, 1881-08-23
SHARKS WIRED TOGETHER:
A Story Knttrely Unstftc Any Other
Thnt Evef Came from Long leland.
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Philadelphia 1Im4g.
AlontcnEs BEACH, l.. l.. A,tg. 10.-Thtrty
years ago WIS fishing In ono of the shallow
parts Of 1larncgat bay, with half dozen
other July boys. We had bout and 4 biz
drng-net. Two little sharks. fell intd my
hands. With The mid OF another boy, who
held them while performed the operation,
dug hole clear through, the eristly =pnrs
Of thu tail Of cacl, shark. avoiding tho
spinal column, 80 Ms not to make n fatal
wound. There happened 10 DO In The boat
several feet of copper wire, nearly, as stout
as telegraph wire. 1t was a lucky thing t1iat
this wire was there, fnr cord or ropc Would
nothavc answered the purpose. 1t would 1iave
worn out in few months, and there would
havs been nobody to replace 1t. l thrust
the wire through tile holes md wrapped It
loosely around each sflark's tall 50 that they
could not gut npnrt EXCEPT by Pulling vt least
sE ss to S kow Sxfs er ay aSs VIE s so@s s
only nb0ut two feet long. As they were
strons arid Learty, and gave promise Of being
more so as they grew up. I lapped the wire
round and rOutlh several times.
ally, ! TWISTED It's ends together securely.
n: nsn ws st Eo and yoa ouehe to haze seen
ner: % ons p','ed th At iSe otsr and nd he @ other
pulled ut the ole. II. seemed .as II they
would ten, ten. saeI' others tails 9.. ~ in their
IL SppSst sStss 4esssn '3fs;e fay wfssed efa ana
struggled and plunged their noses into the
san4 and mud and stirred up q great cloud
OF dirt. l!eing Of about equal strength 1t
Yesterday !, was fishing III Tue seq oR this
place. was III boat, 1nst outside the SURF
Fur while my companion ami I caught
nothing but q few bfnck bass and porgies.
Presently shark ca1ne swimming along and
I'll. Tile sight OF him animated ,s with The
desire to catch stark: 80 we made ready
twp OF the largest i0oks and lines we had,
" ry % WI a E not Ras aVe t. 'v Wait II ions Sa,:
was, dragging the boat half over. and almost
pulling 1ne out. Ny companion dropped
s ale aa spanaif asa o% 'ny ssarf sfap pued
| We almost went overheard, We pulled and
pulled until we got that rascally shark to the
surface, and 81! how wicked Ito looked
other shark! Tine two were Violently t1oD.
ping about. THEY were fastened at the tails
Ireat Jeremiah! !. It was uly TWO sharks that
had married. tGirty years agol They had
Of this fact nlade me pull all the harder. I
| told my companion, about It and 1t sttmu-
1a.ed him with such zeal that thought he
Wt0lu push the bottom Out Of the boat In his
| efforts to help the Sia.ncse Sharks on board.
There vera but d few moments for thought,
but those moments were full Of visions OF
! golden wealth. We would make our fortunes
IN this pair Of sharks. exhibiting them at 50
| cents d bend. We would have them EN-
baltned. and take them all round the coun-
| try, and make m much fuss nyer them 4.
ever was made over Barnunl's Fill mermaid.
Allof sudden something droppcd. followed
iniyssif. NJ TIie second something WIS nj, ny
c0npnntoii. Our hopes were dashed.
The visions of golden wealth had vanished.
The slinrks were Oft. Az ttley went we heard
an awfu! rattling OIL the port gullwale Of ttls
boat 1t WIS my com,panlon's line. Tile
and | intsde of viii, tho wi,oic tnlng. lind ,Iiy
hook nnd line been provided witt, n. bit II
chain VIC would lIava had those twin slarks,
The rascal had bitten my line OF, ind tint
was how ho got awuy. For huff MI Ii, ut
wa lay smlky and n!optIy IN tbs bout. weary
VII pnK sa azea esh6yya 6y onf fnq strS s
| any more.