Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-25

had been chasin'. When they see me
they huddled together on tho fur side Of
the hatch. / didn't know 1t then, but
they ives consultin' together over the
predicament they was into.
'.Meantime Jersey be had sliced the
head off the dolphin, and stood u on
end on the corner Of the hatch. With
that the Gyin'-tish seemed to tumble to
what had took place. Here was dol
phin as had had justice for the perse-
cntin' he'd done to 'em all his life. The
way them flyin'-6sh acted was aston
ishin'. To say that they was grateful
amt no name for it, and We wasn't no
time maxim such friends with 'em
that they'd foller US when we walked
around that ere hatch like dogs
follers meat as is afore 'em, and we didn't
have to feed 'em nothin', neither. See
in they was so familiar like, me and
Jersey made up our minds we'd en-
courage 'em, and set about trainin' OF
'em, and inside Of two days they'd 60
through more evolutions nor squadron
of frigates. The excitement of SEEM
'em so wonderful smart and q lookin'
so grateful every time they see that
ere dolphin's head was all that kept
me from sinkin' durin' them days.
81 don't rightly remember whether
it was four or FIVE days we'd been
driftin' about, but one mornin' we was
woke up at daylight to find ourselves
right in the middle Of feet Of
spongers. They hadn't paid no attention
to our old hulk till they saw me and
Jersey movin' about, and then one OF
their schooners came alongside. They
passed us panikin Of water the first
thing. and then the skipper says:
" Well, shipmate, can you get over
the rail alone, or shall lend hand p
with that thanked him polite
like, and says, IN be with you as soon
as gets my pets, and begins scoopln'
out the fiyin'-fsh.
"'what the devil do you want of
lHcn ere ny I'LL -hSh say i've
WThey's trained says |.
"What can they do?' says he.
wThey can outily any other flynn
fish as ever beat the air for hundred
pounds, says |.
1.-THE sponger he was a Britisher and
game to back his opinion, and he says !;
"'Put up yer spondulix, and I'll
rake in one as will outfy your'n by a
cables length
"rll admit | was little skeered at
that, cause didn't know but he might
have some Of his own as was trained
better nor mine. However. had a
matter of couple o. hundred pounds
as had been left by my skipper INTO his
chest afore he was washed overheard,
and counted out the money onto the
tafirail of the sponger. 1t was soon
covered, and then the sponger he begins
scoopin' for fyin'-fsh when school
ehowed up. lie caught several of EN-,
and an able-bodied bonito besides"
What did he want Of the bonito? "
asked the ship.chandler.
"He put it in a tub. We were to
drop our ilyin'-6sh into the tub, and we
lowed the bonito would make them
hump themselves in the send-oir. So
me and jersey picked out our fayorite
as we'd been trainin', and the sponger
he picked out wolloper. and we turned
'em loose in tub with the bonito.
You mayn't believe it, captain, but
when our hyin'-fsh riz outen the water
and see the tother one maxim off over
the port rail while he was headin' to
starboard, he just came about on the
port tack and oyerhauled that ERE wild,
untamed airy steed like it had been an
chored. That's how ! made the hun
dred pounds | was a tellin' you Of"
The ship-chandler took out his PEN
knife and began trimming his thumb
nail, while silence fell on the little
group. Finally he said
Say, Jack, have you got any con-
suls' certificates about you to prove
that st0ryt'
Certainly, SIR said Jack, cheer
fully, as he pulled what looked like a
smoked herring from diddy-box on
the floor beside him. Here are the
skin Of that very ayin'-fsh. lie was so
very confident of his strength that
AFTER he'd sailed across the bows o.
that wild Teller he come right back and
pumped hisself down into the tub for
to wet his whistle, and the bonito COB
bled him. | slit him outen the bonito
in less n three minutes, but it was too
late. He was alive yet, but he just
rolled his eyes up at me kind Of pitiful
like, and then died. 1t broke his heart
to think he'd made such a fool Of his
self arter all I'd done for him."