The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-23
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How brave War Correspondents Stand by
Each other In Time of Peril.

How BrRve War Correspondents Stand by
Each Other IN Time of Peril.
The centre OF an admirlnE group In tho
coy corner OF u Park row pharmacy tho other
night wns the Sure. Enough Returned War
Correspondent" Less fortunate newspaper
men. who have
Never seen the road TO SANTIAGO,
Never told sAmpson how - blockade
well, they looked and probably felt as the
members OF q home guard regiment would II
the rough riders should march up Broadway.
That Is. like 80 cents. But they cheerfully
bought drinks for the s. f.. II. w. c. and lis
tened with becoming awe TO his tales OF nd-
ventures on the fever blasted soil OF Cuba and
on the hurricane-swept Caribbean Sea.
There were signs OF departure when the
early editions OF the morning papers came In.
but the Wal Correspondent sprung his piece
de resistance. and n round Of drinks was
speedily produced.
Never heard of the shark we-that Is L
caught off Mntanzas during the blockade. dje?"
inquired the returned hero.
oh. tell us all about It," was naturally the
response of the sta~y-at-home crow
We'll. he was six feet from tail TO muzzle.
Thought I'd never get him aboard. Skipper
Of my yacht said he'd az soon tackle a right
whale. My! but that shark was vicious. The
minute we got him aboard 1 Topped him over
Weren't you. afraid he'd bite you7'. inno-
Gently asked the youngest reporter in the
Say. my boy, with a fatherly glanced. don't
ever 60 to war in the tropics II you are afraid
Of bullets. fever. or sharks. but. as was say.
told my second engineer to cut the hook out.
His knife slipped and he cut that shark wide
shark. what he had In his midst Well, We
threw his works overheard. and still the vicious
man-eater showed fight. l didn't have, time
after his fixtures
There was a pause. The hero gathered him
self. as II for u final burst of speed. and con-
May l never i've to see another war l. that
least half q dozen times. Then he swan away.
Men. looked at each other will! that witch
ing OF the eye that means We'll. Ananias
pew RsyeT wS SfsStsd a with TiRh this iro@ ehq ne y TneFs Eas se a
porter. who felt In duty bound to buy the
drinks. and one man drawer than the rest ven
'u5 "ThS Sf s'f the oG biggest fish story and the
damnedest lie that was ever sprung in Perry's
Hold on. Deacon" interrupted the man
who. having. come in for a dose Of malaria
medicine and had fingered on the fringe of the
Having himself only recently returned from
Cuba. where he as u war correspondent fought
ton.
MY friend has told q remarkable story" he
said quietly. but: firmly. "butI know he tells
The s. E. R. W. C. capped: What You can
prove that my story is true. Come of. You
weren't within 500 miles Of the spot whom we
Right YOU are" responded War Correspon-
dent Number Two. but l saw that same shark
while cruising from Hayti to Santiago. He
was acorker for size. When he approached
my despatch boat he turned turtle. We low
arnd fharWhaFrv md laqa0pd the ghark dan
tlemen, a seam running down that sharks belly
showed plainly that he had been cut open and
The clerk began mixing a double dose Of
malaria specific. but the man who had stood
door. saying as he left: Yes. that shark was
sewed NJ. probably by one of his fellow
sharks. one of the chaps at Cape Haytien that
Good night"