The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31

nigh and about twice that length. and
IT had on each side an enormous arm.
There seemed to be an unlimited mum.
Der OF legs attached to the hideous
creature. It's color was dun brown.
notified over with dark stops. Two
round, black, shining eyes were In it,
forehead, and two supple horns, each
resembling an enormous whip, like.
wise came out Of its head. All this
noticed with one glance A numb ter.
ror seized me. and moved for the out
let from the ship.
But as II knowing what intended
this brute, looking straight at me with
its frightful eyes, walked, or rather
crawled, directly toward me. , hurried
IN the hope Of being able to seize the
hanging hook, now my only means Of
signaling the skiff; but 1t hurried, too
and ! had barely put my foot upon q
rock outside vixen the two writing
horns Of the detestable creature were
twining about me and again untwir-
ing. Then he would touch me with
these and sweep them up and down, o.
II feeling what description of prey
was. The round, frightful eyes seemed
to burn through and through me. II
my hand l held the crowbar which
used to loosen the cargo; in my belt /
carried heavy sheath knife. These
were my only weapons
Suddenly and without any warning
the monster threw out one of its ann,
and seized me below the shoulder.
felt as il my bones were being crushed
and that my arm would soon be sew
cred from my body. No sooner had hi
done this than he turned and began te
drag me into deeper corner OF the
nook. The more resisted the biort
terrible was the pain, SO had to go
turning over in my mind what shoulo
do. still had the bar in my right
hand, but it was of no use to me. So
let 1T drop.
But the horror of that time! Well,
knew why the awful thing was drag
ging me to this quiet place. He was
going to devour me.
His arm terminated in a claw which
opened and shut. This horrible mouth
like thing had two rows of shining
white teeth. Several of these were
piercing my arm to the bone. Some
distance above this mouthlike hand
observed joint, and then drew my
knife But alasl the heavy sheH-se
overlapped the fcshy tissue that
could not ipjure my-captor. Still hs
dragged me on, on till at last the deep
est part of the sea nook was reached
There he stopped and turned those ter
rifying eyes again upon me. The whip
| like arms began to move and cur
about my body, and hideous motion
seemed to run through the body of tn,
terrible fish. What this meant knew
'His head was only about foot dis
tant from my body. and drawing my
knife again Il plunged it into the ey,
| nearest me, turning the blade rount
and round. | saw that had destroyed
the eye, for an inky fluid issued out O.
the sock ct, darkening the water about
its head. This checked the aggressive
movements Of the thing, but did mo-
seem to hurt it | waited, waited fol
many seconds, think, and then it.
head turned, SO l supposed, that il
might be enabled to see its prey. Thii
was what ] wanted, and with sure
swift thrust ! sent my knife into hi.
other eye, down to the heft. This time
it must have touched the brain, for the
beast reeled, and the grip on my arm
Slightly relaxed. But though totally
blind my captor had no idea of releas-
ing me.
THE agony of my arm soon grew un
bearable and the waters around me