TME WRECKER. 



A brave fellow ! He keeps his tides well. 



— Timon of A them. 



OX Uk- biirren and inhospitable sand duiiL- ol four 

 miles Ion- by one-quarter of a niik- broad, which 

 fonnerlv \vas laid down on Uk- oUl charts as 

 ••Malabar" Island, bul now, for sonic re;ison, I know- 

 not \vhat. is called Monoinoy Islaiul, a number of profes- 

 sional wreckers ply their risky, excitin- and speculative 

 calling. 1 have always associated, in my mind, wreckers 

 with pirates, thinkin,-; that the terms were synonymous. 

 On the contrary, I have found that the wrecker is a man 

 who risks his very existence to save property, both of 

 vessel and cargo, as well as human life: that in the pur- 

 suit of his calling he shows rare bravery, great nerve, 

 hardihood of no connnon character, shrewd wisdom and 

 cunning in disposing of his •' llotsam and jetsam " and a 

 knowledge of law relating to maritime affairs that often 

 outwits the keenest Cape Cod barrister. 



For a week I have been with four of these rugged 

 sea dogs, all of ihein seasoned willi more than hall a 

 century (one of them 70 years of ago. and yet when the 

 winds are fierce, the fogs dense, the snows blinding, they 

 are one and all on the qui W:r for the signals of 



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