The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-01-26

seen mo fail overheard. and had shouted
out to the rian Il tho wheel;
Man overheard
"a man named Connor-who. by the
way. ! was last week Gshcd TO help to
gain admission To u soldiers home-was
on guard ut tho iimo and near tho pilot
house. The rllot had not heard tho cry.
and kept tho steamer right on her course
stop tho shipr shouted coanor to tic
PILOT.
bat ho l.cp. RICH, nlonG.
stop the ship. aay" again yelled the
asn on guard
WHATS tho uiatterf' asked the pilot.
stop tho ship. or III shoot rcplie!
Cornor. presenting lis rite 'Mclaugh
Ina oTerbuari.
who's Mclaughlin but. seeing Con.
nor cooking tho trigger. he added. Stop
dpl't shoot. Stopped she Is
While all this was going on was bgf
fctirg with thc waves la desperate straits
!iy Leivy cavalry boots so linrlpercd le
that ii was almost impossible for me To
swim. and II was about NJ much rs
could do to keep atoat In my maneuverss
to reach tho box which had been thrown
overheard | sank several times. and vas
often swallowed up by the heavy sea
Finally. as | graspod the bos-a cracker
box. and very iigh, at that war RI
lioysi Ia notice that the steamer had
stopped nnl was turning shout ~ this
llnlG ! wa, at least three niles away tom
the steamer. aud could not REQ much tina,
WAS going on. u. tho waves now lifted mc
up and then seemed 10 drop me down out
Of sight, one moment could SEQ nothing
bG, the sky aboy. me. mud tho next moth
ing but tho winters below me Every
a $3.50
levp Heating seemed Us II !, must bo tho
last. for was rapidly getting
exhausted The cracker box was
matched ont Of ly grnsp several
iislra and recovered With tho greatest
diliculty. Suddenly ! WAS filled with Hew
hoIs,. Tor. ns ! r0sc on big swell. raw
tia, a boa, wa, being lowered from the
steamer and ths, she had turned entirely
round and was heading toward mo This
made mo feel siiung again bat tho nrug
r7ss Of tho rowboai toward me was slow
Shouts Of encouragement heard 1t fro
qucui Intervals. and tried TO sliou, back.
but my voice was entirely gone, wa,
getting 50 weak that II N.S UP and tuck
whether ! could hold up or not iii they
reached nc tried Ia vain TO get my
heavy boots Oh. and for this purpose ]
turned over on my back several times
~ last. seeing tho l-la, within twcn,y or
thirty yards away. gave up III. aiieinp,
and tried TO shout. Tor tho tea W., 40
Rough tia, ! fcarsd tho fvscucFs uigh,
rot perceive ire IN ilno but Ia turning
over ag..n what was nay horror To hear Q
tpl,-hint; ncar me anil looking round TO
80 ia. lack aud tall ~ En enormous shark
within "a Few feet Then | remembered
that tho Gulf Of Mexico va, Infested
with these monsters. aud again almost
gave up bop-, Tho bat .rsm-l io IL stand
la; still. and could feel the chill Of fear
cnrcplng all over mo | Lu.. th.; Ito
shark would have to turn over brforp 10
rsgld hi'e rho In two or swallow mo
Round ani rgGni swan the monster. com
iAs n-,nrs to mo cy.Fy time ~ IL seemed |
To i-c about TO turn over Lup; 1n splash |
in.: tho water with ny fCst and hands. |
for had heard that a shark Will no; bite
anything thu, Is moving or .plashlns |
rar!dly Then ! changed my niEaeuveF
snI struggled 10 turn round a. quickly m
tho shark. keeping the cracker bns b.
tween "a, and beating the water with my
hands Aigrr THIS acrrI-j TO have L.-cn
going OF Tor Hn .gF. though nall, only
a Tow moments. ! saw that u ,uEnri
fairly over - !; wen; down. probably to
Tts- under me and end tho susprs.ss ~
,l.is usoil-ui Lcari sLvu,
'''Couio. keep W. we're eamlngr
And 81 tho same nioaaua; . wsvc
s-cg, tie aleips' iaio tho yavl. ! eiuiei,esi |
tho sIds md Wan pulissi In Just the |
esar..cr box rus1 ot!i Of tho water several
iy-t aiii ioii again Tho shark had prob
ably Eiaiu u rish Tor AID struck tho box |
whoa G.; last r-aehcI tho steamer. siorr |
dcaI than alive. nuinl-i with cold and /
utterly exhausted. tho tolsiicr, gave w a
cheer and ~cai below. ulerp ! remained |
several days la a slight fever. And ,ha, |
cold water today iasi rVviyci tho ncglory |
Of thai terrible hour experienced.
When tho Inspector nosn from his chair
;licrr Uas an utiinous silencr Tie NATu
TIA, looked c, each o,hcr. each appaEoa,ly
IN doub; Ahog, what 20 tElnI Of tho
matter.
That's fEa, class. interesting story.
Inspector said Detective George IgBdi.
ia; wli-, ! waa 10 tho war r.
'oA. come or shouted several let
we'll enough alone"
"Geuiic.ncu. c.cEy word Of tho story il
strictly true. raid ilio inspector. and
rufcF you to liplbrOps and Folk. u yor
don't believe me
''i,u, who'll vouch for iiolhrook and
Tolsf' va, qucrici from tho currcr.-
,..tL-t -r-rfi Ia iiru.lIyu taHlo