The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-01-29
A BATTLE WITH DOo-FlsH.
The Courageous Conduct of a TouEs New
E1nEIand Fisherman.

The Courageous Conduct of a YOUNG Rev
E1uEIand Fisherman.
s''S-chl Don't novel whispered my
companion; so ! sat perfectly still-did
not even say, what IS it?' as some are
inclined to do; and this Is what I saw;
A huge dsh, which / judge must have
weighed one thousand pounds as it was
over eight feet in length and proper
tionately large, came swimming mp 20
the boat, and passed around it so close
ly that / could have touched it. again
It made the circuit, each time making
closer circle, until finally, to my amaze
ment, IL stopped, thrust half Of It's
huge head from the water, and de-
IiberatelY took from my young com
panion's hand a maclrerel which he
held out to it.
'''Wuit a moment said the boy, as
was about to speak, and up came the
big fish again. and around the boat 1t
SVEN, stopping as before to carry on a
fish
IAN this occurred said the story
teller, ION the Maine coast ] was out
fishing with the son of the skipper OF 8
fishing-smaclz and in this way learned
l that he was a fish tanner. In answer to
my inquiries. he said that he had been
/ in the habit Of feeding the big fish for
| several months He FIRST noticed 1t as
/ It came up, one day, and took hsh
| from his hook; ana seeing that IL was
| SO tame, he tossed hsh at it. gradually
! throwing them nearer and nearer, 1nt1
, finally he held q maclrsrel in his hand
| the hsh taking IL without the slightest
! show Of fear, and from that time on
I the big fish had been on the most inu-
mate terms
almost any old fisherman OF tbs
/ New England coast has heard OF lim-
liar tales regarding the horse-maclrerel.
For some time st IS much less tinid
than many fishes. in many cases hardly
| appearing TO know what fear is Ny
young friend, - continued my informant
ives a born seaman. From his baby
[ hood he had been carried out In his IA
theP's fishing smaciC, and so knew eveT5
hsh that SWAN the waters lie wa
alsa local hero, having shown grea
courage In saving life
st happened this way; Every sum
mer, generally during J uly and August
enormous numbers of small sharks
5 known Is dog-hsh, appear suddenly
. from deep water i'm the south and liter
ally destroy the fishing. They are
! starving horde, eating anything aud
haFs seen them surround a boat arise
o tfting Ht the small sail that hung over
: board Fishing Tor hzlze, cod and cthe
j. l ruaFlsatabts fishes ceases uPo1 their az
s / rival, g. the moment line Is throw
! / eyer oagS s doE-hsh has IT,
= LIT so happened that the house Of IA
/ young friend was on a point OF Ian
which pan out into the water, forluiu
\ Iittlz bay, and in it was anchored hi
| fathers zlooP or fishing-b boat, On
y morning ise went down 20 the shore an
z found that the tide in the night Ia
3 carried away 3he doEy. 50 that he coul
10 not 70 OF 20 the smack. as was the GU
tom, agsd bring the bout-zseper in
was but short distance, so
/ screamed 20 him the fucts und tol
81 Hin H-r nr-7-rr The man tool
be clothes, made them into q roll. aut
"a placing them oG his head, lowered bin
D. self into the water aud started 81
s. while ths boy upon the beach lauFl
re ing tested about his dropping the i1ul
10 die in be came when Euddsnly, sris
,n 6 shrek he disappeared coming up
off nomeut sitter A small en- BY sia SIS
Il tod the story. and - the man siral
Elg asia from hilu AID started a1lin &