The Wreck of the Mail Steamer

The Wreck of the Mail Steamer

The Northwest coast of Newfoundland is no favorite with our seafarers in the fall of the year. The long, straight, rock-bound shore line for eighty miles in one stretch, offers no shelter whatever even to the small vessels that ply to and fro along it in pursuit of their calling. Yet, as great shoals of codfish frequent the cold waters of the north shore of the Gulf, just as soon as the frozen sea permits it in spring, swarms of fishing craft, of all sizes, from all the Newfoundland coasts, and even from as far south as Gloucester, push their way down North in pursuit of the finny harvest. On the Newfoundland vessels women and children often come, the women helping to cure the fish and cook for the men, the children because they cant be left behind. Uncle Joe Halfmast had not been North for some years, for he had never liked the sea and, like many another of our handy fishermen, he had developed great talents as a carpenter. But this year the people of Wild Bight were building a church, and had induced Uncle Joe to come down and lead them. It was a late season; the fall weather had been so wet and blustersome that the men found it impossible to dry their fish for shipment as usual, and were consequently late getting ready for the return South. Moreover the church had to be sheathed in before Christmas, so that, when spring came round, the work would not have to be done over again. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 67489
Author: Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason
Release Date: Feb 24, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: The Sprague Publishing Company
Publication Date: 1923
Publisher Country: United States

Contributors

Illustrator: Fischer, Anton Otto, 1882-1962