The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-09-11

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Perfectly harmless, captain, con
tinued uncle, who had now recovered
his usual good nature. Pertectl,
harmless unless you wet it. Theii
| look outv'
'The cook made q sort Of dump
| ling tor dinner, and a great lot Of il
| remained. Uncle John took 9, mas,
! of this dough, for it was little else
squeezed it until it was quite dry
and nodded it into bali. ssComt
| with me-" he said, and, Arthur,
bring plate ofthat dough with YOU. :
He took the cans and we followed him
to the deck. There he carefully GOV.
cred the ball Of dough with the D oW.
der, and going to the rail threw it as
far as he could out over the placid
sea. As the ball struck the water
there was q loud explosion, and the
spray was thrown high into the air.
The crew, who had been hanging over
the portrait forward turned and rush.
ed over to see what was up. Uncle
John made another ball and threw
it with like result. &.
"Oh honly torpeters," growled one
of the men, and they turned back to
their places. Uncle John now evi-
IDENTIFY anxious to give us thorough
proof of the value Of his compound,
was for throwing more balls, when
the boatswain, rolling ait, touched
his hat, and said to the captain:
| please, sir, there's a big black
shark as has showed his fin hoff the
port bow, and if so be that the doc
tor,l wait a bit with his torpeters
We'll show 'um some fun a-catchin'
Oft"
'All right, bo'sun,' said the
captain and we all went over to the
port rail.
There he ISL said the captain,
pointing to a sharp black thing that
rising just above the water, was cut
ting quietly through it. s.That is
his fin, and there's a big shark un-
der it, Or Pm much mistaken
'"The men fell back and looked
eagerly. The cook handed up a big
chunk of meat. t4Wipe it as dry as
you can, said uncle, and tie it firmly
to the rope When this was done
ne sprinkled the powder from
the can carefully over the meat
then he carried it cautio usly to the
rail. The shark was cruising back
and forth. Uncle lowered the meat
slowly into the water, right in front
of the monster. He saw the bait.
and darted at it, and then there was
9 tremendous report, and the spray
flew into our faces as we leaned over
the rail. The next moment we saw
the big fish floating motionless on
the water.
BLESSED if e 'asn't blowed lis
cad close off, = said the boatsWain.
1T was SO. That terrible com
pound of Uncle Johns had needed
only the impact of the sharks teeth
to explode it with deadly effect"
ooh, it's only a fish story" Ed
gar Fawcett interrupted, when Pro-
lessor Smith, who was an expert elo-
cutionist, had spoken thus far in the
assumed character of the dead man.
! 1T is a lovely story" Professor
Smith went on, with no lapse from
his representation of the solemnly
speaking spirit of Hartley. "Our
vessel was plundered and abandon
ed by the mutinous. crew. Only
Helen, whom I madly loved, but who
had never yet confessed she loved
me, was left alone on board with me.
Days of furnishing and fever ensued.
One afternoon Helen was lying mo-
tionless in the shadow Of the com
panion hatch. l threw myself down
by her side. She put out her hand
and grasped mine, and flush cross
ed her face. I was to weak to speak,
and thus hand in hand we lay for
| don't know how long. Gradually
l lost consciousness, perhaps in
sleep. At all events my spirit was
not tree. The frai body still
had strength enough to re-
tain it. | was aroused by
something dropping on my face. As
consciousness came back / saw that
the sky had become overcast; that a
cool breeze was blowing, and that a
gentle rain was falling. Helen was
sitting erect, and with parted lips
drinking in the grateful rain laden
air. 1 tried to rise, but could not.
She was much stronger than I, and
at my direction went below and
brought blankets and clothes, which
she spread on the deck, that they
might catch the falling drops. She
seemed quite vigorous, and already
telt my own strength coming back.
Soon she was able to squeeze water
from the blanket into a little can
which stood by the mast. We were
in too great agony of thirst to think
ofneatness. She offered the can to me.
Drink yourself, Helen" said.
ssNo, she answered, with a
smile. '.No you need it most And
kneeling by my side she slipped her
arm under my head and with the
other hand held the water to my
parched lips.
Il drank eagerly. The draught
was life to me. Neverhad water such
strength giving power. l hardly
noticed that it left such a queer taste
upon my lips. / sat erect. Helen.
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