The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-18

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The young woman brought it in a mo-
ment, and her mistress leisursly slipped il,
talking in her sparkling way TO her ad-
| mirers all the while
Just then there was an uproar at the
other end Of the steamer, and cries of ter
TOR and alarm were heard.
"A man overboardl'
Madame laughed when she heard the
cry.
Fortunate fellow" she exclaimed 1T
would be better to jump into the water
and swim ashore than stay in this floating
prison another day"
The captain of the Victoria came for
ward, with the ships doctor The faces
4 of the two wore a troubled expression,
/ and it was evident that they had news TO
! communicate.
Madame - said the captain, sit is my
! painful duty to inform you that terrible
accident has just occurred Your hUs-
| band"-
''Mon Dieur' cried madame. "What has
/ happened to hiIns"
! The captain was unable to proceed, and
/ tears stood in his eyes.
SIN some way your husband fell over
board said the doctor
But he is a good swimmer" inter
( rn. tied madame.
| Alas" replied the doctor, "before q
! boat could be lowered the man eating
! shark which has followed us for the past
/ two days seized him and dragged him
/ down"
| Mercy" screamed the Mortified wom-
an. do yon mean 10 say my husband is
/ dead;''
Eyes, dead answered the captain,
! SWALLOWED by shark. -
Madame leaned back in her chair, bus
she had not tainted as the bystanders at
first supposed.
Her eyes had peculiar stare, and her
hands move neryously.
Try TO bare it bravely, madame" said
her manager 81 sympathetic tone.
81 cannot, / cannot" sobbed madame.
81 am utterly ruined. He had all my dia-
monds in a leather bag in his pocket
They cost 800, 600, and their loss leaves
me pauper. Oh, shall go madr'
Madame is mistaken" said the maid,
drawing the leather bag from her BOSOM
Monsieur gave me the diamonds an hour
ago and asked me to hide them until after
the custom house officers left the ship
Then l ain saved, madame said, with
o half smile. A glass of wine, Marie. ~
The stimulant made her completely he.-
self again, and she called her manager.
Il shall sing tonight"
"Goodv' calculated the manager. "But
what viii people sayf''
who caresi Let them attend to their
own business. If there had to be a funeral,
it would be different, but this affair is so
peculiar that l do not feel like wearing
mourning. The less said about it the bot
ter, especially in the newspapers i should
feel disgraced If people pointed me out AZ
the widow of q man who had been swal-
lowed by a shark -
II can appreciate your feelings" replied
the manager, but l have just heard that
sailor shot the shark only moment ago,
so there will be a funeral
'-Impossiblet' shouted madame. "Do
you expect mo to follow a dead shark as a
mourner? Where would you bury tho
thing; No cemetery would receive my
husbands body with big fish for its
.asket."
The situation is embarrassing ad-
nftted the manager, land you are doubt
less right, but what shall we TO with the
shark
Get the captain to sink It
The manager hunted up the captain
and told him what madame had said.
At first the captain was undecided, but
finally he ordered the sailors to chain a
10: of old iron and lead to the shark, and
buldened with this weight it sank rapidly
to the bottom of the sea.
"A glass of wine, Marie,'' said madame
when she heard the managers report.
The quarantine and custom house eff
GERS occupied the next two hours, and
then madame and her baggage Were per-
mitted to land
That night the opera house was crowd
cd and the famous French singer was at
her best. The audience was wild with en-
thusiasm, and everybody raved over ma
DANES beauty, her voice, her costume and
her diamonds.
IF your husband had only lived TO en-
joy your triumph tonight, said the man
ager after the performance.
The, dear, good man." murmured
madame Il shall never forget his kind
ness in thinking of my diamonds before
he fell overheard, and let me thank you
again for attending to my wishes It
would have made me too ridiculous, you
know. if i had put on black dress and /.
veil and followed big, ugly fish TO
funeral"
Il agree with you, " responded the man /.
ager. But can 1 serve you in any way
nows''
Yes, tell Marie to bring me glass Of .
wine
Later that night the manager laughed .
aloud in the solitude OK his room at the I
hotel.
''Hurrah for madamer' be cried, clap .
ping his hands together. What a wom-
AM What a woman!'-Wallace 2. Reed /
in Atlanta Constitution.