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A REALIZED IDEAL.

It 10 often very hard to find
A man who has good sense.
A man possessed of breadth OF mind
Most people are SO dense.
I know a man who Is the most
Hard headed l have met.
To talk to him you'll have to post
Yourself on things, you bet.
His information Of all sorts
Is at his fingers ends;
Statistics, Shakespeare and reports
All in his talk he blends.
His business Judgments supernne;
The tips he's given me
Show that his views are just like mine
1 like sagacity.
In politics he's hard to beat.
His logic's clear and sound;
To hear him argue is treat,
He covers all the ground.
The books he reads are what I call
The proper mental food.
1 think If people read at all
They ought to read what's good.
Religion-well. that's where he's strong.
l hold a certain creed,
And this man backs it right along
AS what all people need.
On any subject you can name
Opinions he has got
That anyone who holds the same
Knows hit the proper spot.
In short. as before have said,
You'll very seldom spy
A man with such level head
He thinks the same as I.
Chicago Daily News.
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The ResoureefuI Editor.

Scene-Editor's sanctum. Printer
crushing in excitedly)-Here's . gol
johnson, the murderer, has just been
found innocent, and the government
has telegraphed pardon! We've got
the whole account of the hanging set
up, with illustrations, and the form is
in the press.
Editor (Coo1ly)-Dou't get excited,
man. Put over the account, in large
capitals: johnson Pardoned-Full
Account of What He Escaped!"-Tit-
Bits,
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King Edwnrd's Distinction.

King Edward is the only monarch
in Chrisendom who holds ecclesiastic-
al office. He has a prebendal still in
st. David's cathedral, where a prin-
ciple analogous to robbing Peter to
pay Paul is in vogue. The emolu-
ments of the prebend are handed to
the king, who then hands them over
to Jesus college, Oxford.
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One Method,

81 don't see what you all has to git
so proud about," said Miss Sadie Cot
tonball.
"Cohse you doesn'," answered Miss
Miami Brown. Use been studyin' de
white folks. What you wants to do
is jes' put on de airs yohse'f an let de
yuthah folks do de guessin' bout whut
de reason s."-Washington Star.
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In describing his early struggles to
establish practice, the doctor had
just said:
"I used to sit in my office day after
day waiting for patients. In fact L
used to sit like Patience on Monu-
ment.'"
"And now," remarked his associate,
81 suppose you are accustomed to have
monuments sit on your patients. N.
Y. Times
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The. Honest Borrower.

Boy-Say, Mr.. Smith, here's that
snow shovel pa borrowed of you last
winter.
Mr.. Smith (sarcastically) What
made him send it back so soon?
Boyle noticed that you'd got
new one, and he wants to borrow that.
This ones most worn out.-N. Y. Her
aid.
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The Drawback to Originality.

"Why do you keep repeating quota
tions?' asked the irritable man.
"Why don't you say something orig
inal?"
"My dear sir, there's no use of
that. Every time thing of anything
god enough to be original I find that
somebody said it years ago."-Wash-
ington Star.
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The Healing Touch of Time.

Mrs. Dash-The idea of Mrs. Rash
having society aspirations; why, her
father was a huckster.
Mr.. Dash-Yes; she's entirely too
forward. She ought to hang back un-
til pec~le have forgotten it. Now, in
our case, my dear, it was your grand
father who was huckster.--Detroit
Free Press.
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The Original PHILOSOPHER.

81 have noticed" said the Original
Philosopher, that the person who
tells his trouble most is the one who
has had the least of it. The person who
has sounded the depths of distress
knows how inexpressible it all is
Los Angeles Herald.
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A Friend i'm Need

Rupert-But what do you want to
get married for?
Harold-Why, 1 have an ample in
come, and
Rupert-Don't say another word.
old chap-I'll help you blow it!-Puck.
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Rubbing 1T In.

Hix-What did Meeker do when he
found his wife had eloped with his
friend Smith?
Dix-He didn't do anything until he
learned their wherea bouts; then he
cent Smith a letter of coincidence
Chicago Daily News.
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Hydrophobia in Mexico.

The Mexican national board OF
health reports in it's last bulletin that
since 1888, when the Pasteur treat
ment of hydrophobia was introduced
there, 1000 persons had been treated,
with total mortality of only three
per 1000.
"fnirdIy- was Missing.
DR.. Gordon, who was the first min
lister of the church in Jamaica Plain.
about the year 1771, was Scotchman,
very stern and arbitrary in his man
ners and precise and orderly in his
own habits. The following anecdote
OF him is recorded in the family
journal of one of his old parishion-
ers:
One Sunday while preaching he had
begun to develop his theme with the
usual firstly" and got through that
and secondly" Then turning the
leaves Of his manuscripts he said:
Thirdly" a second time Thirdly"
and again in great embarrassment,
Thirdly"
Just then a little girl in one of the
front pews stood up and said:
please. sir, thirdly few out of the
window some time sgo."-Youths
Companion. ;,
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Those Foolish Questfons.

"Do you really love that girI?"
"Love her? Love her? And she the
only child of man worth So, ,000, 900,
and who has one foot in the grave and
another on a banana peel. Love her?
Go away. You tire me-" - Chicago
Tribune
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A Serious Cs.s

my boy" said the proud mother
"never uses slang"
Dear mel" returned the sympa-
thetic neighbor. what seems to b. N.
matter with him? Nothing seriou,
Ihope."-Chicago Post.
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In Russia the average of land, be-
cause of bad cultivation. produced
but one-ffth the amount produced
by an acre in America. This is the
official sta tement of her minister of
finance.
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Her Moneys wor,h

Bride-Darling. what caused Won tn
pick out Milwaukee as the end of our
bridal tour?
Groom-It was the farthest place
could get pass too.-Louisville Even
ing Post.
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Decision of a Diplomat

Mrs. Jackson-Mr. Hawkins, 1 wish
you'd decide bet. Mr.. Jackson saws
it is only 500 feet from here to the end
of the street, and say it's 1 ZOO feet.
Mr.. Hawkins-Well, I should say you
were both right It's about 500 of Jack
sons feet and 1000 of fyours.-Tit-Bits.
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Not Always Fair,

Were told that all is fair
In love; and yet. and yet,
The maid with golden hair
May be a bleached brunette.
philadelphia Record.
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Half and Half.

"The milkman's cart tipped over
and split 40 gallons of milk"
"Oh, no; only 90"
"He told me 40"
"But he wasn't allowing for the wa
ter, you know" - Philadelphia Bull
letin.
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Fargone-Ah, good afternoon, Ber-
tie, is your sister engaged?
Bertie-I guess she is this time sure.
this ring she got from a fellow last
night scratches glass. - St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
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A Bright Detective.

A Kansas City mans full-dress suit
was stolen one night recently, and
the detective who was sent to inves-
tigate the case asked: what color
was 2"
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SPEED IN TYPEWRITING.

finance.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
I'm MhNhGsN6i
FIGHT FOR |

campaign of 1904. and to that work
Mr. GARRISON appears 10 have been
assigned
with Mr. Payne acting as general
manager Of the Roosevelt boom, and
the southern end OF the campaign
assigned to Mr. Ciarkson. considerable
curiosity exists as to the sort OF poiit-
ical campaign that will follow.
There ia no doubt Quay will throw
himself heart and soul into the fight
in some way There ARE TWO reasons
for this assumption. First that the
only prominent opponent of the Presi-
dent ts Mr Hanna. whom Quay hates
bitterly: and second. that Mr. Roose-
welt has recognized Mr.. Quay to q
greater extent 10 federal patronage
than did President Mckinley. Mr..
Quay was persona non grata at the
White House during Mr.. Mekinley-s q
tern. and one OF his chief opponents
was honored with seat In Mr. Mckin-
isy's cabinet. Ga President Roose-
vels,s assumption OF the ofsace, Mr.
Quay received entirely different treat
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10

WASHINGTON, p. c.. July TO-
With the official announcement that
President Roosevelt intends to put his
administration forcibly behind more
stringent antitrust legislation. and
Democrats announcing trusts as the
principal issue of the coming cam
paIgn. the auestion--as 1t bears on
national politics-has become the one
theme of discussion among all public
men remaining in Washington.
Investigation today develops not only
that the cabinet Is divided on the az
gressiyeness Of the President. but also
that there Is a carefully laid plan
among the leaders In Congress to de-
feat any administration bill either 10
supervise and regulate or to compel
gI eater publicity of trust dolngs.
curiously enough. the same mem
bets of the cabinet who refused to fol-
low the President Id his campaign for
Cuban reciprocity are now either at
tempting to hold him back in the mat
ter of trust legislation. or are luke
warm In their support OF such a meas
ure as an administration effort. These
members are Secretary Shaw Postmas-
te~ General Payne and Secretary VIII
son
What is known as TIE conservative
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
6LARKS0N s1 d PAYNE In zssl ssEisEs % ROOSEVELT

nent. and his enemy was the first of
MIR MckinIeys old cabient ministers
to leave the cabinet.
But whatever the part that Messrs.
Payne and Quay will play. interest will
center for time around Mr.. Clarkson.
the man In charge OF the movement 10
capture the south.
At the time that Mr.. Roosevelt ap-
pointed Clarkson there was severe
criticism upon the selection II
seemed TO many persons strange
thing that a proposed ''reformer"
should select such a spokesman as Mr..
Clarkson for such an important Office.
; New Workers. who found fault. said
| that Mr. Ciarkson had not been active
| In New York politics: that. in fact, he
had not taken any part In politics al
all for six years. being an Iowa man.
That he was clever politician was ad-
mitsed. but few of Senator Platt's sup
porters could understand why he
consented to the appointment OF one
who was voted an Iowa man to such
an important position
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10

DIES MONIES. Ia, July fO.-The
40 I'd situation reached the most alarm
ing stage In the history of the city
early this morning.
The Des Moines river was twenty
orc feet above low water mark at
O'Clock, having risen three feet in less
than ten hours. 1t Is still rising rap
Idly.
The Raccoon river, which empties
in;c the Des Moines at this place, al
vanceG four feet between 3 and 1889
this morning. and is still goi ls up.
The food is at the highest poias s.ncs
ty.rl. when the river was 81 feet deep
over what Is now occupied by thou
sa.ds of residences, business houses
aud factories.
The residents of South Des Moines
KEEP: anxious vigil all night, and at 4
|, cicck, owing to the breakage of q
large section of the levee, were forced
To fee.
Many thrilling rescues are reported.
Thousands of dollars worth OF prop
ety was destroyed In the city limits
,no South Des Moines Is nov practic-
ally cut of from the rest of the city.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10

DIES MONIES, la. July lO.-Rains
have continued during the day, and
the river is still rising,
The inhabitants OF the lower streets
are fleeing for their lives, and the no.
tells and high grounds are crowded with
fugitives.
No lives are reported lost, but COM
munication with South Des Moines s.
cut Oft. and there are fears that all the
people in the submerged district were
not able to get away.
1t is impossible at this time to esti-
mate the loss, but 1t will amount TO
hundreds of thousands OF dollars.
Telephone messages from down the
river towns give information that the
food is equally disastrous along the
valley.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
Went to the Woods, Covered
Clothes with Kerosene and
Set Them on Fire
AWFUL TRAC5Dy
Was kidnapped and OUTRAGED bu
Three YOUNG Men and Gould Not
Bear Burden OF Disgrace.


KOKOMO. Ind. sJaiys \ 10-Miss
Maude Bernice Fritz, the young school
girl who was burned SO badly Tuesday
in her fathers woods, died this morn
ing, 7is
Just after midnight the girl regained
consciousness and to her sister con-
fessed that she had taken her own life,
and that no one helped her to apply the
match.
She said that she had decided to die
because she could no longer bear the
burden of a great crime OF which she
had been the victim crime committed
two months ago.by three young men OF
kokomo.
After she had been kidnapped by the
young men she lost consciousness, she
said When she awakened she real
ized the wrong that had been done, and
the more she thought of It the more
lnsufferahle the burden became.
On Tuesday afternoon she took
small pail OF kerosene and a handful
OF matches and went to the woods.
She very deliberately carried out her
rians of self-destruction, and when
ready she touched the fatal match 10
her kerosene-covered clothing.
An effort will be made TO fasten the
guilt OF the wrong and officers believe
that arrests will be made of the guilty
ones
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
GAVE UP $4,000
TO KEEP HIS NAME
LUnds H0ut Holmes Wouldn't Be-
come [. H. FriSbie to Get a
Rich LegaCu.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo. July To-
Rather than change his name from
Holmes to F'risbie, Lumas Hoyt
Holmes has sacrificed $4,000, which
Will now 20 to Nassar college.
Holmes was named as one of the
iacatees In the will Of his aunt, Louisa
Frisbie, of New York. provided he
would change his name to Frisbie
within one year from the date of her
death He Is a member OF the firm
OF Holmes a. Hubbard. prominent loan
agents of this place. He came here
FIVE years ago. He said today:
Il have fully considered the provi-
sions of my aunt's Will, and on account
OF my established business. as we'll as
gt ial relations, have concluded that
the sacrifice would be much too great
for me To comply with them in order to
be one of her beneficiaries. although a
number Of friends advised me to do 50
Ny aunt expressed a wish to adopt
and educate Inc when was q child,
bua my parents would not agree to the
proposition She has bean dead 9
wear ROW. and The time has passed for
me to legally get any share OF hef
estate
MIR Holmes has wife and one child
and lives in fine house here.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
The Republican Leaders VIII Not Permit the
President to Interfere With Great
Combines.
THREE MEMBERS OF THE
CABINET ARE OPPOSED TO
THE POLICY OF PRESIDENT

political element In the cabinet urges
that the regulation Of trusts is deli
cate question for the lnistration 10
Cttempt TO settle. While there are
good and bad trusts. they take the
ground that any sudden aggression N
the way of radical legislation would
stop business growth and be fatal 10
the ruling party.
They fear that whatever popularity
President might gain among the
voters of the country might induce
sugernors OF States and other officials
d: Immediately wage campaign
against all business combinations,
whether bad or good, which could not
fhil 20 have harmful effect on all
tue business interests of the country.
The new aggressiveness of the Pres
ident In this line "a the more freely
commented on In Washington because
IN comes after utter failure TO accom-
plish anything In the way OF antitrust
legislation In the session OF Congress
recently closed.
II was said today that when Con-
gress convened again In December, the
President will find In both branches
prominent leaders determined 10 de-
feat any trust legislation which be
may see AZ to advance
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
WILL Be THE
ALLY OF

head and front OF the Roosevelt cam
paign for 1904, and Senator Hanna s
friends have long reckoned upon him
as their real adversary. He Is looked
upon here as the manager OF tn"
Roosevelt boom. with able lieutenant&
One OF the ableat OF these II Mr.. Clark
son: aud Senator Quay. who recently
engineered an Endorsement OF Mr..
Roosevelt for 1904 through the Penn
sylvaflIa convention. is another.
The part in the movement which Us
assigned to Mr.. Ciarkson, according to
good authority. Is the capture OF the
south. Mr. Hanna himself gave evi-
dence In 1896 OF his ability at the
baggtcg OF southern delegates, al
though II la asserted by persons I'M
friendly TO Mr. Hanna that he got too
much credit for that. and that the
honor really belonged to the late Con
sui General Osborne
AT all events. shrewd politicians
figure that the fight for the southern
delegates will be one of the most I'm
portant features in the preliminary
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
R00SEVELT'S SIRIUS
AMONG C0NGRESSKEN
Mcclellan OF New York Says the
President Is Almost Without
Friends.

NEW YORK. July l0,-~"If the Re-
publican National Convention were 20
be held at this time" remarked Con-
gresham George b, Mcclellan last
night. Senator Hanna of Ohio, would
be nominated for President He and
Senator Foraker are on friendly terms
again Should Roosevelt be named,
he would be beaten. He enjoys the
distinction that he can not count q
friend In the House OF Representa-
lives. while Henry Cabot Lodge. OF
Massachusetts, is aboat his only friend
in the Senate
Despite the Presidents great pow
or. Senator Hanna can count on all the
delegates from the South. and | he
lieve the Ohioan can, II he really needs
them, get the solid delegations from
New York. Ohio Pennsylvania an
against Colonel Roosevelt"
Senator John r. Jorfes. of Nevada.
who is In the city and again loyal
Republican. expresses the belief that
President Roosevelt viii be renom-
mated. but Aas fears for his election
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10

NEW YORK. July 10.--Negotiations
for the sale of the famous Hope Dia-
mond to a rich American have been In
progress ever since the big blue gem
was brought to the United States last
November.
The price of the diamond Is $5OO,00o.
It is known that the Hope diamond
was recently sent to Senator Clark's
Office. at No. 10 Wall Street, and that
he examined 1t with interest. While
he has never been known as a collector
of rare gems, he is known in Europe
and America as large purchaser OF
paintings ad costly works Of art.
The Hope diamond came to the
United States on November 26. 1901.
1t was brought over by Simon Frankel
of the firm of Joseph Frankers Sons
OF Nassau street. The diamond was
brought In the safe of the German
liner Kronprinz Wilhelm in plain
pine case screwed to a shelf.
The Hope diamond Is one OF the
rarest of gems. a perfect blue dia-
mond. 1t weighs Al 3-S carats. and
is cushion shaped. rejecting q deep
sapphire blue light from nearly zoo
facets. AS to its origin, that, like the
history of many other famous gems, Is
shrouded In mystery. In its present
size and form 1t dates back only to
1888, but there is good reason to be-
i ieye that 1t Is half of what was once
the celebrated Tayernier diamond
one of the crown jewels of King Louis
EN-the Kohinoor of the French
3 crown
B The Tavernier diamond was bought
In India in the early part Of the
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
". 4. CLhRK AND fl DIAMOND
R6DOrt In New York That He viii Purchase a
$5O0,000 Gem

Eighteenth century by French trav-
eler. 1t was said at that time to have
been one of the royal jewels of the
ptaroahs of Egypt At any rate, 1T
was brought to France and sold to the
Kiag.
In 1882 It was seized by the revolu-
tionists along with the other crown
Jewels and placed In a strong box in
the Gardemeuble. From there 1t was
,oiea more than 100 years ago. and
no trace of 1t has ever been found. In
1856. however, a trader named DAME:
EiIason appeared In London with a
blue diamond about half the size OF
the missing Tavernier gem, of which
he could give no history. This was
sold to Henry Thomas Hope. ancestor
of the present Lord Francis Hope. lr
1874 there turned up In Geneva an >
ther blue diamond. exactly matching
The Hope diamond In size and color,
and experts believe this gem. kno *n
as the Brunswick diamond, and the
Hone diamond. are the halves OF tn !
lost Tavernier jewel.
It is believed here that the Montana
Senator iatends to purchase the gem
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10

WASHINGTON. d. C.. July To-
]. s. Clarkson. recently selected by
Preslden, Roosevelt for surveyor of the
port OF New York. has been In WASH
ington for about n week. conferring
with Postmaster General Payne and
other politicians close To the President
with regard to the political situation.
At the time that Mr.. Ciarkson was
nominated. Senator Plat was asked IL
II were not true that Mr. Clarason had
been inactive In politics lately. He
replied that 1t was. but that people
would fnd that Mr.. Clarkson would be
active enough hereafter. This pre-
iictlon Is already being fulfilled.
There Ia reason to believe that the
campaign OF 1904 is already under
consideration. and that Mr.. Ciarkson In
to have q very important part In the
capturing of delegates. HIS FRIENDS
say that he can give Senator Hanna
cards and spades" in capturing the
southern delegates.
Postmaster General Payne Ia the
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
DODG5D THE OCEAN
FELL ON HN HOTEL
A DARING Aer0ndul Has a Ncru
Close Cali on The jersey Shore
TODAY.

LONG BRANCH. July 1e.-Charles
Litchfield. the aeronatt. made q sensA-
ttonal parachute leap this forenoon at
the opening of the business naen's car
nivai and street fair. The ascension
was made about half q mile from the
seashore, In q strong westerly wind.
which carried his balloon radiiy to-
ward the ocean.
Realizing the danger OF dropping In
to the sea, the aeronant cut from his
balloon when at height a about q
quarter of a mile. landing on the top
OF the chimney of the Ocean Wave
hotel. directly on the Ocean drive.
In the descent he struck the chimney
with such force as to tear. away por-
ton of ii. severely wrenching his night
knee. The balloon was picked up .
mile and q half of shore by Captain
Henessey's fishing crew.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-10
Sensational Combat Between
an Indiana Man and Man
Eating Shark
MINIS CLOSE GILL
The lie Guards Saved Him IRON
3eing Done TO Death bu the
C0uOte OF the Deep.

BwI.ANTIC CITY, N. J.. July 10
Wa bathing this forenoon at the
end { the Steeplechase pier. Harry NJ
SHERMAN. OF Fort Wayne. Indiana
s.w ioating near him a dark object,
Nhiea he supposed was the body OF a
man He swan to where 1t was and
dtYsd after the object. but the supposed
dead nan turned out 10 be most live
" e.eht- foot man-eating shark. The
hsE cd not lose any time in Impress
iac identity upon the bather. who,
whea he diyed after 1t, grabbed the
fh the tall. Like fash 1t turned
oe t;m and made most vicious snap
for the man. who. as soon as he saw
what he had encountered, came to the
erfa>e and struck out for the shore. a
good quarter of a mile away.
The shark made rush for Speer-
nan who was thoroughly scared and
who called loudly to some people on the
shark. for he had no weapons but his
hands, which he was using to keep
saoat and get back to shore. When
the shark rushed the second time 1t
missed one of Speerman's legs by an
ace
Again II came after him. This time
l~ large fin cut the water Nike a knife.
Those on the pier who saw the COM
motion In the water underneath them,
hut who did not know the cause. now
realized the serious predicament Speer-
man was in. A man ran to the beach
and told IAfe Guards Calhoun ami
Neal Of the fight between the man and
the shark
They put out Ia their Tifeboat to
Speerman rescue. Before q they
reached him the shark was fast getting
In few knockout blows. II contin-
ued its series OF attacks. and finally
caught Speerman's left arm between lis
massive jaws Its long. pointed teeth
went deep into the fiesh. nearly sever
ing The arm. Speerman was weak
from the fight and wound. and very
near tainted. The shark came at him
again but IL was the last rush the fish
mad for Guard Calhoun. who had
been pulled alongside OF Speerman.
harpooned the Ash.
Speerman was pulled into the boat
The fish came TO the surface and was
also taken ashore. Speerman intends
10 have II stuffed. He was given med
a attention.