The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-27

: Looking that way, me captain saw
spectacle which made his heart boun,
as II It would break through his ribs.
Ciingiug 10 the dingey, which wa
turned bottom up, was his wife, Will,
about fifty fathoms behind her, on tn
reef, and pointing at something betweei
II and the imperiled lady, stood Tom
the cabin.boy. That something-whn
was III Ono quick glance through tn,
glass revealed 1t 10 the captain, VIII,
quickly recognized tho long black fit
cleaving the water like II knife In til,
direction OF the struggling woman. .
"a shark |" he cried, "a shark Dowt
with the Quarter.boa,!"
Tho boat o was lowered, and, II
spite OF his lame leg which greatly i'm
pedod his movements, he managed t
scramble into the light vessel after hil
men. Among the latter was Warlock
provided with his harpoon, which h,
had brought up from the forccastie.
The breeze now had died away, ant
under tho vigorous strokes OF the oars
men tho boat fairly seemed to ilj.
The captain, while urging his crew
turned his gaze alternately upon his wifi
and the shark. Mrs. wilkins, still cling
ingto the keel OF the overturned dingey,
was much exhausted, aud must 0 lei
90 her hold. She did not see tho mon
ster behind her cleaving the water with
Ia ugly lin 60 rapi Iy tina. 1t evidently
would reach her before the approaching
boat. In q faint voice she called 10 hel
husband 10 make haste, at appeal which
went to the very hearts OF the men, and
pu. vigor in their arms.
1--WE will be too lato," groaned the
captain. "Pull, boys, pull!"
Never before did oarsmen go exert
themselves; but the boat was fully III.
teen yards FROM the poor woman, when
the shark, now near enough to her ia
prepare for seizing its victim, was seen
TO make the terribly rotary movement
for diving, in order to snap at her sub.
merged limbs.
Then Warlock sprung to his fnet.
With quick eye measuring the distance
between him and tho shark he raised his
barbed weapon on high.
40 he would have to dart over the
woman to slrikD the monster behind her,
this seemed to all a peIilous feat TO per.
form, especially at so long q range.
To the captain, Ii locked as II the
deadly barb wus pointed straight at his
wife's head, aud he called out:
"No, no, Warl0ck! You will strike
her! Down, man, down with that iron!"
But the wild New Zra!ander either did
not understand, or would not heed the
order.
His harPoea, hurled with wonderful
force, whistled on its way, and almost
grsziug Mary's head, passed clean
through the white, upturned belly OF
the shark, as the latter turned over.
Leaping nearly it's full length from the
surface, the monster fell crashing back,
staining the water with ito blood and,
then, with the almost Supernatural
vitality and perseverance, OF its species,
with the iron p%rotruding from its form
and the life.tide still flowing from it,
the creature endeavored to dive to seizs
the coveted human prey.
The water dubbed and foamed as the
shark, impeded by its wound and by the
iron. strove to reach its defended victim;
and the captains heart almost stood still
with the dread that the effort would be
successful.
This seemed the more likely as Mrs
Wilkins, no unable to hold no longer, let
60 OF the din9ey's keep and sunk under
the surface, and disappeared in the foam.
ing vortex OF water about the struggling
shark.
Save her! save my wife!" shouted
the captain.
But none ofthe men to whom he spoke
we're willing 10 sacrifice their liyes-ior
such they thought would be the result
OF their swimming to attempt d rescue
under tho very jaws OF the ~iiercest OF
ocean monsters.
In spite OF his injured leg, the skipper
would doubtless have plunged overheard
and persisted in his crippled efforts to
save his lair partner, had not the New
Zeaiander gently retained him, and then
cived headlong from the bow.
Keeping his eyes open as he swan un-
der water, he coon behefd the form OF
the captains wife within a few yards OF
the shark, which, with ready jaws, was
edging its way toward her. He graspcd
her with Il arm, and 10 make his way
to the SURFACE with her was for this
powerful native but the work Of 4 fGy
moments. Just as he and his burden
had been drawn into the boat, the tsaied
pursuer came up alongside, vicioualy
thrashiug the water with its tlukes ere it
Owed out OF sight.
Mrs. wilkins, Mt first hall senseless, re-
covered ere the boat reached the ship,
and, hearing the voices OF the sailors,
who were o cheering the men whom
they had been going to throw overheard
on the night before as d Jonah, she soon
learned from her grateful husband how
the noble fellow had rescued her-risk.
lug his own life for her sake:
Had VIC sent him ashore, rs YOU pro.
posed, you would have been lost" added
the young captain.
"You are right she replied. ooh,
what q mistake l made! Had he gone
with nc in the dingey the accident
wodld not have happened, for he would
have known how 10 manage the vessel.
But when the equal struck us, Just alter
We left the reef, the cabin boy became
so frightened that his oar caught in the
water, and over went the boat. He
managed to swim back 10 the reef, while
l cling to the keel"
AS soon Is Mrs. wilkins had been put
aboard, the boat was sent ior the dingey
and for the cabin boy. When the latter
arrived, the captain, although much in
censed against him, granted the request
OF his wife that he would neither scold
nor punish the lad; for she urged, as
Il excuse for him, hat he was only
twelve years old.
1t is hardly necessary to add that the
brave and skillful conduct OF Warlock,
the New Z-alander, won for him the
lasting admiration and respect OF the
foremast hands, and forever Invested
their minds Of the foolish notion that he
was q "Jonah."
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