18/55 Lost two this trip a'ready,--on sandy bottom, too,--an' dad says next one he loses, sure's fish-in', he'll give him the kelleg. That 'u'd break Penn's heart." "What's a 'kelleg' ?" said Harvey, who had a vague idea it might be some kind of marine torture, like keel-hauling in the story-books. You kin see a kelleg ridin' in the bows fur's you can see a dory, an' all the fleet knows what it means. |