Off the rocks; stories of the deep-sea fisherfolk of Labrador . rs of age, the neighbors noticedthat beyond the fire wood that Rube was wont tohaulj out for the house, he was gradually buildinga pile of good stout sticks, and that instead of•following th€ gun, of which he had ever beenamazing fond, he would speiid the spare timechopping and squaring some of they-sticks. Itwas 4 sure sign enough. For them sticks be for studding a house wi, and long be-,fore the,snow came and made going in thewoods impossible, and while the, harbor wasstill frozen, so, that punts could not be out look
Off the rocks; stories of the deep-sea fisherfolk of Labrador . rs of age, the neighbors noticedthat beyond the fire wood that Rube was wont tohaulj out for the house, he was gradually buildinga pile of good stout sticks, and that instead of•following th€ gun, of which he had ever beenamazing fond, he would speiid the spare timechopping and squaring some of they-sticks. Itwas 4 sure sign enough. For them sticks be for studding a house wi, and long be-,fore the,snow came and made going in thewoods impossible, and while the, harbor wasstill frozen, so, that punts could not be out look-ing for fish, the fact that Rube contemplated ahouse was known. The confirmatory evidencewas supplied when he got his cousin Charley tocome on thirds, and saw boards with him fromthe remaining logs with the great pit-saT??. The best part of next seasons earnings wentin nails and shingles, glass and paint, tarred feltand stoves, and by the Christmas following Rubehad up a tiny studded house, well stogged withdry moss and shingles, clapboarded, and only176. SUMMER FISHERMANS HOUSE IN LABRADOR Uncle Rubes Net waiting a mistress to add one more home to ourcove. This fault was remedied at New Years,when Rube proudly led to the altar in our littlemeeting-house as capable and thrifty a lass asever entered on the responsible duties that laybefore her. It was characteristic of Rube that he alwayslooked forward and anticipated coming difficul-ties, so that, as his family increased and sons anddaughters were added to him, the little housegrew too, bit by bit, till it was more like a patch-work quilt than anything else. But Rube wasonly a hook-and-line fisherman. He never couldget far enough ahead to own a big net and em-ploy sharemen to help him to make a big catchof fish. So he had to work cross-handed—thatis, to row alone to and fro from the fishinggrounds—and that handicapped him greatlywhen the weather was rough. Then again thefish came along very uncertain in their ar-rival,
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