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tam Ular the prop! boy on a “Waal,”‘reptlied the skipper hesi- tan‘tl‘y, “I tallied th’ stuff as it came down, but I niver bothered t’ check th’ bill. I allus cal’lated they was honest." Shorty was not satisfied. “Yes, an’ they take their discount out 0’ you by these overcharges. Did you ever check up these bil-l afore?" “But they gimme a discount, Frank, ’cause I allu‘s pay cash afore I sail ’stead o’ settlin’ at the end 0’ th’ trip,” u nu JVL van]. l Shorty procured the store’s account, checked it over, and discovered a fewI discrepancies in the prices of certain! commodities. “Look here, Uncle,” he' said. “This feller has one hundred‘ pounds 0’ butter at twenty and one-l half cents a pound charged up as, twenty-five dollars, an’ it sh’d only come to twenty dollars fifty centsâ€" fou'r dollars fifty cents too much. He's got one dozen o’ pickles at twelve and! a half cents a bottle charged up 8.5% one dollar seventyâ€"five cents, when it« ought t’ be one dollar fifty cents. Al-l ougm: t' 'be one dollar fifty cents. A1- most every item hez an overcharge of a few cents ” “About my 'erry. CHAPTER FOURâ€"~(Cont’d.) “Fine, fine,” chuckled Captain Clark. “ ’Tis better than old Clancy, th’ clerk in the office, c’d ha’ done it. Ye’ll keep th’ zun 0’ all th’ bills for me, Frankie, after this, an’ I’ll give ye charge 0’ all th’ store tallyin’ an’ th’ fishin’ when we make th’ grounds. Now shoot up to th’ store an’ ask them t’ let ye have their account, an’ seeflef they jibe with yer tally.” an .Itzilian vessel into Anehotville to the astonishment of Capta'm bpmney, harbormaster. Frank fimshes school With credit to himself and spengs the summer as an apprentice to Long Dick” Jennings. In August Clark takes him to Gloucester as spare hand on the Kastalia. How the Story Started. 1 “ Frank Westhave, known as Shorty,” lives at Long Cove on Bay‘ 0? Fkndy coast with his mother .md‘ his uncle, Captain Jerry Clark. He! and his chum Lemuel Ring. drink a: bottle of rum, whereupon Frank’s; Uncle tells him the story of his fapnâ€"l er’s fondness for drink and how me; “Grace Wesmhaver" went down ofil Sable Island with ten of her crew an‘dI he'r Skipper. This has the desired ef-‘ fect’ugpn Frank. The two boysupilotl BLUE WATE pay carriage oué way Sprywheel enables one man to do five times as much cultivating as with mwheel hoe. Before the growing season is far along, Sp 'wheel will have more than paid for itse fby the labor expense saved. The $185 Tractor (F.O.B. Toronto). Pays for Itself in Labor Saved ’SPRY HEE 1mm be spcédil BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACE. expressman will [Copyright by the Musson Book Company] whether it A TALE. OF THE DEEP SEA FISHERMEN Agencies open in some localities 1t to your you ye givin' that longsho: proper soundin’s ” - Shorty strutted along he winked knowingly at he handed over the rem money. “YequncIe. an’ EI‘S runt, 81' y him down cent. discc 0’ th’ shark gimme a di off th' bill ’ The big 1 a laugh“ “ They left the store at last, with the! proprietor apologizing to the door. On their way down to the wharf Uncle Jerry spoke: “Now, Frank, that’ll jest show ye how much good eddication' does a man. Look at th’ hundreds 0’ dollars I must ha’ bin swindled out of, ’count of not bein’ able t’ keep track 0’ things. Ye did fine, my son, an‘ ’twas a proud man I was when I saw ye givin’ that longshore shark his: “My nevvy,” replied the skipper ‘shortly. “He’ll go over th’ bill with lye an’ show ye a few things.” And he did. I The account was a long one, and ’Shorty went over every item, pointing: gout mistakes until the storekeeper was furious. It was very seldom that fishermen bothered checking 'up his figures, and the ignorant Jerry Clark was the last man he ever expected to doubt his honesty. When it was finâ€"I Iished and Shorty had brought the billl down to some fourteen dollars less gthan originally charged, Captain Clark ghad his say. 1 The man was abject in his apologies and pleaded various excuses to acâ€" count for the overcharges, but Cap- tain Jerry was adamant. "Don‘t La‘.k t’ me,” he rumbled. “Tell it to th’ boy. He does all my business for me now.” “Now, sir, I’ve bin a-louyin’ stores from you fur a consid’rable time, an’ I’ve allus paid cash afore sailin’. I book ye fur an honest man, an' new I find ye ain‘t. Ye knew I warn't much 0’ a hand at figgerin‘, an’ ye’ve bin’takin’ advantage of it. I’ll pay ye this bill, but no more business will ye gxt from me, :m’ I’ll] take d'nn’ good care ye don’t get a good many more vessel’s bills. A word from me" about this will queer you with ’most every sklpper out 0’ Gloucester, I cal‘late. Frank, here’s some money. Pal him, an‘ let’s go." Captain Clark wasn’t looking pleas- ed, and he turned to Shprty. “Frank, jes't go in an’ settle up with this fel- ler. Whatever it is, I‘ll pay." The other gazed upon the grimy little figure in jersey and sea-boots. “Who’s this kid, Captain?” he ask- ed in surprise, “Ah, yesLCap-tain. Just step into my office!” The storekeeper rubbed his fat hands together and smiled in‘gratiatingly. ' 3'01: 52 COLBORNE ST., oars strutted along proudly, and i knowingly at his uncle as l over the remainder of the Yes,'Uncle, an’ I drew some rk’s blood tool I made him discount 0’ fifteen per cent. 1 ’stead 0’ ten." : fishing skipper 'burst into “Ye did? Waal, you little on ain’t th’ limit! Ye Jewed , an’ then took fifteen per Junt off’n him. Ha! hath, 3 a dog,_ Frank! A man’ll a-gnpm e ye’re 1 1 am't th’ limit! an’ then took fi nt off’n him. Ha TORONTO Dept. "C" ugh ( erry 31‘ After 7 now, fellers!” ‘ hoisted and jigged, then the skipper 7 “Well yer mains’l. Come up on yer lift now. Unship th’ crotch an’ tend th’ sheet, some 0’ you!” On the order ,the fisherman’s topping lift, which be- lays on the boom, was manned and the boom topped up and out of the ; crotch. “Well th’ lift. Up on yer fores’l The foresa‘il was soon sang out, “Up on yer jumbo, boys!” Make th’ tail-rope fast t’ wind’ard. Let go bowâ€"line!” The forestaysail or jumbo was quickly hauled up and the tam-ropeâ€"an auxitlzia‘ry sheetâ€" was made fast to windward, and the Kasbalia’s bow swung out into the stream. Captain Cl-ar’k took the wheel and spun the spokes over. “Cast off yer starn-line! H’ist yer jib! Draw away yer jumbo!” The stern-line was cast off the bollard by a dock lumper, the tail-rope was slacked away, and the jib hoisted. Under her four low- ers the Kastalia worked her way out the harbor with the fresh morning breeze in her sail-s. Shorty had been busy tailing on to hall'iards and casting off stops, and, 'as spare hand, it was his duty to pick up the gaskets, strops, heaver, and boom guys and stow them away until called for again. When he had put them in the cabin lockers he came on deck and looked back at the town fad- ing into the half-darkness astern. idea Where neither his volunteered Clark made anybody his never asked variable map] The success weather “Waal, son,” said a him on the back, “yo naow. No seein’ Glo’st salt’s wet an’ th’ hoId’: like Vblazes for full de nut mouth ne of the “Al-l right,” cried the skipper. “Jig her up now!" The jigs or peak and throat halliard purchases were man- ned, and they too-k up all the slack until the mainsail luff rope set up “bar taut" and the great canvas was stretched until the wrinkles ran from peak to tack. taut as the halliardts would take it. “Come up yer slack!” cried the gang at the fife-mill. The fore-all tr'io held on while the pinâ€"man took a turn and bellayed, then all straight: engq 11p fqr a; breather after the haul. Warping the v wharf end, they t- at the haws-ers u enough. The sk aboard. “That’ll ‘ 0“ Yer mains“ now Slack a for‘ard but the stars were A light breeze wars ruffi of Gloucester harbor. was standing upon the the cmwd mustered he ‘V‘Ge’t her down to the e three“ and he pulle coat, cap, and mitte mob shiverino' on de morning; the moon wucu we pleasant Iancy was disturbed by the 1mm of his voice. ‘Tum-ble out, all hands underwaâ€"a-ay! Come on now, ‘ Show a log! Shake a stockin In the light from the cabin the gang emerged yawriing fro: bunks and proeeeded to don c012 seadboots. Blinking at the and he w Dexter d when the d isturb ed voice. "] undenva-: Show a I In the ShoHy was lightful drsam command of a x wevl‘l worth 1i v scious plea-sure as he lay in his bunk in the Kastalia’s cabin. Since he had left Long Cove his eyes had seen many strange things, and as he turned them over in his retrospective mind he began to that life was good and ___~1I __, , band made an impression upon him which he dreamed over with subcon- scious plea-sure as he lay in his bunk in the Kastalia’s cabin, Rinm he 11",: ‘p to the present where they w< $3 arty I noted the hmirâ€"«halfâ€"pust ~ and he pulled on rubber boots, rap, and mittens and joined the hiverino' on deck. It was a dark 1g; the moon ,had gone down, 1e stars were shining, and a breeze was ruffling the waters ucester harbor. Captain Clark. ‘anvdin'g upon the dock, am; when iwd mustered he gave the word. er down to the end 0’ th’ wharf. away yer starn-lvines. Haul away )DS. bnnkmg noted the - and he pulled < ap, and mittens they were goi uncle nor the : any information. it a point of new intentions, and him. If they din by was, “To the e ful Bank skiprpe 0W CHAPTER FIVE Shorty had no il’ mg, and men had . 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