The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-25

WHAT'S out after long run. | took a good
look into its eyes, an cd see that it Wuz
hunErF. That wuz what had made it go
spasmodic Ike inste NV keepin' up a
steady gait like it had the day before. Yes
sir, ca see hunger writ all over its face
an 1t looked at me kind o. Dleadin' like ez ef
IL wanted ne to gin it suthiu' to eat.
w hat did 1t look like hack o th' head,
Capt PeiegH one Of the captains asked.
Il dunno ez l eau describe edzackly,n an
swered the narrator, but kin tell you one
queer thing about It. II didn't have fms
like mos fish, but had regular screw pro-
pellers-two OF 'em-one on each side Of its
tan. Its back Vuz a queer lookin' affair
just abaft It's head there runs up q
point. Back o. that there wuz a
big sag, an then came another point.
Then the fish sloped down, gradooal.
to the tail. Them two points as6ckin' up
wuz what had caused the hull trouble. They
wuz stuck fast III the bottom o th' dorv. I
swum aroun' to tn sterA o. to- dory cause |
knsw l couldn't climb In over the bow
When l had finally got aboard agin-an'
1t warn't NJ easy matter, for the fish had
started Up by that time-I examined the
bottom o. tn dory. Strange | hadn't
thought TO do it before but l hadn't. l wus
kind o rattlei, | gue's. Sure 'nougI, them
two points wuz a-stcking through. the front
one bout two inches and the one in the
stern little further. They wuz horny like,
but the ends OF EN- mad swelled up into nuos
They wuz bruised, spose, by bein' jammed
through the wood, and that was what had
made EN- swell OF course that swellin' KEEP
EN- from beia' pulled out agin.
81 did a good deal o. hard thinkin' there
in TIL next hour. AT first l thought I'd
white them points with my knife SOS tn
fish cd git away. l cd "a plugged the holes
up easy. But then thong t that perhaps
1t would be better to stick to that fish, as
long as he had carried me SO far an not cut
adrift till he took me nesr some land or
other.
But the hungry look in his eyes an that
tongue hangin' out of his mouth SO pa
theuc like, had convinced me that he
Couldn't stand it much longer eff | didn't
give Inn suthin' to eat. had a plenty, SO
took the meat out OF hull can o. corned
beef, tied a string around it and lowered
it over the bow whore knew it would wash
back near his mouth. 1t wuz gone in a
second, an let him have q se1oad can.
That braced him up wonderful, and he
started of fast as ever.
We'll, he KEEP it up for two days more
before | sighted anythin' near 'nough to be
of any use. fed i'm regular, an my stock
o grub wuz runuin' kind o. low when the
mornin' O the third day come. He got SO
thet he knew whec meal time come arouu',
an he'd kind o. slow up an hump himself
once, maxim the hull boat shake, 20 remind
me O. my duty. | reckon he wuz able to
git little somethin' to eat for 'imself in
month He rad a noTarfnI hia, Mouth
"Wau AZ 7 WIZ a saving on TIC r,a-,tn,
n, th' third dav I siShtsd sn,bin n'it
WASN'T a shin. either II wuz land "a
ma a ont tTo Io,v win, jsIsnis ~ tho ,,o-t
bow. an l made up my mind to land on 'sm
l wuz mos sriH from exposure au' | caught
cold after That dlckin' that told You bout.
SOS wuz ma 'sraid that | conIdn,t row
very brd FUR inns pqz1s b me , fsr I tS able
take il into his head 70 veer pfF wben 1ya
oot within fonr ar Ave niIs n, lana an, 90
Ont 70 sea ag;in. I never cd have rowsd
four mile. nor two either in the condition
7 wnz in o'''''''0-
80 I knav that IA cot to ma bs.5vork
thon1h fer omIte a TySila bafoTa 7 co",s ~ -,
a1v concInsion Than the 6sh closed M
AM hoynn to indicsta that he WV bnngr1.P
Attnsr ontcr Az a fIssb T ssD boUg 70 81
arornd I'm an, mate i'm oro oh arc 7 rvar "a
i'm 70 took a hig cbunk - baef orr ~ a
a., ia stri,,s go a ,,s.,sI sP,e
instead of Ioweri,i it over thi now WHARF
no could OF at II aasv tIad II to a GOV onJ
MA ~ ~ RI, ysato- on,ta q 49, - So -
him whsra lrnaoz baId eea e. Int oonid,it
nuita aech II
iJe}ez eYnected he hur,ied nm tbirk-
IN, to ket,h il nv o'ini fss ar Rnt ea tha
faster he want the faster IN want he didnit
lxetcb il Than mo If eroun, - rT,~t n
littIa bit. AM ha folIowad II edzsctl = az boJ
rhonoht he woulI Rv ns1snverin, tha
cbnnF a, heaf 7 soon ha5 him bas6sd
STRAIGHT fer land an, yoinI liks a ravsnoo
cnttsr
DIN IN, coursa y, fytaa,, ~ t,ran.v, min
rtas wa yot 90 close to la1d tbat T ~
afraid bsid RIM o.,o,,od a. 7 l.t him baua
tha Ieef ~ conTsa ~. siovad 49,, go
ha oot hold or e. and sto,nod
while he VIM e,ti,' s,rr"sa FoT
,,,Iy6t arm i'm agro,,-S an, l, ina ~, 81
~ wantad to hnf somaLn,. 7 5ii,,5, -,
~ hi j,m Nehha ~,o,,,li io-,h :.
ma fer ovninI nm - il h,1t IA
hao-,n tn ike i'm vassir 'b.d rao1
affection far thet fish ,Co he snra bsid - -
red me off a aims INV viii hnt be d,jn,t
40 n u,,Iicjouslvit VIZ IN o. $1,000.
An; he had a harder time Of Il thar SiJ
10 had IN drag maj dorv a oornIa =, +bn,-
sani IriIss which must "a bean coS.iSiabIa
yvearir, ~ i'm 40 inst or ira, -
sni he nnIIad ont rom n1der r,e ,vitboi,t
Az, tranhie Alta he,d COT Ioose f-n-o az
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ba co,Id Pnt he didnit Ea 80, 10 a-o,a,,;
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