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lOath of ,old acl'O$s the waters ofConception Bay, and the tall hills,lm... ed warmly in the d""p"ninglight. BUI 10 John and Patrick Kelly"ho had grown \0 manhood on the.ho..... ofConceptlon Bay the beautysurrounding them was a common_pllC<!. They were ""nrerned withmore important matt"... a. theylcaned against Ihe slone-wall oul­aidelheirfather'.hou""

"Soyoo've made up your mind tngo away'" John uid, and hi. farewas grav..

Patrick nodded cheerfully. "Ye.I have' There'. hllie enough forone man \0 do in 8 place like this,

~:t~I'::.~WO. Why don't you rom..

JOhn did not an.werth.. qUl'StionI~e seemed 10 he following hi. Ownline of thought, for after 8 momenthe said: "Then you woo'' be askingMargaret Cootello 10 marry you'"

"I miglll_if I saw mOre of her!Margarel is a lovely girl'" Patricklughed, "And thai" one llood ",a_son why I'm nOi ,laying here anylonger, I've no lik;ng 10 be tied upfor the re.t of my life ;n this back_o-the-wOO<l.o scratching a liv;nll'from the toil of this pia"" and the&ea. He lifted his eye. and lookedWJth contempt at hi. father'. "llddle­roofed. whitesashed house and Ihe.tone_walled fields .urrounding ;1Beyond w.... the hHl••nd the 10r""l.&nd in fronl of Ihem was Ihe "'.Nothing ebe. The ne.""t hou,,,was .bout two miles aw.y, .nd 1M

"illage of Harbour Ma;n was twicethai distance, Even thoullh lifewueasierlhanlthadbeenagcnera_tion ago;t w...tlll a hard one, andit was no "onder that the majorityot the younl pe<>ple preferred toleave ii, There ,,·ere a few,howe"er,who clung to the land, and amongstthl!£e wa, John Kelly. When Patrickhad gone in to break Ihe new,othisdeparture tohl,parent, John re­m.ined by the wall. deep in thoullht.The hill. ,,-ere bl.ck all.in,t Iheeveninllaky when at last he st;rredH.. mind w., made up-he would..k Margarel COlltellOlo marry him.lie had been wanting 10 do so formany months,bul he had thoullht_'" many othe~ had done-that Pat­rick would do 10. Now it appearedthat Patrick was not prepared tolose his liberty forthe ...keof.

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After Church service w.... o"erthefollow1l\g$unday he made it a PO;nt10 meel Margarel C"'lello and tellher what wu in hi, mind. If shewould ha,·e preferred his brother,he ga,·c no.ign 01 it, bUI allreed tomarry hIm, John made it quiteclear that they would ha"e to li"ewith hisparents--his lather was tooold 10 .Un the place unaided-andshe accepted wilhoul prote.t a ,It­"alionall too usual inlhedlslricl,

When he lold his p.arent. hislat_her made noobjeo:tion, sayinll only;

..It',aboutlimeyouaettleddown'"Hi, mother attacked John liereo:ly."Patrick," ,he Mid, "WIIS ,weel on

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"I dId nOlhlng of tile kmd," JohnrepUed firmJy, NPalrkk wou:dnever have married lIer, He Ioidme 50 lIimself. He ia 100 fond ofhia li~r1Y 10 marry anyone"

Hi. mOlllerrontiuned10 llfUnlandfu .., only half ronvin<.'ed, bUI h~r

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:~~~h~~W:~o~~!,n 11I:"~~~::~,,~e1;~gelling up in yean a bit and 11',­aboul time .he laid down a parI ofIlleload"

John and Marra,..,1 we,.., marriedabout a monlh laler. John', falh~r

",a$ very kind 10 Margarel. bul ti.molh"r, while she made full ...e 01Ille young~r woman'. strenith, be·I:rudgedthe/aotlllat.lleller...lt~lIould ne«! any help in her dailvrhore•. Children "arne. and theyears began to psss ever more QUic<.ly, Margaret's checks losl theirbloom. her ,Iep ils lightneu, b"t.he roped unromplainingly with theever increasinrwork

Tiley lIeard fromPalrirk occa.ion.ally. Heslatedlllatllehad~n

10 ~urope, South America and nowhe was .Iavina: around New YorkAflcr50me years he gave upwrilinghome altogether, and hia mOlhercontinued 10 blame John for lakina:his aweelhearl away from him

One evening, ...me I.....enly.fi...,years after hi. marriage, John w..relurning 1I0me tired and weary"fler a hard day, work in Ihe pola:ofjeld. wilen he ""w a big car parkedalllleboitomofthehill,bulnol~_

i"g the inQuisHive type he paid httlehcedlo il,althoua:h mOlorcars wereO\Omelhing of a novelty in thoseday., But., he came up 10 il aman a:ot out and hailP<! lIim. IIwu Patrick. He wu chana:ed ral_lIer Ihan aa:ed His gaiely was tlon~,

hi' eyes "'ere harder, lIis voi"" was<>lIpped, He was undoubtedly proo·perous. At lea51 his oUlward appear_an .... ""'Duld give thaI impres.!ion

"Tile return Df Ihe Prodigal .em!"

~;'lr~:~d58:~ ~:~i:~;h~rhe •.~~~e~e;:a long time.i"""we parted. You'veretained YDurDld-.elf,a bit stoopedbut .Iill yourself, Gee but iI's good

~~n"":o~~uihe~~~:'I'll rive you a

Stiff from a hard days ,,·ork. Johnrlomped Iheclay from hi' booUandgot inlo the car, He was glad to.eoehi. brolher, but the habil oftilen"" had grown with Ihe years,llnd al1 he said was; "Aye, we'restill al Ihe old homeslead"

"And wllat about our parents!""MOlher died aboul Iwo years

bgO. She'. bUried down in thl!hule cemelrry on Ille point. Youremember where Ihe family plOI is.

:,ei;;.alf~na~h:,-o::j~~ :~~n~::bl:ro,,~:dlie rarely goes out. He keeps an

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"Ah, so you married MargaretCo.tello'" Palrick looked interested'" thought you would. 'doubt ifshe would Her have marrie-d me,but' wasn'l going to gIve her Ihechance to ref.....,! .. he laughle-ddryly. "But I'm delia:llte-d 10 haveher a' a sisler·in_law, You have.. lIlldren. How many·"

"~ighl, We lost thr... , Theeldesliswork",g in St, John'•. MargarelWall Quilesick last spring, She wasin hospila' for a monlh. As a malteroff&cI..II.. still has 10 take Ihing......i1y, We manage asbesl we can.Th.. children are very good al help.ing. but lhey're still YOUIl\l, AIle"l Ihreeof lhem ar..." He madetach alalemenl wilhoUI any hint ofemolLon. Palru:k looke-datllimcuri_ouslY.bUl58idnOlhina:

When Ihev rea.clle-d Ihe h<Y~.., he,tGPped lhe car and sat motionlessfor a momenl gazill\l at the hou....

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Except for .. f1 ..t roof which had!Jeenputonlheho.....e,lhepl..ce w...jusl aboul Ihe ...me. Time h...dn·t"hange<l il any. On Ihe wall whereh.. and John had lalked about hi.leaving horne Ih... tday long ago ..deck bla"k cal was washing itselfThere w.......Iack of !lrewood .nIhe ...me pI_where it had alwa~s

been attl>e bIo"k of Ihe house. andherould ..... aponyinlhe.lablebeyond. The ye..... lhat for him..,lthad been so full ofaCllon,of.lruggleand progress. of vklory .nd defeO!.had nol m...dea mark onthi'ilolat-..-d IItlle rommunily

And then he c... ughl hi. breath. Awoman had rome 10 the open door,holding a child by the hand, Wilha sh<>ek he immediat..ly reo:ognisedMargaret. Her r...ce w.... rolourle",her once lolden hair wa. faded andIhin. faligue ...·.... in everl' line ofherface ....hestoodthere,tryinalopre\/{'nt her little boy rromrun_ningoutlolhecar.lfnothingeoohadchanged.thepa!l,ingy""... h""left their mark on Margaret. Shehad changed from a bloomingbright-eye<lgirl,nloan old woman

"Aren't you rominl in~~ John..ske<l .... he got out and looked e'­pectantlyat his brother, "Margaretwill be surprised as well a. pleued10 """)'Ou"

Patrick .wung open the car doo•.and then wilh a sudden revulSion otreelltlg, slammed it back again. "l'n"orry I can'l rome in. I've lot battend an importanl m.... ting in StJohn'. for OUr romp..ny, I hav~

to b<"lhereearly in Ihe morning, 1_I'll rome back some other day. ImUllt be on my way now.~ But hemade nO mnve 10 start the car. Herasl a quick look at hilbrother,Qu....r Ihat he hadn'l noticed il he­fore. But nOw thai he had time10 look dosely at him. JOhn was anold man. 100, Slrong. no doubt. an"good for many yea.. of toil but.--old.

''Tell m..... Patrick .... id abruptly,"have you ne\/{'r regretted.tayint

he're' Have you never ...·anted tokick over Ihe traces. 10 get a",'ay~~~~ all thi.!~" he lesture<l 'round

John returned hi.! look. "Yes. Ihave many a time. when I wasyounger, But the bonds were 100

~~~07:..r0r me and now I Ihank God

Patrick gave an im»>lient .hTUg.'"Bul think of all the yea.. you'veslaved jusl 10 keep a foothold onthis hltle bit orland. You'\/{' neverbeen any furlherthanSI,John·. in

~~u:I I;~: t:~. oi~~eh~:r~: ~el~k~fWhat do you know of life?" Johndid not a",wer. and Patrick wenton in a tOne that was not unlik~

jwtifieation. "I've never r~gretted

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Still John did not lipeak, He wasthinkin,otlheyearlthat had pas:sedain"" Patrick had left horne. Whatdid he know of life. John asked him_self~ Whal had the years given toh"'" Joy ..nd 501'I"0W, .ickne.. anddealh. Ihe lenderne.. of a womanand the love of children, hard workand the everlasti"ll struaale withIhe forcea of nalure 10 eke oul ane"iSlen"", He had seen .trongmen!'oe«lme as helplelllas children. andchildren ,row 10 manhood andwomanhood. H~ had known coldand fati,ue and hard>hip.and Ihewelcome heal of a birch.log firealter a hard day. work in the woods.There was always work to be donefor hill family and there alway.would be unhl th~ day came whenhe in hililurn would take hll placein Iherorner beside Ihe kitchenstove Hill milM be a reSlrkledworld but itwua real world for aJJthat.

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Goaded by his brolher's silencePalrick asked impatienlly: "Don'tyou ever want to gel out of this pl.""and seee real hfe! By Ihat I meanyou will...., howotller people liveThere's more to lHe Ihan stickinghere andllCratching at the land,fOfa living"

Then John spoke and there WBi..,melhing nOI far from pity in hi.

"God love you, Patrick. I've seen~lIthelife I want to&ee right here

inthislilUe pl~, Worki"llandcaring for my family has broughtme more joy Ihan I could everhOpe 'oexperiell"" m distant landaI have Ihe satisfaclion of knowinllhat Mugarel and I have Iried UIIhebe-,ofourabHitytobrin,ourchildren up to love God and 10 havea wholesome respe<:1 for all law·fUlaulhorityoveru."

W,thout a word ,n reply, Patrickdried hi. eye. and turnina: his cararound he.peed off leavin, a cloudofdusl behind him

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Whaling AdventureWell, youn, mllll, if 'tis II. yarn

aboul the.ea y<>u're after, I thinkI'm llle One who ~an live II to YOU.Imademll.nyvoyagesduringmyfif.I)' odd year. alsea, bultlle whll.linJrvO)'age which I mad" w,lh Captain)or,ensen 10 th" Anlllrdic in theNorwegian Barque, "Strll.p.'"m.on,"in lheyear 1876,isanexperiencel'1lnev"r forllet u long as I J;ve, Whenlli&ned on wilh Captain JorgensenI wil.l very much impressedwIlh his'turd)' alalu..." He wu a\l"...1 IU<teellixiru:heslll.llll.ndwuanactive.sa".1. Hi.left.rmw....mpulll.tedabout six inch.... from the !houlderII.nd llIe sleeve of tile heavy IN.

roat which he wore wu preaeddown into. slit which he had made;n lh" side of the roal.

lie .ppe.~ ,,. be much oldutllanhiJfortyoodyell.rl. Hi••llould_..nl had ...Iillh\ stoop as if worndOwn by the burden of hi. massivehead with ilsllclI.vYlhockoftanllledTed hair. lIis "oice was loud andpenetrating and when he yelled It•truck fear in you, rilht down toyour toes. In addition to hill hea,'y.ea_coal, he wOre a pair of except_ionally heavy tI"OU"""', which he.tuffed down inlO hils knee lengthlealher boot.\;. lfe seldom If everwore anylhinion Ihat massive headof hils. If ever there was an angrylion in human flesh, he wl\ll oneHe could do more work with hllone hand than I1Klllt men could dowith two good ones.

However, to ,et on with the story.The "oya,e which I sillned on lorwal ~uppoaed to last two yearl, butil wal more Ihan (iveyean, beforeI ,ot back to 51. JOhn'L Our iour­ney down to Ihe Anlarcl;" didn'l

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kiJIC<l len whales in ooe day, hewanted u.lokHllwenly Ihe follow­ing d,y ,nd $0 on. He was neversatl.. f,C<l. I think that if we ha~

been able 10 kill all the whales inIhe Antantk that year. he'd want

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In mOre modern times of eours.,shifts and watches are worked o~

,hips that prosecute Ihe whale fish·ery, but no man would dare ment·IOn shifts in the presence of Cap.lain Jorgensen. lie was an unholytyrant. Men to him were nothingmore Ihan ..erfs or slave!l, but thereWas one thing that cheered WI upwhen we felt like jumping into theo<;ell.n and drowning ourselves, Ihotwas the facl that the voyage wouldbe over in about a year. That foulworo"Mutiny"ljftencrljpped UP butnO one would dare mention it whe~

Captain Jorgen""n was wilhin hear·ing distanre, neither would anyonelet it be kMwn that they were will·ing tQ act .... spoke.man for Ih~

di.grunlled crew. The food wmhorrible, but noonewouldeomplainabout thai either, exeept in the fo'­raslle, henee we practically livedon whale meal

But when things were just abouthS bad as we Ihoughl they could!>t,a furiou. storm of .Ieet and wind.wepl down upon Us and separatedall five .hi~ The ship I was inlosl her foremast, .mashed off atthe deck like It was a match.•tick.It fell into the .ell. and fljr a timewe Ihoughl it would stave in the..hip. but we managed 10 cut it dearMler many hours of hard workBut Our troubles weren't over then,not by a long shol. Caplain Jorgen.sen Was equally as quarrelsome ...

~?I~~m~t;;';:ish~a~e;;~rc'; ~":~~ranvu hoistC<l to the mainmast, butthe weakened condition of the rigg­ing eould not stand uo 10'UC·'terrific fo,""", and like the foremll!tthat too went over the .ide wilh a

thunderous roar. Now we were aderelicl,drifting al Ihe mercy of thewinds and Ihe waves, and hopingthat the hulk would stay afloat lOng:ohoe~~h for us 10 sight land some-

Lashed at by thellea, and torn at

~ I::n~~:~'dWti~h d~~~d:~:~efUt';;~uorm when all of a sudden the ship,truck with crushing foree upon a.unkenreef. Shebeganto.etUequickly, which lold u. only tooplainly thaI she would never floatagain. I managC<llo get away wilhfive others in one of our whale·boats,an(l after twelve horrible day.and nights we reached a small IslandIjn Ihe fringe of. the Archipelago-anIsland as barren as helL The rest ofthe whaling crew, all five C""WlI

were never heard from again._Allv:entIOlhesharkS,If.igured.

In our own primalive way, webegnn to build up a shelter for our·.~lves On Ihe Island, although we<lidn't have much 10 build it wilh.'xeept drift wood and ston..... Ourdiet con,isled mo.t1y of wild rootsand whal they now call gophers.They were little fury animals whichberrowed into the clay and lived.IT,ostly On .nails. We killed themwith stick. and fljund their meat

:.:;;:~~t~~~i I:;:~~r a:~' ~~;~bl~rained we had tosil out and hold apiece of canvas belween WI to tryand catch some water. BUI de.pitethose difficulties we managed 10survive. Then,likeastreakoflighlfrom heaven, an exeeptionaliy

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Leaning baok in hi. rocking chair,Ihe narrator removed hia pipe fronhiamouth, took a deep beealh_andconlinued. Sleangelyenough.younlman. the ..,.,.,nd day we were onthat sea...,h we discoveecd in a shelt_eeed inlet the rotten, walee-loggedhulk ofa Malayan.hll>_'luoh as theMalayan pirales used long qo. Th..hip had lain Ihere rottillJl awllJo·.God knows how long. The crewhad vanished. heavens know.whe .....

~~:tth~:::' w::dn::~nt~:c~~~ i~~ac:~before. One of our hoys a SluedySwede by bielh. was a strong swim­mee and he volunteeeed to go intothe slinking hulk 10 search for thetreasuee. He stayed undee waterfoe sO long. he scared US all todeath. we thought an Octopus hadtaken him. Finally he came backto the.urface shouting that he hadfound thetrea.uee. No le.sIhanlwolarge che.b lay in the after sectionoflheold.hip.undialurbed

Leaning forward in his chair Iheoldman withdrewhia pipe again andpointingthe.tem of it altheseribehe said, "treasure, the like of whichI never thought existed. Howeve.,we linally got to work and after afew failur.... we eventually gol thechests on shore, The chest. wereheavy and wedidn't have much ropeto woek with, but we managed toland Ihem all right. Aftee we

:~af:'~~ht~c~.:nk:c~~do::t~~:~~:s,::o. two hammerin\l at them wltbrocks we finally got Ihem open'Twould do your hcarl good to secIh~ brightly .hining diamond!Emerald. and gold ornament. toonumerous 10 mention. One cbestc-ontainednolhingbutgoldpiece!The men just far the pleasue of itburied their arms up to Iheirelbowlin iold pieces. All'lix of us workedhard tOiet Ihal Ireasure ashore andwe decided to share It equally. It

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was aire<!d thai each man shouldbury hiashare in. different placeOn oue woed of honoue we prom_ised not to spy upon each otherWe were well pleased wilh theamOunt Ihal had been anoted to lIS

Wbile we weee working at Iheteessure we didn'l give any tboughtto beini rescued. But now that wehadn't any fuether interest on the1sland we wanted to be eescuedmorethan anything el..,. We were mill_ionaircs, an six of us. butwhal wasIhe iood of all Ihia wealth on alonely baeeen Island. And to addtooue miafortune. the Gopher. whichwe weee depending on for our foodsupply, slowly begall 10 disappearWhether Ihey left the Island alldswam away. or whethee we kHledthem off fastee thall they ~ould

breed, I do 1101 know, but they allvallished anyway. After thai wehad to dig into the c1ay of the Islandond teae up roots to Jive on. Therewas not a beery of any type grewOil that Island. And !ish of any typewas a scar~e as hen's t...,th. Thefew shell fiSh whkh we fOWld fromtime 10 time, we ate them raw. lest"'me of Ibe olhe,. would see US alldwould want to share Ihem up. Astime wcnlon it became a real battleto survi"e. It ..,.,mcd that e"eey·lhing in the line ol food failed us.

After more Ihan twoyeael on Ihatlonely Island we were a sorry look_ini'i8hl. The pRllJl.of hWlger andthiestlmallybeianlomake illroads011 the men. minds, They began 10foegel. Day after day. Ihey'd leavethe shack to iO look at their tressureand relurn at evening witboul find·ing il Then they'd go mad andblame each othee forslealinll it. 1tried 10 tell them lhat they shouldmake a map of Ihe place where theybueiedtheie treasure and they couldhave it forever, They wouldn'tJiSien to that at all. They aaid lOme·one mighl get hold of the map andsteal the treasUl"e On Ihem.

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lim.. I made a mapof ....here Ib...r·ied my share, On a flat stone ofaooullenbyl....elveinche......hichI found down by the .eashore. and.... ith another piece of stone which....lIS much harder. [ managed \0scratch into the .moothsurfa"" thelocation and the markings whi..h I

~:e~s:":~a~n ~~:e~~=t ~~:~ :~others saw me doi"i Ihis, thel'tried itallO, bul il was 100 lale. Ihel'couldn'l remember the location,much less 10 make an ac<:uraledraw.ing of where Ihey had a..lually bur_ied their loot. But Ihey scratchedaway On flat stonH. bf,lieving Iha'they were makiTlll COJ"rfft drawines

Out of Ihe .ix _Irone men whowere in O",r boat when we landedonlhat barren lsland in the Indian(lcean.only three of ulsurvived10 bf, rescued and "'ewere WI mad"" hatlers. The other. j ....1 wander·ed away and died. aneday a Malayan_hip happened 10 COme by theIsland and.seeine three ra"edybe,ing....pon Ihe.hore, they touched irand took lU off Actually we weI'<!J() mad we didn'l care very m ...ch itwe were rescued or not. We leftn-erythiTlll behind Ul on the Islandincludillll Ihe ..rode maps we haddrawn of the location of OUr lrea·sure. The Malayans trealedus verykindly. They eave lU food anddrink very spartna:lyal fi...t. but ....OUr Itoma..h. adjusted themoelv...10 a regular diet we began to eat,·ery,,·ell, [ttook UI about a week10 reach Ihe Island or Sparatti inIhe M.. layan group. When our .. p·petile. t>e..ame normal, our I<'n_t>e....me normal also and then weremembered what we had donep,..lures of all the wealth we h ..dleft behind uaOn Ihe bland welledup in front of us and haunted wnia:hlandday, It took ju.t abouttwo monlhs for lU to really gel ba..kon our feet. bUI in time all threeof UI rea:ained our former goodhealth But "'e J....t oouldn't gel

Ihe thouaht of thelreDlure out ofour mindJI.

Whenever we had ..n opportunHy10 ,et toa:ether we held meetingsand talked about all the wealth weon"e had and now we were ... poorWI chun:h mi"". But we were notdiscouraged. We decided to getounel"esjobll in Sparalti and Illveevery penny until we had enough to

~~;'n~St~i~:;la~':nb:~~ ~re~~:~:.ar::worked at every kind of a job withIhe Malayaru, even tried Our handat pearl'divil\&. Somehow Or otherwe just oouldn'l ,let On to thattrade.5eemalhatourlunp weren·1..bleto hold enoullh air to last usnnylime under water. Ilupposeoneh•• topracticethatlOrlofaIr..de from early ..hildhood.

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and the other two men were mates'

ofAit~;l~~r:d~~~~ three months ofpreparation we had to "xplaln toth" M.layans who apl"'ared to bequite interested in wh.t we we",doing, that we were going on a pearldi"ing expedition. Somehow orolher they looked with skeptidsmupon OUr expl.nation Bnd did notquite believe us. However, to drawoff a. much su,picion as po..ible wehad to act like fanitical pearl divers.Those Mal.yan people ·are "eryeagey.nd they can ju.t about readwh.t's in Ihe whiteman', mind.Hen~we had to be more than careful 01"very thing we did. The facl Ihatwe were whltemen, everylhinl wedid was w.tched with inle"'.1 Bndsuspicion. But we did an U«,pl.lon.llygood job in rovering upou,true Intentions and finally we we",,...ady tom.ke the voyage.

On the night of July 8th., 1879,we sailed out of the Port of Honajue.In Sparatti,and wllhour crude na"I.gationalaid.. I ttied lO put our.hipon. true roUtlle Ihat would t.keu. to the Island of treasure. Our,-oyage!>etan under favourable wea·tl-ereondition.andeverylhinl .....m.ed to point toward. a .ucceufuljourney. But that bright hope Watshort lived. On our fourth day atsea when we were just about half,,-ay 10 the Island 01 Our ambition,one of tho... dreadlul storll'lll which!>C<'ur In that relion from lime 10IIme.weptdownupon u.and In lessthan.n hour we didn't have a lI<Iuareyard nfcanva.leftonourship. Likea bolt from the blue, that stormleft us helple.s upon the ...a.

Wilhout can".. the .hip rolled,lossed and .wayed in the runni"l..... unlil.he.prunga bad leak andbec.me Waler.loned. Fortunatelyfo' u, we manaa-ed to sa"e one ofOur sm.ll boal. and when the iJ1ip"''''k "" low in Ihe water th.t Itwas dangerous to be on iI, we gotInto our boaland drifted .way be·

fore the storm. The,to,meontinuedwith wild fury and to add to ourtroubles, J .... k Ihe Swede fell Over·board and wa.drowned. Now the....

~::e:~~y two of u. to filht the

After endurinl a .torm which wethought would never end. therehn.lly came a day when Ihe ....was calm. But the calm proved 10be equally at bad if not wonethanthe .Iorm. for the hot .un parchedOur bodies and weakened our brainsand we nearly wenl m.d, with Ihelhirst. 1 tried to cheer up myeom·panion when he becamedespondenl,but it was. hopele.. ta.k. FmaUyhewent stark mad about the treasureand desp,le my best efforUl to reo,train him, he jumped Into the ....'houtinl that he was going to .wimlothe Island and ,et his.hareQt

~~~n~;e;:~r:'or:h:h.::';w~el~~,u:':in the water, the hunlry.hark.dlda Quick lob on him.

The narralor remove<! hi. pipefrom his mouth acain and when hedecided 10 continue. hi. word.l werealmost incoherenl. 'I dnn't knowwhat It wa,that kept me from coinlmad that time. Alone in a .mallI:o.t without food and water for al_most a month is enoulh to driveany mancrBZy. Just when 1 thoulhtthe end wunear, I saw a iJ11prom·ing toward. me and that e"enln.I was picked up Bnd believe it Orno>l. I wu taken back to Homjueon the 1,Iand ofSparattl. Afteraboul a month 1 recovered mystrenlth and it was then that 1decided 10abandOll the treuure andlrled to find pasaage on a.hipth.t,,·ould take me back to Newfound­land. Afler. full year and many~oyag.... I finally arrived back InSt. John's, five years Older thanwhen t left it. Can you imaclne aman carryinc a nichtmare like Ihatc.round with him .ll hi. lifetimeand remainlngaa"".

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~~~~~~ .J~;~Ia:::;m ~~~j,:=wereroatedwithlcymagn;flcence(>f"Iver Ihaw. Hastily the em;,"'''land h"'spo..."" ,alhored ""ve....lhag. of the .hining treasure ardnored Ihem c1O!!e by Ihe hearlh.They relil"E'd early. and in Ihe dimfirelighl did not nOlice Ihat a smallIrkkle of water wu i..uing from Ihepile of supposed silver. On gettirgupin early morning Iheir rond hope.of fortune ehane:ed to disillusionNothing remained bUl emply bread..ebandan.ex~re~l;weltloor.

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livl'd an old man named Dillon. Hehad hi. potato 1'8leh lended in theIradition of his race. In the samevillae:e was an old bill)' goat, Un-

f~vourabl)' known for ils ability 10dimb fencel and .tone walls andforae:e in neighbour', gardens. OneDetober day lheold man Dil1ion wasout digging polal"'" from his pateh.wilh his .houlders benl to the taskofgalhetlnguphi.hrveslotspulh.He Ilowl)' due: the bed, and th....wIhe ...·hitenine: lube ... ina row, whilehe smoked a daydudhcen. Sudden_'I''' Ineerinr yoke ,poke from be_hind the loihngseuler; "You'redilll_in' 'em, Dillon." The ltartled hr,vesler strairhlened up and when hedid he saw Ihe bewhiskered roatIlaringstrailht al him trom the topof the slone wall, and avidly ehew;ngtheeud. "Wilha,bad luek 10 yourIhievin' !IOwal, ye bloody blalllard.~:,rOryel'dbediggin'moreot

There II a w,tly slory attributedlolhe raptain of a plll5lienger Ihipwho wa. waitinl for the fog 10Itft !IOlhatherould enter St. John'sThe fog bank lay thick .. pea ""upOver thelCa,bul overhead Ihesky...·a. dear. A lldy passenger cameupon d«k and seeing lheuptalnupo'llhebridge.hewenluptohimsnd said. "Can'l we If0 in nOW. Cap.­lain' II is fine and dear overhead"The captain Wllhout littinr his e)'esfrom lhesea replied wilh a disllJ.'!t,ed InOrl; "Madam, we're nOI ioin'that way yel:' •••

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goes ".. e are told that two brothenfrom a W""t Coast Town left New_foundland to seek employment onthe Mainland of Canada. The,varri-""d at th<'lrd tinalion and found alodlinl hou althoua:h from theappearance of the place it wun'tquite what Ihey were lookinl for.but th..y alreed to tak .. a room th..""As it was letting On into the nilhtthey decid';'d tounpaek their be_longings and pr..pared 10 a:o to bed.The bed in which.lhey had 10 !leepw""a double One and beina: brolhersIhey didn't mind sl..epinl together.So putlml off Ihe ligbt. on.. of themen 101 in to sleep at the foot of

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lh:ff:t a:;hl~~' ~~ :~~ ~~~~:n:::~,::.;:,~~~.n your leg is awfully hard

"Til nothinl of the kind." repliedthe olher. "My lea: is no dillerenlthan yours, we're bolh brothers."Then it dawned on the olher and heblurted, "What in hells_flames areyou doin' wilh one of your legs.prawled inside in the bed, whenyou'resuppo$Cdtobesleepina: onthe ouuide of the bed.'

"You must be mad," replied hillbrother.laughinlly. "WhaldoyouIhink, I've ,ot Ihree legs! Here feel~.:.egs.they·rebolhouUideinthe

. Well, Ihere's a leI In here andifs nol mine," replied the other.

"Pulon the light and w..·lI in"""I_lIale,"

They pUI on the Iilhl and tOlheiramazemenl th,;,y found a wooden 1",in Iheir bed. They called the Land·lady and informed her of their find

..Oh.mygoodn...."aheexcla;med.··th..re was a man died in Ihat bedlasl night and the undertaker musthav.. forgotten 10 tak.. the man',wooden leI with him. and I didn'thave a chance to change the bed 10_day, olherwi"" I would have foundthe leI."

GNling back into the bed one ofIhe brothers remarked very dryly."I IU'" ifsbetler to find a wooden

::~ninh;::,,,bed Ihan to find a dead

There's another stOry told aboutamanfrom$t.John·lwhohadbc<!ndoinlbu.in.... in a W""t Coast Town.ond when his husinesll was com_pleled he hopped on a freilht trllinw;ththeinlentionofmakinlcont""lwilh Iheexpr.... whieh was travell­in, e..t. All went well untH Ihefre;,;ht Irain ""ached an inland town.Here the cooductor r""",ived a me.s_age lell;n, him to put Ihe Cars ono sid,ng, dioconnect th.. enein"" andca~andproeeedtoanotherin­

land town where the engine wu re_quired 10 pullout anolher fre;';hl.~ thill arranl..m..nt would 1><'

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Goi", into the freight ahed. ourpa3!lenger spied th.. man in charg..and h.. asked him if there w.. anyplace where h.. could alay for Ihenia:ht. while he was wailinl for th(l..xp..... 10 COrne alon,. He bad beenlold that she wal due in around9.00 a,m, in th.. moming-

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lie down loaleep. Atter some sear.ehing, he lound a box me,,",ur_inll about.even feet lonlland..bout three feet wide. This box hadbeen placed just inside One of thesidedoon. It w.. on this box thathe.preadout hisoverCOOI and laydown to.leep. Hewllle,..""ptionallyti~ and when he ""enl to.leepheslept.oundly_ !twasjuot.boutdaylillht when he Ihoullht he heardone of the.hed doors beinll openedand wipin,l his eyeo he saw threemen rominll into Ihe !hed. 'ntey.poke in subdued tones as theywalked lowards where he wu Iym,On lhe box. Suddenly he heard oneof the men .ay, " 'Tis his poorMother !'mthinkinllaboul. {know

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By nOw the men were alm06t up10 where our friend wu still lyingon Ihe box, Pre...ntly he sat up,bul before he had a chan"" to.peak,one of Ihe men """in,l a fonnsittin,lup un the box In the haJt U,lht, letout a frighteninll ""ream, $8ylng,"B1.,..ed God, hi. ghost h.. eomeback to haunl US lor life" TurningquicklyalJlhreernen rushed out ofIhe shed a. fll5t as their leg. couldcarry them. Our friend lumpedfrom the bo,.. and rushed 10 thedoor 10 explain, but no power onearth would ,ei Ihose men to lookback. They whipped their horse intoa .Ireleh-llallop and down Ihe roadIhey wenl,uf""l u the horse eouldearrylhem.

Around 8.00 a,m, the urelakerrame and he appeared tObeaUtlleperturbed.

"I forgot to lellyou lasteveni"llbefore lIcIt to 10 home, Ihat therewas a eorp!<! In Ihat long box o""rthere by the door and that a p8rtywould be arri"ing 10 pick II uparound daylillht thi. morning. Ididn'l have a chance to teU Ihemlast ni,lhtthat you would be herewhen they came as Ihere is no lele­phone rommun!eation down Ihat way

and it wa. 100 I"r for me to walkHave they rome yen"

"H"'e they been here!" ..id ourfriend rather amusedly. "I'll saytlteyhave,andtheydidn'ttakelherorpoeeith..... "

ed..~~y~::I:~etr~ey take it?" Queri.

.. , don't know, replied our friend,t-ut if 'Ii. thai long box over therebylhedoor,l had a wonderful.leep~n that la,t nitlht. 'heard $Ornemen rome inlo Ihe shed early thismorning and when they eame al_most up 10 where I WRll ,ittll\Jt onthe box, one of Ihem let out a

~~:hl~~~~f h~~re.::; :;~ld~'7\a~:~them, They .eemed 10 be .."redtodeathofwmelhing."

'Sufferin' Catfish," blurle<l Ihecaretaker "I'll really lose myjob this time. Do you know thatcorpoe is the dead brother of Ourrepresentallve in OUawa. He ...ntthose men here this morning to ll<'tthe corpse and you seared therntodeath, They won't rome back hereagain, I'm .ure nf tbat. And I hopeyou'll never rome baek here either"

With that Ihe whistle of the ex·press sounded and only a lew min·ute. af\er that Our Iriend got On­board the east bound train. Chuck_ling away to him... lf, he mused "ithadn't be<:'n : d.ull. ni~ht after all."

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Ce<>rge; add it l.:p. What do twO five.make'" "Two five. makes fifty-fiv.Mi.$$·' At this point the teache'!aw that she wasn't gelling he,point acroSl and she .ought forar,"xample to explain her teachinimore fully. She thought for a mom·(nt, then said, "Now George, if 1gave you five dollars. and Rev, MrBlack eave you five dollars, whatwould you have then!" "Mis.. "' reo

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There', another story told abouton Upper Island Cove man who wemto the United States durine the de·pression years looking for employ·ment. The fishery had failed lorhirrthaI year so he bouehla tlckelanc.ct out tolmd his fortune in Ih.U.S.A. On landing at the port 01destination, he was met by a polo.pou. immieration offieer, who a.ked"What i.your name· ....John Thorn..So_and·SQ, "Your place of birth!'"Upper Island Cove" "What ,lateis that in. Sir!"''' 'Twa. in a slat.of ",arvation when I left there"

Ina fishine village on the north·wCSI ooa,t of Newfoundland therelived two brothers who were cross·• yed. One ,ummer day they werebu.y carrying dry fish from th.tlake whence a ladder led to thestore below. Torn was comine downwith a yalfle of fish and Harry w"returning. They collided with a verycon.iderable impact and both toP,pled (>If to the eravel beneath"Why don't you look where you'regoing!" said Tom indienantly. "Andwhy in blazes don't you go whereyou're looking?" ,napped back therutriedHarry.

There are many humourou••lorie.concerning the relations in Ind.betw""n merchant,; and Ihe fisher·

men. One oldtime merchant hadvery little ochooling, bul hehaddevi...d an ingenious melhod ofkccpi"ll accounts. He llM'd cerlain.igns and symbol. to repre""nt dif_ferent cIa..... of goods in his ware_house. A fisherman came in the fall(0 square up his account and was.urprtsed to find that he had beencharged with four grindstone•.He angrily demanded explanation"'No, Torn," explained tbe merchant;"One grind.tone for yuu, andthree cheeses for your wife." Thecheese did not have a hole in th..ccntre but the grindslonedid

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?u:~:r~~du:uo~ea~~ ;aat;::; ~~~with the fish. Onlhe relurnvoyagehe had gone to St. John'! to buysome comforts before guing bome.Passing through a departmenl .to,""he saw a picture Ihat hethougbt h..recognized. "My poor brother Johnthat was killed in the war, if lever<aw 'em,"' he mused. Coinguptothederk, he JlOinted out Ihe pictureframe, and purchased whal hethought would be a nice pre.ent forI"s wife, On arrival horne, he pro­duccd thepreciou. gift and loldhis("uriou. better half Ihat it was agrand portrait of his brother Johnwho had bc«n killed in the war. Shevery carefully unticd lhe.trin, andunwrapped the .ouvenir. She lookune glance at it then fiared inlO.udden anger "You fooll" .he

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One of our early jlldj"l wasknown to have a ...,retlikina: foraparticularformofakholic$timulant.Thul on oceasioru when he had beRtthe elbow too frequently, he wulure to be in a very irascible moodOn the followina:morninc. It was in"ucha frarne of mind that he alkedthe a\lendant to h..lp him don tt.eoffidal gown, One of the lleevubttametwillted, and the delay caUJ_ed the fiery judge toejaculate,·'Thedevil ill In the gownl'· Nothingdaunte<!.thepatientpublic ...rvantsoothingly rejoined. "Not yet, mylord," On another mornina: theuorthy pillar of justice arrived with

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The Helpful GhostsJUSlabout every living 'lOul ha.

at Bometime or olher heard slode.about gil.OIls thaI ftighlened or..,.r·cd pI'(Iple almoSI lode.lh, bUI veryfe""h.veeverheardaboulghosIB""ho ....e .... actually helpful andfriendly. BUI such a str.nge phen·omen.l occurrence ;", supposed 10hll.ve happened if the legend th.:has been handed on to us ilIcorrcct

As Iheslory goes, we are lold Iha'Ihere ....asa Slrong ""illedyoung manby Ihe n.me 01 (John Xl ""holived;n a cove near C.De SI. Maryo 0g ....atmanyyears.goond""holesti.fiedlh.the ...... helped.llhilllifetime by friendly ghosls, John lef:hill home in Pla""ntia .... hen he w.,little mOre Ihan twenly yean old.beeau'" of a diB.gre<>menl ""ith hisparenl', over a young woman whomhe wanted 10 marry. John'a inlend·ed bride was a young French girland John wa. of a slubborn Irishstock. The row belween John'.p",..,nlsandhimselfoverhiBinlcnd.cd wite could nol be relOlved 10lheirsatist.ction.nd Iheyemphati.c.lly Slated Ih.1 Ihey were nothaving a French girl for a d.ughler.in.la"" and th'l Ihey would never""",gnize her llS.uch

In.tiloflheerdcsperationbe.cau.., he could not gel his parenticonsenl 10 marry the girl of his

~hoic". John took what few ~lonl'

;ng~ he had, put them onboard BamaH boat Bnd rowe<!uploalonelyeove near Cape St, Marys where hedecided \0 land and ",..",1 a homefor him$elf. The eove in which helived was iust about open to every...dnd Ihal blew and every ...... thatrolled upon the .hor<>. It one werelookinr for a wilderapot in which tosetup. home, the Buthor iA of theopinion thl il i. pratically ;mposl_ible 10 find a more run:ed shore.

But John w ... nOl di.mayed by thenJggedne.. of the place,M courage­olUly hauled hill boal upon the wildbeach and set 10 work to carve ou\a hermit. home for himself. Farremn,-ed from Ihe longu~ of (hooewho "BSti,.ted him for his imprud_entneM. he ""tiled oown 10 • lifeof hard work. He f"hed when theweather w....uil.hle and HUed Ihesoil when the sea wu ro\iih andhunled when the wind blew toostrong for him to gel out to hi!fishi"igear.

John lived in Ihat lonely regionwilhout beillg disturbed in .nyw.yfor several ye.ra. Aparl from.

~~~~~::et:,~~ngc:=I:~h: o~~~during Ihe Bummer monlhB 10 full.for cod. John ""a. alone wilh Ihecountl.... IhowandB of ..,a birdl

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that migrated to the area, many ofwhich provided food for his table.During the long winter months theplace was very quiet and John hunt­ed the countless wild animals thatabounded in the region. He had be­corne accustomed to the quietness ofhis environment and even when thestorms "aged with wild fury, thethunderous noise of the sea poundingupon the headlands did not dis­turb him. But the peace he hadbecome accustomed to, was abruptlyshattered one winter's night, whenabove the noise of the raging stormhe heard the piercing cries of menbeing dashed to pieces on theiaggedrocks and drowned in the foamingseas. He tried desperately to be ofsome help to the shipwrecked crew,but it was not until daylight clearedthat the full impact of the tragedywas revealed to him. Amongst thepiles of wreckage which had washedupon the beach he found a dozenbodies frozen solidly and encased inice.

Although he would have liked tobe in a position to salvage as muchof the wreckage as possible, John'sfirst consideration was to rescue thebodies before the mountainous seastook them back in the recedingcurrent. Although he bore a grudgeagainst society he nourished a deepsympathyforthetwelveuniortunatesailors who had lost their lives inthat terrible storm. In viewing thebadly battered bodies, he becameanimated by a deep christrian spiritand he set to work, scarcely givinghimseli time to eat or sleep untilhe had all twelve bodies tuckedneatly in theircofIins. The weatherwas terribly cold at the time and theland congealed almost to stone, yetwith determined hands, John dugtwelve graves and buried the bodieswith as much respect and sympathyas it was pos ible for him to do. Hesaid a short prayer over each grave2.ndended up his ritual by sayirlg;­''When I need help, I hope all twelve

~1:"~U"Will be ill'ound to help me.

With his work of mercy comple\..ed,Johnreturned to his normal wayof life, performing his daily choreswith strict regularity. That springhe finished a new boat he had beenworking on for some time and hewas very proud of his handiwork.It was much larger than anythinghe had ever built before and all wentwell until the time came to launchit. His original intention was thatas soon as it was launched he wouldsail it down to Placentia and sell itas the boat was much too large forhis use. But through some miscal­culation on his part, the boat slippedoff the rollers he had placed it onand dug deeply into the soft earth.He tried desperately to get it back onthe roUers but he iust didn't have thestrength for such a great task,though crestfallen and weigheddown by a dilemma that seemed im­possible for him to solve, thethought struck him like a bolt fromthe blue, to call on his twelvefriends who now rested peacefullyon the green slopes of his little king­dom. At first he felt scared of theidea, but then he recalled that hehad laboured hard to put theirbodies to rest, and now that he wasin difficulty it was only right thattheir spirits should come forth andhelp him in his great hour of need.

He debated the thought pro andcon and realizing that he had nothingtolooseandalltogain,heknelt

=~\~:r~~nt~eaSi~:~~e~iSa~o~~a~:u~~pray he called upon the twelve bod­iesresting upon the hillside to come­forth in spirit and help him launchhis boat. His prayer finished, bearose to his feet and putting hishands upon his boat he called outin a loud voice, u now boys, nowboys, now boys, all together, haul."Tohisamazement,theboatwasliIt­ed upon the rollers and was gentlylowered down to the beach where

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actually Over whelmed. A miracle

~~dah~~:;l~V~~:reh:~h~~;;e,?:~~::;s :~:tlh;~e~~:~rhe~~a:~:,~;trouble he would call on Ihem foohelp. With hill boat now safely ,tanchor. John decided that as ,oo~

liS Ihe wealher was fJvourable hewould make the voyage 10 Plaeenl_ia and finalize Ihe sale of hi~ boat.When he fell asleep thai night hewa. thinkiJlll about Ihe helpfLighosts and he marvelled al Ihespeedwith which they had come 10 hi.asst.tllnce, Ii happened so quicklyhe rould ocareely ,..,.,all Ihe wordshe used in calling them oul for theiaunching

ou~ t:: :~~ d:~o~.t7;~ ~:Ja~~lake care of before go;'l~ on h.•journey. and when he lay down th.tnight, he lell ronfident thaI on tomorrow he would be leavin,ll en h16bu.ine.. venture. However. thUnight an unexpecled storm 'pra"flup and it lashed the region in whichJohn', new boat was anchored. 0'>beina: awakened by the no;,re of Iteslorm, hi, fi~t consideration w••forthe'alety of hi. boal. Jumpingfrom his bed he dressed hurriedlyand rushl'd 10 Ihe beach where tt"seas were running high upon tt."more.lnthemidstofgreatpersonddangerheJaunchedasmaliboalandrowl'd off to Ihe larger one, fUllybent upon savilli ht. new creatlenfrom destruction. Hurril'dly he

~~:~~f::Oa~~ ~~~i~ I~:~~h: ;;~~~passage around Cape SI, Mary'•.

In the meanlime while John wasmaking preparations for hi. v<'nture,unknown to him the wind cbangl'dand it now biew dire-eUy inlo Iherove. making it impo••ible for hi",

to lake his craft around the head_lands, There wa. no point in anchor_

~~~~h:o~1::th~~r~n f~~a:h:~:;storm, Fora hme it looked a. if hismasterlul creation wodd bed3Shed10 p'eces upon the jaggrd rock•. Itwa. here he recalled the help he hadre<:eivl'dinlaunchingtheboatand'n desperation he again d""ided to

~:~~~~d~~l:eO:~~~~~~ ~~.~~from Ihe fury ol the.torn,.Scarcclyhad he b..,athed hill requ"",l. whenthe boat wa. turned around andheaded straight for the beach where

~~:::"" were rushing hIgh upon Ihe

When Ihe bo.~1 hit the beachwithacuShionl'dlhud,Johnshoutl'd,"now boy$, nOw boy., nnw boys,haul'" To hi. amazemem Ihe boatw,,"adually lifted outol the ragingseas and taken up over the roughterrain 10 a .ale spot, well awayfrom the danger of the storm. Afterwitneu,ng on lwo aecasions thepower possessed by friendly ghosts,he decided Ihere and Ihen thatwhenever he w"'" in trouble hewould call on his ghostly helpersThe iaunching and haUling up ofboats when the occasion demanded.bccarnerommonplace lor John andhl.O willing heJpeu

In Ihe light of whal had actuallyhappened,John forgot about hisori_ginal idea to sell the boat, instead hekept it for his own use. That sum_mer, he met .everal fisherman ply_ing Iheir trade around Cape StMary's and without fail they quest_lonl'd him regarding hill ability tohandle such a large boat In Ihatrough ..,gion. His reply w""alway.Ihe>ame, "we don't baveany troublehandling her. We haul ber up whenthe sea. are rough and we launch herwhen we want 10 use her. There arethineen of us in the rove and we

':en h~:e70~~ amazing things whcn

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favourabh' rommenU we,.., pa""edregarding John'g ganily. Somepeople even went 10 far ao to .a)that Ihe environment in which he

~vnc;:,s~a~lsl::~yn~~b~~~~ ~::'nOf:~:abselll from Ihe fillhing grounds for

~::;a~l~;~~,t:~e~h~~i:hbe:;,~;; a~dthey ventured inlo his region toinvestigale, II was here the storyth.t John had been telling for yeanwas actually demonslrated befoN:

~~~ir~:~c:~;:;;ed ~~I~~~g~JOf~~""ver.lday.througha ...vereilln.......the visitors found plenUy of woodcui up at Ihechopping block. thefire was burning brightly and Ihekellie was boiling away on a hotslove. in Ihe kitchen. The litll•house was neal and lidy and Ihe..seemed 10 he a welromealmosphe....permealing Ihe place. The visitor.qUeslioned John On whal they sa'"and hi. reply was. ·'t'vebeen lellinCyOU'boUI lhesethings for years"

In time John recovered from hi'i1Ine.. and he Was .ble 10 join h ..friends OUlon Ihe fishing ground>

~~n~~~tI~~~e:n~:~o:t":.. ~~~li~:handling his boal in such a rougnregion. They aC<'epled Ihe fact thatIhere Was mysterious help extendedfrom oomewhere. That year passedlike a good many more and it wasnOI unlil many many years latertnat tne full impact of the !lor;tnat John had been relating Was acl·

ually learned. When Ihe men ofPla""ntia went up to C.pe Sl. Mary'sthai .ummer they expected 10 seeJohn out on lhe fishing ground. asu.ual, but he .nd h~ sturdy boatwere noti....ably absent. The weat·her was fine at the time and Ihey

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Imagine il your can Ihe ourpriseof those men when they found John'.boat hauled up and turned bottomup, more Ihan three hundred leetaway from the nea .....t water. Nolonger did the fire burn brighUy inhis kitchen stove, but his liltle housewas neal and clean, NOI finding

~~~n;.,~he% ;ea~~~r~l:~h~oml~~a~i~;buried the twelve ohipwreckedsailors. To their amazement, they•awa new grave. Onelhat had beenfilled in no longer than a monih.The grass had not yet grown overit, At one end of Ihe grave slooda WIde piece of ships planking andcarved inlo il were the words, "Heput us to resl, thal"s the leasl w"could do for him"

Even loday, more Ihan Iwo hund·red yearslaler, fishermen fromlhatregion still say lhat John X, heldsome mysticsl powers over Iheghosts 01 Ihe area and when sstormissbout to break around Beachy_COY. area, fishermen still say thaithe loud voice 01 John X, can beheard calling tohio ghOlitly helpers,

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Amid.<t a f,eree oulbu",t of wild_some oaths and blasphemous utter·ances, mi",led with a wolf like.narl, he eommanded Ik" crew toeast off the moorings and make....ady to put to ."a. Turninl 10 Ih"mate,hesaid,"you are 10 blame forthisdclay,youlszyscoundrel. Ifil wCre nOI for 10". you'd stay hcr~

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By now Ihe v~1 had Iwuna:around and was clearina: the pierCaptalnWillOnruahedtothew~1

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When Ih<o v"""l had cleared Ihchead· lands of H.van. Harbour Ihewheel was paIIIedover to Ihe boatli­wain,wilh ;Mtru"tlon'Qn theeouuehe WIUI tQ lleer. Captain Wilsonhad been Qna drunkenlpr"" lorwell Qv.... a week belore sailina: ~nd

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Whilsl making his way lowardsIhc galley. Ihe C.plain aeeid~ntly

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tail "'ith one lland and stirril1i thesoup with tile otller. "Thill i. thelast .traw," .1I0uted th~ Caplain. ..lie made for the ,alley-door.Th~ sound of tll~ gall~y door 'lpen_

ing made Ihe tOOk lurn qukklyPresently lIe.aw IlIebl<><><6hot rye.of th~ caplain roll around in their"""ket.withuncontrollabl~madr>es.,

A .Irina:of viol~nl foul oath. crowd_ed upon hill lipo and hill hand reach.ed out and grabbed a murderous~hopper and the v~in. in hill brawnywrisl bulgM out like tw~lv~ Ihreadro~

"You bruI~. you ,""urn," h" .n,..l­ed, 'how oft~n have I told you nut10 brinl anything onbolord I~i.. ves­sel without my pernisllion. 1\', nowonder thai we are becalmed, witha hairy d~vi1 like that onboardThrow it overboard, I say, Throwit overboard this minute or I'll splityour h~arl open wilh Ihis ChopperAlthoua:h the cook WDll a big manhe did not care to match his st,..,n_gth against thai of lne burly raplainin defen"" of hi. liltle rhimpan~,..,

So Over th~ side to a watery grav~

wenl the ~himpan~ee, whil~ the ~ook

cried and the Captain cursed.Even the crew were becomina:

urilated because of th~ calm lpellwhkh was d~layil1i Ihcir progrea.whensuddenlyaninddenthappene<!which serve<! to shak~ them lromtheir restleu mood. The bololswainwho hid gone below deck to ch,..,kon his stores, wal "artIe<! when heopened the ,Ior~s l""ker to see ,ilt_ing up in lront of him a raggedand dirty faeed boy of aboul twelveyear, old

The boaUwain who had Ilreadyfelt th~ wnlh of the Captain's tem_per, was hesitant to discl",e theyoung lads presen"",but fearing for

hill Own safety he pushed the boyahead of him 10 the deck. Callinl

:=~dC~:~a~:'.i:~:':~i: ~::i;;;u~: I~~boy hidinr in Ihestores l""ker.

Grabbinl the lad by the shoulder,IheCaptain held him at arms lengthand an anrry expret.sion erept OVerhill fa""_ The thought of being be_calmed wilh a perishable cargo Onboo;ord had already irrilale<! him andnOw that I younl stowaway hadbeen found. he pouneed upon Iheidea tllat auch an uninvited lueston­board hil&!tip had broua:hthim theblack luck of fate th"l r>ow hunlo"er him. Takinl his walc~ from hispocket, he said, "I'll give you fi"eminules to point Oul the man wholook you onboard my ship and caredlor you in hidinl sin.,., \~a"ing

port. If you do fIOt tell me in theanote<! lime. I'll have yo:>u .truna:up 10 Ihe yardarm and thr""hedseve,..,ly, do you hear m~'"

The boy was .trang~ly _ilent andslood wl1h hi. eyes fixed upon Ihedeck. Su~h silence only served 10incre811e Ihe captain's anger.

"Your um~ is up," shouted IheCaptain ina fit of fUry, "'laVe youfair warning and you did nOI heedme. SIring him up Mr. MIle IndIhra&!thim unul he tells Ihe truth"

The Mate reali~ing Ihe Iraility ofIhe youn,g lad was moved withc<lmpauion and pleaded with IheCaptain not to be 50 harsh wilh Ih""",.

"00 as I 'ay," commanded theCapta,n, I'm master onboard this

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"11', not Ihat I'm que.lloning yourauthOrity Captain," $Bid Ihe Malecalmly, "but your atlllud~ lowlrd.tbis boy is very unjust. Until suchtime uyou ~an show just cause lorearryina:out,uchanorder.lrefu!ICto obey your command."

A seene would have ,urely follow_edalthal moment, but for theCap_lain rememberinl lhal he did not

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shouted the Captain. "We'llhavetodo with what food we have, it'stoo dangerous to stay on board UlishuJkanylonger."

The days that followed wert' try­ing ones for the crew of that frailboat. As soon as one storm abatedanother equally as destructive wouldpounce upon them. The Captainequally as quarrelsome as any timein his career would involuntarilygive vent toone of his violzllt out­bursts of temper and looking to­wards the stowaway, he would say."there was bad luck attached to youthe day you came onboard my ship.I had a feeling even before we leftHavana that this voyage would be ajinks."

The supply of food and waterwhich the Captain had rationed o"tsparingly from their first day adnflhad now reached the point of ex­hau tion. The Mate, who had pro­mised to look after the boy wouldinvariablyforegohisshareandpas3it to the lad saying, "you can havemyshare,I'mbigandstrong,wherl:­as you are frail and weak. Iwant~~.~, to hold out until we are rescu-

The old Mate was not as strong ashe thought he was. The long daY3and nights without food and waterhad made inroads on his once strongbody and the crew knew he was asick man. One evening as the sunwas slowly sinking over the horizon,the Mate slipped back from thethwart on which he was sitting,and looking up with tears on his sea­burned face he said feebly, "Cap­tain, I know that I'm going to thegreat beyond, I cannot last muchlonger,butbeforeldepartfromthisworld there is a last request I'llmake toyou,lookaflerthe boy. Iprotected him when Ihad the stren­gth, now I leave him to your care."

The last words of the dying Matewere barely audible, but they wereso full of human feeling, that eventhe Captain who would like every

one to think that he had a heart of

=t~ena~ :':dl:~~:~~;~~:::~~~nf:~:'A few minutes later the old Mate'sheadfellback,andthesoulofthekindly old man departed to awaitthe call of judgement day.

During the night the Captain or­dered the Mate's body wrapped ina piece of canvas and attaching ~

weight to the corpse it was pushedover the side with the Captain recit­ing a burial prayer. That eveninga violent storm broke upon them andraged with fuU fury all through th"night, but by daylight there camea lull and the crew could see how tohandle the boat. Towards the closeof that evening the Captain noticedthat the stowaway boy was lookingvery pale and sick and he didn'tshow any inclination to move fromthe position in which he was halilying, half sitting.

Speaking to the boygenlly, theCaptain said, "what's the matter lad,are you sick?

Lifting up his slumped head theboy looked into the Captain's faceand burst into tears. From the lookon his face, the Captain knew thatthe boy was very ill. "come nowlad," hesaid,consolingJy, "it can'tbe as bad as aU that. I'Uwrapyouup in my own reefer, It's cold youare. You'll be better when youwarm up a bit. Are you thirsty? Ifyou are I can spare you a small dropof water, I believe there's a dropleft in the keg." The boy nodded.

"There now, you feel better al­ready," added the Caotain. "Lieback and keep yourseli warm. Don'tworry about the boat we'U lookafter her. Perhaps by this time to­morrow we'll all be rescued. Afew days on a big ship with a nicesoft bed under you and plenty ofgood food to eat, you'll forget allabout this terrible ordeal." Sud­denJy the boys eyes closed and heslipped off into a sleep. With ashrug of his shoulders the Captai"

...,d,~lmade.prnrni,.,I,_rllha"elOk~lt" ThalnoahtPNl"'dhke.., many ottwn, bulwhen mom­IJII ran>l!l dayli.ht burn upon tM.rw,th .........,_unsh;n.,t-lInl\Uplh.monunc ....

TumlJll IG 1M okk boy. th.:C.plll", ...id, ..my. '·You·.., ",udbeltft this monlln·. lad. Don'1 -..-orr)"

.boulany'lhlJll· I·Uloolit.fter1'J\llib IIGId 1M dyl"l M.le But Idon·lknowYOllrn."..,. LeI'II'"..,qu~jnl"<i. My ...".., .. Jim. C.p."in Jim W'bon. Ihe old ..,."<\01That'_ wh.t Ihey call me, Whal'lyour n"me, l.d?"

Very softly the boy replied. "M)'n.me i. Jimmie .1... JimmieSanIOO!""

'I'm very II.dlo know Ih.1 yoUl...".., II Jimm.... But will yOll tellme lad....·hal made YOll .10>00.......,.

:=.rdH:~~':.:·h'Ie ...·e ....~ •

In. knrI .....ice 1Mba)' rel.led his.tory mlO 1M Captain'. Hr. 'YOiI_lir,~behet:an."Iofrle7Hrs ......·Mn 1.·........Uch'l<l.m1' MOlhoT ~nd Father dro...ned _hile ou:boal"'•. Alter 1M'" death a kin:!Irit'nd look me m .nd cared f-:w meIlnd.n,....boul. yNrhe died andlen me on the world .,.In. I wan·del'f'd~roundonmyownfor.whi1e,

but I was fin.lly pkked up by Ihepoli"., .nd pl.ced in ••t.te home.I dId nOIHke il there beeBuselhehe.dman beal me .....,ely, I m.d,up my mind to run allhe li ...1 op.portunity, Findin,lhat yourmip'......Imostre.dylo ..il.llook ..m'bre.d ",ilh me one d.y and "'ent.board.nd Slowed .w.y ,... hile the­carlO .·as heine _\0'11.'0'(1. 1 don'Ihmkanyone .... ".., .."n.o"hnanlAnyw.ynooneoICJppNI""". That',.1I1lir.~

Dr,-UI& hia eyeo 1M C.p"in oaK.."you won'l ha"" to worry .b<oul •home anymore Junmie. I .....Iizenow thai I ac1ed lIke. beal ,0.

.....rlb you, b..u from thia d.y for­w.rd Iwtllbeaf.IMrlO)'O\l.~

The IWxl mornlJll the oun ,.-­broahtly, bul IMre .... a ,Ioom1'fo:el"".ettlmcov,..-Ihe""",,' of thaihltlebOllt, lortheyreali-.lthallhe00)"1 condlhon .... critical. IIIf..,. ..... d.-eply f1uahed ~nd heshowed "oa"'" 01 runninca hilhfeyer.SpeaklO&lOlhebOllUWamln• YO_lhal ",.. ,*rely abt,Y.. a...·h;sper. lhe Caplllin said. "If we'renot reocued beforelhia day I. (lver.I fur Ih.t Ihe ooy ill done for. Thehard pari 01 it i .. we can'l do any_Ihlnl for him. Il we could ietlilmOn bo.rd a 'hip lIOmetlme today.Ihere il a ch.nce he will Hve, butproIIpecta lorlh.t don't look toorood 1\0"""

ScaJ'('Cly h.d 1M C~pl.tn fmlshedspe.k'n.r;lolheboaa.·ain,whenoneof ,h.., cre", oho\lled. "smoke' amokeon 1M ......iz,on'w

"'OWerveUlwbatdil'ft'l"""lia,oma.- t'Ommanded the CapUlin"We mUll al an """I .Ilart 1M;"auenl"'"

Irla.htp.Urif;ht.-addedlheboa".aUl, "and Wbat'l more she',C'()m""ourwa)'.~

Tt>oae wordo of lbe boauwaln",ere ma,ic.1 in eff""t .nd eyet)'­one·lf.cebrightenedup.ndlhe,loomy .tmo.phere .uddcnl1 dil­appeared. The ahip could be ICCnplainly now and Ihe Captain order_

:'le:I~~n.1 hoilted 10 .ttract Ihelr

'"'I'he)' hive Rol'n our _i&nal.~

bluned IMoo.llw.", h.ppil)'.·..he'l.un",. 10 beaor down on UI now.-

StGOpUl.. theCaplain tooli: Ibebo;Yup m hllannoaDdsa><t. "Lo<>I<, lad,,,·e·"'1OI0.lObetelt\loed. In a fewdaya_'11 be In St-J""n'oand lilleIlold:rou. We11havelheldoptionpape... made Otlt and ,,,,,'n _

home .. "h me 10 ltay

The Double Wedding

"Well, irs true ..ying. ·the Oldertheliddlethea,,'eeterthetune'"Some charitable minded peoplephrased It that "'Ily when JoaephChapney, a wealthy busine-asman 01aboutaixtyyearsoldrequestedlna courteous manner the hand 01 histwenty_rive year_old secretary inmarriage, and Anna Shel'don, muchto the surprise 01 her "".worker,accepted, The romantic mindedpeople 01 51. John', were thrilled,hut Anna', Aunt and guardiAn, Mi."Martha Clouter, just snifled andcommented dryly, "no fool like anold fool"_nd that applies just asmuch today as it did one hundredyearsqo.

Anna and her Aunt Martha hadn'tbecn letting on as well together asthey lormerly did. Martha hadbeen Anna'a guardian Irom the timeshe was only ten yea.. old. She

~~~a'aonfa:~:~ :r~~:~:~ ~:~drowned, their ship beinl wreck_00 near Cape Race wilh a heavyloss 01 hIe, when she was returningfrom a voyage to England, Martharaised and educated Anna to be avery handoome and refined yourtglady. aut or late she just couldn'tsee eye to eye with her ideas, andwhen Anna suggested moving into

~~~r~~r::r"'ns;vehome, that wllS the

"What would we he doing wIth alarle expensive home'" Marthablurted "ltlsn'ttheexpenseofthe

pla~ I'm speakIng about, but thetrouble 01 keeping it dean and tidyWith the two 01 us workirtg, "'edon'lha"e very mu~h time lor housedeaning. Come the Summ... thehou"" w,ll be idle when we mOveinto TOPAI1. What lood is 3 bigidle horne to anyone1"

aut Anna went ahead and boulhtthe horne anyway. Aunt Marthaadmi~ the spacious rooms. thefurniture-no doubt about it, Annareally had f;n.. ta.•t".•h.. admitlf'd_the panorama or the aea and thesky w..... visible Irom the large pie·ture wIndow in the livina: roomThere was a verandah where onecould sit durlna: the rool 01 theaummerevenina: and enjoy the oZOneand the aia:ht of theerowds ao they

~~m:::_e:nd:lona: the road during

rei..':at~O;'":.~dM:'~;o~nj~~~n~h:home provided. aut alter awhile th"newneu WOre olf and the problemof running a large home became abone or contention between Anna

~7:k:rera:dun~ar~n"':::iJ.,:ega~l"~saddled with 00 mu~h house·keep·ing," $he lusse<!, "there are lImeswhen I becomeao led up. I have t(ldrop the whole buainesa and takea long walk to relteve the leNiion."

'11'Iat ""leo! 01 mine,'" $he blurted,"ahe'd sit around for ever and neverthink 01 taking a duater Into herhand,todo a bit 01 dean;ng. Some·

limes I wonder how .he can bearth" rompany of Ih...., people who'p<'nd 50 much of their .PII .... limereclining in deck_chai... in Ihe gar_den. 1 wasn'l made for a life of idle·n,,"",hkelhat,··.he~ifred. "I don'tknow what ill to be<:ome or this g"n_eralion.iflheycontinuelyingaround uth"y are doing now'"

When they were alone. which wasnot very often. Anna menlioned withaffection. the charming personalityof Mr. Chapney, But as far as AuntMartha was con""rned. it was toomuch clouded in cigar smoke whichahehated....o,her.nirfsandgener.lair of dlscouragemenl kept Annafrom ronfiding in her Aunt. Sowhen the announ""menl of Ann.'.

::'':i~tll~itt~u~trM;~S;::~ik;~a~:::on the lOP of the head

"Though. in a way 1 'UPJ>OS<' it',the price I have to pay for living inthis generation." .he .ighed ~••h"looked through the living rOOmwinrlnw jll'! in lim" I<> _ Ann~

.lide in behind the wheel of hergallant fian"",,·. Cadillac. "I wishitwa. time logO back 10 St. Joluf....she mused. ''Therountry is aU rightfor awhile but afler a lime it be­rom.,. borina". Preoenlly .he lookedout over the waler. of Con""ptionBay. and.heuw Belt bland bIlthPdin the reflecled ray. of the ...tting.un. She was tlred of the 1"I-'lI1le:saheav" of the sea upon th"beach,tired of lookIng at yachl5 and 1tK.boal. and drifl"', crowd. upon thebeache•.•'rom where .he .at .h,·rould lake it all in her gau, Oh,.he had agOO<l holiday, hUI pro_longed holiday. we.... not ple..antfor one of her taste. She'd prefer tndo an honest day. "'orkanytime inpreferen.... tojU.'ll.ittin, around do­ingnolhinl

Although, di"r-untled to a pointover Anna'. rominl marria,,,. Utehad 10 admIt to herself that Annahad dertnit"ly made a good choiceMoney-wise.•he had mOre than .he

couid apend. Maybe there wu moretTUthlhan ficlion in what Anna ....id,"She'd rather be an old man'adarl­ing Ihan a youn, man'••Iav"," "I.upposel.bouldbea.prouda.apea~klhataneiceofmineistobe_

rome a lady of w"atlh. Maybe. I'ma bit ... lfish, Maybe, it'. beeau"" 1feel Ihat I'm lO5inl her. allhoughIhat'.notaju'lifiabler"...,n!

"Maybe. ii'S jusI" welt. Ihat &h"i. ,,,Wng married. It would befoolish forme to think Ihat I coul<!run her life fo..,v"r. Herrutur"is in h"r Own hands now. I know

~~ I:~":r ~~~::n~=h~~tb~~open. another" Yet .he wa. inclin­edtobedepnssed.

The "'land. off In tbe dlSta"""had become enwrappet! in Ihe mislthat.pread overlhe Bay. and anoccasional fluh from the headlighuof pa..in, ca..... a"""ntuated thelonehne.. that .tole upon her.Everything....,medto be unreal andin an efforl to "....ate norm.lityabout her she arose and went Intoher bedroom, She switched on alight and drew Ihe curlain.,

"It must be Anna, wantin, 10know how l'm ,ettin, on,'" shethoulht, when the lelephone rang'She's like that.•ince gettin, en_'aged-3I"·ay.thin.... l·mlonely"

But the voice at the otl>er end of

:~~ol~::h...·.n~:a~tn~~:ti~O:s:=tn turn b-ack miuculously. whenshe heard Ihal .trong manly voice"10 Ihal you Mal'tha Palerson'" Theman queried

"Yes-yes. this ia Martha Paterson.Wilh whom am 1 speaking?

'"This is JIm, Jim Handcr;gan, It'.good 10 hear you voice again. Mar_Iha,after.llthoseyea.....

She found her""Utrembling wilhe"Cllement •• •he enquired abouthi.....Iurning home, and if he wasSlaying. Then the tremblin, in_creaoed as the anguioh and dis-

appointm"nl of Iwenly.five yearsago seemed to well up around her

From somewhere .he found Ihewords to .peak. "I ean·t believe it',you Jim.'· .he ""id hesit.tingly."Why if. almost Iwenty.five yea..agO).in....,you.uddenlybrokeoffour en,alement and went aw.y 10the United $Iateswithout a word ofe"planation.llhoughtl'dneverhear from you again,"

"Martha would you be pleased10 hear that Ihave ...lUmedtoful_Iii an ""gagement I made. quar_lerofa eentucy ago?·'

"Would I ever.'·sherephed. "I've

::~~"oIOngtohearYOU""Ylhese

"1"11 be Over to """ you iust a.IIOOn •• I ,et my things unPfl"ked"

With hand. thaI shook, Marthalaid down the reeeivec On the restand jost stood and pondere<ithe

word. thaI were still rmging In

herea.., Nothinll Jikethis had everhappened to her like this before andtheimp.et .lmostoverwhelm('(\ her.

Presently Anna returne<!. and ina voi... th.1 was Ililed wilh exelle_ment. Marlha related the good new.of her lin.nee'.return,.nd he want_edtomarryher.sllOOnas_ible.

A~'~h,J~~th~~rille:e~~r~:~: ~k~double wedding," Anna suggested.~A deli&:hlful ide.... Marth. ron·

~~r~. a;~~~~.~ell t~n~~st h-:'lIl1OO~pleased wilh the .u....""tion. And110 for thefinlt time in thehi.toryof Ihe chuffh, it was entered intothe record.. that an Aunt and herniKe we.... married at Ihe !IIIme time,n Ihe !IIIme church, by the !IIImeelergyman.

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Jll~t aoou! all 01 loday" gene Fa_lion i. familiar wilh the picture ofmermaids. They are fealllred inmagazin... and even on th" televis·ion ""recn where they are used 10adverti ... cerlain products, but '>OWmany people really laW • livinKmermaid if sud' a crealure exlsb.The people of Newfoundland areprivileged to have a wrillen slale·menl of fact from A man otexcep-

~~;a~rc~.~C~~~r~~e:,:so~;:at One lime Judge and Governor ofNewfoundland and who staled 10Ihe eflecl Iha\ the walers of New_foundland were at one lime fre_quentedbyb<'aulifulmermaids.

Mlhe.lory goes. it WU. beauti.ful morninl in June. in the year.;xt.,..n,len, the then Captain Whit_bourne was standing allhe moulhof what we know today to beWaterford River, when he $lOw anunusual ......alure .",imming swiftlytoward. Ihe .ho..... By the lace,eye., nOle, moulh. chin. neck andforehead. Ihecrealure appeared 10be a WOman. She looked cheerfullyupon him and he ""wlhatherfeal­ure. were well proportioned. Butiherewa.oomeihlngdifferenlabc-uithecrcalure'shead, Ilappe.red10be very round and in.ieadofa m...01 long .....el hair. there were severallon, blui.h strands .......mblin~ hair.bui it ........ not hair, it looked me,relike a tou,h sea_grus and wa•.,laacraggynalu.....

The lir.n,e crealure did nol ap_pe.r to be.fr.id 01 human'. for it

kepI on I ..... ,mming unlll it !'eaehed

::~Sh~~il~:/t~~ef:':;i ~f C~l;"shiPi company who l<-C", wilh th"C.plain at Ihe time. t...lified 10 Ihefactth.tlheylhoughtlhec.....lurewas going to land. Aclually Iherewere ""veral m"n in th" companywho boocarne afraid and wilhdrew aCOJ\Siderabledi.lancefromlherivcrbank. The ereaw.... mu.,1 have sen­sed thaI lOme of Ihe men were ap­p ....nhen.ive of ii, and afler a littlelime 11 backed off from ihe Ihore,but not before Capiain Whilbourn<:and those who were courageoulenoush 10liay with him had plenly

~~eti~:u~::.~a~~e:I~~hard look at

For. time illook oIiort dives.ndamused itself in Ihe cle.r wannwater of the .,ver, Then il carneclose 10 .hore again, Thi. lime Ihemen could see Ihe clear.hape of Ihec....aluresbody.The.houlders.arlTlll.nd back. down to Ihe wai.t we ....definileiy Ihal of a WOman. Theskin appeared 10 be perfectly whiteand smooth. !howlng no lrace of"'alellorfur .....hich is SO oflen foundon "'a_mammals, !"rom Ihe cenlre01 the creatures back,lhe body t.p_ered away until it formed inlo abroad IWo_w.y fin, like Ihal of apot-head whale. Durin, in playfulmood Inlhe .....alersoflheh.rbour.Ihe crealure appeared to be in

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BUI Ihal was nOI Ihe end of Ihemennaid, far feom it ThaI veryallernoon, two men were rowingashoee in a bQal, when Ihis ama~ing

cresture popped up oul 01 Ihe water,pUI two beauhful hands upon Iheguneail Of Ihe hoal and looked up_On the twa (lttupants with pleadingeyes.lnsleadaftryinetofindoulwhallhe ceealuee wanled.lhey be­came so scac«t Ihey grabbed anaae each and wilh the bull of thebludgeon they beean poundingaway allhe head and hands of thecrealure unlil ~everal deep wound.had been inflicled,lrom which clear­l'edbloodflowedfe~ly_ Aflerlak­inc a leerible pounding, Iheerealurelet OUla whtmpering cry and drop­ped away from Ihe bQat. In a ~Iate

of frlehl and desperation which al_most overwhelemed Ihem, Ihe twomen relurned to Iheirshlp, and re_laled their ~tory. They were un_aware of Captain Whitbourne's ex_

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Alter inllicllnethis terrible beat_

:~:lut:nC~~:t~;:;::~~tf:~:~:~~~waters for evermore. But suchwas nol the ca,e. a. a lurtherstate_menl relates. Lale Ihal same even_ing in Ihe harbour of Sl. John'., twomen wheee jusl pushing orr theirbool from the heach wilh a load offirewood. when a slranlle crealurelooking like a wOman from the waislup. wilh a badly ""aered head andhands pulled itself upon the sideof their boal and appeared to bepleading foe somelhlng. The menviewed the erealure momentarilyand Ihen be<:amefilled wilh fear and

:ner~~~i~~d,,;,~:o~tt~~ ~::~ ~f~inlo Ihe woods II fast as Iheir legseould carry them. After. time they"enlured to return. but when theyeameoul to Iheir hoat Ihe mermaid

was go"" and never again wal thec....alure seen around Ihe waters 01St. John'. harhour.

Nodoubl Ihe people who will readIhi••tory will .Ik Ihemselves IheQueslion, and rillhlly -90, whal meSl_age w,,"the mermaid trying to con_vey1 Had lhese early visito.. toour.l>orelbeenrourageoulenough1o Que.lion and coddle the mermaid,what InIOnnalion they could ha,-ea"'luired can be better imaginctlIhan d....,ribed. Up to now, nO Onereally knows for lure if a mermaidcan talk or not, bul here wal a llold­en opportunilyfor Our early explor­ers 1o find oul. beyond the shadow ofa doubt, but they failed miserahlyinIhil regard. The author f.... 1s thaihe was badly let down by lhoseearly advenlure.. who had a coldenopportunilytofindoutforpollieritythe m.....ge the mermaid was try_ing desperately loeonvey 10 thosewho had come 10 vuit our sho.....for the fi...1 time.

Strange as it may seem no mentionhave been made 01 mennaids being.wen in Newfoundland wste.. 10"many yeaes. The lasl re<:orded in_cident of a mermaid beine in thewale.. of Ihis Island was aroundIhemiddleofthenlnel~nlhcenlury

This slory goes on 10 say lhat adiver from the Uniled Stales wasworkine on a w.....,k at SI. ShottlRock, Irymg 10 effe<:1 a 1I81vagejob, and findil\i the workalmosl be_yond hi. capabililies. because ofstrong tides and Underlow, he wasonthe point of giving UP. when altrangecreature appeared and taking theropes he was Iryin, to faolen on toan obje<:t. the Itranger did Ihe jobfoe him. He wao ......cd at firstand wondered where Ihe p*rly hadcome from, .... he was the onlydiver. as far as he knew who wllllworkinr on lhe wre<:k. But whenIhis friendly helper Itayed aroundand appeal'ed 10 be anxiou, 10 help,hetookconfidenreandconlinuedhis ..lva~eoperalions. In the murky

waters the diver said. itwuditlkultto be ""rtain olanything or any­body. but the creature Ihat assistedhim appeared to have Ihe bodJ·.,I awoman from the I"aisl up. but fromIhe ""nlre ol her back down thebody tapered away to a large fi!he.lail. The diver slated emphalicallyIhat he "Ould never have dlecledthat18lvagejobifithadn't~nfor

the .....i.tanceher~ivedfromthefriendly mermaid

1I0w l"lIi d""" a mermaid live, noone really kn"ws lor sure. Sdence

hu not rerorded Ihal data tor usBUI iflhe mermaid who ....i£led Ihediver 1lI hi£ .... lvageoperatiol1laISIShotu Rock, in e;,:hteen titty, WalIhe same mermaid Ihat CaptainWhilbourne saw in Ihe harbour ofSI. J"hn·... in.ixtern ten, the creal·ure would have been approximatelyIWO hundred and sixty years oldthe",takinginto"OnsideralionthalIhe crealure would be about twa"tyyears old when Captain Whltbourne

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The Hermit of Waterford ValleyMany and varied are the storie.

that have been told about the Her­mit of Waterford valley, but no oneseems to really know who this my­sterious stranger was. From infor­mation that can be brought to lighton this retiring person, it seems thathe came to SI. John's, early in theyear eighteen sixty-eight. The oc­count at hand says that he ~ived ina log-cabin about two miles fromBowring Park, up the WaterfordValley. The account goes on to saythat he lived byseUing the productsof the forest and the rivers and wasoften seen in the streets of St. John'speddling his products. In as far asitcanbegleaned,ithasneverbeendefinitely stated who this strangerwas. In appearance he was a youngman, although he wore a whisker,but it was thought that he sportedthe whisker to disguise his person­ality. He was tall and had a splen­did physique and althogether seem­ed to have a pleasing exterior. Hismanner was that of a perfect gentle­man. His dress was far from beingall that couJd be desired,yet henever accepted charity, taking onlyfor his goods their exaetvalue.

Without being actually melan­choly, yet he seemed to dwell upona part of his life which seemed tobe far from pleasant. He ragged andunkept appearance helped to wardoff any friendship that might havebeen offered. The log-cabin inwhich he lived was situated in athick grove of woods, not far from

~~oba~~~;:n:'ctat~~fo~~:iv~~~~e::;;;when out berry picking, fishing orrabbit hunting, kept a safe distancefor it was fell that the Hermit didn'twant anyone trepassing upon hisdomain. And even after the Her-

mit had left the place nO one wouldgonearthelog-cabin,foritwassaidthat on the approach ofa person,a demon could be heard makingblood-curdlingcriesthatfrozepeo­pIe in their tracks.

When the time came for the Her­mit to leave St. John's,legend saysthat he was dressed in the finery ofa well-to-do genUeman, wearing themost expensive jewellery And thefinest of clothing. Who was thismysterious stranger? Will his trueidentity ever be known?

Many suggestions have been of­fered by wayofa solution and someare as follows:- One source saysthat he was an escapee from a bankin London, where he embezzled thebank's funds and wassmarten'lughto make his escape to Newfoundlanrlbefore the strong arm of the lawcaught up with him. Anothcrsourcesays he was being hunted down forslaying a man in a drwlken brawlin a house in the South of France.Yet another source says he had beena high ranking Officer in the RoyalEnglish Army and was instructed toproceed to Ireland in charge of alarge contingent of Army personnel,for the expressed purpose of coliecl­ing taxes from delinquent farmersand business men and failing tocomply with this law, the people ofIreland were to be dispossessed oftheir goods and their property andit was to be sold to thebighestbid­del' at a public auction. Knowingthat he would be shot without theoptionofatrial,herefusedtocarryouttheordersissuedtohirn,andsecondly, he had no desirewhatso­ever to impose hardships upon thefarmers and business people of Ire­land, heelecledtoescapefromthisawful dilemma, and he was fortu-

nate in being able 10 hire on as adeck-hand,onasailingshipcoming10 a Newfoundland port. From there

~~i~a:O~ h~~m::ir t~S~b~~~'i~ ~~~wilderness of Wa1erford Valley.

Still another source says 1hatitwass1ronglysurmised 1hat the Her­mit, was none other 1han youngKevin O'Doherty, who was an exilefrom Ireland during the years eight­een sixty-eight and eighteen seven­1y-five. It is historically true thatone of that name was banished fromIreland during the years specified,and a very romantic story is chron­icled in connection with the exile.Ithasbeensaidtha1KevinO'Doher­ty, was loved by a gay young ladybelonging to the County Galway, hythe name of Eve May Kelly, after­wards known as "The Poetess ofthe Nation." Legend says that whenher lover was sentenced to sevenyears banishment from Ireland forcomplicity in an outbreak which oc­curred in the Town of Galway, EvaMary Kelly vowed that she wouldfaithfully await the return of herlover to Ireland, where they wouldthan be united in marriage.

Was Kevin O'Doherty actually theHermit of Waterford Valley? Thedates of arrival and departure ofthis mysterious person seems to co­incide with the facts. What bet­1er place could a lovesick personlabour through the long years ofwaiting and dream of the peace andlove that would be his when hissojourn in exile would beover,thanin this dellghtful Waterford Valley,so redolent of green Irish fields andlovers whispering waters?

What a great pity it is that theexact spot on which the Hermit'slog-cabinstood,cannotbepointedout to young lovers of this genera­tion.Whatromanticmemoriescouldbeconjureduponthatspot,asone would go back in retrospect anddwell upon the seven long lonelyyears that Kevin O'Doherty,or who­ever the person was must havespent in that beautiful place ofse­elusion, while awaiting the shacklesof bondage to fall from his person,and to dream of the day when hewould be united in marriage withthe one who so truly awaited thereturn of her exiled lover.

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