Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-24
SEA MONSTER.

10 the New York Sun a. follossi
met a diver here Who Vas wofk'ns
on a wreck off the coast. "ls uue'
| asked, "that divers see such wonders
when they 20 below
lie told me = story Of thrilling interest
In reply. A large shiP laden Win sih'
and valuable stuff. had been caught BY
the yssran, tide. Of the gulf and born
through the fos toward the Newiound'
land coa., iil the face Of a tell elh loom
ed sgain., the bo~.pfi,. Then a wei
rolled in and lifted the vessel, and laid
her .cro.. a ,unkeB rock that barred the
mouth q Chance Cove. Not many MN.
ute. anerward she lay At the bottom OF
the gulf inside. with al her costly bales
her crew and her passengers. The IN
der,ow soon began TO cast precious toaes
upon the land. and the undsf~f'sf de-
,p.tehsd divers aad boats and men 20 fe.
cover the sanken cargo.
One afternoon when dinner was ended
and the sea had grown smooth enough 10
permit operations. the boat served BY a
diver Of the name o. Harley, fowed osi
from the rocks ahead Of the other. Dur
ing the nigh, there bad been . heavy
gale, ADD through the calm q the m'rn'
ING innumerAble creatures q The SEA
driven by the gale into deeper water had
returned 10 the stiffness under The shelter
Of the cliff. A. usual the diver ltt him
sslf drop from the skii eide. holding hr
erosbar IN biz hands.
While be was engaged fastening The
e~Anihooks into a large bale Of lndia
sha~l.. he imagined that be- 40 some
large Object moving 10 the deep guch
under the clrd. lie secured the hooks'
gave the signal 20 hoist, and The pseksge
"a. raised. he roe walked clear Of the
vessel. and stood upon The level focs a.
the sea bottom he sa~ slowly ~appfoach-
ing q huge and ul-shapci creature II
DID 70, swim. but seemed 10 cfasl along
the bottom. Harley ~oald have gone 10
the surface, but The hooks we're no~
above. and The men were Engaged taking
The bale on board. In a ies sscoads The
monster Vas hear enough fof Toe diver io
ascertain that ii. body Fssembled hat OF
a turtle, that IL walked upoa ngmbrf
Of crooked leg. and had near 10 head
upon either s.de. an enormous arm. The
arm terminated IN What seemed a PAIR
Of enormous avs. and 10 each Of ihf'e
CLEANED a fos u s'rong. sharp teeth.
Al hri be- thought that Cd, creature
might not have observed him, and ~as
only making iis way toward ihe 'hip
bat be quickly saw that be- iso CLEAN
ing syss wsrc dHsd upon bin With a
steady stare. aad that the hideous thing
was coming directly ior himself II the
hook. would only descend. " another
diver come dosn lie looked %. bat
could perceive ro,hing save The tgufe Of
the boat above MIN. resting hke a h'ile
shadow upon The water. Then be took
,~o o. three PAGES along the 'hiP's s.ir'
bat The hsh Immediately changed is
%cogrse, and crA~lsd Ia such a direction
a. % cut or retreat The hsh VA nos
only few feet distant. and The sun
bursting through a cloud shone simmer.
ing down through The green water, fully
revealing the creature. It, amor ~ss
a dun russell. and = pair q antennr,
long and supple. each like goodman 3
~hip. pro,rudsd from BIZ head.
Then the truth came upon Harley
Thi, ~as The iaeNouble moasief. The
sian, lobster ~ the deep sea. Only a
little While before be- bad seen the huge
atm o. q lobster cast upon a bach after
= gale. and heard that crawling aboat
The .ea. hundreds OF mile. from lad. was
10 be .,,n = monster u The lobsisr Kind,
Just a. among the sqlids ~as found a
.saniic devil f.h. he bad not believed
that story. bu, here before him nos va
the terrible cfusiacean, more hideoas and
mote huge than even repgie had made
him. The body ~as fully ten feet long
and about three feet thick. while The
length Of each arm was rot les than
seven feet he toW began 10 retreat,
thinking 10 escape bis pufsuer among The
aoAiing bales IN The bold. bat The water
here was 20 gloomy that be- coaid not see
al his arms leng,a. - be TUNED aud
walked toward the opening again, hold
ing BIZ crosbaf In hps hands The lob
.isr had pa, one claw upoa the sesscl'
timber and "a. IN the act o. raising the
other when Harley appeared 10 pa"
OF, was impossible. 80 be stood with
hi. back brsosd against a partition IN The
hold. waiting the attack. The hsh came
directly toward him. m. two black, CLEAN
ng eye. glazing sieadfAsily. Harley
made 20 move AL be feli the coils Of The
squirting aniennr fold themselves 1.-THE.
ID around bis Leck. Then raising the
erowbar be langed i, With al h' strength
q, the holsters head. The aim wr &C.
%eura'e enough. bat the point glanced
from the thick. smooth shell. and VA
buried In the overlapping fings about the
monsiet. neck
For a moment the lobster seemed
stunned. and Harley made a 'ieP oa'-
ward. for be saw The hooks dangling IN
the water q few PAGES away Bat the
efsc, d the blow passed a~sy almost
simultaneously. and before the diver
could ,werye aside the enormous jAss Of
one claw had closed upon hi, LETT arm.
The thick but sharply pointed teeth pen.
e,ra,ed the flesh 10 the very lone and
held him ia a firm and agonizing grip
The pain va. 80 terrible tina, the unfor-
tunsie man almost ssooned and Ia an
other momen, bis RICH, lex was held fAs,
In the fabgs OF the remaining claw. Then
the krak,n began 10 move rearsArd,
dragging BIZ. victim toward the cliff,
where. in the dark, s,ill waters Of the
gulch. he might devoar him ~iihou, IN
terrup,ion.
The wttehed man thrust hls heels
agains, the ships timber TO resist the
dragging Of the fish but the agony caus
ed by the teeth tearing through bis ie.h