Le Petit Nord, or, Annals of a Labrador harbour . al presenting the problem, and asldng that theytake a consignment of children. The Church ofEngland Orphanage, of which denomination themother is a member, was full; and the other one,which has just had a gift of beautiful buildingsand grounds, regretted they could not take anyof the children, as their orphanage was exclu-sively for their denomination. The mother didnot respond to the doctors ironic suggestionthat she should turncoat under the press ofcircumstances. They tell a story here about Kinsey, the lateand unlamented. Last spring a stea
Le Petit Nord, or, Annals of a Labrador harbour . al presenting the problem, and asldng that theytake a consignment of children. The Church ofEngland Orphanage, of which denomination themother is a member, was full; and the other one,which has just had a gift of beautiful buildingsand grounds, regretted they could not take anyof the children, as their orphanage was exclu-sively for their denomination. The mother didnot respond to the doctors ironic suggestionthat she should turncoat under the press ofcircumstances. They tell a story here about Kinsey, the lateand unlamented. Last spring a steamer headingnorth on Government business sighted a fishingpunt being rowed rapidly towards it, the occu-pant waving a flag. The captain ordered, Stopher, thinking that some acute emergency hadarisen on the land during the long winter. Aburly old chap cased in dirt clambered deliber-ately over the rail. [39] LE PETIT NORD Well, whats up? asked the captain testily.*Cant you see youre keeping the steamer? Have you got a plug or so of baccy you could. I 40 1 ANNALS OF A LABRADOR HARBOUR give me, skipper? I has nt had any for nigh amonth, and it do be wonderful hard. The captains reply was unrepeatable, but forsuch short acquaintance it was an accurate re-sume of the character of the applicant. De mor-tuis nil nisi honum is all very well, but it de-pends on the mortuis; and that mans wife andchildren had been short of food he had smokedaway. I have the greatest admiration for the womenof this coast. They work like dogs from morningtill nightfall, summer and winter, with neer aspell, as one of them told me quite men are out on the sea in boats, which atleast is a hfe of variety, and in winter they cango into the woods for firewood. The women hangforever over the stove or the washtub, go intothe stages to split the fish, or into the gardens togrow taties. Yet oddly enough, there is lessilliteracy among the women than among themen. [ 41 ] LE PETIT NORD Such a nice girl is
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