The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12

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their midst rushed the destroyers bring
ing with them the realization OF all those
paralyzing fears First TO be attacked
was The noble bull, and once the first
bewldering shock and smart had passed
he CALAMITY maintained the reputation
OF his giant race. Every device that
sagac.ty could conceive or fearlessness
execute was tried By him. until the trout
bled ocean around the combatants was
all a-boil, and It's so recently unsullied
surface was Uttered with tangled wrcathsl
OF blood streaked foam. Whether from
affection or for protection is uncertain,
nut The rest or the family did not attempt
10 l,cc. All seven of the COWS kept close
to their lord, often appearing as II they
would shield him with Their own bodies
from the invisible death-darts that con-
2tinually pierced him TO the very seat Q.
his vast vitality And this attachment
proved their own destruction, for their
ASSISTANTS lowering around them with
the ensy mobility OF birds, slew them nc
Their leisure, not even nGIiing to ham
prr themselves by harpooning another IN I
dividual. Instead, they welded $50 nelr
long lanccs upon tho unreslsting felnaics,
leaving the ocean monarch TO MS eit t
nent death. So successful were those tao
tics that before an hour had i1own' WINE
30, The violet tint OF departing night
fingered on the western edge of the sea,
the last one OF those mighty mammals
had groaned out the dregs OF her me-
Flushed with conquest and nreathless
from their great exertions, the victors
lolled restful!y back in their boats, wh1le
ali around them upon the incarnanilea
waters the massy bodies OF their prey
lay Eently swnying TO the sluHlprous 5roi'
OF the silent swell.
Meanwhile. Throughout that stark bat
lie, what or the yonnglingss fatel by
almost a miracle he had passed without
seattle. What manner or dread convul-
sion4pf Nature was in progress he couid
not know-he was blind and deaf and al
most liieless with terror. With all that
wide ocean around him he knew not
whittier to fee from this day OF Wra IN.
or all those who had been to MN SO
bricf IL space ago the living embodiment
OF inyicible night. not one remained 10
sI,nIn or shield him. none but were In
yolyed in this cataclysm Of blood. Ills
kindred were cut off from him. he was
overlooked by his enemies ana When ne
came 10 himself he was alone a suoden
impulse seed him, and unaer its
frlfIuouce he fed, fed as the bee lilies, huS
without the ho.nlnG instinct to snldc MN,
southwark through the calm blue s!lences
Of that sleeping ocean. On, on, he Hea
urtirine. until behind him the emerald
shaen of his passage through the now
starltt waters broadened into a wide
blaze OF softest light. When compelled
10 break the CLASSY surface Tor bfeatil
\ there was a sudden spash. and amid the
5deip srh from his laboring lungs came
tt1a musical feil of the sparkling spray.
When morning dawned again on his long
ohiectless flight, unfaillng instinct warn
ed him of his approach TO shailoWer
,vatnrs. and with slackening speed ne
,yent m through the tender dlffused sum.
light OF those dreary depths, until he
,cnme to an enormous submarine forest,
where the trees were fantastic abutments
az living coral, the leaves and fronds
az dullhued fucus or alge, the blossoms
If orchid like sea-anemones or Zoophytes,
and the BIRDS were darting, gliding hsh.
whose myriad splendid tints blazed ilke
Illuminated Jewels.
Here. surely, he might be at peace and
find some solace for Ais loneliness. some
suitable food to replace that which he
had hitherto always found awaiting him.
and now would find neYermore Moving
gently through the Unfortunately intricate
avenues OF this submarine world OF still
ness and beauty, his small lower Jaw
hanging down as usual, he found abund-
ant store OF sapid molluscs that gl.ded
down his gaping gulet With a pleasaht
and were soon followed py
soothing sense OF hunger satisfied. When
he rose to spout he was In the midst OF
a weltering turmoil of broken water,
where the majestic swell fretted and
roared In wrath around the hinderlng
peaks of a great reef-a group OF IS
lands In the making. Here, at any rate,
he was safe, for no land was In sight
whence might come band of his here
ditary foes, while into that network OK
Jagged rocks no vessel would ever dare
TO venture. After few days OF placio
enjoyment OF this secure existence he
began to feel courage and independence,
although still p.ning for the campanion-
ship of his kind. Thus he might have
gone on FOR long, but that an adventure
befell him which raised him at once to
MS rightful position among the sea folk.
During his rambles through the nlazes
and glades of this subaaueous paradise ne
had once or twice noticed between TWO
stupendous columns or coral q nia 4,..
space where the water was apparently
Of fathomless depth, curiosity. one q
the strongest influences acuatng the AMI
mate creation, impelled him to investigate
this chasm, but something. he knew not
what, probably inherited caution, had
hitherto held him back. At last, having
met with no creature nearly his own
SIZE. and grown bold by reason OF plent-
eous food, he became yenturesome, ana
made for that gloomy abyss, bent upon
searching It's recesses Thoroughly. Boldly
he swept between the immense bastlons
mat guarded 1t, and with swift ur-
ward trust of his broad horizontal tall
went headlong down. down. down. Press
emily he saw amid the. outer darkness q
,yeb Of palely cleaning lines necessarily
their patterns and extending
over an acre OF thousand square yards.
They conferred upon dull ghastly glare
that was motionless, formless, indescrib-
able In It's midstither was a blackness
deeper. If possible than that of the SUR
pit, Suddenly all that writing
wrapped upon him round,
~. s-1,,f,bIper gnarnS staining mon him