| Summary: | bide v B. But now.there was a man over here at Little Bay Islands.therewas George Jones - you know George Jones over HERE Little Bay Islands - he was runnin' a boat.(to?) Twillingate and he WERE comin' up through Long Tickle,not many years ago,no more than three or four years ago,this. HP. George is a young man. B. Oh yes,he's a young man,and.all at once,you know,he come up through Long Tickle,you know,and he went out around.the Grassy Rock,you know, all about that,and anyhow DOWN you know,between (SANDY?)Cove Bight.BY. ISL(AND)??POINT and th'Oil Islands, DOWN TO LITTLE BAY ISLANDS .And when he got about half-way down to the Oil Islands,he looked out through the wheelhouse winder (window),he was to the wheel,and there was a light shot(ten)? in under the bow o' this boat.Well he hauled his wheel a-starboard,we'll say,and.TOLD. (PUT.?) FOR TO shut off th'engine.He thought 'twas a motor-boat.Well he WOUND out through and he start he sing out and see if he could see any/body or any sign.'twas dark.He.he grabbed THE light,and he turned on the water,you know,and there was nothing. the water wasn't moving or nothing,not a sign of nothing,wasn't moviN' ,just as quiet as if xxxxxxx 'twas nothing (had ever happened??)He walked around on deck,he said he was fright to death.They took the punt and pushed her overb_oard and got in the punt. They thought it must be a boat he runned intoIT;WELL,you know, a passenger-boat? And they went around there and they bid (i.e.stayed) there four hours ,he told me,seein' if they could see any sign of any grease or anything floatin' up, see if the boat sunk, but he said he didn't see why they wouldn't see some wrackage that the boat beat off,you know: a bit of his wheelhouse afloat on the water or something. But he didn't know what to do; he was frightened to death.Well he.(they did bring . ?? ).'Twas calm,stark calm,not one breath o' wind,he told me,in the world.And.well,he said,he supposed they'LL have to go on. So they went on,they went on,see. And . they only went a hundred yards or ...
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