1<br > i-{c ...，~.，~d his norse up the rise. then :-;topped at ，b，.<br > ~tm， mii as be a>a，a ，，s did a.nd sat ~azin~: about him. The<br > sky ~t~-~s high taday， clear and lrilue "not resting as it<br > ，~，，l on the far low hiIls away to his left. or cm the<br > mas~s of the ships not so far a~av that li，~edthe river.<br > ~:rom this point he could see the {own of South Shields<br > !vi~;g in a b~s~lin~ huddle alotlg the banks of the fiver<br > right to where it :~ade its way iato the North Sea.<br > F~um "~，ne Dock t，，: whe~e the village of Jarrow<br > began the land was bare of all but a cottage and a<br > ，，. -，:tc，，.u here and there， but once his eves tit on<br > Jarrow itself he hqd the feeling of bustle again， even if it<br > were ip. a lesser way: the little shh~vard he knew would<br > be basv. and at the salt pans akmgi the river where the<br > work wo~Id be ceaseless.<br > I..，-~.~ came ，，.t~btm~. He Knew it to be there， but it<br > was obscured "，--<br > ~，om his view by a series of hi~locks.<br > Always a shadow of pity rose in him when be looked<br > upc， m any town ， even the ，~zreat Newcastle. for he cou!d<br > never ~mderstand how m{en， given the choice， wotdd<br > ~nc ~，u.，，_~e and hustle and， for tile<br > majority of them， stink and m~:lck. But then again the<br > !r>~ {~rity of them had iittle choice. Yet if the chance<br > were given ~hem would they warn to live out here in ，~e<br > %D(:~I countr，~ ? . ， .<br > ()pen co~.]t.%，! "~~-，<br > ，e words were now scornful in his<br > miiid. He !{) .)kcd down ~-oward the earth. There was a<br > c~;m{-- ~dec~?eath his horse s feet. How ofte:a did the<br > miners -p.).~y the open country? Once a week? Some of<br > 3<br >