flobberin'

flobber vMan frightened while at sea by _ghostly boat_ (_Tom Way's [inc]_). .....and he pulled on till he come to aplace where they lived years gone by,Indian "INJUN" Cove,they called it,Indian Cove.Went in there and they were tired,so (THEY) come to the conclusion that he'd lie down,with the graplin out,you know, for a little while until the dawn DID break.So they laid down and covered up with the front sail,you know,over 'em.So he said...the flobberin' o' the wind in again (ie against) the bow o' the boat woke him.He didn't know hardly...know how long he was there,but he knowed he was asleep.And at the same time,when he woke and got up,the young feller woke,and he says to the father,he said,"Da,there's a punt there!" He was watchin' her,now,before that himself. He said,"Yes,boy."He said he suppo(sed).."I supposed," he said,"that's someone lookin' for caplin." Anyway that's all they made of it.By and by this _boat_ come towards 'em,and he looked at her,and by and by she fell away again,(just) like an eggshell on the wet water,blowin away wi' the wind,in comparison.Went out o' sight,out of his sight,and by and by she huv (hove) in sight again: a man sot ferrard,facin' ferrard, "sheavia"* the paddles. Come up so handy and huv up 'longside,and he looked at her. He knew the punt then, :'Tis the one they picked up;she was that handy.And(He was) gettin' a bit uneasy then! And He said she fell away again the second time,drifted away,and he said she was a consider- able spell gone; when here she comes again through the water,tearin',foam from her bows! And he said he...he didn't know what he wanted,whether 'twas to drive him out f it on account of the storm comin',or wether he wanted him to speak,he didn't know. He knew the _punt_ well then.It was the one he picked up,helped to pick her up,another man with him.So bygorr he come that close quarters he had to take the spread; thought he'd have to fend him off,spread of the sail,see,long...thing like a...well,it's planed up out o' small wood. And he said if he had to let him come on,he...he'd...he'd make about the after thale-pin, as far as he knew! Anyway he got a good fright. He didn't know what to do. And he said [reverse] he...he put the sign o' the cross on him (Lord?)he fell away! And he said with that he jumped forrard and grabbed the graplin to get out of it,see,row out. And when he rowed out...when he ...about the time,he said,he had the graplin up to the stem- head,he glanced over his shoulder now to see was there any sign of him,you know,and he just caught glimpse of him by the place called the Seal Rock,right 'longside,about as far from this now as that little house there. And in with the graplin and out paddles and out the cove; seaport place,you know. And when they went out the cove and turne up around the point,there was eight or nine boats there with their graplins out,waitin' for the wind to lun. The wind was in a strong breeeze then. And he went up among 'em and started to talk and asked 'em was they anyone(s) come out arround. "No! We' re here so long,about an hour or an hour an' a half, so on, and 'twas no-one went out around! they were handy,see,to the passage way."Well," he said,"there's a _boat_ out there,_punt!_" '_Punt_' they called it,you know,at that day. And they said,"Yes." "Well ," he said, "it must be someone come out!" Well by that time 'twas gettin' dawnin',first dawn was breakin',and He said they all pulled up their graplins and pulled out, and went with him to see if 'twas a live _boat_.And they went in the cove and it blowed hard,and not a sign or a sound of anything to be seed on the shore (or) nowhere! "Well," they said,"certainly it must be _Tom Way_." He used to be seen there,see?And they all come back.Anyway,they all had to come home; blowed a gale o' wind all day,blowed strong, as 'Udraw'...as the daylight broke,the wind freshened. They all had to come home. That's about three miles from here.Excerpted from a longer account[check]- or CHEAVING?? *SHEAVING = to drag the oar against the side of the boat "against" the water over stern of boat, for steering or turningUsed IUsed INot usedThis card is a continuation and reverse side of the previous card [see 15418]