Dorymates: A Tale of the Fishing BanksMunroe, Kirk
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Dorymates: A Tale of the Fishing Banks
Munroe, Kirk
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction
A DORYMATE’S HOME 319
XXV. STARTLING DISCOVERIES 332
XXVI. PROUD OF BEING A YANKEE 345
ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE LITTLE FELLOW SMILED IN THE WEATHER-BEATEN _Frontispiece._
FACE
“I CAME TO YOU FROM THE SEA,” HE SAID, PATTING HER _Faces page_ 28
THIN CHEEKS
“SEEMS TO ME I WOULDN’T FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT IF I ” ” 44
WAS YOU”
“THAT GENTLEMAN THERE REFUSES TO RETURN A GOLD ” ” 52
BALL AND CHAIN THAT I HANDED HIM FOR
EXAMINATION”
IN ANOTHER MOMENT IT FLASHES FULL IN THE WHITE ” ” 68
FACES OF BREEZE M^cCLOUD AND HIS COMPANIONS
“YOU’RE CRAZY, LAD! YOU CAN’T LIVE A MINUTE IN ” ” 90
SUCH A SEA”
THERE WAS A LONG, FIRM HAND-CLASP BETWEEN THEM ” ” 98
“QUICK, NOW! LET’S GET HIM ABOARD THIS SCHOONER” ” ” 116
A LARGE WHALE ROSE TO THE SURFACE TO BLOW ” ” 140
IN A MINUTE MORE THEY HAD SNATCHED THE BUOY FROM ” ” 150
THE ICE-RAFT
AND THE TWO ATHLETIC YOUNG FELLOWS DREW THE ALMOST ” ” 166
HELPLESS FORM OF THEIR SHIPMATE SLOWLY BUT
STEADILY TO WHERE THEY STOOD
“BLOW, SONNY, BLOW!” CRIED ONE OF THE MEN ” ” 174
NOT A HUMAN BEING WAS TO BE SEEN ON BOARD OF HER, ” ” 198#
NOR DID THEIR HAIL RECEIVE ANY ANSWER
“ME AN’ DE CAP’N, WE’S BEEN HABIN’ A MONS’ROUS ” ” 204
HARD TIME”
“BLESS MY SOUL, IF IT ISN’T BREEZE M^cCLOUD!” ” ” 238
NIMBUS, RAISING HIM CLEAR OF THE DECK, HELD HIM AT ” ” 242
ARM’S-LENGTH ABOVE HIS HEAD
MATEO, WITH A HOWL OF DISMAY, HAD DARTED FORWARD ” ” 260
AND VANISHED IN THE FORECASTLE; WHILE NIMBUS,
WITH A YELL OF AFFRIGHT, HAD ROLLED AFT
THE FIRST VIEW OF ICELAND ” ” 266
THE YACHT CAME DIRECTLY TOWARDS THEM ” ” 288
BREEZE’S WELCOME TO THE ”SAGA” ” ” 292
“YOU OUGHT TO HAVE WORN A DIVING SUIT, NIMBUS,”
SAID BREEZE ” ” 310
THOSE ON BOARD THE GREAT STEAMER GAZED WITH ” ” 326
ADMIRATION AT THE DAINTY YACHT
BREEZE STARED IN AMAZEMENT AT WOLFE’S MOTHER ” ” 332
BREEZE’S WELCOME HOME ” ” 350
_Do you carry a dory, captain?
Do you carry a dory on your deck?
Manned by two bold fishermen,
To save a life or board a wreck._
_Landsmen cry, “Man the life-boat!” captain,
“Man the life-boat off our coast!”
But, captain, man the dory,
The fisherman’s glory,
The Banker’s pride and boast._
BY THE B. H. M.
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