The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-07

a fishing boat which went six miles south
OF the Deadman He9d!end. Pi!char IS were
faEiy plentiful; and as no sharks were
seen, and fish were, entering the nets, they
were left out to have the result of the
sornlng twilight on them. With the rising
sun, down in the bright clear water q
shark of about nine feet long appeared;
and as there were plenty of pilchards in
the net, and several were dropping out of
~. atis autoerat OF the deep rose to the
! occasion, and seemed content to receive
the sinking dead pilchards as his share
OF the nights work. And SO satisfied was
II with Its own ARRANGEMENTS that it
never once attempted to bites one fish in
the net. The sight on that bright sum-
1ner morning l. shall never forget with
the calm crystal sea, and the nets with
the nSh coming up as from a seeming in
tefnlnable depth, shining like a sheet of
SILVER; and the sun in all its splendor
giving new hues and shades of co!or to
al moving life; while this massive crea-
ture was swimming around us in its some
tlmes violent, or graceful attitudes, often
close to US, and occasionally waiting so
sun, with its great eyes looking thOIIesht
Iully at the net and us, and waiting pa
! tlently for the dropping pilchards, as if
c co our fishing purposes and
all else that was going on.
linen came in our wonder if nj chardS
were absent and one of us were to fall
INTO the sea, what the result would he
as no amount of fish seemed to satisfy
It's NAV. SO, knowing the cruel and deS-
perate nature of these sharks finally
determined, if I had the opportunity, TO
brlng its violent and murderous action;
TO an end. AS ] had no line on hoard
equal TO holding such brute some other
method of capture he'd TO be thought OF:
and this second mode of procedure soon
came came to the front. for as time went on,
the more pilchards it ate the holder it
was AT last 1t became so free as TO
come to the surface and take the fish as
they slid cut of the net. And here was
my my t eha 5l1 to try and capture the in
Lruder by hand with gaff as it came
forward to seize the fish. Soon | had
ready strong, stout article with a
1ork-shaped end as handle; and as two
pllcbardS dropped out of the net to-
gether on the surface it desired to GET
both at once. In making the final move
1t found they We're too far apart for one
grip, and while it hesitated / put the
gaff with all nay strength across it's
throat. Such an act was something to be
remembered, Tor, although on the sur
lace 1t was rather far cut for doing my
pest, and could do nothing more than
instantly drag it alongside and hold on
fortunately, the boat was dandy-rigged
with q stout single shroud fastened TO
her side, and ] was standing on the beam
thwart when I stuck the gaff into the
shark. It's first act after this great fight
was to twist itself violently around and
when / felt how strong it was I allowed
It's inns fell on US as il from a shower
hath: but / managed to keep to the gaff
with both hanos, my arms one on each
SIDE of the shroud, and with my breast
resting against it. certainly should not
have been able to sustain myself but for
This help.
Now the excitement on board the boat
was intense, the crew coming instantly to
my assistance, and with the boats ti-ley
and other long cudgeIs striking it as bsst
tEey could, the gait whir-ing as if by ma
chinery all the time. When the battle
was about half over I thought the beast
was little exhausted, and with both
hands pressed my whole strength on the
gaff, but I could not stay it for a mo-
ment; and months after l felt the result
Of this act in my left thumb. Finally
some heavy raps on thu nose finished it,
and we drew it into the boat and found
it was JUS nine feet long
"Of course the color of this shark Is
deep blue on the back and white on the
belly; but In water with q green or
olive tinge a green or Drive hue is as
sumed with its blue and white. thus
making the creature IN olive or green