Telegram-herald., 1889-08-19
FIGHT WITH A SHARK.
G1zznEze Monsters CT Eks Deep
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--Ar..l. s4rf Eep.et Captain san
--li .g.ess ys ssel -ge-- Is ol.s Esl
as tae seat oa7 v lel / T-s = boy ul1 =
-llle o--sr aor yea uy gran 'tA1r vas owuer
and slpEsr o. IS 1ls sixty Tea schooner
4se.4l tl4 water 81 laess parts, and a. son
as se- Ls e1o-gl nol 60 "a overheard
aa1 ~ g.-- "a lerr.-' or mac-' rel he na
took Ls a,ls, 4-d Is vs. "a L4-s very
cruise -a4- 4 cav = - asa. Ne were hsL-
I'D ca what IS called gao G-or.e bala.
away 40 20 t1e acr-l -ra spsl Tie men
were oal Ia 1c-.es nsl.a ga ol.y ne a.
gran faer a5a-rI I a4s feoll around
Two Llr-, Wlea / sec soIa-hil back
ly-u a-9aEs...s. k.rs- / tAo-ga. l. was
s-st-sr u tls kes-. b.. 30 4sp- q ccullf
nearer -4G Ie-a 4s-i-cr. lutl 80 81 0aee
see IL was 3 crttsr. FIRST thought il Wa
E1as AL s.ass o2- ~ ny sral -ter tla-
there was = : Z w14-s ALONGSIDE. Lo c4-e
flnAlag OFT u The ca1.l z-d took o1e look
a. ls al SAYS. It's = bone sAark AID .Le
biggest one 1 ever see
.As i4r IS We could make out Il was
sixty feet long-a ly4a' perfectly s-.l. is
l4ek OF ~ the water 30 that laa could
have walked ten Or tweaty feet 81 as
back. We had harpocn, 5-t be dlIut
dare -lrgw II Tor fear u .osil 10, h4via' 20
oca- % follow 50 taere t-e BIZ shark stayed
un-- .4l.-y the old uan ,lcA a ton OF red
h0- Goals from tie 81. ~ nre and tossed
them on hLs back. Some ~ them stuck, md
II wasn't long before he eft
''Whea got grown up," continued Cap
tam san, II saw another shark almost as
big. ard helped catch It. I shipped in a
sword fisherman IS nrs. man. We sailed
from bootho@y, but finding dsh scarce, we
PIT LOwa toward Caps Cod. aud when we
got 70 the south ard we found about al we
could attend %, and IN less than week
bore away Tor New Bedford with = good
Boston load We put 10 sea again on
Friday, bad day, 50 sailor men say, but
this turned out good luck Tor Us. We were
about ca what they ca The Sisters when
the lookout sighted what ha thought was
swOrdnsh, and We cleared decks accord "A :
bat when we got alongside Ne see II was
Big bole shark. Tie skipper said Il ough.
10 pay CSC hundred dollars in lie so we kept
away while the man splced q bigger line on
-.
came up on him again.
'Hs was s-lyln right IN the slush Of the
sea. There was a fair sowest wind
s-olowiR', Just enough 70 make the sea
make clean break over his back that
looked Ike a big log, and l reckon that's
what you'd a-takea il for if you'd a-seen il.
Howsouever, we came a-bow.n' along in
great shape. tao skipper putin the
schooner within ten feet Of him and. as we
snot oy, me and ths second mate let drive
our irons iato him. anu the Same minute tho
men hove over tho keg an line.
g." hat do be coi" said Captain Sam,
who, Ia tho excitement ot the Old memory,
had dropped bis line and was looking the
Little boy IN the face, wiki a hand on each
oil-skin knee.
w hy, b. whooped things. and accorfin'
10 ny mind we got out o. the way Just in
time You'd a-thought v0lcaao had bust
right thar. I'd CONS . big tail fifteen foot
in The air, with ws,er and sprays . O. in (;
tnen down u went with a noise ike the top
sa- Of fifty gun fri.ate in stays. There
was 4 l0ug cable or line on the harpOOns.
0u. Il wasn't two minutes before we saw
the kegs so under and up they cane a
hundred fatl0ms away and went along
sending the water as high as our topnast
IL 80 happened, our luck bein' stu ca,
that the fish bore away on the wind; II it
had a struck 20 the windward /, would
have been good 0ye sure, bat on the wind
was our best pull, and after two hour
chase We came up with tho kegs, havin'
kept EN- in sight the hull time from the
tops Ie see tho kegs was painted white, so
we could see watch way the fish was coin'.
The big fish WAS about played out; ten
miles or more az such 4 rate had ABOUT
knocked alIa. and re rounded 70 aud put
0ut two Gorios and took the kegs 10. 'Sta.d
~ says the kpper. for the minute he
fee.s rs q taEl' in slack he's a-goiu' % take
OF agIl. aud ,lre enough he Gd. We got
tlo AeEs ABOARD, and tle 1rst pull he made
/ was niTl lerxed overheard bit we hung
% Dim. -l1ln ia q foo- when W. could.
iosiu' one an Gs.n.a' two, cgrin' which
DC lowed IS matter OF three niles or
more. thea We reckoued be vas about
through aad we TOOK a pretty fast We
g.. wta.a one hundred feet, when the
other dsry ahead slipped aion gside and give
hm The iance tn3 same Wy they XII
whales
Il lsvs heard ~ bone sharks seventy
FOOT. out af-y AID sixty fo0tar7 IS all Kin
speak f5r ssrt.a about and ] guess that 5
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