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than the To\'erner, but Ihere were compensations beside Ihe presence ofthree familiar
faces.
I shared a four-berth cabin \\;Ih IWO ewfoundland women going to Indian
Ilarbour and a Labradorian returning to Ilopedale from England for Ihc summer.
ccdlcss to say. as we approached Smokey, J was vcr)' exciled and \v1shed that I could go
oul to Cut Throat Island where my father had been fishing. I was speaking these thoughts
oUlloOO to my cabin mate that morning when a fishcnnan \\00 was unloading to go to
CUi Throat said ..It's too bad. TIle weather's nol so good this morning or ),ou could go
\\;th me. I have 10 drop offsome supplies and come back for the rest:' , very quickly said
that I had rain gear. He dubiously ans\\ered. "Ifyou dress warm:" ran down to my
cabin, piled on ever)' bit ofclothes that I had. including my rain gear. and ran back up to
the deck. By this point. he had loaded his small boat with halfofthe supplies he needed
for his summer's fishing at Splitting Knife and was ready to go. For a momen!. it looked
as ifhe had forgotten aboul me. Then he turned, saw me, and signl.llled. "00 you want to
go?" I nodded and ran down the steps and hopped into his boal to the total amazement of
some orlhe crew and passcngers who knew [was scheduled to go to Nain and had 1101
realized (Imt I had mudc arrangemcnts to go with the fishennan. It wns vcry foggy and
extremely cold. We were skirting the ice and traps, literally disappearing into the fog.
Fortunately. we reached Splitting Knife on Cut Throat Island with no problems.
lie said. "Hop OUI. We'll be here about tcn minutes. Walk around a bit" eedless 10 say.
there was no one up thai early in the morning. I did nol want to go too far and thus delay
him. When he was ready to go, he asked. -Arc you ready?" lie then suggested that he
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