Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-28
A TRUE SHARK STORY
PATHETIC ACCOUNT OF AN OCEAN
MONSTERS DESTRUCTION.

10 The Fatal Feud of the Little Blue an
or Gold Pilot-The Lump of Fat por
"a With tho Concealed Hook-Death b
Torture With the Inevitable Finale.
n How very hard it is to provide fo
II young fast growing family nova
t. oays! said the mother shark, turning
o for the hundredth time that morning
It upon her broad side in order to get q
/. better view OF what might be stirring
above For nearly week she had been
. 1astlng-ln fact, ever since she came in
hurriedly at the close of a great feast
upon the stripped carcass of a recent
7 whale There, by dint of the energy of
t her massive shoulders, her ii 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
well as for the up keep of the IA shark
, !lngs that We're now restlessly darling
IN and out of their cozy cave at the far
end OF her capacious throat
Within the immediate range of her
glance vast black shadow obscured a
VIDE, lrregularly shaped area of the
blazing sunshine. 1t was 80 calm that
the shadow seemed stationary. In the
direction of this cool penumbra her gaze
fingered earnestly, for hereditary in.
stlnct as we'll as long experience gave
| her the knowledge that from the SUBJ
stance OF such shadows came food DROP
ping down, varied and toothsome, &C.
tually alive on rare occasions Some.
what impatiently she wondered at tho
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 min
ute that she got quite uneasy, but while
she injected fretfully, with many witch
lngs OF her flexible "gaff topsail," back
came the pilot fish in tearing hurry.
NOW, then, partner, move along, do.
there's lump of fat pork almost as big
as your head hanging over that ship's
stern don't quite understand why it
doesn't sink, but it is good. l nibbIed
just crumb, and you can be sure this
time that it is no bagful of cinders like
that nasty mouthful that gave you the
chestache SO bad this morning" The
latter part OF this energetic exordium
was lost upon mother shark, being
III the wash set up by her
great tail fin, which was going in grand
style, starting her off at such a rate
mat two or three stragglers of the fam
ny had to skip like shrimps to get in
ioors before they were left behind and
ost l.
straight as IN arrow to the mark went
he tiny guide, keeping just in front of
us hugo friends snout Together they y,
Wept INTO the shadow, where, sure ~
nough, mass of meat hung just below a
ne sea surface, though gently lifted al. .,
losC out OF water every now and then, =.
Oh, DO look, mammal There big ~ ~
81. Is no going to eat up that pretty w
tile one, do you think?' "Oh, no. nv %
tile man., struck in the mate, "but %.
ou watch him nowl' As he spoke the VI
'eat gray body took curve latterly. a 49,
'zzllng glare Of white appeared, and 20 =,
lere beneath the speaker was a cres- =.
'ntlc gap in the smooth, livid under. ~
dc fringcd with innumerable points .e,
20 chovaux de frise and as big as the WI WI
p OF a coal sack. Around it the small ~! -.
lot circled excitedly at top speed. W.
owly tho mate as gently Stacked awav. 10
ere was gulp, and the big joint dis ~,
peared. There was flash, a splash W.
q an eddy. Then the rope attached to .ns
shark hook concealed in the pork n'
oaned over the rail as it felt the strain. ~: W.
Lay aft the WATCH" roared the =,
ito, and amid the trampling of many s ene
t, babel of directions and q tremen- W.
rs tumult alongside, through the 49,,
things OF the captive monster, she ".o
transferred forward to the lee gang. "nu
y, where, by the aid of stout watch m1
kle, she was hoisted out of water. -. In'
'Don't take him aboard" cried the 49,. 49,
TAIN. Make such an Internal mess WI
on 20. Just spritsail yard him and let eyo'
go agen' So piece of scantlipg paw
got from the carpenter, pointed at 81.
ends, about four feet long. This seO
drove between her jaws from side "q y1
SIDE. Another wedge shaped piece
planted diagonally down through H.
broad snout, the upper end pointing L I,aa
ward. Then they cut off the wide .n
ora! Inns, letting the quivering car ' .uot
lall INTO the sea again by the sim w., WI
e&pedlent OF chopping the hook out Jul
nat abominable cruelty" muttered
ntle faced man among the crowdinp
snSers' as be turned away sick at 49, Nv
T. But the bustling seaman looked . s'
ngly at him, wondering doubtless uoes
IS lack OF sporting instincts. Thus Ml'n'
'ied, tho miserable monster plunged enepl
NY III uncertain directions, unable 80. 40 W
Ger herself, unheeding the frantic eucAe
ses OF her faithful little satellite. quicA
mad almost exhausted himself by w ioe
ng up at her as she hung strue. wheh
against the vessels side. Neither Ianlos
Inc notice the puzzled, wavering "n1.i''
ments of her wondering brood. So ourle(
disappeared from the view of the 11s
ing, happy crowd Oh deck. But crush(
newer way she rushed she ALWAYS !i'er'
"a up to the surface promptly, be- Joo q
OF the vano in her head. Thus for small
and a night she fought aimlessly puT W!
all the forces of amazing vitality w. W.
up IN her huge body against these hAcna
ing dlsablements, until merciful.
fell in with couple of ravenous $50
lers scenting fresh blood, they count ,
for her straightway. Like mad "No
!, they fell upon her. Long aud that h
they strove, tearing their way made q