The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-06

and throw them about as they will.
Although sea offers have the timidity
which is natural to ali wild animals
they are better able to protect themselves
than any of the other animals which have
their homes in the sea. The sWiftuess OF
their movements makes it possible for
them easily to catch any kind of small
fish, and thus they can appease their hun
ger with the daintiest food.
On the Lookout.
No shark can catch them; they could
be twenty feet away while Mr.. Shark was
turning on his back, and If the shark were
directly beneath them they could throw
themselves five feet in the air like ka-
leldoscopic bail while the ugly monster
was swapping his jaws. The hunter is in
his box the tide is coming in. and with
a powerful fed glass to assist his prac-
ticed eye, he eagerly scans each coming
roller. He has been here every day for a
week, and his rifle has lain untouched by
his side. To-day something may happen.
All at once he starts and mutters a lit
tie ejaculation he sees something. He
will soon know what il is, for the swell.s
are coming swiftly and the distance be-
tween himself and the object he has seen
will be quickly lessened. Yes, there It is
again; there is no mistake. 1t is an OF
ter, not more than eco yards away. The
hunter lays down his glass, and there il
$500 or 5000 worth OF beautiful shining fur
plainly visible to his naked eye.
Ready for IA shot.
The man in the tower picks up his
Sharp's rifle, inserts a l20-grain cartridge
in the chamber. and there is a wicked,
wistful CLEAN in the keen eye Of the hum
ter as he raises his weapon for the first
shot. There is flash, a recoil and a re-
port, which Is scarcely distinguishabe in
the roaring of the breakers to the man
who holds the gun. Ammunition is no oo-
iect, and, with lightning rapidly, he
loads and fires his soiece. That otter will
not be more than ten feet away from
where he was when the hunter pulled the
trigger when he gets there. and that hun
ter can hit bounding deer at 30J yards
twice out OF five shots. The otter is en-
joying himself in the dangerous company
Of murderous bullets, which are doing
their best to find him.
Another huge breaker brings him with
in 300 yards of the blazing rife. A quick
recol of the heavy gun turns the hunter
half round; there is an unnatural splash
which tells the man something has hap
pened. He strains his eyes: no need Of
his glass TO see there Is blood in the
water, and this tells him that there Is a
big hole somewhere in that $500.
Caught.
No need to shoot again; no otter could
bleed like that and not be washed ashore.
The hunter lays down his heated gun:
there will be no more offers In sight to-
day. He sees his game almost opposite
his tower; II is drifting helplessly toward
the shore. That skin IS his and it's posses
sion means that he will have every thing
he wants for another year II he does not
Gre single shot
The fierce CLEAN of desire has left his
dirty face AMI has been replaced by one
OF possession. lie is wild with JOY. How
ne wishes that he could get down from
that tower and be at the spot where the
otter will be thrown up upon the sanI
but he must walt until the tide falls O
little. one Of his half-brecd boys. who is
ten or eleven years Cd, n moping lazily