08 Jeremiah's Bell by Denzil Meyrick

Author:Denzil Meyrick
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

‘I’m losing the will tae live,’ said Scott.

Hamish carried on without comment. ‘A search was begun. The lifeboats fae Tarbert, Blaan, Kinloch – even Ballycastle across the water – were all launched. The crews were all fishermen in they days, and their knowledge o’ the tides an’ foibles o’ the coast surpassed any o’ the doctors and lawyers that parade aboot noo in a’ that fluorescent gear. Like great walking buoys they are.

‘So, they found something?’ said Daley.

‘They did that. Just on the shore o’ the island at the head o’ the loch, within sight of the toon and safety, there she was, the Jeremiah, a great gaping hole in her side.’

‘So that’s it?’ Scott sounded disappointed.

‘No, it’s not. On board they found four bodies – four, mark you. One o’ them was a stranger, so we can forget aboot him.’

‘You’re a’ heart,’ said Scott.

‘There was the poor ship’s boy – a wean fae Glasgow they said – lashed tae his bunk, dead as dead could be. McMichael an’ the stranger was lying below the bunks, och, jeest in a hellish condition. The engineer, whose name escapes me, was found at his station, deid as a dodo.’

‘What aboot the skipper?’ said Scott.

‘That’s where things get strange. He was found, washed up on Thomson’s Point. The window o’ the wheelhouse had been smashed in, and they reckoned, though I never quite understood it, that he’d been flung oot in the tumult.’ He paused dramatically. ‘But he wasna alone.’

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