They thought of Jack Clarey who had gone from fishing to the merchant marine and on to carpenter work and building. Bud and Connie thought they should get the house framed up as a start and asked Jack for an estimate. He told them that he was living on a pension and could afford to work for no pay. He would frame the house without charge in gratitude for the kindness shown him and his brother by Connie‘s father and mother. They could pay him back when they could afford it.

Jane lngs lives in Cardigan. Some years ago she retrieved a lantern from her grandfather’s barn. It was very old and badly rusted but Jane cleaned it up and gave it a paint job and a new globe. The lantern has Made in Germany stamped on the body. Jane’s daughter, Miranda, posed with the lantern. She is the great granddaughter of the very caring George Mair who hung his lantern as a guide to the Clareys.

@eulah King O’Connor was living in a senior’s residence in Georgetown when I spoke with her. She remembers vividly the time the family home burned on Boughton island. It was early in the morning. Her father, Dan King, was on the water and spotted the fire from his boat. From its position, he knew it was his home that was burning and he knew the family would be still in bed. He knew too that the grandmother, Frances, had the flu and although she would normally be up at this time, she too would be in bed. In the home would be Frances and Edna and seven children. When he got home after a frantic trip he learned that all were safe but the house was gone. Beulah was left with a great fear of fire and the losses it brings. One of the losses was her mother’s wedding ring which she kept in a closet because she worked a great deal in the fields. The girls searched and searched for the ring but it was never found. Fortunately the family could be accommodated in Uncle Nathaniel Allen’s home and life was soon almost normal again.

Beulah left Boughton Island in 1936 when she was fourteen years of age. She moved over to Burnt Point to work for George Mair in his dairy operation. Not far from Burnt Point is Georgetown and the broadening experience of this town with its train station and port activity. She, in company with friends, made the trek to the big town quite often.

Early in her stay, before she got acclimatized, her mind turned back

to home and the other family members. She told her employer that she 32