The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-11

piece Of cake and disliksd the idea Of attempting to
only said if 1T must weigh twenty TONS" he
make me the 1T is just seventy feet long" said
accept it: the professor, who had paced the fish
off WHAT fan dw thn hat Of aaad ee to the
surface exclaimed Captain sam whats it good for?
why! to prove to people that have discovered
the sea serpent replied the professor.
well, haven't seen it? Can't we tell the
story and swear to it ?' asked Captain Sam.
THAT is all very WE'LL replied the professor, in
somewhat petulant tones; but you know very well,
Captain Whittlefed that the public accept
affdavs on the sea serpent; what they want is the
animal itself"
But suppose it fouls our propellers an is the
means of anchorin us all to the bottom what them"
said Captain Sam.
.Wel, as for me- I am willing to take my chances
in the interest of SCIENCE said the naturalist.
II have it, said Captain Blake, presently. I'VE
have five miles of wire sounding line aboard ship;
will fasten that to the serpent and when safe
at the surface haul the creature by the engine,
did the box of treasure"
ut can't be DONE" replied the professor; mo en-
CINE afoat could do it. Let fasten the serpent
to the vessel and will sit by hand all the
ay I'D and if there are anv signs of SHINING or foul
ing will cut the cable and let it co.
This seemed so fair proposition that it finally
agreed to- and necessary preparations at be-
A stout hawser made fast to the
pent and in turn passed thru hole in the
Dolphin that the big fish swing twenty feet
below the keel Near the Captain Sam arranged
swinging seat for the professor, who to be the
sentinel. All being ready the captain gave the word
the lifting propellers moved and the steel legs of the
Dolphin slowly slipped out of their soft
When the hawser exhausted it necessary
to roll the serpent over; but this was
done successfully, and Captain Sam Ralph,
who had DOTTED their armor in the downward
glare of the searchight the snake-ke the big
fish slowly following them upward. The powerfu
engine of the Dolphin had so thoroly tested
and the ascent necessarily slow. 1t was,
captain said, almost equivalent to lifting ffy-foot
whale.
They talked continuously with the professor who
sitting out in the cold Captain Sam expressed
it, the old sailor softened he watched
this most remarkable evidence the natural
lists devotion to science. They had left the deep
water and were at estimated depth of but half
a mile from the surface Familiar animals soon be-
gan to appear,-fshes which belonged to the upper
surface, jelly fishes, schools Of Pyrosomae and many
The professor caught of the latter, which
four feet long, in his and crushed it that
it glowed like hot furnace. Wonderful exhibitions
of phosphorescence and the water
appeared to be filled with dancing lights
What kind of fish do you call the serpent ?"
telephoned the captain.
"That is just what is worrying me-" came from the
naturalist. IT thinking it over, and while
we have proved that the sea is fact it looks
to me like ee-lke shark, specimen of
which, three four feet long, from Japan, de-
scribed years ago by Garman. He said that
large would look like serpent But. there
differences and I think we have species''
Think of the sensation the discovery will maker
said Ralph.
At that moment Dolphin unged violently, hurl-
the occupants to the end of the cabin then slowly
righted. The vessel seemed to be sinking, and
tain Blake hurried to the telephone to ask what was
the matter
Sharks" was the answer; and Captain Sam who
had gone to the window, a man-eater nearly
thirty long, struggling below them. 1t had seized
the dead serpent and was dragging them down.
Captain quickly impaired this information to the
Others terrific lurching Of the Dolphin being
roborative testimony, If any were needed, that they
were n danger.
The engineer also reported that they being
hauled down, despite the two prope1lers. The
tain took glance monster then sprang again
to the telephone
"cut the hawser! clear away the serpent!" he
called the professor.
'rWhat!'' the response
"Cut the haWser!" roared. the captain.
What does he say?" asked Captain Sam who was
holding on to stanchion to preserve upright posi-
ton. s.
says he thinks the shark is Species and
kodak said the captain, who clinging
the telephone shaking his fist at the invisible
naturalist. refuses to it away
ITO Be Continually