The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-05

wished we had one OF the dolphins.
'Pretty soon they got so close
we could hear the huzzin' of their
wings when they riz outen a wave.
and the dolphins was a-leapin'
iathom or more into the air after
them. They didn't none of em' pay
any attention to us no more than II
we'd been logs of wood a-rollin' in
the water. Then the first thing we
knew there was shoal OF the flynn
fish a-sailin' right over us. Jersey
was for knockin' some Of 'em down
with his wester, and I'd mind
to help him. when kerslap a big
dolphin landed right on the deck of
the schooner, which it was easy
enough to do, because she was wa.
terlogged and didn't have no bull
warks on to her.
"The dolphin struck right abaft
the forehatch, and as l was a letfin'
my knife into i'm l looks into the
water, as was almost up to the hatch
combin's in the hull of her. There
see half a dozen of them flyin'-
fish as the dolphin had
been chasin.' When they see
me they huddled together on the fur
side of the hatch. l didn't know it
hen, but they were consultin' toget: :
er over the predicament they was
into.
Meantime Jersey he had sliced
the head off the dolphin, and stood it
on end on the corner of the hatch
| With that the flynn fish seemed to
tumble to what had took place. Here
was a dolphin as had had justice for
the persecutin,' he'd done to 'em all
his life. The way them tlyn'.fsh act
ed was as.onishn.' To say that
hey was grateful amt no name for
it, and we wasn't no time maxim
such friends with EN- that they'd fol-
ier US when we walked around tha:
ere hatch like dogs follers meat as is
sfore 'em. and we didn't have to feed
em nothin'. neither. Seein' they
was SO familiar like, me and Jersey
made up our minds we'd encourage
I'm and set about trainin' of en-, and
inside of two days they'd go through
more evolutions nor a squadron Of
i'rigates The excitement of seeir.'
'em SO wonderful smart and lookin'
so grateful every time they see that
ere dolphin's head was all that
kept me from sinkin' durin' them
lays.
Il don't rightly remember whether
t was four or five days we'd been
driftin' about, but one mornin' we
woke up about day light to find our
sclves right in the middle of fleet
If spongrr~. They hadn't paid no
attention to our old hulk till
they saw me and Jersey movin'
about. and then one of their scoon-
ers came alongside. They passed us
a pa> ikin of water the first thing, and
then the skipper says:
"'Well, shipmate, can you get
over the rail alone, or shall lend a
hand7'
with that l thanked him polite
like, and says, .fn be with you as
soon as gets my pcts,' and begins
scoopen out the hyin'-fish.
'What the devil do you
want Of them ERE fyin' -fsh?' says
he.
"'They's trained saysI /.
"'What can they do? says he.
"'They can outfy any other fyin'>
fish as ever beat the air for q hun.
dred pounds says l.
,, The sponger he was a Britisher
and game to back his opinion, and
he says;
"'Put up your spondulix, and I'll
rake in one as will outfly your'n by a
cables length
"Fil admit I was q little skeered
at that cause l didn't know bit he
might have some Of his own as was
trained better nor mine. However
had a matter OF a couple . hundred
pounds as had been left by my skip.
per into his chest afore he was wash
ed overheard, and I counted out the
money into the tatfrail of the spongcr.
It was soon covered, and then the
sponger nc begins scoopin' for fyin'.
| fish when school showed up. He
caught several of 'em, and an able
bodied boDito BESIDES"
"What did he want of the bonito?'
asked the ship-handler,
"He put it in tub. We were to