Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-11

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THE yIsH BEGAN TO swooP NEARER AND
NEARER
Jerk which nearly threw me from my
feet, and all was blaclSness. The shark
had swallowed my lamp! by rare good
fortune he did not take my hand also.
Now frantically tugged ct my signal
rope. Without my lamp l had no
thought but desire 70 be pulled out
of the water. no matter what happened.
In few minutes sat Invested of my
diving suit and almost inse nsible upon
the deck of the schooner. As soon as /
was able To talk told my astonished
comrades what had happened. and
while we were discussing this strange
occurrence, one of them looking over
the size saw, slowly rising to the sur
face, the body of dead shark.
by George" he cried. there Is the
beast. He has been killed by the cur
rent from the battery"
We all crowded TO the rail, and looked
down upon the monster. He was about
ten feet long and it was plain that he
had died for making himself the con-
nection between the poles of the
battery.
"Well." said the captain presently,
II suppose you are not going down
again?"
"Not l." l replied. II give up this
job"
Then suddenly cried:
''Come boys, all of you. Make fast
to that shark. and get him on board. /
want him"
Some Of the men laughed, but my
manner was so earnest that In
moment they all set about to help me.
made fast to the dead fish with block
and tackle, and we hauled him on
deck. then got butchers knife
fron the cabin. and began to cut him
open
Look here, Tom," exclaimed the
captain, ''that's nonsense. Your lamps
all smashed to pieces, and if you get it
out. it win never be any good to you"
81 don't care for the lamp" ! an
swcred. working away theoretically,
"but an idea has struck me. It's plain
that this creature had fancy for shin
ing things II he swallowed a lamp
there is no reason why he should not
have swallowed anything else that gilt
tered
''Ohol' cried the captain, you think
he swallowed the bracelet, do you?"
And instantly everybody crowded
more closely about me.
I got out the lamp. It's wires were
severed "a smoothly as IL they had been
cut by shears. Then / worked on.
Suddenly there was cry from every
man. Something glimmcred in the
dark interior of the fish graspcd it
and drew il out. 1t was not
q bracelet, but pint bottle, which glim-
mered like a glow worm. With the
bottle in my hand sat upon the deck
and gazcd q. IL. I shook it. 1t shone
brighter. A bit Of oiled silk was tied
tightly over TIE cork, and IL was plain
to see that ii was partly filed with a
light colorcd oil. into which o bit of
phosphorus had been dropped. which
on being sgitated filed the bottle with
dim light.
But there was something more In tho
bottle than phosphorus and OIL could
see tin tube, corked at each end. the
exposed parts of the corks spreading
enough 10 prevent the tin from striking
the glass. We oil knew that this was
one OF those bottles, containing a CON-
munication of sons sort. which arc
often thrown into the sea and float
about until they are picked up. Tho
addition of the oil aud phosphorus was
intended 20 make II visible by night az
well as by day, and this was plainly the
reason why IL had been swallowed BY
hght-lovin9 shark.
poured out the oil and extracted the
tube. Viping IL carefully. l drew out
the cnrks and then from the little tin
cylin2.s pulled 2 half sheet q nnts
and READ these words.
Before Jump overheard want - let
people know that I killed John Polio
mus So hare fixed mp this bottle. I
hope Il NAV be picked up In time %
keep Jim Rarker from being hung ]
did think Of leaving IL on the steamer.
tut I might change my mind about
jumping overheard. andl guess this
IL Tie best way. The clothes | wore
and the hstchct did It with are under
the wooished back Of roIhemus hoase.
HsxRy RAssRy.~
spranr - nv feet with yell Jim
BARKER was my brother. now lying IN
prison. under sentence Of death for the
murder Of PuIsemus. al the circun-
stantia1 evidences. ard there vas no
other. had been against him. The note
was dated eight months back OH
cr1ssl fool Of q murderer.
The shark was thrown overheard and
w. maize h~~s sp>eJ ~ pert and before
The end 81 The afternoon I had put
Rarsseys nuse into the hands ~ The
lawyer ~ko bal charge q my brcther's
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