Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-02

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His harpoon, hurled with wonderful
force, whistled on its way, and almost
grazing Mary'shead, passed clean through
the white, upturned belly Of the shark as
the latter turned over.
Leaping nearly its full length from the
surface, the monster fell crashing back,
staining the water with its blood, and
then, with the almost supernatural vi
taity and perseverance, of its species,
with the iron ~protruding from its form
and the life tide still flowing from it,
the creature endeavored to dive to seize
the coveted human prey.
The water dubbed and foamed as the
shark, impeded by its wound and by the
iron, strove to reach its intended victim;
SLd 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 60 of the dingey's keel and sank 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 of the men to whom he spoke
was willing 70 sacrifice their hves-for
such they thought would be the result
Of their swimming 70 attempt a rescue
under the very jaws Of the hercest 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 fair partner had not the New
Zealander gently restrained him, and
then dived headlOng from the bow.
Keeping his eyes open Is he swan
under water he soon beheld the form Of
the captains wife within a few yards of
the shark, which, with ready jaws, was
edging its way toward her. He grasped
her with one arm, and to make his way
to the surface with her was for this
powerful native but the work of a few
moments. Just as he and his burden
had been drawn into the boat the baffied
pursuer came up alongside, ~viciously
thrashing the water with its fiukes ere
it Owed out of sight.
Mrs. Wilkins, at frst half senseless,
recovered ere the boat reached the ship,
and hearing the voices of the sailors,
who now were cheering the man whom
they had been going to throw overheard
on the night before as a Jonah, she soon
learned from her grateful husband how
the noble fellow had rescued her-risk-
ing his own life for her sake.
Had we sent him ashore, as you pro-
posed, you would have been lost, added
the young captain.
"You are right" she replied. "Oh,
what a mistake / made! Had he gone
with me in the dingey the accident
would not have happened, for he would
have known how to manage the vessel.
But when the squall struck rs, just after
we left the reef, the cabin boy became
so frightened that his oar caught in the
water and over went the boat. He man
aged 10 swim back to the reef, while /
chung to the keel"
As soon as Mrs. Wilkins had been put
aboard the boat was sent for the dingey
and for the cabin boy. When the latter
arrived the captain, although mach in
censed against him, granted the request
Of his wife that he would neither scold
nor punish the lad; for she urged as one
excuse for him that he was only twelve
years old.
1t is hardly necessary 10 add that the
brave and skillful conduct Of Warlock.
the New Zealander, won for him the
lasting admiration and respect Of the
foremost hands, and forever Invested
their minds Of the foolish notion that he
was a Jonah. True Flag.