It was well no ladies were around . Henry was n't a swearing man , but he 'd heard some few matters of that sort along shore in his time , and he fished 'em all out of his recollection and hurled 'em at me . Fin ` lly he declared he could n't stand it and I had no bowels of compassion . So we hitched up and I drove him to a doctor in Charlottetown , thirty-five miles -- there were n't none nearer in them days -- with that blessed hook still hanging from his nose . When we got there old Dr. Crabb jest took a file and filed that hook jest the same as I 'd tried to do , only he were n't a mite particular about doing it easy ! '' Captain Jim 's visit to his old friend had revived many recollections and he was now in the full tide of reminiscences . `` Henry was asking me today if I remembered the time old Father Chiniquy blessed Alexander MacAllister 's boat . Another odd yarn -- and true as gospel . I was in the boat myself . We went out , him and me , in Alexander MacAllister 's boat one morning at sunrise . Besides , there was a French boy in the boat -- Catholic of course . You know old Father Chiniquy had turned Protestant , so the Catholics had n't much use for him . Well , we sat out in the gulf in the broiling sun till noon , and not a bite did we get . When we went ashore old Father Chiniquy had to go , so he said in that polite way of his , ` I 'm very sorry I can not go out with you dis afternoon , Mr. MacAllister , but I leave you my blessing . You will catch a t ` ousand dis afternoon . ` Well , we did not catch a thousand , but we caught exactly nine hundred and ninety-nine -- the biggest catch for a small boat on the whole north shore that summer . Curious , was n't it ? Alexander MacAllister , he says to Andrew Peters , ` Well , and what do you think of Father Chiniquy now ? ' ` Vell , ' growled Andrew , ' I t ` ink de old devil has got a blessing left yet . ' Laws , how Henry did laugh over that today ! ''
`` Do you know who Mr. Ford is , Captain XXXXX ? ''
Catholic Charlottetown Chiniquy Crabb French Jim Vell afternoon left noon