Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-11-26

,gv W0Tkeu III ~"
~ proud descended, and a few
.,acad cuts relieved the man eater
Y, sorrated rows used to such seri-
.rnosa in life that he had attained
10Th of nearly twelve feet. Set
~ NJ in the lower jaw and single in
w., .nner they were of a size and
y" ominously suggestive of the
Lures vOracity.
Y. Is a good thing" said Brand,
,,,r bpwing at the huge jaws, that
-, aid not build the Carcharodon
80 On the same lines as an al
,r If this big fellows sharp en-
asrr we're not situated so close to
gomach he would have made
Of me. Jim, unless / carried a |
4 ceio"
4 .rss blue shark" commented the
4 \ ignoring for the nonce what he |
a ~ some of the cap'n's jawbreak-
It is the only dangerous
!. found so far north.
81 q, teeth are Ike 50 many fixed
.rs,s. Of course you would like to
= EN- but he would look fine in a
..,-m. Plenty of folk in Penzance,
-s,allv visitors. would pay a bob
bal to see him.
ps7l paused in his labor.
listen. jim" he said earnestly. ST
r-- both you and Jones to oblige me
/, saving nothing about the shark.
pasa do not mention my connection
I'm tba affair in any way. The story
Vii get into the newspapers as it is.
M additional sensation of the fight
would send reporters here by the score.
|Ii1't wish that TO occur"
40 YOU mean TO say
l,r Jones will report the picking up
the boat and the finding of the baby.
bcather with the necessary burial of
anan unknown
what sort of a chap was hep in
trrupted jim
IL don't know-a sailor-that is all
can tell You. He must have been
dead several days"
Then how in the world did that
baby keep alive|'
Il have been thinking over that prob
kn. imagine that. in the first place,
here was q survivor. who disappeared
since the death Of the poor devil out
there" He pointed to the sea. This
person. whether man or woman. looked
dfrer the child until madness came,
caused by drinking salt water. The
VT step is suicide. The little one.
Vt living fell into the bilge created
the Shipping of a sea and adopted.
b the mercy Of Providence, n method
Of avoiding death from thirst which
ought TO be more widely appreciated
limits. She absorbed water through
lie pores Of the skin. which rejected
tie salty elements and took in only
t]Se parts Of the compound needed by
u blood. You follow meT'
Quite. It's a slap-up idea"
Ut is not new. 1t occurred to 9
Gls captain who was compelled &c
Navigate his passengers and crew
thousand miles in open boats across
-e Indian ocean as the result OF
Ere at sea Well. the child was wei
lolFShed. in all likelihood, before TIT
accident happened which set her adrH
VI the Atlantic. She may have los
lew pounds in weight, but star
'auon is slow affair, and her plump
ltSS saved her life in that respect
MOST certainly she would have die
.olay. and even yet she is in grea
wager Her pulse is very weak, an
I'Ie must be taken not to stunt
nIe the action Of the heart too raj
Idly" --
When Brand spoke in this way Jill
spence was far too wary to ask pc
0Olal questions. Sometimes, in I'll
,@fiy days of their acquaintance, L
u04 sought to pin his friend with clun
y logic to some admission as to d
pSS' lie. The only result he achieve
Was TO seal the other mans lips Il
ud'S SO far as "reminiscences were CO.
cerned.
"o' only Jones and Spence. 81
-1oulpson, the third assistant, WI
naS taking his month ashore, togeth
"'w the supernumeraries who help'
preserve the rotation of two mouth
,o'A DUTY and one ashore, soon res
lev .u mat Brand. whom they liked al
igOAed up to, had locked the record
- 80 earlier years and refused to OPP
Ne diary for any one.
ieI so helpful was he. so entertainil
"Iul his scraps of scientific knowled
- sul more ample general reading. To
l'Ose whose turn on the rock was
-'ueht with his relief hailed his
epiearance with joy. During the pl
,Iins winter he actually entertain
len with a free translation of I
oen'y-tour books of the "Iliad," a
Vo' was the delight of Jim Spen
"eu ne was able to connect the
%o,S Of some Greek or Trojan be
Tvs ships. ~
o1g - private they discussed him oft
Is l common agreement was ms
tL ms wish to remain incogn
80 tO1iu be respected Their niclknaI
b e cap'n,' was a tacit admission
To-. higher social rank. They feal