New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-11
When his hysteria grew uncontrolla-


BILE, his m % and tears gave place to-
loud ssobs. but still the placid sentry Of
the hulk swan round and round The
sobs at length ceased, and IN their
stead came loud cries which. soon were
ishri1 resounding shrieks. But the
| shark swan round and round till the
truant was crazed. driven almost to
madness by that relentless watch.
Atslength toward evening, when the
sun was sinking fast, one piercing
scream from Wat was answered from
| the beach Of the little bay answered
/ by a long, full toned .'Hellor' Wat ran
/ up and down, jumping and throwing
/ his arms in the air, shouting Help!
Shark! Help! Shark z with all his
strength and all his might 70. the
highest rock figure assembled, the sun
shining fully upon it, and Wat recog
nized the humble student, the poor
/ hoolteacher, Jan de Jough. W HON he
4 had so grossly insulted in the morning.
The boys heart sank. ~.
81 called him black man. he
4 thought, and he isn't, and tried to-
j break up the school. He'll go away ard
leave me to die. and nobody will ever
know
4 Still he shouted and cried and plead
ed, and the schoolmaster, to his great
/ joy, instead Of going away, came along
1 from rock to rock to a promontory
l where his words could be distinctly.
heard.
4 81 don't understand cried De Jough.
Are you hurt? Can't you swim
1 ashore?'
"A big shark is swimming around the
wreck yelled Wat, land can't get
away from it! Oh, Mr.. de Jough. for
give me and save mev'
The schoolmaster did not reply for a
moment. He was startled. There was
no small boat nearer than the barber.
4 three hours away. There and back
i would be six hours at the very least.
1 and by that time it would be cold All,
lark, and Wat might get SO crazed WI
cold and terror and loneliness-might
grow delirious, in tfact-that he would
4 jump overheard to swim ashore, when
his fate would be awful. These things
the master thought of in a moment.
thought of something else for ii mo-
ment, just the value of his own life.
thought for not single moment O.
that boys attempt to raise mutiny in
the school, and the next moment he
/ was stripped to the skin.
q "Cheer up, Wat, my boyr' he shout
ed, as if Wat was a good comrade in
stead of an insolent pupil. Keep a
good heart. I'm coming.
He was coming! Wat could not re.
ply. How could Mr.. de Jough pass out
8 if he could not pass in? He looked and
a saw the master on his knees praying
F. and Wat knelt also.
E When De Jough rose up. he had &
IS long bladed open claspknife in his
mouth and Immediately diyed into tht
water. The shark felt the Vibration
caused by that plunge and darted lit
tie way in, at once on the alert. Wat
still kneeling, watched with claspet
hands and anxious eyes. The head 81
the master appeared, his strong arm.
striking out resolutely. Al few yard:
& he came, when the monster detected
4 him and made rush. For a momen
L Jan de Jough paused, then suddenl,
+ diyed. and the next instant the sharl
leaped clear of the water and sinking
again. left behind it on the surface ;
great red stain. De Jough came up
Wat saw the enraged sharks fin nea
the surface, saw the CLEAN Of it's whit
belly as it turned on its back so tina
it's hideous mouth could bite, saw Jal
dive once more and then saw the grea
fish roll over in a mess Of blood an,
slowly sink. Jan had killed the sharl
in it's own element Wat leaped Their
with a glad shout Of thanks. and in
short time was safe on shore.
81 thank you" he cried, clinging t
the students side. ''and, Mr.. de Jough
4. was an awful cad to say that thi
: morning. Lick me as much as yo'
o please. and l won't cry out. You ca!
L kill me if you like. I'm ashamed Q
l. myself
# De Jough only pressed his hand an
o1 smiled.
e We'll try to forget all that, Wat,
d man and couldn't help it if were, ye
IS it was black man who saved 70
II from the shark"
" ssHow?''
d t'Beca use Kaffir on the coast, fa
Al nous diver, taught me that trick, with
le out which / could not have saved yol
[e So, you see, Wat. it is unwise to snee
s. at any person Of any race, blacl
=. brown or white. for it is more tina
ri likely that person may be able, know
le ing what you don't know, to be "a
If service to you"
l- Wat bowed his head, abashed
d ''Mr. de Jough." he said after aWhil
It I'm coming to school tom orrowI and
les were tie boys rude 2"
!. "a little
d ''Well,'' said Master Watt 1.-THE
~ won't be any more. They knpw MI
- and like you, Mr.. de Jough."
e, Altogether.
9 "HoW many are there in your fan
y ily?''