Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-18

tanee of twenty fathoms around. Some times 8 fish with bright gills and flashing scales would swim toward the open hold, but, on seeing the diver would turn with a hirt of fin and tail and disappear. The de- testable yellow sculpin, with it's black maim- ing spikes, would come and swim round and round his feet; then it would gradually rise, surveying him all the way until it reached his head. Pausing here it would peer in at his eyes.
 While he was engaged fastening the cant hooks into large bale of India shawls he imagined that he saw some large object nov ing in the deep gulch under the cliff. He se- cured the hooks, gave the signal to hoist and the package was raised He now walked clear of the vessel and stood upon the level rock at the sea bottom. He saw slowly ap- preaching huge and ill-shapen creature. It did not swim, but seemed to crawl along the bottom of the sea. Harley would have gone to the surface, but the hooks were now above and the men were engaged taking the bale on board. In few seconds the mon ster was near enough for the diver to ascer tam that its body resembled that of 8 turtle, that it walked upon number of crooked legs, and had, near it's head upon either side, an enormous arm. The arm terminated in what seemed a pair of enormous jaws, and in each of these gleamed TOW of strong sharp teeth. At first he thought that the creature might not have observed him, and
 
 but he quickly saw that its two gleaming eyes were fixed upon him with a stead stare and that the hldeous thing coming di- reetly for himself. If the hooks would only descend or another diver come down! He looked up, but could perceive nothing save the figure of the boat above him resting like a shadow upon the water. Then he took two or three paces along the ships side, but the fish immediately changed it's course and craWled in such direction as to cut off re- treat. The fish was now only few feet dis tant, and the sun, bursting through cloud, shone simmering down through the green water, fully revealing the creature. Its ar nor was dun russet and pair of antenna, long and supple, each like a coachman's s whip protruded from his head
 Then the truth came upon Harley. This was the memorable monster, the giant lobster of the deep sea. Only little while before he had seen the huge arm of lobster cast upon beach after gale, and heard that crawling about the sea, hundreds of miles from land, was to be seen a monster of the lobster kind, just as among the squids was found gigantic devilfsh. He had not be- ieved that story, but here before him now was the terrible crustacean, more hideous and more huge than even repute had made him. The body was fully ten feet long and about three feet thick, while the length of each arm was not less than seven feet. He now began to retreat, thinking to escape his pursuer among the floating bales in the hold, but the water here was so gloomy that he could not see at his arms length. So he turned and walked toward the opening again, holding his crowbar in his hands. The lob ster had put one claw upon the vessels tim Der and was in the act of raising the other when Harley reappeared. To pass out was impossible. So he stood with his back braced against partition in the hold wait ing the attack. The fish came directly to- ward him, it's two black, gleaming eyes glar- ing steadfastly. Harley made no move till he felt the coils of the squirming antenne fold themselves lithely around his neck. Then, raising the crowbar, he lunged it with all his strength at the lobster's head. The aim was accurate enough but the point glanced from the thick, smooth shell and was buried in the overlapping rings about the monsters neck.
 For moment the lobster seemed stunned, and Harley made step outward, for he saw the hooks dangling in the water 8 few paces away. But the effect of the hlow passed away almost simultaneously, and before the diver could swerve aside the enormous jaws of one claw had closed upon his left arm. The thick but sharply pointed teeth penetra ted the flesh to the very bone and held him in firm and agonizing grip. The pain was terrible that the unfortunate man almost swooned, and in another moment his right leg was held fast in the fangs of the remain ing claw. Then the kraken began to move faaEMaiaa sSfaeGllae. ahi fifisse tsfge55df 5f gulch, he might devour him without inter ruption.
 The wretched man thrust his heels against the ships timbers to resist the dragging of the fish, but the agony caused by the teeth tearing through his flesh was more than he could bear, and after short struggle he permitted himself to be borne as his cap tor would But he resolved to make an other effort for his liberty. Drawing his knife from it's sheath, he plunged it into the fshs eye, turning the blade round and and left only hollow socket. Maddened with pain, the brute began 10 crawl back ward and forward, now lying upon his side and alternately stretching and contracting his claws, but all the while holding the man in vice-like grip. After little while he resumed his retreating march, dragging his victim along the slippery rocks. As for Harley, he could offer no- resistance. A cloud of red lurked around his arm and about his leg, and he felt his strength ebbing gradually away. In lit tie while, indeed, the agony from the re- morseless grip had vanished; a humming noise came into his ears, and th5 sea all about him turned yellow and began to rock. human figure, holding in his hand a long, shining blade, drew near, but he needed not. Then the light went out of the water and he knew no more
 When he next opened his eyes he was in a hut upon the seashore, and learned how an- other diver had descended and released him by severing first one and then the other of the lob ster's claws