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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24

runkiem jest przywr6cenie obycza-
low chrzesciahskich, hez ktorych
nawet srodki ludawune rrzez
roztropuosG jake naiskutecznleJ'
see, me beda zIolne wydac zbawle-
nych owoc6w. Go do Kosciofa
sw., to ieso dnlafanie ME zawiedzie
nigdy i bedzio TEN p}odniejszem
I'm wiecej bedAls mogio sic
rozwi juc Z wicksza swoboda: a to
pragniemy ably zrozumiel, i pefnlli
wszyscy c., k,orych zadanlem jest
czuwac mad dobrem publicznem.
Nierhaj durhpwni rczwina wszy-
stkie slty uucha nioohaj pod wpiy-
wcm pevngl STOW Waszych i PREY
kiadow, CAciyodni Bracla, ME
przcstaja Apaj nc w ludzl wszyst-
kich warstw zasad ewangiellcznych
kyciu chrzcsciahskicgo, niechaj
pracnja wszA slkiemi slfam' mad
zbawiemem ludlow Il nadewszys:ko
niechaj s%laraja sic budzic W innych
mi3otc, to w}adezynia i pania
wszystkich crot. W istocie
bowiem zbawienia gtownie spodzle-
wac sic MONA Z obftego dz!afania
miiosci; m6wimy tn O mlfosci
chrzesclahskirj bllzniego, ktora
mlesciw sobie cafa swangielia,
ktora zawsse gotowa posw'ecac
sic ku wsp%ieruuiu bliznlegol jest
srodkiem bardzo rewnym rreciwko
zarozumiafosc i wieku i nieumiar-
kowanei miioAci samego sieble;
mowimy . tel cnocle, ktorcj dz'a'
ianie boskic znamle Apostof Pa
wet sw. opisat W tych sfoWach:
,,MlfosG c;erpliwa jest, }askawa
%jeet... ME szuka swcgo wszystko
znosi... wszystko wytrwa. q.
Korynt. XIII 40
Jake reckoning task swiadec-
two Nasze prxychylnoSci udziela'
my VAN, Czcigodni Bracia, z ca
lego serca ka&demu z osobna, wa
szemu duchowiehstwu Wiernym
Observation-Disclosures apostolsklego W
Panu.
Dan w Rzymie u sw. Piotra
dnia Is go maja 1891 r., W czter-
nastym roku Naszego pontyfikatu'
LEON XIII. PAPIEI.
X n NJ ~ r.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24

znaczen; drugi widzi W Memoryale
zuchwa}osc - bunt, sprzys,ezenie
ma wolnosc amerykahska, rewolu-
eva W perspektywie i zagarnlecie
wszystklch biskupstw probostw
przez Observation-Disclosures
tax, re ola Irlandczy!kow nc
ME pozostanie.
Pierwszy W prawdzlwle Of
cowskim tome, przygarn1a ma
spos6b Bosklego Zbawlciela,
w~szystkie narodowoscl do swego
serca, pragnie, ably wszyscy,
starajac sic bye dobryml obywa.
telami tego kraju, zachowali
swoje zwyczaje, obyczaje l jezyk
narodowy; pragnie, ably wszyscy
pracowali mad uszlachetnlenlem
i zbawieniem swej duszy, i wldzi
z Mich W przysz}osci najlepszych
obywatell tel Rzeczypospolitej.
Drpgi W arogancklm tome,
ma sposob c~zynownikow, chce
par force, odebra6 %wszystklm
je7yk maclerzyhskl, obycza1e i
zwycza]e narodowe. TAX lax
2ydz', tylko lydia "a bliznle-
60 uwa&aja, tax i on uwaza
ka2dego, acknowledged pc a.
merykahsku, "a obcego, "a wro-
ga kosclofa i pahs:wa. Odma-
VIA eMlgrantom %sluszne] i
sprawledliwej duchownej opie.
kl-odmawla i'm prawa do
wyzszych duchownYcb urze-
dow, traktu]e ich iako rodzai
poslednlelszy ludzkoscl zastu-
gujacy co najwlqcej ma tole-
rancya z mifosierdzia. ale ME
majacy prawa do zadnych
przywllejow | %aspiracyi.
Rozwazaiac te szowinlstycz.
ne idee ks. Arcbp. Irlanda
przYchodzi sic do przekonanla,
lie wedlug nlego ]ezyk anne.
rykahskl Jest koniecznYm wa
runkiem zbawlenia, ze laden
emigrant bez jezyka amery-
kahskiegc zba wionym bye ME
mole. CzYzby JUL ma dru-
GIN swiecle Sw. Patryk pcze-
prowadzit ir%landzka home
rule" i zaprowadzil "a urzedo
wy jezyk W niebie Irish bro.
gue"? Watpimy. Tam kazdy W
swo,m ]ezyku bedzie muslal
zdaG rachunek pred wiecz-
nym Sedz'a re swego 2ycia,
a ks. Arcbp. z St. Paul zapy-
tara W Irish brogue" 0 ra
chunek z podobnych W Kos
cleIe Bozym %agitacyi.
Czem2e to emigrancl kato-
liccy zastuzyli IA podobne
t:aktowanie? Czy %zabrania]a
Irlandczykom modl.c sic pc
aicysku, czy my Polacy zable.
RAINY i'm 5lskupstwa -parafie
Tub dochody, czy chcemy I'm
narzuclc nasz jezyk obyczaie,
czy ME konkurujemy, pro rata
parte, ma wszYstkie dyecezY-
alne potrzeby? CIV ME pfa~
c,my ma ajryskie Seminarya
majac swo)e wlasne, ma ajrys.
kie szpitale, ochronkl sierot
majac wfasne sieroty do pie
legnowania, ma ktore dyece-
zalne fundusze mic ME da)a;
Czyz NE placimy IA blsku
; pow ajrysk'ch palace? Ny
: chcemy i 3adamy co nan
: sic stusznJe i s~prawiedllwlt
: nalezy. My chcemy Boga chwa
ll6 pc polsku, j pc polsku du
see swa zbawlG. My aadamy
ably ep1s0opacie l nasz POI!
tora mlliono"y tn narot mia
swego representative ia
danny szczeropolsklch kslezy
: ma dusz ~pasterzy, a nle pot
= nlemcow, ME ~ajryszow, nix
: zamery kan:zowanych bez zna
: jomosci jezyka polskiego
gruntownych nauk wysztych
= ajrysklch semlnaryow polsklcl
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24
EDOSXUHA

" wa2nej sprawle poszuku-
je sic JERZEGO
NISA, pochodzqcego Sied!ec.
kley gubernii, powlatu Slejny,
z osady LqdzieJ. Ktoby vie
dzlaf o mlejscu pobytu lub
smle-ci Wolukanlsa, raczy daG
0 MIN wladomosG pod adre-
sem:
Geo. w. Poland
Alden Station, Lu2.a Co. p
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24
COZ" toe tego ajrysze ME czy-
taja, a ]ud sic gorszy.

niegdys Judasz, widzac rozla-
my drogl olelek ma nogl Chry-
stusa. Pewnle &e AjrYsze tego
czytac ME beda.-To tel ola
Mich ME pisane.- Ale mech
nasz lud vie najprzod: czego
prawnie zadaG many: co nam
sic sprawledliwle nale&y, a
czego jeszcze ME many; kto
mas krzywdzi, kto nam wy
drzec chce nasze rarodowe
skarby-nasz jezyk, nasze
zwyczaje.-Powtore: mech sic
trzYma SLIME PREY swoiem-
MECH z oburzeDlem odpycha
wszelkie amerykahskle W Kos.
clele nowosci i mech wspolnie
puka o wymiar tego, CO nam
sic s~prawiedllwie nalezy-
MECH 1ada polskich ~pasterzy,
a ME obcYch wiIkow.
Oddawna uznaiismy mysl
o biskupie polsklm ola wssyst-
kich polakow W Ameryce, "a
poronlona. DIS O tenn pisac
wiecej ME potrzeba, gdyz jul
sam Ojciec Sw. swa mysl W
tel sprawie ob)awll.
JednaKowoz kwestya blsku-
pa polaka ma jednej z dyece-
zyi amerykanskicb stoi jeszcze
ma porzadku dzlennym, i
mlejmy nadz;e]e W Bogu, he
ku naszej radosci rozwiazana
zostanie. Tax jak rozwiazan,e
tel kwestyi lezy W rekach Oh
ca sw., tax i kandydat ma te
godnosG mole tylko wyjsc z
lego wyboru. Wszelkie wrze-
kome gazeclarskie nomlnacye
l krytyki przedstawianych
kandYdatow, catej sprawie
tylko 2aszkodziG moga.
Jak nierozsadnym, a VITA
sciwie zlosliwym Jest 1gorz
u Ameryce, pokazuje to W
przedostetnim numerze.-Pi-
SIZE on re sarkazmem, re ia
cys zydkowie mleli zbleraG
podpisy "a biskupem polsk'ln
W Ameryce l przedstawlG
trzech kandytat6w; jakiegos
staruszka z Krakowa - ks.
Moze1ewskiego, ktorego takze
tytllfem zdziecinnlafego starca
tcaktuJe, i Is. D. z D., ktore-
60 pomawia o jak1es bunty W
parafi.-Nle chodzi mi o
dw6ch pierwszych, DO lch ME
znam-ale bardzo mi chodzl o
trzeclego, ktorym ME jest in
ny jak W. ks. Dabrowski z
Detroit.
Gdyby 2ydkowie 0ezell to
prawda) byli postawili ma lis
Gle kandYdat6w ks. John'a-
p. Slisz bylby ich nazwai
szanownYmi obywatelam;, mi
1osniKaml Kosciofa, o]czyzny i
t. d. a ks. Johno'wi przypi.
salby wszelkie przyrodzone i
nadprzyrodzone zdolnosci-
t%elenta, nawet by go polaklem
zroblt.
w. KS. Dabrcwski, obecny
Regens polskiego Seminaryum,
byt kiedvs, mole pred die.
sleclu laty proboszczem W Pc.
lonli, W Wisconsinle, gdzie pc
sobie zostawif klasztorek Slostl
-ocbronke ola polskich CHOP.
COW sierot, kcsclol i plebania.
a przytem jak najlepsze pc
sobie wspomnien1e-od DIE
sleciu lat pracuje- gorliwie-
jake kapeIan Siostr i jake
Regens Semlnaryum, ktore
sam z pomoca Opatrznosci
dobrych ludzi zbudo wal
Gdzie2 wee So tie rozruchy
szkanda1y parafalne, ktort
hgorz u Ameryce k1adzle liz
karb tego re wszech MAR "a
siu2onego kaplana?
Jestto znow ]eden dowoc
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Ceny targowe


NJ Q ka: Winona Patent SIS. 90
Straight $3.50 Mr.. 1 Bakers $500
Pasza kornu- $3.50 "a
beczke
PSF a-N1. 1 w~iosenna SIC.
zlmoWa. cent.
OWles- 35c.
Korn co
} G c z mlen Nr.2. IS c
Jaja 1910
Otr g b y: bran $14.0O
shorts $1,000, middlings $1,000
feed $25
W e (: srednia prana25 a %
lichsza % a %; nieprana 16 a 20,
81 DIX e ZOO
swleza tymotka $50
X onlczyn $685.. buszel
L YIN ka $1.95 buszel
M Oh l0c.
K ury zywe 8 c., kurczeta 9
M l e S 0, zywe, cd farmerow
$50
Wleprzowina $500 wofowina $500
cleleclna 800
BOP S1.75 buszol
Masfo 100
hartoflc sWlcze SOC. buszeI
CHICAGO.
Pszenica-90
Korn-No. 2.60
Pszenlca-Nr. 1 hard 99c; Mr..
Northern 963c. Mr.. 2 Northern
Sac.
ST. PAUL.
Pszenica-No. 1 hard, 99c.
No. 1 Northern, 96c. No.2
northern; 94c.
Korn-No. 3, SIC.
Owies-No. 9 mieszany, SIC.
No. 2bla}y, $50; No. >
biafy SIC.
Zyto-No. 2, 7Sc
Pszenica2 wiosenna @9O.;
korn-No. 3 GO c.
Owies-Nol 2 bia}y 40 c.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24
NAJNOWSZB.

FINANlSCI OLGA sw. zamie.
rzaja zafozyc W New Yorku wielki
bank swlatowy.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24
zAPISUJCIE SOBIE WIARUsA,
Pokka pod Moskatem.

h o p jeden, cos zbroiwszy,
widzac, Re znim krucho, poczesto"
wal soltysa Il Jankla siwuoha, a
softys, tenn wzruszony, ortarf fzy
kufaklem l ssepnat: trzeba uczciG
pisarza ,,hsrakiem." Pisarz tykna-
wszy arak, 1zek}: juz sic ME bojta,
tylko ~jeszcze porteruIpostawcie dla
volta. Odtad W tel gminie wszystko
porzadnie sic dzieje: ludnosG pie
spokojnie, Jankiel wodke leje.
w Warszaw i G sad karny
skazaf jana Paczewskieso z
Zyrardowa IA rok do rot aresztan.
ckich i ma oddanic przcz 4 lata pod
dozor policyiI Skazany byf ajentem
namawiaj2cym ludzi nierozumnych
do wedrQwki brazylijzklcj. Ped
stawiaf t r%obotnlkom ziotc CORY
dos,atk6w,; zapewnia', re W Bra.
zylii W olbrzymich fabrYkach plot
Ma plaza fabrykanci tkaczom pc 5
rubli dziennie. Nam6wiwszy pow
pego razu siedmiu, zawiozf ich do
Wfocfawka, tam wzlQ} pc s rubli
Cd g}owy i zostawif ich dalszemu
Iosowl, addawszy ich W rece zfo-
dzlei, ktorym CT ludzie zapfaclli
i~eszcze 20 IS rubli. - Il listow
nadesztych Z Brazylii do Zyroldo-
wa, wedrowcy Paczcwskiego ma
zywaja oszustem. Znanym on byi
ludnosc, robotniczei jake ~przewod-
mix do granlcy a d~zlalanie .icgc
trwa1e 5 miesiecy. Iluz to lndz
6w totr zrobit nieszczesliwyml!
Mad granica W Prusach lie.
sic w Sypetach prey rudowanir
pichkow sosnowych natralionc
PREY wzgorzu ma wydrazcnie; tC
miato kilka metr6w szc5cicnnccl
zawartoSci wypcinioncm byto ko
SAM, karabinami 0 skaikach
mundurami poIakiemi. 2 powod
tych karabinow Jest mnicmanic, i
skrytkc &c urzadzono pc ~nioszczes
liwej krmpani. +. 1881. Stal
ludzle tamtcisi gfosaq, Re w lcsi
tym ma bye Ia kasa woicnn
rpusu jcnciaia GicIguda
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24

POLSkIE GAZETY europej-
skie przyrlos}y wladomoso, re ma
Szlasku austrYackim umar1 Blskup
sufragan Snlegoh, goracy polskl
patryota.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24

ROBOTA juz dawno ME sz}a
W Stanach Zjednoczonych tax spo-
koJnle, jak obecnle. Straiki So teraz
bardzo rzadkle.
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-24

Wzd}uz kolei Lake Shore, W
pofnocnym Wlsconslnnie i, ma
pofwyspie Michiganskim pala sig
lasy.
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short time he had the snow cleaned
away and fire blazing at the mouth
of his drift. When he paused long
enough to look around him he counted
eleven lions, including the cubs, watch
ing him from various distances within
a radius of three hundred feet.
To make long story short, Salter
went to work with will in the breast
of his tunnel and drilled single
handed" hole by nightfall, with which
he blew out about two tons of forest
rock and conglomerate. It was with
this that he hoped to barricade the
tunnel entrance and afford him
shelter and safety from the possible at
tack of the enemy. No sooner had the
thunder of the explosion died away
than the whole forest was awakened
by the ear-piercing cries of the lions,
and the hooting of the owls. 1t was a
perfect pandemonium, and when Salter
went from his blast shelter to the
horde of lions, led by the old female
and her cubs. He knew that he could
not barricade himself in for some time,
so his only plan was to attempt to
keep the fiends at bay and save his ba-
con and beans. for which the savage
beasts were tapping their capacious
maws, shifting the air and almost lash
ing his legs with their tails. To wound
one meant an attack. which would mean
almost instant death to him, for he
would then Be literally torn to shreds
of flesh and soup bones.
Twenty feet from the entrance of the
tunnel stood a fifteen foot pole. Salter
thought If he had this he could stand
his hungry audience off, so he made a
break for the pole, and seven lions, in
GLIDING the two cubs, were immediate
ly in the tunnel and at the bundle con-
tanning the edibles. Salter was be-
tween two fires, both close to him, with
no remedy except to shoot. He opened
up on the coterie at the mouth of the
tunnel, trusting to the rope that
tied the grub in the gunny sacks
to hold the fort within for
awhile at least. In less time than it
takes to tell it there were four dead
lions lying on the hillside. and the
others, wounded or unhurt, scampered
into the bushes. He then pointed HE
rifle into the tunnel and began firing
with uncertain aim. The terrible growls
within told of sanguinary fight be-
tween the lions for possession of the
coveted spoils. OF sudden they rushed
out of the tunnel with the grub packed
in the maws of three OF them. With
the butt of his Winchester he COM
menced to belabor the now savage
beasts. A most sanguinary battle en-
sued. Saltef was bounced upon by the
animals and literally scratched into
sausage meat. He became unconscious
from the terrible blows of the lions
paws, and they carried his gunny sack
of edibles away.
Computing the time from the attack
to the rescue by old man Everett and
his two sons. Salter was Unconscious
for seventeen hours, and he would have
persisted from hunger and cold had not
the ranchman-, and his boys followed
him up to ascertain the result of his
foolhardy adventure, in the dead OF
winter, among thE wild animals known
to be so multitudinous in number in
that particular section of the Rockies
ST. Louis Globe Democrat
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clude TO mount the load, as.sthese was
no doubt she sfnelled the bacon. But
there was no attack just then. and
Salter passed on to his cabin, followed
At respectable distance BY the hungry
trio. = =
He knew what it meant, but once he
had the pack off his back and barred in
the cabin he could proceed to pepper
lion hides with thirty-eight caiiber
Winchester balls to his hearts content.
When he reached his claim, Salter was
2 sorely disappointed man, A snow
slide had carried his small cabin to the
foot Of the mountain and dumped 1t, a
pile Of logs, into the gulch below. 1t
required considerable digging for him
70 lind the entrance to his tunnel,
which ran IN but thirty feet ON j, six
inch vein Of iron stained porphyry. His
picks and shovels he found just as he
had left them last September. In :
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called. In the same speech from which
this claim IS drawn, Mr.. Mckinley says
that the tax levied at our custom house
Is paid by the foreigner fer the priv
elege Of trading in this country. This
is the persistent claim OF the high tar.
er. The foreigner pays the tax Then
will one of the organs which halls the
Mckinley speech as an eloquent de-
Tense Of protection tell the people by
what right the government pays to .
private citizen that money derived
from those who would trt de in this
market? If in levying tkif tax on
the imported steel for boiles tubes the
government has secured portion OF
the 81, 900, 900 day needed for its sup
port, why should it paid to . private
citizen? This question hts been pro-
pounded from every rostrum of free
trade and has been published in every
organ devoted to greater liberty Of the
people, and has never yet received re.
ply from dexofees Of a system only sus
tanned by fraudulent pretense. 1t is q
lying pretense, and by their silence the
tribute-takers have confessed their.
crime. Chicago Times.
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A useful Quality.

Tact is the power of perceiving with
rapidity and nicely what is likely to
CRATE upon another persons feelings,
to turn his thoughts into disagreeable
channel or is out Of harmony with the
mood in which he may happen to be ut
the moment we address him. On
minor occasions it is supposed to save
us from making awkward mistakes in
conversation, and to teach us exactly
where to stop when we find that we are
treading upon rather thin ice. In deal
ing with comparative strangers or per-
sons of uncertain temper, It enables us
to steer safely between the numerous
pitfalls which lie to the right and left
of us, and into which, without the aid
of this precious. talisman, we should be
sure to stumble. 1t is a quality that is
useful in every station of life.-once a
Weel
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is question whether his doctors can
pull him through or not. The scene Of
the tragic event was in a ravine near
y the headwaters of Twin Lakes creek,
about three milesfabove the little camp
of Nelly, and twenty-five miles from
Leadville.
Salter has rude cabin built near the
mouth OF one of his prospects on which
he has only done the assessment work
for the past three or four years, on the
first day of each succeeding January.
This year the snow is unusually deep,
and he did not venture toward the sum-
nit of .''0ld Grizzly until about ten
days ago. This valley, lying between
Independence and Taylor passes and
Grizzly and Ute peaks, is entirely ADAM
doned in the dead of winter, for the
reason that the snow accumulates to a
depth of from twenty to sixty feet,
making it impracticable for human life
to exist With any degree Of comfort.
Nevertheless, this wild valley has al
ways been noted for the immense num-
Der of mountain lions and jack rabbits
ii contained. There never were but few
bears, and they the most docile of the
black species, which are easy prey for
the lions.
Salter went as far as Everett's ranch,
eighteen miles distant from Leadville,
in sleigh, and then he unloaded his
grub, tools and blankets and put up for
the night. He was told by old man
Everett that there hadn't been soul
up the Twin Lakes creek trail since
early October; that il his stock was not
safely corralled every night it had to be
guarded with. Winchesters to keep the
lions from destroying the burros, sheep
and calves.
Mountain lions did not disturb the
hardy old prospector, who, as he said,
had booted the tails of more inquisitive
mountain lions than he had hairs on
his head. He turned in early in order
to get good start in the morning up
the PERCEPTIONS four-mile trail that
windingly led to his claim, just above
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timber line on the north side of bleak
: Old Grizzly mountain.
%Going up the trail the fresh fall OF
snow was literally covered with
mountain lion tracks, and a few Of the
gaunt animals were seen skulking
through the heavy forest of pines. Not
one" did he feel the least apprehension
OF danger until an old female lion with
Two whclps crossed his path about one
hundred feet ahead Of him. She gave
couple ofsominous growls that made
lsalter think that he might have q
little trouble to save his bacon and
beans If the hungry prowler after grub
once got good snifter of the meat.
otherwise, he had not considered IT
necessary to even unsling his rifle from
the load on his back.
salter passed ON after seeing that his
gun was in proper condition, for It Is
known that when one of these hungry
mothers, with two furnishing children
toung along after her, once makes an
ATTACK, the otherwise cowardly males
"ill join in the fracas and make 1t
mighty interesting for one man. When
Z he passed near where the lioness and
cubs had crossed he saw that they were
no, fifty feet from him. The cubs
looked cute as lion kittens usually do,
out OF their bright golden eyes, but
'hey We're very lank, and would not have
weighed more than thirty pounds
apiece. Theymade couple Of ''spits, ;"
ana then ran behind the mother, who
stood like a gray marble statue, only
mat she dashed her long and graceful
,a'i,in the snow and uttered deep and
heayy growls at the intruder, as he
SICILY bacsed up the trail, keeping bic
y sys pa Thy ady. for fear she might con-
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-11
SWIFT SAILING.
The Inventive Genius of . Nantucket
Sailor. M

Tho Inventive Genius of Nantucket
Sailor.
The company was now thoroughly
aroused. The emergency called for a
really distinguished and original liar;
and happily the.eompany possessed ono
in the venerable Capt. D., who had
sailed in all known seas, and in every
manner of whaling and merchant craft
was his rival at yarn.
Him" said he, calmly, and waited a
moment, chewing with his front teeth
refectively. Eyes, l guess 1t was '45-
or no, t was 40; for / remember, the
night before, we see the reflection OF
the great fire in Nantucket"
''The--refiection-o the great--firei'
There was a general gasp around the
circle"
sand you was in thai part Of the
world, cap'n?" asked one.
''On the northerly edge che Pacific
Sargasso. in about 40 north, 10 west, !"
said Capt. D., without fiinching.
I'VE was on our way back from Ber-
ing's. We had sighted the seaweed
drift to the southland. when we saw,
little to the west'ard, a monster
the like of which never see before
or since. She looked about half
a mile long, and she bumped her
back up along the water once in
about ships length. Yes, boys, it was
q sea serpent, an no mistake. But in
those days 1 want afraid Of moth
ing ordered boat lowered, and /
went off in her myself. The serpent
never made sign OF noticin' us until
we was pretty close alongside, and then,
like flash, / had Joe Folger put a
couple of irons into her.
Il tell you, no mortal man never see
anything like the speed that that SER
pent went of with to the north ard. 1t
makes me ketch nv breth to think ru't.
Lightnin' would compare with it about
the way the 'Sconset train compares
with iightnin'. But hung on, gentle
men, and then the thing occurred that
I'm tellin' We about Happenin' 10
look back, see what was seemingly
our own boat (which WINS an Extra large
grcen-painted whale-boat follering
along behind us looked again down
10 the boat that we was settin' I'M, and
there she was right under rs, TO be sire.
safe and staunch, hut without shred
70 paint on her AM now I'll tell We
Whit had happened; we had been aofn'
- fast TINT the speed had drawed tho'
boat cleaR on ~ her paint, md Ie f'aii'
paint follerIn' after Us With tI'e t.v.|
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