The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-12

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$50 the crew would protest. that he's
bought us the best
perfect and absolute blank"
And when they landed-after voyage
complicated by the fact that 1.-THE bow
spirit got mixed with the rudder some
times" the Bellman gave them an ad-
dress: g- ,stJor
Come. listen, my men. while I tell you
again
The five unmistakable marks
By which you may know, wheresoeyer you
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The warranted genuine Sharks.
Let us take them in order. The first is
the taste,
Which is .meager and hollow, but crisp;
Like coat that is rather too tight in the
waist,
With a flavor of wnl-o -the-wisp.
Its habit of getting up late you'll agree
That it carries too far, when I say
That it frequently breakfasts at o'clock
tea
And dimes on the following day.
1.-THE third is its slowness in taking jest;
Should you happen to venture on one
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tressed,
And it always looks grave at pun.
THE fourth is It's fondness for bathing
machines,
Which it constantly carries about
And believes that they add to the beauty
of scenes
A sentiment open to doubt.
1.-THE fifth is ambftion.It next will be right
To describe each particular batch,
Distinguishing those that have feathers
and bite
From those that have whiskers and
scratch.
For, although common Sharks do no
manner of harm,
Yet l feel it my duty to say
Some are Boojums-"
And the denouement depends on the dis
tinctiou, as usual in such expeditions. If
the object turns out to be what they wan;
to find then this is the way of it,
''If your Shark be Shark, that is right:
Fetch it home by all means-you may
serve il with greens,
And it's handy for striking light.
"You may seek it with thimbles, and seek
it with care;
You may hunt it with forks and hope;
You may threaten its life with railway
share;
You may charm it with smiles and soap
"But, oh, beamish nephew. beware of the
day
If your Shark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again.
This foreshadows the fate of the fore
most member of the expedition, who apol-
ogized for not making known beforehand
the shadow of his doom on the ground Of
his absent minded proelivities:
'You may charge me with murder, or
want of sense
We are all of US weak at times
But the slightest approach to a false pre-
tense
Was never among my crimes.
IT said it in Hebrew; said it in Dutch;
/ said it in German and Creek
But l wholly forgot-and 1t vexes me
much
That English is what you speak"
The account of this famous hunting Is
not so heroic as Chevy Case, but 1t has
its significances. which the reader who
follows the parallels of human life will
not fail to detect. while the delicious HUI
NOR of the inconsequences viii always de-
light many who do not care to inquire
into any further purpose Of the writer II
will be always amusing to note the fail
ure of the Beaver to count three, and
the elaborate efforts Of the Butcher to
reckon up the problem, taking three as
the subject 70 reason about-a convenient
number to state" and to remember the
Office of the song of the Jubjub in "ce-
inenting the friendship Of this odd pair
But samplng such a masterpiece as this
IS very unsatisfactory. Those who know
what it is will always enjoy it; all Others
will regard 1t as very blind nonsense. We
have not alluded to us supposed political
meaning, and il it were worked out elab
olately, with key to all the characters.
beginning with Mr.. Gladstone as the Bell
man, we doubt whether 1t would be half
so interesting as it is when considered as
an apology of human life.