The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-05-17

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after him, and collared him Just as he
was sinking the second time. But what
witt his weight and the rough sea, I had
70 do all 4 knew to keep aaoat; and by
the time they picked us up I'd swai.
lowed more salt water than all the Rrog
on board could ha' put away the taste OF.
Well Spiro was put into his hammock
and KEEP warm, but itwas next morning
afore he cum straight again. The first
thing he axed was, who saved himi And
when they told him It was me, he Just
stared for n minute without sayin' nnth.
in, and then few up the ladder like q
cat, came rushing up TO where I was
standing, and threw himself down on his
knees, and took my hand and kissed It,
and cried like child. s9'
cum precious nearpipin' my eye too,
1can tell ye, to, see so much natural
gratitude in n great hullin, cut. throat
like him. But the next minute he got
up and stood afore me, as tall and grand
as king. and looks me right in the face
and says: 711.s
9 oipitano" Che always called me
that); capitano, you know all. You
member dat block fall al your head do
oder night j trowed IL; and whom it
no kill You, ] tinkkill youwid dis knife.
See, you TAKE de knife, drive IL into my
heart so (ie gave me the knife, and
stripped open his shirt y; ;'tyou hab re-
yenge, and all donel'
Talk OF q play the way the Teller said
that and the way he stood waitin' for
the blow, never moyin' muscle, beat
all the plays that ever was. 1,said
nothin' Tor q minute-I couldn't ha'
spoke TO ave my life-and then ! flung
the knife down on the deck, and says TO
him: ..st
aIwon't touch hair O. your head,
my bmve fellow-only you be a good
boy, and don't let's have any more non
sense Y ~
He gave my hand q grip that made 1t
ache for q whole day after, and away he
went land there (as ] thought) was an
end Of TINT. But 1t warn't On end OF Il,
neither = h3aiFqg g ~
Bout q week after, we was .lyin' at
Snez, takin' in q cargo, and had pretty
nigh got Il oil aboard, when one arter-
noon Itook o thought (the weather bein'
thunderin' hot that i might aswell have
q bathe; and SO j did-as Jolly o one rs /
ever had yet. I was Just thinlin', after
paddlin' about for o quarter Of an hour
or 80, that it wasl about time obe CONF
in out--when all TO once atwixst me and
the ship, up rose q great, black, pointed
thing, that I knew directly for the back
fin Of shark. t
Iwarn't 'zaetly frightened -thereain't
time for that in such scrapes; all the
fright comes after it's oyer-I Just felt
my breath go for q minute, as ifssme-
body Ind hit me in the wind; and then 1
found myself wonderin' how the shark
'ud ketch hold o. me-lengthways or
sideways, or with my head right into his
mouth. Isaw him lurch round, in the
water, ready for a rush, with all his big
teeth GRIMM. .-and then suddenly there
was q splash and q bubblin' and up rose
the shark o. most upright in the water,
wrigglin. like speared eel, and the
clear water around him turned dirk with
blood; and then something gripped me
by the shoulder, and / heard fSpiro's
voice saying quite coolly: Gan right,
capihn6- -he no hurt you nowl"
The ieller had actually diyed under
the shark and cut cash in him as big
rs the mouth Of o letter.box, with the
very same knife as he'd been a-goin' to
kill mewith. I t4i y = ahflf - V 4