The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-20
TWO OLD BEACH.COMBERS.
riLES NJ T1TE EIRSr MAN TO VTSI1
GOMEZ ISLAND EACH YEAR
The Strange Costents Of au Ola Dead usrse-
Poct etfais Of Picked TIP Curtos,stes, wiz
stsehs Dash Of Mystery 1NrovsN In.


The Strange Cess-nts eraa Ola Dead no-se-
Poct etrais Of Picked TIP Curtos,.ies. VIII
- stsehs Dash OF Mystery Thrown In.
Here comes a chap" said Gravcsend
fisherman. who for the last ten years has boon
the fret man on Corey Island In the spring.
For u number Of years we used to meet svery
Sunday In early spring and nod IN each other
but spoke never a word; but one day he gol
took alex here. and my old woman hxed him
up. and since that we've been thick and thin on
and on ~ soclablc AZ you please"
The person referred to was tall and gauns
man. with . beard that reached down to his
waist. and was tucked into his belt. and - he
strobe on his long hair noated behind him.
How are 70. ledge 2" said tho fisherman to
the long haired Individual " Let me Introduce
ye 70 a friend Of mine-A student Of natur'."
Glad to know you" said the other. putting
out hand. Yes" no said. In answer to .
question. " am generally the FIRST New Yorker
on the beach In carly spring. Why Because
I am collector. and in tho spring and after
storms find hundreds Of objects that there's
hard cnsh In. We don't even skip dead horses.
oh. Davy p was the reply. and here the two
broke into q laugh that WAS certainly borrowed
from the pounding waves hard by. Yes. We
take In all We Gun get. Firstly I'm after curl
osities." and he turned out from his side peck.
cts heap Of stnr fishes. crabs. seaweed. and
odds md ends. known under the general name
tho curiosity storss aSoa, ,own: ' th e ' aaii
eggs 20 to the taxidernists and 80 on" ~
, But how about the horseY asked his
locke was about tSirss
, Hs Tie %sfs Sa ,0s' 0l'
bless 70! Ic3uia have bought the hull beach
s,iooEins at the sea about four miles aD from
here and talking and waiting for birds. when
tho sSn 9hay ons
now w and now down. until they got Jest OPP
p POS e, where here, we we're Then ., they ssHpSed
around, and then pinted to the. west
ard; The ,nen began to pull In that d.
them come alongside OF something and make
inst. jos, then Davy speaks up and says:
ing, ashore Tor us; looks ike barrel. Let's 20
and give en- scare 80 out We goes. a-run:
: :hS as 9et Ssr "4s . W.T. Sr YOU'D a
| have made you laugh to see them Kit. J. tell
s wn.s s s the ss 81 %
| thing they wore afoul Of was a.ioatng in. and
| In n minute II Was In the breakers. and as they
we'd sseepea IN gang
Jersey boarding. house keepers. or something
was high and drv and it was s about as s tough
specimen Of a horse IA ever soc.
so z eoad ihs earn
thing about anatomy. 1 outs with a knife and
laid her epsn complete a and out toilet rolled @.
Now what DO you suppose did roll out ?" asked
''s s' ioek es1'st; suggested the reporter.
Well" replied the long haired. man. out
1eHE ss Then b::s
ducsd In food and he'd to take to ileskins' But.
Lord bless ye! | knew better than thai, takes
Six piece Velvet coat. lace sleses e and
sssch. enough to clean out the hull town Of
no e WIN nsin track o Ts hat I'D HHT sss
"a -hir.he in ards had been taken out ana this
Custom House. = II was lucky Tor the Govern.
n.ni that we fired that shot, Oh, Devy." said
e,SrA en- Sss s Z ,rea Hsa inc fisherman
crnnl' nj ~ asked the reporter.
WAS ba the a4,rmsns reply and then
Which was It. Jcdse that we gev the Govern.
nlent The. mare or the in'ardst"
TnT us IH ,G ID psa u s rssosess
What else do You find on the beach besides
said tho she r"n%rF there's noth,n
that floats but don't como, ashore some time
March. The JedGc and me was browsin' along
| afOre tho wind and ii was n-blown' from the
wcstard aud says T. This ERE winds II. goin' 10
blow some boats of the Jersey shore. and we'r~
n-g"in TO sit i've dollars or more for a-keepin
| 'em til tho owner shows np.' Sure enough. we
| did sight ono. and the Jedge swum through the
| breakers and brought her in. She broke away
from Grsenvile. across tue bay. We writ the
man, and he come for her tho noXt day: but
noon. US We got down the beach SPELL there
| come big s,a and sent 10y about fifteen
foot long high and dry In front OF us. We drew
bark and somethin' olse-a chain about Ave
| foot long made fast to a staple. and the other
through. Curiousp I should say ms much.
Why. II sot the hull place a.takin' for a week.
and there was more yarns started and lies told
with that ore old log for a text than would have