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Updated: June 29, 2025
"A thousand people might pass this old, deserted place without ever dreaming that you were so ideally hidden back here." As he finished speaking, his roving eye came to rest upon a pair of gloves that Sibyl the last time she had called had carelessly left lying upon a stump close by a giant sycamore where, in camp fashion, the rods and creels and guns were kept.
Some oars and creels were hung against the wall, and on a pile of nets in the warmest corner, a little laddie belonging to a neighbor's household was fast asleep. Maggie quickly threw on more turf, and drew the crane above the fire, and hung the kettle upon it.
A man with a team of horses on his farm is in a different position from a man with only an ass and creels. Absolutely, said he, the man has devoted a portion of his land to apple trees. It was a touching thing to see the earnestness with which this man spoke of these great evidences of prosperity horses to work the farm, two flitches of bacon and planting apple trees.
And it seems to be occurring whenever a string of Laraghmenians come plodding up their winding mountain-path under the burden of heavy creels filled with earth, or oftener with slippery brown sea-wrack and leathery weed. For it is in this way that whatever scanty foothold their starveling crops may find, has been fashioned and maintained in the stony little fields.
Reuben hoped to be among the first to send fish to the Helston market. Dame Lanreath and Nelly, as well as several other female members of Reuben's family, or related to his crew, were ready to set off with their creels as soon as the boat returned. Nelly had gone as far as Uncle Reuben's house to watch for the "Sea-Gull."
I have heard that the fish-women go to church of a Sunday with their creels new washed, and a few stones in them for ballast, just because they cannot walk steadily without their usual load. I feel somewhat like this, and rather inclined to pick up some light task, than to be altogether idle. I have my proof-sheets, to be sure; but what are these to a whole day?
"I will go with you." "When you please, then, chief." So the next day the poor women went again, and the chief went with them, their guard and servant. If there were any on the watch, they did not appear. The Macruadh fished out their creels, and put them to dry, then helped them to fill those they had borrowed for the occasion.
It came to me then why the folk would be leaving peats for the wee folks, as they said, when they would be taking down the creels from the hills; for the Nameless Man threw more on the fire from some hidden store, likely nearer his worm, when we had finished eating.
There are some rich-looking fields, but the most of the land has a poverty- stricken look and the large majority of the houses are simply abominable. It is spring weather and spring work is going on. Men are putting out manure, carrying it in creels on their backs. Asses are the prevailing beasts of burden, carrying about turf in creels or drawing hay a big load to a small ass.
"I will go with you." "When you please, then, chief." So the next day the poor women went again, and the chief went with them, their guard and servant. If there were any on the watch, they did not appear. The Macruadh fished out their creels, and put them to dry, then helped them to fill those they had borrowed for the occasion.
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