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rs DUEL WITH SHARKS

ID ever run against q
shark In swimmlng?" said
Prof. John II. Clark. the
famous swimmer, who has
been doing ncIuatlc stunts
"Well. rather.
Pensacola IN 1882 and con.
give n public exhibition In
/ n point near Washington
wns to he sewcd up In
heavily weighted with sand
|n into the water, and 1
10 cut myself out with n
gain the surface In n few
llmc, and the papers talking
Event got the Interest OF tLe
Roughly aroused.
that | could do the trick nll
had no fears OF drowning.
the landlord of the hotel
toppcd began to talk abont
In the bay and told me uf
fople who had been eaten
ecame the least bit worried.
WAS game Tor the task, ard
Be entertained the idea OF
but. even though my fears
lhc hour approached for my
bwcver. 1 determined to take
The sack nm extra big knife.
determination. carried out, re-
having my HE.
afternoon OF my descent into
be shore line was black with
hd there were parties out Gn
D In skifts and other craft
get u better view OF the pcr-
Well. TO get down to my
vas taken out quite a little
b shore on :, flat-deckcd boat
II In u huge sack, the bottom
|was packed with heavy sand.
lingering look Mt the bright
just before the sacks inouts,
ed. and ~" n M with the
Is getting ready FOR his work,
|nrks were sill; on my mind.
not krow whether I would
OF the venture alive or not,
the danger present my cour-
nni Tor this I WAS thankful.
lck was Intel M hy several
krocs, hired for the purpose.
lcu into the sea. Tile sound
plash merged with the noise
3 water IN :ry car. and I felt
Ting to the iowest depths with
OF u rocket. In less than n
'hen I could have hardly been
h thirty feet beneath the sur
rl, something hump Into the
the thought flashed upon me
ark or come other great fish
ig tor me. felt the bump q
ia,er on my other side. and
hen, with 4 cold sense of hor-
there were two OF the things.
they Nigh; bs, after Inc. I
|olts repeatedly in nm !ncrcd-
space OF time. and. gripping
firmly. I ripped open the side
ck which l faced. freed my
hindcrinc embrace, and shot
toward the surface. Once
: sra.ei my leg. and. even
water iingling against my
contact seut shivcrs down
rs the feeling was MS though
couEterci some yielding, rub
stance.
al bobbci above the ocean.
struck out with sweeping
or the nearest boat n shout
from the people on shore.
MS closc to dcath-somcti,ins
me- that !. was-and l didn't
tlicn for the plam,lits OF tho
;. I only wanted TO gain n
safety. AS I was making
.rtions, with my knife still In
the water parted n few feet
le OF me-. aud ! made out :hc
elk I'm of a shark. The mon
hcadin. for me with ever-in-
speed. and us / was about to
escape its spriug, another
'pcared closr by and dashed
a part OF the prospective din
rst shark was close upon me.
stinctly saw It turn half way
Its side and open Its horrld.
ID jaws to seize me, when l
dove ns quickly as thought
ater, and, gauging the dis
me up In a hurry. My left
tended over my head. encoun-
. yielding. rubbery substance
lad felt before, and quickly
back I lunged forward with
knife and I felt the weapon
,p and safely Into something.
the knife several times and
'ack and forth, and I knew by
'tlon OF the wnter that the
'r such my quarry proved to
struggling desperately. A
ky object slipped through the
I'd grazcd MY chest in Its de-
the bottom, and I wns aware
monster wos dead and his
m Its why 10 Its grave In the
4.
e to the surface sasping for
md saw almost within hand
'awlboat, with several excited
ON the navy yard H. II. Will
ds seized me, and I was