The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-10
SOTTH SIDE MONSTER NO. 2.
ytsr MORICHES TRIED ITS BEST TO
ptTCHOGUE 1}sH4NE.

A
.n ,r.,t DISTRESS among East Moriches
,,-l,,r holen Keepers this summer since the
I,.boruo folks landed horrible monster"
.,ro.sr than sea serpent" in a sturgeon
49,. anny, six weeks ago. No one OF
,,, was nader than Fig Terry. Eg
Jo,srt rely on freaks and wild tales
o,.,, snr,outs TO keep his house comfortably
cusl.,ll summer hut when he tells folks that
becoming ~ East Moriches they get all that Is
,,ralad ON the south shore OF Long Island 1t
,... mir, - have sea srrpents and monsters
,.l things come t. port at PatchoGue.
-, r,4r-c. he stands prepared to hitch
u,,,.t..,,,, and take his folks over to Patchogue
i,,hoy wan, to 60 to such n place. But. says
g.. .t,rn IT, I,'aa kind OF cheap sea serpent that
r.,,.l ,rli-r VI ratchogue at the best.
T. ,yav have been Mt Eg's instigation that an
!, . u r.rhe. science sharp went down to
i,,,,..,ua ard looked over the alleged mon
s... ,,Ii,n,h" town undertaken was embnlm-
,,,., Al, VA beautiful sOlicitude. and identified
I, Tina terrific creature was neither more
,r r,r loss than n leather backed turtle.
rr..o Ilr.urr ran ho found in SO domestic
..,.,,..uo A. Wnbstcr's Dictionary. Since
,r., when IL or any ~ his brethren have met
III, ,r., nr more % their Patchogue compete
,r- r.. Amusing city folks. there have been
,.,..Fn,.uirIrs for the state OF the Patchogue
,,o..- ripr"rs that are like great wings
,,f .,r.n.ti' louGiugs that some crittor with
h.ad lr.na-urt'c and wings Ike an eagle anda
l,lv nsA an alligator and no feet would fit
,,.ri, East Morchos and scare away the few
l.rt =. tha'lhuve already arrived. Once the
1,,,h.sIc idol had been cast down. the
I7., Nuri,h,s folks felt better: but never
Y.- II was generally acknow lodged
,.,, the only wav to pluck out the
,,..,. a., the ratrhogue mposture was
Il, of the truly
..,.,lfc ,,rr,l ontraur ,rlgly horrible leviathans
,Ipl; m the sea m the shores OF their own
,,,r always however. Two or three miles
from ,hn iatung beach
l.p,-f.a,atinr-y but effectively. word was
,.,s-.l tn" sturgeon fishermen that any one
of,nanl who procure! out Of the deep any fly
Inc swimming or l"apinG thing Of which the
l...uaI really never been seen before by living
man would sind it TO his advantage to notify +.
Inrry p!th" same.
+, yo. PARTICULARLY stipulated that no one
vii, .auEh' ANYTHING that was described in the
ordinary dictionary of commerce need apply.
Tl...,,lrg,, n nets are nut out about four miles
r. N, .hnrn wei ont hevond the second bar. The
most ,Imil lathcr could not well be scared by
mo .4,i,trrn 1T uncanny things So far out Since
thcu mo- skate or startiSh that has wanderedlnto
not, has been too insignificant Tor slight eG-
animation before it was cast back into the sea.
Tb,. Eavnors ami the Turtles vie with each
o,r.r,n tn.ir proweSs as fishermen. Wallace
rovnor is the boss Of the Raynor gang.
The Eaynor- are public spirited genera
ZION. and they have surpassed all others
:, tp.ir effort to find something in
,h.ir nets that would bring glory to
r.t Norfchc- and Joy to the hearts
u, the summer visitors. While the Raynors
u.r. gathering IN their nets on Wednesday
thry f-uud me OF them weighed down TO
@ romakan d%GTss rae net b did doR not
Tnr more they pulled the heavier it seemed to
eWaIlano Eayuor came to the assistance Of
W / Eaynur. who was near to breaking his
lnch aud uIse,ting he boat in tryinE to raisG
WtII they were nearly out OF breath. They
summoned help TWAS quite apparent that no
Sgry @ Wa Fhn th Shn ns in the i" be s t sSsF
wor'' an sure must h" a creature tremendously
powerful with rs nns that was trying T.. to escape
What ,lp yoJ pose 2 asked Wallace OF W.
A trw".n ruffs .n,.,
hr, P rI .42 Sy E Era T. 10" know"
, =. f., 5~sm sinFw ID"g yc Iso & sfan s9m
m@a me E%n2I e a5psn Ct tell 2 Whath%r
oiol,r,a or Whether an unusually high way. III
Ii" bong. steady swell had twisted the boat
he hands together telescope fashion to shade
h., apd r""red down into TIE wa water
What i, ~" asked III" crowd in, chorus,
ionra- ne, Gaspea Wallace; hall in hnr,
i II W. %" a II III. higher" wifi heaye and
e. M they brought another fathom OF the net
over the boat- side. Wallace took another
Moss in the huIlrushos,,' he whooped.
aon,t bring il NJ any higher .,. ,.o,,
Why, laughed the rest You amt irald.
x"@t ansE i YOU ,s G0 nc 7sn ?, ,D hs
eyes were '' wid and startled W. A. got down
On the thwart beside him and took a look for
Fort half minute his nose bobbed UP and
9w water 41G ne rose sn w sn
started to slash the net as it lay on the gun
Whats the matter :" they shouted at him.
and pushed him over on his back int6Nhe bot,
tom Of tho boa,. Have ye. gone. crazy, man"
tho icath Of Of ali 10 Of u.s. Tho lord never meant
human eyes to look on such Thing Cast of
The ma nat r. was past laughing now. Wal
lace Raynor, the captain. sat on the thwart
with hi head in his hands.
Gn a ht9w aM HRnH to ds '9 or
AID Esgs Ts op Saek to sna st te S
ana b And dnsScn take The BE-. Th9s
P 9 o'f .he SfH'asP aF rush s for
right now and mangle us and tear us limb
rom limb, how could bear to meet your folks
IN a" great hereafter
wallace they'd say to me. Wallace. it
ddToss"d tn" Thing up from the depths
whore II was meant To stay, and II was
,ou. IN your stif-necked stnhhornness
tha' had To- drag 1t ont to the light where
re. pIou men folks and 1evOured EN-,
An! th"n think Of EG. and m al upset again, "
"Hro 'ogo Tn" CAPTAIN pulled him hack. -,
N"'"iy els" ,stn look" he said. I'm all
R''"mh" and good for nothing now And so g
h' h" added pointing TO the PROSTATE figure
~" bottom II the boat. For whatever ia to
L" don" strong men. brave men ara needed.
lhHrs Nobody got any right to weaken HIM
Sc, ,v liking q il now.
What DOS it look like clamored the young
me-. 1T them.
WAX ,"einc rs lis for you to decide what ia
'.'"'1u" according to the dictates Of your
."" ."I-r."u'"s." end the Captain. IN tell
'" WIN - books Xix" and leave the rest Ia
49, ~" mos, horrible thing my eyes ever
%. mru .huIdcrcd The captain leaned
oN' '"r'h" glLwae again and began:
!, I0 u" MS place, he said. "it'S a queer
r. - grl" lruwn"o or All can see OF it now
i H"u.t' Gu,s- that's about yard sGunr"
+ W, rnr IT tn" crittnr are its mouths