Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-10

low had sever al buck ehot in his left gro
and others in his lc,, and told h.n lie
was "a ally wounded
1t was 50 written, lie calmly replied
Be 50 Kind as 10 fin h me.
* YOU"
Certainly would do as we'll by
you
But l cannot do it
Then | Will raited for morning
in hopes my friends would xii you, bu,
as they have not, and IS all must die. |
will 60 first"
lie had hi, naked knife in his hand
and before | could move to prevent he
drew II across h> throat, and two min
utes later was dead We now had the
living TO look out for. As tod you. it
was only about sixty feet across the rip
and we could look ri.h ht into their eses.
\ more bloodth!rsty dozen could not
have been scrapcd together lii the Fast.
Had they been humbtd by the situa-
tion | should have at least hoped to see
them get away, but they were not On
the contrary. they ~erc brlzcn and de
tant. AS soon a. they saw Us moving
they uttered shouts OF defiance and
brandished their knives, and bccau> c
Us with cowa1dIce
Just what steps to take | did not
J know stood guard while nv com
panlon prepared breakfast. Tut there
! was little fear Of any OF them cro-slu.
| the channel The shark, had come IN
until they actually crowded each other.
and out beyond the sulf We could see
their dorsai fins by the score. The ma
tives saw the situation il all its danger,
! but they continued derant | called to
ask them why they had attacked rs, as
we had done them no harm and were not
tres passing on their domain, AID the
leader shouted back
You are dog You are not fit to
i've Yes, YOU are a dog and Il coward
have wet my hands in the blood Of half
"a hundred white faced dogs, and | am
only sorry that haven't your heart to
throw to these fishes
"Well. what are You going to do"
asked as choked back my anger
"What is it to you, dog! Come, You
are a coward. Now tnat it is dayligh,
you tremDlc before us aud dare moi
shoot iia. believe you will rur
away
My companion was for killing them Of
at once, but | was more meTcifuI. " hill,
knew they thirsted for my blood, an,
would kill me if they got the chance, II
| seemed awful to shoot them down in
their helpless situation. After breakfast
we sat down opposite them with ou
guns in our hands, when those who hat
knives began to flourish them, and thci
taunts were renewed The leader final,
olf to f,.E n
anger that he threw his knife across a
me. 1t came whirling and whi>tlin.
through the air and entered the sane
beside me- replied with a snap sho
which stretched him dead. His fall
only enraged the others, and ha'
scarcely finished reIoadiTg when m,
companion said:
Take care They ari going to Il.
and swim the channel -
They scattered along the bar its fu
length, like skirmishers going to tn
'front.' and at a given signal all spran:
into the water. Had there been II,
sharks we could have answered io
every black head crossing the channeI
BY spreading out they hoped to distrac
the attention of he monsters, an'
reasoned that a portion of them woul'
get over to attack us But there wer
too many sharks. For about tiv
minutes the sight was terrible. It SCENE
as if there were three or four sharks fo
every victim, and they fought over til
feast like so many tigers. Not ma
lived to make twenty strokes toward u
In ten minute, after tired my shot v
were rid of the Whole gang and ready
resume our laborS. nor were We annoNc
again before the schooner took US oil.
Var }rr. SIM