From henceforth it was bruited abroad that he had second sight, and saw many things about him which were hid from other folks.
He could tell exactly where the fish were to be found thick together by the sea-banks, and where they were not; and whenever they asked him about such things, he would say--
"If I don't know it, my brother does."
Now one day it chanced that the parson of Brönö had to go out along the coast on a pious errand, and Isaac was one of them who had to row him thither.
Off they went with a rattling good breeze.
The parson got quickly there, and was not very long about his business, for next day he had to hold divine service in his own parish church.
"The firth seems to me a bit roughish," said he, "and 'tis getting towards evening; but as we have come hither, I should think we could get back again also."
They had not got very far on their homeward journey when the rising gale began to whistle and whine, so that they had to take in four clews3.
And away they went, with the sea-scud and the snow-flakes flying about their ears, while the waxing rollers rose big as houses.
The parson of Brönö had never been out in such weather before. They sailed right into the rollers, and they sailed out again.