The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-20

truant was crazed, driven almost to
madness by that relentless watch.
II.
AT length, towards evening. when
the sun was sinking fast, one piercing
scream from Wat was answered from
the beach of the little bay-answered
oy a long, full-toned "HalloaI" Wat
ran up and down, jumping and throw
ing his arms in the air. shouting
Help, Shark, Help, Shark" with
an his strength and all his might. To
the highest rock a. figure assembled, the
sun shining fully upon it, and Wat rec
osnized the humble student, the poor
school teacher, Jan de Jough, whom he
had so grossly insulted in the morning.
The boys heart sank
L called him a black man." he
thought. and he isn't. and l tried to
Dreak up the school. He'll go away and
leave me TO die and nobody will ever
know"
Still he shouted and cried and plead
ed, and the schoolmaster, to his great
JOY, instead of going away, came along
from rock to rock to a Dromontory
where his words could be distinctly
heard
L don't understand" cried de Jough.
Are you hurt? Can't you swim
ashore?''
"A big shark is swimming round the
wreck, yelled Wat, and I can't get
away from it. Oh, Mr.. de Jough, for
give me and save mel"
The schoolmaster did not reply for
moment. He was startled. There
was no small boat nearer than the
harbor, three hours away. There and
back would be six hours at the very
least. and by that time it would be cold
a I'll Not itr1,f
with cold and terror and loneliness,
might grow delirious in fact, that he
would jump overheard to swim ashore
when his fate would be awful. These
things the master thought of in a
moment, thought of something else for
moment, just the value of his own
life, thought not for a single moment
Of that boys attempt to raise a mutiny
in the school, and the next moment he
was stripped to the skin.
Cheer up. Wat, my boy.' he shout
ed, as if Wat was good comrade in
stead of an insolent pupil. Keep a
good heart; I'm coming"
He was comingi Wat could not re-
ply. How could Mr. de Jough pass out
if he could not pass in? He looked and
saw the master on his knees. praying.
and Wat kneeled also.
When De Jough rose up he had a /
lonS-bladed open clasp knife in his
mouth, and Immediately dived into the
water. The shark felt the vibration
caused by that plunge and darted a lit
tie way in, at once on the alert. Wat
still kneeling, watched with claSped
hands and anxious eyes. The head of
the master appeared. his strong arms
striking out reSolutely. few wards
he came when the monster detected
him and made a rush. For a moment
Jan de Jough paused, then suddenly
dived and the next instant the shark !
leaped clear of the water, and. sink
ing again, left behind it on the surface
a great red stain De JOugh came up
Wat saw the enraged sharks fin near
the surface, saw the CLEAN of its white
belly as it turned on its back so that
its hideous mouth could bite. saw Jan
dive once more, and then saw the great
fish roll over in a mess of blood and
slowly sink. Jan had killed the shark
in its own element. Wat leaped, then,
with a glad shout of thanks, and in a
short time was safe on shore
Il thank YOU he cried. clinging to
the students side, and. Mr.. de Jough. |
l was an awful cad. to say that this /
Lick me as much as YOU
please and 1 won't Cry out. You can
kill me if you like-Im ashamed of |
myself
De Jough only pressed his hand and
smiled. I
We'll try and forget all that, Wat
said he. But. though 1 am not a |
black man and couldn't help it if 7 |
were. yet it was a black man who |
saved you from the shark
How"
Because a Kaffir on the coast. a
famous diver. taught me that trick,
without which I could not have saved
you So. you see. Wat, it is unwise to
sheer at any person of any race, black
brown or white, for it is more than
likely that person may be able, know
ng that you don't know. to be OF SER
vice to you
Wat bowed his head, abashed
MIR. de Jough," he said, after a
while, I'm coming to school tomor-
'ow, and-were the boys rude?"
"A little
well, said Master Wat, they won't
De any more. They know me, and 1
ike you, Mr.. de Jough."