The Legend of Black Rock

One morning after a big storm at sea, Joe Thornton, a young fisherman, finds a half-drowned girl lying on Black Rock. He carries her home to his mother who revives her. She cannot understand... Read allOne morning after a big storm at sea, Joe Thornton, a young fisherman, finds a half-drowned girl lying on Black Rock. He carries her home to his mother who revives her. She cannot understand a word of English, but keeps repeating over and over her own name in the Spanish tongue, ... Read allOne morning after a big storm at sea, Joe Thornton, a young fisherman, finds a half-drowned girl lying on Black Rock. He carries her home to his mother who revives her. She cannot understand a word of English, but keeps repeating over and over her own name in the Spanish tongue, "Carmelita." Thornton teaches her to speak as he does, growing every day fonder of her, bu... Read all