The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-11

torn to pieces by some large fish and
the herrings taken out
THE same thing happened me here
last year." said Nickerson; "a shark
followed us round and we had 10 work
for that internal animal two whole
days"
''Oh, come. messmate," said Black,
who was an amateur fisherman,
sharks don't come rear these waters
! Don't they? Well. listen. Almost
! exactly year ago we caught a shark
hereaway that had been robbing as
We hove out a hunk of pork-sharks
like portland it was not long before
we caught the thief with it, He was
young, about seven feet long. and
quite frislxy. Well, we drew him on
board and Jack Mcleod, you know
Jack ?-well. Jack stood by to cut of his
tail, for we did not want to hack him
In pieces, for fear of hurting his liver"
His liver?"
THE druggists buy 'em for oil-good
for consumption, you know Now, as
the boat was pitching, and it was the
first shark he had helped to catch.
Jack was a.little nervous, and So in
stead of cutting off the tail as would
have done, he just chopped a piece off
its side, kind of diagonal like The
pain made the shark turn a complete
somersault, and when Jack, as mad as
halter, struck the second time, in
stead of slicing off the rest of the. tail,
I'm blowed if he didn't cut the rope
close to the head of the brute. Boys,
you should have seen us skip out of
that blessed sharks road"
We'll, what happened then, Mose?i'
Then the shark made for the lee
sY.-[
herself through a small hole under a
gate, he got away through the scupper.
hook, pork, piece of rope and all. I've
never seen him since"
Nickerson'S audience laughed at
what they deemed fish story" and
Nickerson himself procured a big hook.
affixed it to piece of pork, and, at
taching the hook to a stout line, threw
ii overheard.
served, he'll grab this. They're fond
of herring, but they love pork
Three hours later Black. who had
taken upon himself to watch for the
shark, became greatly excited
I'm hanged" he cried, IF some
shark or other big fish hasn't swal-
lowed the bait. Pull away boys"
And shark it was. fully ten feet in
length. When drawn aboard the mon
tail. until the boat trembled from stern
to stern.
I'm jiggered." exclaimed Black, "if
a quarter of its tail isn't gone Why,
Nose. It's your old friend, sure as
blazes.'
Moses gazed on the fish with great
astonishment. We'll" he said, at
length. Il hope you don't doubt my
word now. See where Jack McLeod's
no Inl
fooling this twist. Gimme that ak and
I'll stop his capers."
Cam tied the line round a Delaying /
pin, Black stuck a harpoon in the |
sharks head, thus hauling him taut, |
and having seen him secured. with one 1
strong. swift stroke, Nickerson severed |
the tail from the body.
He won't kick any more. Ned" he |
said, with a chuckle. Il wish Jack \
was here to have his revenge
If the fellow wasn't so greedy" said
Black. he might have hung round and
given us trouble. Are you sure it's the |
same, Mose?''
Sure" echoed Nose; maybe you
think l brought him aboard in my
pocket, cut away part of the TAIL and
threw him out for the fun of the
thing"
But, look here, lads. SILVER my
trousers. but he has two hooks in him, :
one in his carcass and one in the fat
Of his stomach. Well, that beats the
old boy himself"
When the whale boat returned to
Clarks Harbor the shark was placed
on exhibition, and though every one
admitted that it was wonderful how ii
could have lived for a year with a
hook and piece of rope in its gizzard.
all acknowledged that such was the
case.
As II is we'll known that sharks do
not live so far north in winter, it is
assumed this particular one returned
from the south in warm weather to a
region where it remembered cod. half