The Press., 1891-10-29
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out the slightest warning, 'scat-squaH' struck the sea. A mist, which had been gathering round thu hills of the island, had been blown about the reef, now hiding Mary and Tom from the watcher's gaze, as the ship tore along before the blast, with the men aloft taking h sail
 Like all sdualls Of the kind, this one was a brief duration, and ten minutes after t burst upon the vessel 1t had died away, leaving light breeze, by which the ship, close hauled, was headed up !, toward the reef. The captain anxiously watched for his wife, but seeing no sign of her he turned pale.
 'sAy," remarked the old sailor who had acted as spokesman to the skipper the night before. "The bad luck has commenced. This comes of our having Q Jonah aboardr
 He looked as he spoke at Warlock,
 whose keen, gffttering eyes wore turned
 toward the reef. ~Yuure right, Ben," answered the sailor whom the old fellow addressed.
 "Yuu con make sure that the capt'1n will never sec hislwife or the boy again, both, as Istake 1t, having been drowned in the sQuallr' s- -, All hands were now looking off to- ward the reef. The captains heart sank.
 ''ft cannot be that she is lostl' he cried
 to his mate.
 The latter took a long squint through the glass. -. .<
 "Heaven help the poor lady!' he said.
 ''1 sec nothing Of her." % ...5 Suddenly Waz1ock sprang down from tho rai1 forward. upon which he had been standing, and with three bounds reached the quarter-deek. He uttered a shrifi cry, gesticulated with his arms, aud pointed of the weather bow, from
 which & strip of mist had just cleared. Looking that way. the captain saw a spectacle. which made his heart bound as if 1t would break through his ribs. C1inging to tho dingey, which was turned bottom up, was his wife, while about fffty fathozns behind her, on the reef, and pointing at something between it and the hnperihed Lady, stood Tom, the cabin boy. That something what was hs One quick look through the glass revealed 1t te the captain, who quSek4y recognized the long. black fir, eAeovhng tho water lfhe a knife, ia tho direction Of tho struggling woansa.
 "A sharkr he cried. "a shark! Down with the quarter boatr'
 The boat was soon lowered, and in spite Of his lame leg, which greatly inn peded his movements, he managed to scramble into the light vessel after his men. Among the latter was Warlock, provided with his harpoon. which he had brought up from the forecastle.
 The breeze now had died away, and under tho vigorous strokes of the oars- men the boat fairly seemed to fly.
 The captain. while urging his crew, turned his ga1e alternately upon his wife and tho shark, Mrs. Wilkins, still cling ing to the .kea of the overturned dtngey, was much exhausted and must soon let go her hold. She did not sec the monster behind her cleaving the water with it's ugly fin so rapidly that it would evil denay reach her before the approaching boat In faint voice she called to her husband to make haste, an appeal which wenA to the very hearts of the men and put vigor In their arms.
 "We win be too latel" groaned the captain. ''Pun, boys, pul1r'
 Never before did oarsmen so exert themselves; but the boat was still fully fifteen yards from thspoor woman. when tho shark, now near enough to her to prepare for seizing its victim, was seen to make tho terrible rotary movement for diving, in order to snap at her sub merged limbs. quick eye measuring the distance be- tween him and the shark, he raised his barbed weapon on high
 As he would have to dart over the
 woman to strike the monster behind her,
 th4s seemed to all perilous feat to per
 form. especially at so long range. To the captain 1t looked as if the dead ly barb was pointed straight at his wifeS head, and he called out, "No, no, War locka You will strike heri Down man, down with5that ironr'
 But the wild New Zealander either did
 not understand or would not heed the order.
 His harpoon, hurled with wonderful force, Whfstled on its way, and almost grazing Mary shead, passedclean through the white, uptmned belly Of the shark as tho latter turned over.
 Leaning neaxly it's full length from the surface; the monster fell crashing back, staining the waeer with its blood, and then, with the almost supernatural vi- tality and perseverance of its species, with the Iron protruding from it's form
 and the me tide stin flowing from 1t, the creature endeavored to dive to seize the coveted human prey.
 The water bubbled and foamed as the shark, impeded by its wound and by the iron, strove to reach its intended 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, now unable to hold on longer,
 let go of the dingey's keel and sank under the surface, and disappeared in the foam ing vortex Of water about the struggling shark. q tfs !
 'Save ber-save my wifes" shouted tho captain. s.5s.e But none of the men to whom he spoke was willing ts sacrifice their hvee-tor such they thought would be the result of their swimming to attempt 3 rescue DELICIOUS MINCE PIES EVERY pay aN rHe yEAR. NAME cll@L