Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-02
Ml9CGll AMY.
a SHARK sTnRY
Dy 90. Cypress. jr.," the late WI. p. II,,
ESD, of Nrw NnrL

SR ARK STORY.
Ny 90. Cypress, jr.," the late WI. =. HAYES.
ESD, of New York
Well, gentlemen, I'll 90 ahead if Won
say so. Here's the story 1t is true. mn
onmy honor, from beginning to cnd-cvc-
ny word of it. once crossed over to Fuulk-
ncr's Island to fish for tautaugs, as the
north-siic people call black fish. ON the
reefs hard by, in the long Island Sound.
Tim Titus (who died of the dropsy down
ntShinnccocl Point, last spring) lived there
then. Tim was Il right good fellow, only
he drank rather too much.
1T was during the latter part of July:
tho sharks and the dog-fsh had lust began
to spoil sport. When Tim told me about
the sharks lresolved to 90 prepared 70 en-
terrain these aquatic savagcs with an be-
coming attention and regard, if there should
chance to be any intcrloping about our fish
ing ground. So, we rugged out set ofcx-
tn" large hooks, and shipped some ropcyam
ana steel cnain, an axe, couple of clubs,
and an old hsrpoon, in addition to our or
binary equipments, and Oft we started. We
threw out our anchor at half cbb tide, and
took some humping large fish; two of them
weighed thirteen pounds--So you may
Judge, The reef where we law was about
half mile from the island, and, perhaps
mile from the Connecticut shore. We
1oated there, very quietly, throwing out
and hauling in, until the breaking of nv
line, with IL sudden and severe Jerk. inform
cd me that the sea attorneys were in wait
ing, down stairs; and We accordingly prc-
pared to give them retainer. A snlt pork
cloak upon one of our magnum hooks forth
with engaged one of the gentlemen in our
service, We got him alongside, and by
diht OF piercing, and thrusting and banm
ing, VIC accomplished n most exciting and
merry murder, We had business cnonph
"tthe Kind to keep us employed until near
low water by this time, the sharks had
all cleared out, and the black fish were bit.
ting again; the rock began to make it's
appearance above the water and i'm little
while Its hard bald head was entirely dry.
Tim now proposed to set me out upon the
rock, while lie rowed ashore to Get the
Jug, which, strange to say, we had left at
the house. | asscntcd to this proposition ::
first, because began to feel the effects Of
the sun upon my tongue, and necd d som :
thlhS TO take, by the way of medicine; and
secondly, because the rock was tavurite
spot for rod and reel, and famous forluck !;
80 took my traps, and box of bait, and
Jumped upon my new station Tim made
for the island
Not many men would willingly have
been left upon little barron roef that was
covered by every flow of the tide, in the
midst OF waste of waters, ut such dis
tance from companion more to be de
pended upon than mine, that he would re-
turn immediately and take him off. But
some how or other, the excitement of my
sport was so high, and the romance of the
situation was so delightful, that | thought
of nothing else but the prospect of my fun,
pnd the contemplation Of the novelty and
beauty OF the scene. 1t was anlild. nlcas-
mt afternoon, in harvest time. The sky
was clear aud pure. The deep blue sound.
heaying all around ME. was studded with
craft of all descriptions and dimensions.
from the dipping &Iil-boat to the rolling
anerchoutman, sinking and rising like sea.
birds Sporting with their white wings in the
eurge. The grain and grass on the neigh
boring farms were gold and green, and
graeet%'iy they best obeisancsto gently
breathing Southwestern. Farther off, the
Aigh upland, ndthe distant coast, gave "a
dim relief to the prominent features OF the
landscape, and seemed the rich but dnsky
frame OF a brilliant fairy picture Then,
bow still it was! aot sound could be,
beard, except the occasional rustina of my
ewn motion, end tho water boaing against
the sides, or gnrgling in the fissures'of the
Jock, or except now and then the cry of a.
solitary saucy gull, who would come ont of
eills way in the firnamont, to see what was
doing without a boat, all alone, In the mid
sdIe,of the sol,pdj.. and who woald hover,
(ad ery, and chatter, and make two oy thyee
cirs!'nS sweeps and dsshes at ne, and than,
after having satisfied his curiosity, glide
away in search IF some otbor food tp,sqrcom
ht