The Penn's Grove record., 1885-02-21

IN Il. no ~ 70 3. FoHl 0.iEIN
ment is near the outer door. Mr. Cup
has only 10 raise inns eyes from woJk 70
see "a visitor the instant the d'o' D.
pushed oueu. a day or two ago ne
heard the door open softly and 'o2heu
I'D lust In time TO see a sailors cap q
pair Of bright eyes and a lI1Iz=d tere-
head dodge back.
Gone &c.. Ja.a, Nr Qrp c'..sa
out CheeTily. Hecu'lva.ea q "siAN5>
for sailors and sai'ors' conversation,
Jack nut his head iu, and followed Do
with his body in regulation SAILOR cos
tune. including funugI-b0Itau trousers
that REQUIRED C0rstiu. hitcnng up. IN
his right band he carried "a strange "b
iect three feet long. lhe upper half VI
which resemDied "a human tJIm and Tie
lower half that If q fish.
''Whatchugot tberer' demanded Mr..
DUP, eyeiDg the monster -uspiclousiy
THAT ere" said Jack, carefully
deposit1ng the object on MI, QIip'S
desk. while the foreman edged away
from it as though be was afraid IL
might bite hun. "ThJt erc, t.triJnd
JACK, as he forgetfu.iy spat consider
able tobacco juice on the clean ana
sendsd G,or .sis vot thew calls a mer-
- TGst.s ,g,f fhat ts
~ a6s,r me- g, .a5d Mr. Ontp. and you
came here TO sell itt''
"You're sasliu'ri2ut before the wind,
now yon are = Lack reul.ed.
s,Wsn mIaLf buy it, said Nj.
Ont r.a.cttysiy ae visions IT selling
sr,,aiJ = of6s Am-y,.ap Museum
- Warlr.I I4,sfcfv danced through his
- M T,nLad lie creature over.
Tfs heal was tba size IF a c%0coanut.
II u,oe nearly hsId A sew Igrq. black.
rrrsrea E,irs aoUadbt ak up1uHfs sboul-
dsrs Tic syahroVs we've arched and
1,aII raarl,.d the ayss IIrga fine nose
.a,,54i~o ord If n fart shane the
nSonfb IigbtIy onan and The lower law
s11ara Tba f.as Tesam5.pd mat of a
human baing more than a MONKEYS
fac. 5oes -Tha bgHy tine waist might
bsyo hoenn nat If o monkey The lin.
COS taTn,iratad IN LiidhEe long talOus.
The chest and hack were dotted with a
few scaias lover There were more.
and AZ nod fpaly rurued fish alto
gstbar en5,ng m a tail like fbaf of a
63g rod fsb a favidermist had stuffed
the mermaid and II was sticky with
tysa or three eoafs of varnisb.
@Nost remarksble history that bird
has y continued the sailor. with sur.
nrIsi,g Mo and Can
ian Snayyden 7 mean pc tbe schooner
TaIlabaeeea are hTofbers We WAS a
r,nnin, alo2g afore fba wind paticin
nofIJn, narfic'Iar Where was il?
Dourn in fine southern Pac tc. near
son,s n, them Sontb Sea islands that
grotSe mn In a ni5ht Wa7I as 7 was
savir5 Tre yyas,5t 9otioi,, pufbin, The
waatber vas rarIn and h sun = shinin'
brjohts when all of a sudden We heard
mise Fir.t j. sounded like sfpoiu,
an; then if sounded like playin' on
sonoa ;nsfrTment or other Where il
come from We conIdn'tfeIL. IT sounded
Sometimes as though IL was way ND
aronnd the ]to,oaiIsnf mast and all of a
sudden il would come from nDder the
water. Tban II Womb come from first
Nh, mort and then aan from tn starb'd
side. I inmped nm an ran to the rail
an, looked down. An, there was that
are ,yoman-Gsb n SWIMMING and singiu,
An, doin, ope iest az easv as The other
1 don't DENY it. IT'S one o. them
things 7 tbongkE that warns Ire moor
sailor that he's g0in3 70 Dlyy .Tones;s
locker I called tbe caD,p and pretty
0uick tn Whole crew was %runpin' uD
n soc ,ybat ,yas tba row
run AMI get that fsh net. he said.
The net WI, got and LEFT down over the
side c~arefuIIy= what sbouId mat cree
ter do buf climb rIqht into il, am it
was hanIed ON deck. The caD'n filled
the bIrgts ct harp with water and mi
tbe woman fish in II seemed TO eniov
itself ali Tiphf. but it lidD't sing any
more n only Ionked an looked with
its big ewes. For sixteen avs we kep'
il, and il wnuldint cal apyihin,. so it
diad
n occurred to Mr. Opip ,n0mautariIy.
unils he listened IN This story tbat
schooners with onoaIIantmasis are
Tors,n 10 Sa,,tb Pa ~ no 500
+bat a,ain I'D sd ~ n,,ob. l.
80, go .aiI i ~ lDan,ioHnJ
1o In
ont NJ H. 80 80 d. La hae,tatai
80 Va - H''" '''No' 0N'
anu salu'
- you want 70 StG iu9 aSalu rou
1,Iaz-. - -. ~ go ,
anISSS4-1uhu Iol AeASS III 1--WE" uayo'
es' ~ remember
4ne IIsV UlllB vue purchaser uiu was
70 oenu TWO einPioSeS W ie4ue9V fIsh
COMMISSIONS biacAIoid 10 come
around ana pass Judgment on d won
TeIIui marine CulloSlty' CounmlSsloiieI
oidchioiu Iausueu "heh he neaIo Ihe
proposition
Gai! zen you "li"C 1t Is without
seeing IT, ne sd'a 10 the embassy III
Is 4 IIaud;
Inc embassy protested that the COM
missioner would cLanse ms mlhd Wheh
ne saw the monster Ihey wenI DacK
ana got II. As soon as Mf, blackl0fd
saw II he laughed louder
i tel you us an ARTIFICIAL mermaid
III never sang or swan, ne sdid,
linen Mi, OIIp remembered Lnt
schooner tallahassee and Capt. Snow
deu and Capt. Snovien's brother, but
he could lind no mention of the
schooner Tallahassee III the American
Lilo ds and 10 seataring men who knew
= Capt. Snowden Who'll had roamfed the