The Topeka state journal., 1901-09-02
HOT BRICKS SURE DEATH,
So Ancient Mariner Says,
FOR MAN EATING SHARKS.



said nothin' about no man oltln q siisl L.
Get awake!"
.Well. it was something like that
persisted the anciet mariner, as ne
slowed another slice OF Virginia plug
among the snags in his lower jaw
IT'S a feller up north that offers 2
thousand dollars If any one can prove
that a shark ever bit a man"
ooh. that's it, is it? Gimme the money.
I thought it was something dlfhcult-
/ sharks bite men2 Why, Lord save US
I seen sharks eating people IN havana
and Nfatanzas harbor many ana HlzalS
a time Them Cubians goes IN SWIM
| ming sometimes Some OF en- goes -
| every summer, I'm told, not having no
! bathtubs in their houses say, dlu you
4 ever see the kind Of houses they i've 1T
little one story places, made out o
/ stone. with grated windows like a jan
| and the women inside looking through
| the bars sorry-llkes as II heS sA'S
/ four dollars
ssO' course I seen 'em- What are they
got to do with sharks?"
ssIVeu. / amt sayin' they had any
thing to do with en- am IL 1nous4
some OF EMS more dangerous. Whal 4
was saying was that when they USED 70
clean Havana
"CIean Havana!"
''Oh, I mean when they used to MAKE
bluffs at it they used to take all the
/ garbidge out to sea in scOws, and, SIR
them sharks got just as intelligent as
me or you would get, an they knew
them scows on sight You'd see a pro,
cession of them putting out toward
blue water just as solemn as the I.In
Of March, and never interfering VIII VII
each other until the stun was spllleu
overheard. Then it was holy snow
HoIiest show / ever see. The ALshIic
| ocean Just g whrling, foam1ng mass
of Jaws and tails and teeth whenever
a man got ever into such q mess - -
| that if wasn't one two, three with
The recruit. Who had been lounging
over the transport rail, dreamhy splt-
ting at the seaweed that tioated past
drew back a little and closed his mouth
and let his eyes grow larger Do Spu ~
s'pose there's sharks in this water 4! ne
sSharkst~ exclaimed the ancient
mariner. ''ShaTks Why there's
sharks folIering this yere vessl as
plenty as minnows in the brooks Whefe
you was brought up"
Don't YOU believe him. warned the
voune sailor. Hes our champion liar.
We keep him on board just TO aInuse
Z you rockies. He's harmless though
what do you know about IL,
rty2's demanded the ancient, IN an
: aggressive tone. ''Win you prove you
don't believe there amt no sharks Dy
{ going overboard2'
a .'Yaas. I'd do it in minute if we
: were at anchor. You don't suppose I'm
goin in with her at full speed ana
4 | maxim her seven knots an hour.
This time the ancient chuckled-
. don't allow you need to fall behind so
Z fur but what you'd be liable TO De PICK
ed up. if you wanted to be-
4.This Army transport business beats
me. I'd give 20 cents to know where
guvment gets these tubs.
Buys 'em. son, and pays big prices
!. you fellows gets the best end of it
n all rfeht.'' complained the recruit
breaking in. Look at the hole We're
! put in You can't turn round, for the
boxes and hay and hammieks and all
. them things and as for air-Gawdi-
they haven't given us any for three
a days.
Don't seem to hurt your appetite
Il none" observes the ancient, with sar-
"a ..There you are again, because wha-
do we get for an appetite, ld nke l'
IL. know? Bread and stew and c0IIee-
. Well hully Moses, young feller th'
Younger sailor remarks. you didn't eX
3 pect ice cream when you enlisted, dlC
you? You'll get all over this Wnei
le you've done a. year or So
= And as if to prove it, there hoated ol
the vitiated air that smoked up vlslply
Is / through one of the matches, the tlnkl
rs of a guitar, and the sound OF coupl
of biey voices intOning Me Mother Wa
a Lady. But You Had to Know He
- - Fust" That's the kind of song you
ID soldier sings-''Peg Leg McCorkle' an
s.She Cot His Whiskers in Her Teeth.
y and those other roof garden ballad
Il that you get tired of during the sea
son. You never hear the felloWs
N hl1le roaring out I'm Days of Old, Whe
Is Knights We're Bold" any more tina
you hear sailors singing, Rocked IN th
to Cradle of the Deep and tLarboar
IS Watch Ahoyr' Now, there's a son
le that makes a sailor cry. In the mrs
place. there isn't any larboard water
Ar it's the port watch; and IN the secon
- Mace did YOU ever see a sailor leapin
~ out of his bunk with joy at the wei
a. come caIf' of either port or star 1
+14a bod QEl1-T
with 10Y a the chance to turn out De
rs fore ne has had quarter OF ms slee
/, out having been UP at wake II
10 night before, and grab mis- hO0 VIII
e. wells of delight? These poets max
TX some people tired.
The recruit edged over to me, and II
oufred in q low voice, but a voice tha
had been impressed, DO you suppos
it was straight, about them sharks
at IT'S possible we might have one
two somewhere in our wake, replle'
ssbIt if YOU see anything in the waite
Of that looks like a shark it will probabl
~ he al porpofSe You can see them 1uml
u ing almost any time. There's one now
e II never heard Of their biting pc,
- - pie Their throats aren't big enough
= swallow large mOrsels-
81 81 But a sharks is, they say.
wv Yes, a good deal of shark IS mou'
and stomach
an the sharks eating gold watches and g
no those things2 had a cousin who kne
a man that went to Europe once, az
ad ~ told about ketching shark az
to hauling it on board Of the steamsh
az and cutting it open. and there was ii
of damnedest layout OF WatcnSs a d.
en- knives. and hardware. and clothes, al
tin things you ever heard of.
'Oh indeed. I have heard of it often
rs that so? Then I suppose L
knives and all that was what was
the clothes of the people the sharks al
Huh2"
mo they were in the minds of I
Ilk people that were eaten"
whats this you're giving the KID
rin asked the ancient. coming I'D after
- - II r,erfnrraed the snnerfluous but TT