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"If I pull this one out of the fire, I won't be a general; I'll be a magician," he said. "Pickering'll be a magician, I mean; he's the boy who'll save our bacon, if it's saveable." He looked somberly across the flame-reflecting water. "Let's not kid ourselves; we're just kicking and biting at the guards on the way up the gallows-steps." "Well, why stop till the trap's sprung?" she asked.
They are always a menace to cod traps, for should a berg drift against a trap, that will be the end of the trap forever. Fishermen watch their traps closely, and if an iceberg comes so near as to threaten it the trap must be removed to save it. A little lack of watchfulness leads to ruin. "The trap's well set," said Skipper Tom, when Doctor Grenfell inquired concerning it.
Belden's story, she at once composed herself to the task, with the following result. "Cursed, destructive Avarice, Thou everlasting foe to Love and Honor." Trap's Atram. "Mischief never thrives Without the help of Woman." The Same. IT will be a year next July since I first saw Mary Leavenworth. J was living at that time a most monotonous existence.
"The trap's safe and sound! The berg is t' the lee'ard!" Tom was right. A shift of tide had come at the right moment to save the trap. "The Lard is good to us," breathed Skipper Tom. "He've saved our trap! He always takes care of them that does what they feels is right. We'll thank the Lard, lads."
"What do you think? The trap's come back and here are all your parcels." It was wrapped in an old sack, probably one of those which filled the windows of the barn, for bits of straw still stuck in the threads. "Whatever have you got there, Jim?" said Mrs Cottier. "One of your parcels," I answered; "I've just taken it out of the trap." "Let me see it," she said. "There must be some mistake.
And we shouted parting injunctions and exchanged old war cries, the meanings of which were only known to us, and we were guilty of such riotous conduct that, it being now Sunday morning, one or two of the quieter members suggested we had better drop down to about half-a-gale, as there was a severe-looking old sergeant of police with an eye on us; but once, in the middle of a heart-stirring chorus of "Auld Lang Sync," Jack, my especial chum, paused for breath and said to me: "It's all right, Joe, the trap's joining in."
"The ice is keepin' clear, but I watches close." "What are the signs of fish?" asked the Doctor. "Fine!" said Skipper Tom. "The signs be wonderful fine." "I hope you'll have a big year." "There's a promise of un," Skipper Tom grinned happily. "The trap's sure to do fine for us." But nobody knows from one day to another what will happen on The Labrador.
The door was opened and the men peeped in first. Then the door was opened wide and everyone went in. "Two big dead bears, and two little live ones," said Meredith. "Not so bad for one trap's work, eh?" said Paul. "I was just thinking: what did Mike want these for? Did we need food, or fur, or was it just the natural hunting spirit in most men that made him do this," said Meredith.
"She's right over where the trap were set! The trap's gone," said one of the sons. "I'm doubtin'," Skipper Tom was measuring the distance critically with his eye. "The trap's tore to pieces," insisted the son with discouragement in his voice. "The berg's to the lee'ard of she," declared Skipper Tom finally. "Tis too close t' shore." "'Tis to the lee'ard!" "Is you sure, now, Pop?"
Thus it was that day by day the wee shack in the woods became more cheery and homelike. "I've managed to hunt up a few trap's for you," called Mr. Wharton one morning, as he met the boy going to work. "If you want to run over to the cabin now and unlock the door, I'll send a man over with them." Want to! Ted was off in a second, impatient to see what new treasures he was to receive.
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