The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07
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Cots hid some
the things he kee
~ the sea-"
II was IN old sail
who spoke. and

who spoke. and In
answer 70 N ex-
~clamation Of . boy
beside him who was watching with WON
dse-slde eyes noe-yet-dead devil Ash II
hung on the end Of . Ash stall On the wat
sr front. and the boy had said: II won9er
Aow big they grow. and n they could eat
. man"
There were fish evesywhere. little smssts
not bigger than your finger: big ling cod
ard hAlibut that weighed enough 10 swamp
boat, and In between them q thousand
and one varieties Of tho hnny tribe that
men bring up In their nets and lay ON tae
sand exposed for saie or fer show.
Tho old sailor novel away 10 seat near
By ana "a; there looking out over the
broad expanse OF the waters OF the Sound.
He had sailed the sea for many years. no
patd. and yet IL was 20 him. ~ On the day
he i1rst trusted himself afloaf. q mystery.
or the shore, OF sunken rocks. u fceberxA
Of . few so-calied certain currents. he
knew. but al these were OF the Land
OF the things which 'sthe DARK. unfAth-
'~aped caves Of ocean bear" OF IT. temper.
Of III Inhabitants, he knew more than
most, and sven al That, nothing q Ill.
The sea II mystery, one which the good
hook tells III Will never be solved until
that day when ali things end In ANAL tude-
ment ard the sea gives Up not only tn
dcAd. bat IN secrets hidden from human
eyeA
you've seen some strange nsh IN your
time. should judge" was The remark
thai started the old salt 70 talking.
SC TRANCE nshG Well rather" he
laughed. Men have got most
things In the way Of queer animals and
~Guk oRA hfxAa MI al hA ~ h.
earth. and they've dug 'em up. alive or
fooDfltzeh. from under the earth. but they
haven't even got ons out Of q million OF
tho different living things under the sea.
LET alone the dead. Why, sir. could tell
you storiea about queer things rye seen
at sea that wouid make you cAll me .
ltas to yovyssks for 10 man calls me that
lMg, that ana the boy. I didn't want to
tell him. but I'll tell you. and before do
IN tell you something elss that VIII con-
vince you I'm not spinning sailors yaruA
Ny father was an English clergyman and
= Achoiar. was an only son and was
taught at home. and well taught. toe. unsfl
was finally sent away 10 college to TAXA
my degree. While not rich. my father
had plenty. and went NJ . gentiemars's
son should 70.
.weli. You know the common saying
about ministers sans being the widest.
II was true In my case and ended by my
being turned out Of college and going To
sea rather than 90 back home and face
my good. old dad. Tha, couldn't do /
shipped on ihree-mastar that WAS bound
for m unnamed island for a load Of
wuano. The land lay in the South seas and
only hsrds inhabited II. except when things
would crawl out OF the sea or be left
stranded by the waves on the beach
I'VE had about loaded. and one evening
n lot uf us went In fof swim. That boy
asking about the devil fish makes me re-
member" said the old man. rubbing his
hand across his forehead. Well" he con-
tinued. 'svs1 know how fellows viii dare
one another 20 do foolish things. and how
men. grown mer. will sometimes risk shesr
lives before they Will take dare. There
was a place. cove on the island where
the sra run In and swiried around and
out again. forming a whirlpool about
twenty feet across. TWO Of the men got
20 daring each other To swim across IT,
Finally one man. strong as an OF. n nne
swimmer ard good saiior. swore he
would do II and started on run down
the heaeh for the cove We ali yelled Tor
him soak back the dare. hat be wouIan',
stop. We followed, one OF the men catch
ting up a rope "a he lief, the ship.
The man never stopped In get his
breath ar anything. bar when he got 90 the
cove jumped ON a reek ana dived In He
came up about midways ~ the whiri and
was swimming through II easily. when no
gave a cry, ] Though, he had crsmned
and tho man who hsa brought the rope
threw him the line lie grabbed II and
we started Ia pull Aim back across the
wh,yl to the shore.
Then. sir. ne saw what MAS the matter
A devil fsh had him. ant when say II
wss Efts times as sslg as that one hanging
there tell the truth We yelled for help
ard everybody aboard came. hut tea hate
The FISH drowned him and Sunk oas at
sight with his body wrapped In It's arms
ruiis Why. there were SIX ~ VA, bur we
might as welt ruIl against tina. house
How Zig wss IT, don't know. can,
even guess. except know ss arms were
mere than twenty fsst long ans. larger
around than mans lex That - the only
big devil fish ever saw. eus that there
are hsg ouss I know
It sounded sfke = safie-'s warn. ard be-
ssaes. that devil fab wxs away ~ IN the
Naath ssas, How about those hers AT
home. for the Sound Is full az them anss
hardly a week passes that the fishermen
"a net land one or mere ~ the rwrssla-asa
sn0 sAe aeVil fish ever give yne ANY
bother" was sskrs ~ an oaa.sisuer
With both ret and lire. although yoang
ard q nrawny man.
'sDa sseys We'll guess YES We'd
rather have a shark IN ire nets AIRY ,tsse
psAssrosss M Rnd VS. A AsS ere viii
USUALLY ses ens and al ;As rsh With ~.
and fseabo Tho aes tea A1s sven IRE III.
The ores ara ugly ctasl sssrs as.d beside .
We don want them. Take snas ezsa aasx
ing ar taere- Why n TIE water IL w~.rs-
81 se pounds suppose u get sss arms
fastened 80 fse sssak. "a seas sSFse IA. Yaa
can sec ~se9~ shSy nas. a~sn r+as 81
WITH ifs pssa ard weight added 20 ire
weight - tae get. IL wnais tip over a
sAA >cas They've dsas tS isss ~ sirss.s
right here sroaand Seattle. sa, I've newer
seas ser hears ~ ere ssg enough sn drown
. man. sishcn&a+ re ADDED ssssuxns fatty.
''oae ~ tie little fellows. II u get sa,,
tangled up IN SIS arms Ia sas wsssx
w1GA dzowa yea. Yea cant pan ;ss
sGSksFs eessse fTsssa anything All axa are
afrzss ef shers ard s~ae~aa ~h~a va
hasl iF a asyt. asa ss's all ts~re IS IN TIE
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