The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-03-09
seemed SEIZED with eonvuIslons

was making all the use he could Of H.
having out aludding sails and bringing
her to the wind with all this canvas
flying took time. Two mon started to
lower the boat. but II was full Of wood
and that took time. glanced over
tho tanran, and saw no trace Of Nic
ola.
Hes goner." exclaimed Mt
Buck.
NO. there he is." said sharp eyed
O'Neill. pointing over the lee quar-
ter ind there. sure enough. was a
black spock the head OF Nicola. lie
was swimming but slowly and laborl'
ously.
The brig had been brought to and
the boat unloadod. whom n cry came
from the poop,
iii. hii shnrk. see hint"
Aheam was tho triangular Nm Of a
shark cutting the water as u made a
straight course for Nicola.
ITS all up" muttorod the mate.
nothing can save him now"
There was splash. and 10 our as
constituent Bradd had lcaped over
board and was swimming horcely. lie
lay a course which must bring him
between the shark and Nicola.
Gall darn ~" snarled the captain,
two men instead of one gone and
who'd have thought Of Bradd going
over the rail for the dago
never saw man swim as did
Bradd. He seemed 10 grasp the water
and pull himself along. but when our.
eyes fell on that omlnous foeting Nm
we felt II was merely the sacrifice Of
one mans life 10 save anothor's Hay'
| Ing laid a right angled course Bradd
/ gained on the shark. which was
fwimming In a straight line for the
] Italian ana was cables length
/ ahead Of the FISH when he reached
/ line with the slowly swimming Nicola
and then he seemed seized with con
WILSON'S. lie splashed the water with
his hands and legs, reminding one Of
the actions OF duck which has
reached a pond after a long, dry land
| Journey. Ills motions were so violent
| that the sea frothcd about him, and
the shark was evidently as surprised
at these oyolutions ms was the crew OF
the Apollo Obviously they were not
TO his taste for he darted on In an
opposite direction. by this time tho
boat had been lowered and In a half
hour both men were aboard the brig.
u didn't think you were that bis a
fool to risk your life for a dago who's
hungry 10 put knife In you" re-
marked Nod. roproachully
Risk" exclaimed Bradd; "thoro
wasn't any II you'd been In the In
dian ocean you'd know the shark Ia
the biggest coward that swims and
any man can scare EN- on who makes
big splitter IN the water and thon
I hate the bloody things and IN balk
EN- Of meal any day"
Not word had Nicola spoken IA
any one since he had been brought on
board. but now he came out OF tho
forocaatle and approached Bradd. H'
held ont to him the stlletto with the
hilt towards his enemy ! never saw
such a grand gesture Of utter surren
dor az that. II the Italian had filled
the air with an eloquent speech I
could not have been half as impress
slyo Rough as was Bradd, old beach
comber Of twenty years, he appreciat
ed Il.
Keep your bloomin' knife" he said
and the broad. frecklod face broke Int
smile
In that most monotonous and YER
dirty Brazilian town, Rio Grande d
Sui. two very drunken men walkot
arm aud arm down towards the quay
one sang a coster song In deep bas
aud the other In a scroechy tenor
baycarole. They were Bradd AM
Nicola. and th, sea feud was a. Al
end.