The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

over the side and into the water, there
| is no evidence to show There were
| theories that he had been put there
as just act of retribution; there was
an idea that he was trying to get into a
lighter which lay alongside for a east
ashore, but saw two lighters, and got
into the one which did not exist. But he
was there in the water There was an
ugly sea running, and he couldn't swim.
y couple of lifebuoys, one after the
other, hit him accurately on the head,
and the lighter cast off and backed
down to try and pick him up. Mean
While there was great industry amongst
the black triangular dorsal fins that
advertised the movements of the sharks
which owned them underneath the sur
face. All hands crowded to the rail,
and shivered and felt sick at the
thought of seeing him gobbled up.
Then out of the middle of these spec
tators jumped Hamilton, and lit on a
nice sleek wave crest feet first in an
explosion of spray. Away scurried the
converging sharks fins, and down shot
Hamilton out of sight.
What followed came quickly. Kettle,
with tremendous flying leap, landed
somehow on the deck of the lighter,
with bones unbroken. He cast a bow
line on to the end of the main sheet,
and, watching his chance hove the
blight cleverly into Hamilton's grasp
As Hamilton had come up with GRANGE
frenziedly clutching him round the neck
Kettle was able to draw his catch to-
ward the lighters side without further
delay.
heavy fusillade of Jumps of coal
from the crew kept the sharks at a dis
! lance, at any rate for the moment.
Kettle heaved in smartly, and eager
hands gripped the pair as they swirled
up alongside, and there they were on
the lighters deck, splitting, dripping
and gasping. But here came an unex-
pected development. AS soon as he
had got back his wind, Hamilton turn
ed on his fellow passenger lige a very
fury hitting, kicking, swearing, and
almost crashing with his teeth. And
Crane, stricken to a sudden soberness
by his ducking, collected himself, after
the first surprise, and returned the
blows with murderous interest.
But one of the mates, who had fol-
lowed his captain down on to the light
er, took quick method of stopping the
scuffle. He picked up a cargo sling,
slipped it round Cranze's waist, hooked
on the winch chain, and passed the
word to the deck above. Somebody
alive to the jest turned on steam, and
of a sudden Crane was plucked aIoft
and hung there under the derrick
sheave struggling impOtently, like some
insane jumping jack.
Amid the yell of laughter which fol-
lowed. Hamilton laughed also, but
rather Historically. Kettle pu5 haLd
kindly on his wet shoulder. Come on
board" he said IF you lie down IN
your room for an hour or So yUl.ll be
all right again then. You're & bit over
done. | shouldn't like you TO make a
fool of yourself"
Make a fool of MYSELF" was the
bitter reply. I've made d bigger fool
of myself in the last three minutes
than any other man could manage in a
lifetime"
III get you the Royal Humane So
ciety's medal for that bit of q job any
way"
Give me nice rope to hang myself
WITH said Hamilton ungraciouslr,
that would be more to the point Here,
for the Lords sake, let me be, or i
shall go mad" He brushed aside all
help, clambered UP the steamers high
black sides again, and went down tn
his room.
That's the worst of these poetic ma.
tures.' Kettle unused, as lie, too, got
out of the lighter; they're SO highly
strung
Crane, finding his tormentors toa
many to be retaliated upon, went be-
low and changed. and then came up
again and found solace in more kings
pegs. He was not. specially thankful