The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-16

he came with lot Of his tribe, and
after a considerable ceremony made
me a member and appointed me as
one Of the high chiefs lie also gave
me his daughter for marriage. Well /
am q bachelor and will remain one
/ Anyway the old fellow wanted me 90
stay on the Island ans ruia his Uco-
pie ] was appointed some kind of %
nabob. for just at this time ! cannot
think what the Office is TO which l wa.
appointed lie brought presents ana
wanted me 20 marry one of his dlush
tiers. / explained to him. as best
could, that such a step was out of the
question, that If married. ! would be-
compelled to resign, that the United
States government did not want any
/ OF their officers married II was the
| hardest job | ever undertook to con.
vince that old dufcr that It would be
/ impossible for me TO wed his daugh.
/ ter. still have a number Of pres
ents that he gave me-
To make his story stick, Lieut..
/ Richardson showed some Of the boys
a pretty ivory charm given him by
. his hngship This story did not sat
isfy the crowd, and called for another
/ Richardson replied, We'll. I VIII tell
YOU another, which may seem some
81.
a Baron Munchauscn story, but which
nevertheless. is true one About
three years ago J was connected with
the stan on board the Iowa. which
/ ship was a part Of the South Atlantic
squadron. We were cruising around
down on the coast of Florida and ON
this particular day the sea was heavy
and choppy and waves were dash
ing high. Wen | was pacing the mid.
ship deck. and the boat was rocking
good and proper If you have never
been on choppy sea, you should go
on the Gulf Of Meyico where you have
II often especially during the solsticc-
season. 4 big wave washed un board
of ship a nice juicy Spanish macker-
el n there Is any fish that / like It
is is a broilcd Spanish macln-c !
have always been close student Of
biology, and wanted TO see If 70 we've
not possible for fish to live ont OF
the water When / first saw that
machorel. ! was in a brown study as
to whether 20 get the cook TO broil
him for me- or whether would make
my test in science and use this mack.
erel for that purpose
AFTER due consideration between
my fondness for the fish as a piece
OF food and my love for the study Of
science, science conquered, and ! be
gan the test had a bucket Of wat
er drawn from the sea and placed my
fish in It, Every day | would lessen
the quantity of water and take the
fish out and play with MIN in my
hands. | named the mackcrel jim,
and often went to his bucket and
called for jim. Jim soon learned his
name and every time | went and
called Jim" he would come 10 the
top. / soon had Jim living in a very
little water and would take him out
and put him on the deck, he would
flop along by my side for quite a bit
, During these strolls | would always
. take a little water with me to dampen
, his gills so that in case Jim would
get weak could give him refresh
, ments. Finally | made such progress
3 with Jim out of water, that had q
, coat made with a special pocket in II
, to keep jim in. However | always car
, ried along a sponge saturated with
water and often wet Jims gills. In 4
, few months | had my problem, as
thought, solved.
? Every day when / walkel the
q deck | would take Jim out for an air
{ ing and he would flop along beside o
/ me as natural as If he had never livet
y in the water | would always hay,
- a wet sponge to dampen his gills 70
{ protection. Whenever / would sc
j shore leave / would always take jim
g along with me in this special pocket
p, and walk up and down tae beacI