will fn 'futire vary with the cost of living in each: district. a 3 opens $ ing as nature Intende 80 : : CAN'T come-dow ii JErHRet denn and ten. cents, €0In $4 ache or n ralgic pains | Ah an] worth one cent to you?; That's . CH | 3 it cost for lication of aselin -

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