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Show Dangers of the Ocean New Enghnd Pobermen Ply Their Voc Hon Amid Imminent Perils Fog and Sudden Storms Iheir Chief Menace. tfii-inrti-un (tbnrii! CorresDondenca.l . OW often wh'le red frVA beside yonr eoMf 'tirfmr breakfast room f,l of) fti with yonr teal A iV of c"fr'- Jt.,JrV7l?'t Plate of mufflna JjT to a delirious bre". with perhsps a tfr ( JJJ bit of awordflsn er T markerel ready t1' your discussion, do you atop to of the men wbo Just at this a of the year are braving the dsaftf' of old ocean In order that yonr n1 may be well supplied with all lie dellraclea which, aa a part of tlictr calling, they tnko from the gmdclsg at era and place at your dlepoanl. When you read In your morning paper of a fisherman run down and aunk In the tn-achcroua fog ahroii'led walera off Oeorxca do you oven fur a moment regard the nmtter aa una which In the least concerna your ir-aoiial ir-aoiial well being, or simply pass It off aa one of those linppcnluga over wlilrb yon have no control, or na aomttlilDg to be taken as a matter of course aid to be Immediately forgotten? K you do there are scores of homes It tie fishing towns all atcng the coast of the liny statu vhere tha news ihkh Interests you for tho moment -oily comes wllh tragic force to penile lu whose life tragedy plays a far too prominent psrt. The man who atanda on the Vldga of the liner plying betweei New York, riostou and Liverpool, If he would, could tell many a tale el ells-aatora ells-aatora In the vicinity of tirargea. l'lowlng through the fog-cuahraided watera, wllh nn thought nave to cake a new reeord for the trunsntaiitlc pasango, there la no time to hard a warning about, a blast from a lorn, to linger when' tho Bound of crashing tlmlKira rlaea out of Uie aurrotiodltig darkneaa, or to trace the conns of ilrlfllng remnants of tho vessel of aturdy oak pierced by irou prow. "Another flahcrman run down," la the word passed from cabin to itt-er-age, and there tho matter Is dropped. It Is only when the roll of the missing Is read at that annual sen lea often but poor guide along a darkened dark-ened path, the doriea are recalled from the scene of the day'a labor. To be lost In the fog 1b a not uncommon occurrence, and then It la tbat the luckless fisherman becomes a prey to the dangers that lnrk In the darkneaa. dark-neaa. Fortunate la he If nothing more serious than a night out In tbe all-snrroundlng, all-snrroundlng, nerve-testing alienee falls to bis lot. Many a time an overturned dory tella the story of Uvea lost In a vain effort to locate the vessel which Ig A MASSACHUSETTS COASTLINE. N BsBasasassssaasaassaaaassaaaaaaa.aaaai eaaaesasaaa-asea BBaaaasBSBaaaBaaaaaaaaSBaaaa ..M "ft j. y ;"T.-rr- 'r-'""-"r'.''(---i PORTLAND HEADLIOHT. In quaint old Gloucester that the story comes out In all Ita vivid details Then It la that many are left to mourn and with each succeeding year tho number of mourners lucreasea. Tho fog and the gnlo are the dangers dan-gers from ahlch the men of tile fleet have most to fear. A aimxith sea ami a bright sky In the morning Is scanty guuruutee that tho fog will not shut everything In before night, or tbat a "northeaster" will not swoop down, leaving destruction lu ita pnth. With a tooting of fog horns, too tho brlghtneaa of the morning stands out aa a ahlnlug mark, only to disappear disap-pear In an Incredibly short space of time when tho fog once settles down. The seining fleet which operatea oft the Oram! llnnks figures In tho disaster dis-aster columns of the newspapers qulto as frequently as doca the fleet which confines Its activity to the vicinity vi-cinity of (ieorgea. There is plenty of the picturesque to be found could nno but spend the time on any ono of the Veanela which at the end of the season sea-son mnVe port at Gloucester, lloaton, New ltedford, or any of the towns which In the old daya aent larger numbers rf this claaa of veaaela than In recent tlmea. ' The early morning haul haa more about It. perhaps, to attract the lover at Che beeutirul, for the sight Is beautiful beau-tiful beyond the power of pen or brush to properly describe With neta dripping sparkling gems of rainbow hues under tho morning cun. with thousands of mackerel, tbelr ltodica of blue black and silver reflecting re-flecting the light, enmeshed In tholr watery prison, endeavoring In Vain to get free from the bonds that aro drawn closer and closer, a sight Is furnished not soon to be forgotten. Bometlmes It happens that before the net Is drawn the fish become frightened, and In a mad rush for freedom overturn men and dories, and carry away net and gear with them. Then It la that the profits of a trip are materially cut down. The day long locked fot ward to la the day when, with salt pena full of mackerel, with Ice choata filled to overflowing with bailout, coa, awora-Ash awora-Ash and other denlaena of the deep, the ordor "up anchor" la given, and the duet wltb all Balls sot atarta on the race toward home. If ahe be "high liner," the Hounding lllllow, the t'lura Hell, or the riuraH Jane munda Hasten) Point with every bit of bunting on board set, a trl-' trl-' colored boost of her prowess. |