The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-28
ATRUE SHARK STORY
PATHETIC ACCOUNT OF AN OCEAN
MONSTERS DESTRUCTION.
The Fatal Feud OF the Little Blue and
Gold Pnot-The Lump OF Fat Pork
With the Concealed Hook-Death by
Torture With the Inevitable Finale.

How very hard il is to provide for ~
young, fast growing family nova. - -
days!" said the mother shark, turning, -
for the hundredth time that morning, !.
upon her broad side in order to get "a - ',
better view Of what might be stirring =
above. For nearly week she had been =
fasting-in fact, ever since she came in :,
hurriedly at the close of great feast 6
upon the stripped carcass of recent g
whale. There, by dint of the energy OF
her massive shoulders, her IA feet OF :,
length and fivefold rows of triangular \
teeth, she had managed to secure re-
spectacle proportion Of the spoil for the
replenishing Of her own huge NAV as ,
we'll as for the up keep of the IA shark
hngs that were now restlessly darting ,
| in and out of their coy cave at the far
end Of her capacious throat.
Within the immediate range of her
glance vast black shadow obscured a
wide, irregularly shaped area OF the
blazing sunshine. II was so calm that
the shadow seemed stationary. In the
direction of this cool penumbra her gaze
fingered earnestly, for hereditary IN
stinct as well as long experience gave
her the knowledge that from the SUBJ
stance of such shadows came food drop |
ping down, varied and toothsome, ac-
tually alive on rare occasions Some
what impatiently she wondered at the
long time that her little blue and gold
attendant had been gone.
He was so seldom absent from his
place between her eyes for whole MN
| ute that she got quite uneasy, but While
q she fidgeted fretfully, with many twitch-
s ings of her flexible "gaf topsall, back
4 came the pilot fish in tearing hurry.
Y "Now, then, partner, move along, DO
|. There's a lump of fat pork almost as big
b as your head hanging over that snip .
IS stern don't quite understand why IL
b doesn't sink, but it is good. i nlbbied
d lust q crumb, and you can be sure inns
d time that it is no bagful of cinders ike
I. that nasty mouthful that gave you the
TO cbestache so bad this morning. The
~ latter part of this energetic eXorul tA
~ was lost upon mother shark, belne
drowned in the wash set up by mel
vn | great tail fin, which was going IN CRANE
To STYLE. starting her off at such a rat'
m that two or three stragglers OF the lam
h. ilv had to skip like shrimps to get Ill
.ul doors before they were left behind ah'
ID lost.
he Straight as an arrow to the mark wen
M. the tiny guide keeping just in front c
m his huge friends snout Iogether 'he
vas swept into the shadow, where' SUI
adj enough. q mass of meat hung just beio'
of the sea surface, though gently lliteo
no most ont of water every now and thel
vas ooh. do look, mammal There's D
/ it fish. is he going to eat up tnae prev
little one, Go you think! oh' no,
and little man." struck in the mate,
and Won watch him nowp' AS he spoke e.
10 IN GREAT oray body took a curve latteriy'
still dazzling glare Of white appeareu' a.
aw there beneath the speaker was c,'
cost. Gentle gap in the smooth, ilvla uho'
side fringed with innumerapie Poii
like cheyaux de frise and as pig as
can of n coal sack Around it the SIN
!, =, Eliot circled excitedly at top spe
Slowly the mate as gently Stacked a".
de. there was q gulp and the big Joine |.
iohn onneared. There was flash, spii
: a. "a an eddy. Then the rope attached
,vad. the shark hook conceaieu III viz +
hv 1T croaned over the rail as it felt the sure
20 of "Lay aft the watch, roareu
. ono ,oate and amid the trampllnS Oh III
- faet a babel of directions and tren
,yI;Sh Ans tumult alongside, through
~ ,u;tb;pgs of the captive monster
MI "I sforred forward to the lee "a
forco ,yav where, by the aid OF STOUT W.
yield, tackle, sne "as hoIs esoard - cried
ly the Don't TAKE nm ~ ;nfernol I
, and captain. make such an inieih"i
.yant ifyou do. Just spritsail yard him an'
..,t nm him go aoen." So piece OF scan'
3 go f no. cot from the carpenter, poih''
ien hoth ends. about four feet long
.har drove between her jaws from
sono.o LAO Another wedge shaped
rorde was PLANTED diagonally down 'na'
"au;ng her broad snout, the upper emo pom
s az snruord Then they cut Of the
, them pectoral fins, letting the qu,.e .,,e
IS and oass fall into the sea AGAIN W n ol,
,Tno" nile expedient of chopping the noos
: t,ssso ..Wbat abominable cruelty, hu'
.noso ontlo faced man among the CROW
liion assouoers. as he turned away 81
by the heart. but 'ho o' ,,nnder;np dou
o .y;0. , p his lack of sporting instincts.
s0oSs disabled, the miserable monster pa
, s sor r. blindly in uncertain directions, . .
', 40. =, 70 steer herself, unheeding the :
reaS to caresses of her faithful little sa.
,o1~ Who had almost exhausted nin, s
' sscpe'" leaping up at her as she ;i NUM- 4
u uterfer. Cling against the vessels siae ,vo
nteri % ga she notice the puzzled wa
, q, we're movements of her wondering a Uro'
' IN the she disappeared from the view so",,
' hs safe. laughing, happy crowd Oh s SSs ,
NC SOW wbioheyer way she rushed sue
fetched up to the surface prom Pl
cause of the vane in her head. =
,.,.oru a day and a night she fougn' a.,
iers. sarx With all the forces of amazing =
pa Iron pent up in her huge BODY a u, -,
na , i torturing disablements' until u, ra
IN . i is w she fell in with couple Oh ,a -
10 . ahows copeeners. scenting fresh Oi To-;
er SHOWS o ."nds for her straightway' NJ
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