Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-02


answered my prayer with coarse loud
laugh and the cook asked me through
speaking trumpet, IF | was not afraid of
catching coldY The black rascal
e" 1t now was time to sh,p for my knees
felt the cool tide, and the wind, diving ava,
left heavy swell that swayed and shook
the box upon which was mounted. so that
| had occasionally to Stoop, and paddle with
my hands against the water, in order to
preserve my perpendicular. The setting
sun sent his almost horizontal streams of
fire across the dark waters; making them
gloomy and terrific, by the contrast of his
amber and purple glorics
Something gdcd by me in the water,
and then made a sudden halt. | looked
upon the black mass and as my eve ran
along its dark outline, | saw, with horror,
that it was shark; the identical monster
out of whose mouth had Just broken my
! hook. He was fishing now for me- and was
evidently only waiting for the tide to rise
high enough above the rock to glut at once
| his hunger and revenge. As the water con
! tnucd to mount above my knees, he seem
cd to grow more hungry and familiar. At
last, he made desperate dash and approa-
| ~ a" ','e" vi ny 'cSS, turhcu
"Pou MS oncK' amu opened MS hugc Jaws
,H' '', ATTACK WIN desperate strength, /
III 'sI inc cnu OF my rod violently at his
no"'h ana thc brass head ringing against
HIS 'cc'"' t"rc" hln Dack INTO the deep
current, and lost sight of him entirely
ms however; was but mollrntary re-
pulse; for in the next minute he was close
behind my back, and pulling at he skirts
n'J '"S'''n cp"' "n'ci huhg dippihg III,
~ J"o W"'c'' lcaneu forward n",u'y, ana
I"uo", 1 oic" u eA'r,cato hlySeit from the
u""So'ous grasp Out inc monster teeth
WIZ '"oi'i"'iy sc'' ana MS immense strength
"V1''y Grew me over 90, down flew my
a. ~ ""o oN went my jacket devoted peace
""erin2s TO my voracions visitor
~ an instant, tne waves all around me
"''o '"S'Vu i''o L'o'h ana ioam. NO soon
Z. was my poor oIo sporting TREND drawn
u"u1r INC surface than 1t was fought for
pS "' 'e''s' dozen comnnt"nts The bat
TIC ragged upon every side. High black
nus iuS''cu &c, now mere, now there, and long
'L'o''S '"is Sc""crco Siect ana lrotn, ana
Vl' oii'e was 'nrowh up IN jets, ana curl,
cu' I'u ioi'' III" sWeiicd' Ike whiripool
III iiSl.-@"tc' Hn
VI ITO iohS duration, however, was this
nSny Journey IL seemed soon to be d'"-
.o.o',o tna' 'hc Pr'|e contended for c
Gu'o'c pu' cheese ana craI'
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NJ nv ~, ''.I'r ior'ner smoolh cohuI-
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