The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-21

to his comrsde in his own language
ONLY an instant he stood on the rail
A glance showed him the position OF
the shark and that OF the boy. a knife
cleaned in his teeth. A short stick
snarpened ut both ends was held firm
liz in the LETT hand. On came the
shark.
Get the boy. Me get shark" he
shouted 10 the men making ready 10
lower boat.
His midnight eyes fairly blazed with
fury. Far out from the ships stern he
leaped toward the advancing shark.
His comrades had. in less time than il
takes 10 tell IL. lowered their canoe
fastened the rope to a belaying-pin.
Slid down. cut the rope loose, and
padded swiftly toward kala-
As Kala emerged from the depths he
shot up half way ont OF the water. his
glance instantly r;veted on the advanc-
ing shark.
lie would intercept him. lie would
give him a meal OF himself and so him
I der his progress. Thus he would al
( ford time for the sailors TO rescue the
boy-so the crew thought when they
saw him jump from the other end OF
the vessel toward the approaching
monster One snap of those enormous
laws would cut him ia two Another
snap would crunch the remainder of
his body. Surely there was no hope
for him But kala evidently was not
alarmed. All alert was he. lie seemed
10 be in his native element. A couple
of powerful strokes put him directly In
line 81 the advance of his fcrocions an
taronist swiftly the man-eater glidcd
nearer. immense in his proportions.
All On board shuddercd with horror al
the impending doom Of the brave
kanaka.
But lust rs the monster turned on
his back and opened his terrible mouth
70 crunch him. hala vecrcd quick n
i Hash from the line. and. as the mo
rncntum OF the shark carried him on
with a tremendous stroke he plunged
! his long knife 10 the hilt in the mon
stcr's belly. drawing it with long
lateral stroke 80 that the intcstines o
the shark protrudcd.
The fierce monster dashed his tail il
terrific agony and threw himself partl J
or, OF the water. going into frantic con
tor,ions. then nc dove out of sight.
, kala sank beneath the surface, bu
/ in an instant he was up again and ;
| rod away. spinning around as ii on !
: pivot, sweeping the water with his kecr
, eve for the first signs of his antagonis
. from whatever quarter in which h'
, might rise. A short distance away tn
, shark reappcared. Getting sight OF In
foe his powerful flukes famed the wa
1 ter and ne came on slower than before
I that his momentum might not CART
/. him again beyond the point of attack
Q kala fixed his eyes upon him and wnei
4 he rot near became the aggrcssor
!, Darling like fash to the reverse sid
: he thrust his knife into the sharks ey'
! So that il penetrated his brain In
. s,an,ly again he plunged down out o
n sight. The pain of the monster wa
4 acute. Ii was fatal thrust Mad
= dened and half blinded with pain an
!. rage. the shark dashed the sea for rod
I. into foam. But kala was well out Q
"a harms way.
q Ii>inr 10 the surface at distanc
\ he looked AZ the cnraged monster, v h
= made ono FINAL rush q. him. The hug
a. fellow turned on his back a. ne cam
tearing M. his mouth yawning, and .
\ 40 nassed kala his jaws snapped Z
n ,rctncr with terrific report kal'
n again darling aside. repeated his strok
I. on the breast and slit him down var
nj Ii was the final struggle. The shar
,e was dying. With a tremendous swc.
O. of his tail. which midway fell limp,
u went down and soon after rolled ov'
tn on the surface dead.
~ Eala's coinrade. who all the tin
"A held the canoe al the right distance
ir- give immediate help should anotn
ed shark appear. now shot forward. Wa