help him. The roof of the house has quite a steep pitch but although complaining of age and tiring easily, Josie still worked on the job. Then he turned to the work of scraping the shingled sides of the house, preparin to aint.

osie’s father, Alfred Walker, moved to Boughton Island

during the lobster season, slept in his shanty and ate at the cookhouse. Josie fished as well until ‘97 when he turned over his boat and gear to a stepson. He never moved to Boughton Island as his father had done but lived at home during the fishing season.

He remembers a striking story about Dan King of Boughton Island. This was told to him by Andy Fitzpatrick who lived and worked at the mill in Woodville Mills. Dan King drove in with his horse and borrowed wagon and asked for the loan of a horse to get him to Cardigan to fetch Dr. Allan. His wife was about to give birth. Dan had come from Boughton Island on horse back, having swum his horse across to Launching. Then he went to the home of Joe MacCormack (Joe Paddy) and borrowed wagon and harness for his horse. After swimming from the island with Dan on his back and the further five miles to Woodville Mills, Dan’s horse had about reached his limit. At Woodville Mills Dan changed horses with Andy Fitz and continued on to Cardigan. There he picked up Dr. Allan and returned to Woodville Mills. Dan retrieved his now—rested horse and went on to Launching. When he and Dr. Allan got to the shore they were met by two dories from Boughton island. The doctor was rowed over in one and Dan King with the second oarsman went in the other. Josie says that the baby born on Boughton Island on that occasion was Lloyd King. Lloyd was born in 1919.

Later, Josie recalls being struck with the strength of Lloyd King, He was on the island once and saw Lloyd jump ashore from his dory with his lunch can in one hand and the line to the bow of the dory in the other. He just walked up the shore with the dory following along behind as though it was nothing.

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