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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-15
EDDYvlLLE.

Eddyville, Feb. 14.-Mrs. Angeline
and Fred Miller entertained their rela-
tive, Perry Burela, Of Sheridan, wyo.
Monday, while enroute home from
Chicago.
Mrs. Jesse Swan was in ottumwa
Monday and Tuesday visiting her
mother, Mrs. Emma Lhost who has
been sick.
Mrs. Alice Heki returned Sunday
from an extended visit with her par
ents in Missouri. 80 -. x
About twenty of the relatives Of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred ,Crosson gave them 2
surprise Saturday evening in honor OF
their fifteenth wedding anniversary. OF
crystal wedding. !, They received sew
eral nice presents. Refreshments were
served The evening was passed in
a social way.
Miss Madonna Scott was in Oska-
lcosa Monday visiting, her sister, Mrs
C. L. Farmhouse, who has been nuite
sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. James MERCK, north
west of town, returned Monday from
a short visit with Mr.. Myrick's broth
er, c. l.. Myricls. at Des Moines.
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thahR ock Island for Centerville on
business.
Deans cactus oil. sargent's.
G. F. jacobson of Batavia was in
the city today on business.
N. F. Reed left this morning on the
Rock Island for Centerville on bust
ness trip.
Miss Emma Rhine of Belknap, who
has been visiting with relatives in this
city, left yesterday afternoon on the
Wabash for her home.
Butter color and Rennet tablets.
Sargent's.
Miss Lena Bradwell Of Mystic arriv-
ed last evening on the Milwaukee for
visit with Mrs. j. M. Snyder. 222
North Jefferson street.
Mrs. R. E. Lowell, 4O1 Wabash av-
enue, left this morning on the Mil
waukee for Moravia to visit with rel
atives.
Junket tablets. Sargent's.
Rev. Joseph w. sueppel of Washing
ton, Ia, formerly assistant pastor of
st. .Marys Catholic church is visiting
in the city today.
Mrs. Laura James. $50 East Second
street, left this morning on the Fort
Madison for Libertyville to visit for
several days.
Miss Ola Goldsberry of Charlton, who
has been visiting Mrs. E. MILFORD, 532
West Second street, left yesterday aft
ernoon on Burlington No, 10 for her
home.
Mrs. Lelah Fergus of Bussey, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Clara A. Ruble, 524 Center avenue,
left yesterday afternoon on Burlington
No. 10 for her home,
Cake and fruit coloring. Sargent's.
Rev. John Haefner, pastor of the
German Lutheran church arrived
home last evening on Burlington No
4 after a short trip to Buxton on
church business.
Miss Meta Dillner of Bloomfield,
who has been visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William McAtee on Grand
avenue, returned to her home last ev-
ening.
Mrs G. H. Johns and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Carlson of Fairfield, who have been
visiting at the home of Mrs. A. Lin
strom, 1872 West Samantha street, re-
turned home last evening on Burling-
i ton No. 4.
Shoulder braces for men, women and
children at Sargent's.
Mrs. A. B. Slater of Fremont, who
has been visiting at the home of Mrs.
Ursle Bridenstine, ia North Iowa av-
enue, left this morning on the Rock
Island for her home. She was ac-
companied home by Miss Leta Briden-
slime.
| Mrs. T. G.. Mason and little son.
Omer. of Ottumwa, arrived in the
city today for visit with relatives
and friends. y DIR. and Mrs.
H. N. Townsend and the latter's son,
Clavie Caster, departed Saturday even.
ing for Ottumwa where they will
make their home, the doctor having
decided that Ottumwa is better loca-
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ton for his work, that of eptician.-
The Centeryille Citizen.

ton for his work, that of eptician.--
The Centerville Citizen.
Judge S. S. Carruthers of Bloomfield
| Is a business visitor in the city today.
DR.. J. F. Herrick has returned from
Melrose, where he was called by the
illness Of a relative.
Miss salena Bradwell of Mystic, who
has been visiting at the home of Mrs.
j. M. Snyder, 222 North Jefferson
street, left this afternoon on Burling
ton No. for. Kewanee, Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. G.. l.. Harris, FOG West
Russell street, left this afternoon on
Burlington No. 8 for Chillicothe, called
there by the Hines Of Mrs. Harris
mother, Mrs. Mary Ball.
From w,sdnesday,s Daily
Abdominal supporters and belts. Sar-
gents. l
Miss Emma Porter, of Albia, visited
] yesterday at the home Of Mrs. w. S.
Coen, 507 North Court street.
George M Kerns left this morning
on the Rock Island for Oslsaloosa on
| business.
Misses Clara and Josephine Car,
baugh, of Eldon, who have been visit
ing at the home of O. Eslinger on the
South Side, left this morning on the
Rock Island for their home.
Fountain and Whirling Spray syr-;
inges. Sargent's.
Miss Rhoda Packwcod, Of Center
| vile, who has been visiting at the
home of her sister. Mrs. j. F. Stew
ems, 717 West Main street left this
morning on the Rock Island for her
home
Miss Rosa Flack, CT West Point. H.,
| who has been visiting ,her sister, Mrs.
William Kleinert, of Riverview, left
this morning on the Rock Island for
her home
Marriage licenses have been issued
to Paul A. Amelang and Estella NJ.
McMillin; w. H. Tennyson and Anna
Kincaid; Charles H. Chapman and
Sadie M. Grove; Joseph H. Britain
and Fora B. Messenger.
Meet your friends at Sargent's drug
store
DR.. Edwin Burchett, of Seymour, or-
rived last evening on burlington No.
4 to be the guest of Miss Estella
Akers, 21S North Mclean. street
/ Mr. and Mrs. E. Creary, of Agency,
who have been visiting at the home
of their son, F. M. Creary, who resides
on North street, returned home last
evening on Burlington No. 4.
Mrs. w. Slater. of Fremont, and
granddaughter. Miss Leta Bridenstine,
way to Fremont from Ottumwa
where Mrs, Slater bad been visiting.
The oskaloosa GERALD.
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Needed Every Kitchen

a Grand niopIasbestos specially set,
Free with Gan of baking powder, all
this week. This set consists of grid
die cake pen, frying pan, toaster, oval
and round baking mats, all packed in
neat box. This is bargain and you
will want one Grand Union Tea Co.
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IRISH BEND.

Irish Bend. Feb. 13.--Cole Swift. Of
Selma. lost valuable horse Saturday
evening.
Jake Shafer has returned from the
hospital at Kirksville, Mo, where he
has been taking treatment for rheus
matism.
w. G. Harryman attended the teach
ers' meeting at Pennington Saturday.
Allen Tasley has moved to Selma.
where he has a position in a store.
F. w. Raush has purchased a new
advance engine.
James Sections little boy died Feb.
s and the funeral was held Friday.
1nterment was made in the Eldon
cemetery.
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CHICAGO ...oRkETS,

This market is furnished by the Cas-
sidy Commission company. members
Chicago board of trade Local office
rooms % and 20, Holman block. e.
C.. French local ,nanarara - -.
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+ r ,4l 4
ened. 4s1k@4sss; highest, 4sM@4sA;
lowest, 4S%@431s; closing, 43h.
Oats-No. 2, 30; No. 8, 29k; No. 2
white, 31A@3l1s; No. 3 white. 29M@
30A; Feb, 29M; May opened, 300
sos; highest. sob @soA lowest SO;
e. .Pork. Mas, $3.50; July, 1887.
jgLard-May, $T90@L92; July. $500.
Ribs-May, $8.17; July. 1927.
Rye-Cash, 64@67.
-Fiax-Cash, S$i.09@1.145s.
Clover-Cash, $l4.00..
Barley-Cash, ss@52.
.Timothy-March, $3.50.
CHICAGO Butter, and Egg Market.
Chicago. Feb. ,14.-Butter, steady;
creameries, 17@27; diaries, 17@24.
Eggs-Weak, Is.
Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, Feb. 14:-Poultry, fri i;
turkeys, 15@1s; chickens, 70; springs,
New York Butter and Egg Market.
New York, Feb. 14.-Butter, firm:
street price, extra; creamery, 27@
27A; official prices unchanged.
Eggs-Easy; firsts, II; seconds, IL
@16h.
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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

From Tuesdays Daily
Whale oil soap. sargent's.
Miss Theo Shaw of Kirkville was a
business visitor in the city yesterday
Mrs. Lee Love Of Abba was bust
ness visitor in the city today.
Warren Harlan left this morning on
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OAK RIDGE.

Oak Ridge. Feb. 13-Miss Lizzie
Huston spent a few days last week
with friends in Ottumwa.i
Born, last week to Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Gillen, a daughter.
Miss Alice Hougland was visitor
at the home of Mrs. Nord last Satur-
day.
6 Mr.. Eland. of Hedrick, has bought
the Mr. Boulton property and taken
possession.
Sherman Conley has sold his prop
family for California Thursday.
Alvia Barlow was here Visiting with
friends last week. He expects to leave
next Tuesday for Mason City to make
his future home.
The cheaper the fiction the more lies
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The Best MFG Co.
7sel.s puooss sssa COG

i New York Poultry Market,
New York, Feb 14-Poultry, alive,
firm; chickens. IL; fowls, Is; turkeys,
IA. Dressed steady; chickens, 1908;
turkeys, 1901; fowls, 1908.
ST. Louis Produce Market.
st. Louis. Feb. Il. Wheat, May,
S2%.
Corn-May, 41ss.
Oats--May, BON.
~ Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria. Feb. 14.-Corn, No. 3, .391s.
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chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Feb. 14.-Wheat mo. 2. red
S7A @SSA; No. 8 red, s6@s7: No. 2
hard, S2@S5; No. hard, So@s3; May
opened. So: highest, s51s lowest, S5;
closing, S5M. 4
Corn-No. 2. 400 4pN: No. 3. 3sh@
40; No. 2 white. 40A @401s: No. 3
white, 40; No. 2 yellow, 401a; No. 8
yellow. S91a@4O; Feb, 40A; May OPP
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Car Lots,
Wheat today, S.; estimated tomor-
row, 10.
Corn today, 4os;, estimated tomor-
row, 44O.
oats today, 14s; estimated tomor-
row, 1875.
Northwest Receipts. II
Duluth today, 81; last year, 4. y
Minneapolis today, ESQ; last year
clearanees.
Wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn, 1882,
600 bushels; oats, 10000.
liverpool Cables.
openin Wheat. unchanged; corn,
u lower. ',sSs 5t
Hog Market.
Receipts today, 100000; left over, g.
MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago Live stsek.
Chicago. Feb. 14-Cattle. receipts
10000 strong to 1Oc higher; beeves
$3.85@6.40; cows and heifers, ,$1.50G
400; stockers and feeders, $2,65@4.6O;
Texans, $3.60@4.4D. ~ ). !.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; 100 loo
higher; mixed butchers s5.90@615;
good heavy. $6.05@6.17s : rough, $3.50
5000; light, s5.so@6.1o; bulk sales
s6.O5@6.12h.
Sheep Receipts. $4,000; steady
sS.50@565; lambs, s5.00@F.sb.
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New York Produce Market.
New York. Feb. H. - Wheat, May.
905s.
Conway, 4s1s.
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SHOE H &F STORE
HAGBERG & HARRINGTON,
1924 East Main st.
Tri- Weekly Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name OF
the Postoffice to which the paper has
been sent as well as the Postoffice
where they desire it to be changed to-
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Beautiful Nev Silks

nj Crepe, de cysne Amure, Chiffon Tafea
N many other silks Many of the small figured Silks
patterns, We special low
days Introduce these New Silks.
wide black TaHea SILK, $500
Spring Washable Fouards for s5c
quality Taffeta Silks all shades 55c
stoo quality de cysne Spring shades s5e
"a inch Crepe wearing SILK made soc
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!,
7 ai1oring

in our Mems and Boys Pants. We
have just received. Never before were
we able to offer anything to compare
with this, at prices anywhere as low
considering the perfectness in fit. the
quality Of the goods, and furthermore
the workmanship is the very best
You can save from zoe to 4oc on ev
cry pair by buying your Pants here.
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There is no trick about it. It's only
in having the necessary knowledge and
the ability to make use Of it. In our
long experience in the Shoe Business
and our earnest endeavor to give our
customers the very BEST Footwear
possible at the price lies the secret Of
our success.
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Men Table Linens
YOU know about the quality Of our soft fin
ished German Table Linens. If you don't, you
should-best wearing Linens made.
20 inch Cloth, Pure Linen. ....z5c
Fine Quality German Linen $500. l 90
Napkins to match .....2.z5
2 IL Yard Wide Table Linen. ...1. so
2 Yard Wide Scotch Linens .....l. so
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The cheaper the fiction the more lies
it contains. II.
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WHEN OUR
REPRESENTATIVE
CALLS

Give him a little Of your time to In
spect his samples and hear what he
tells you about Tea, Coffee, Extracts
and Baking Powder.
The BEST" is all it means in this
case. Try them,
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Mem Neckwear

Men Neckwear
IN the last few days we have received sample
lots OF New style Neekwear in lace and en-
broidery. Samples now on sale. :.
Embroidery Turnover Collars. Sc
Lace Turnover Collars, 100 and. $50
Imported Stock Collars, Csc and. SOC
Collar and Cuffs Sets, soc and Use
Silk Chemesitte, Lace Trimmed $50
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Those New Dress Goods

n uR showing Of New Spring Dress Goods
complete this early the II will Impossible
popular
freely
Nuns VeiInss, black the New Spring
Fine Nuns Yelling, ST. $175
Irish Popns
Nioha black coIors, SOC, 75c, ST.
$t25 Quality black ~ inches Wide.
Fancy Mohairs for price soc
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Nely Veilings

THE New Chiffon in plain and dot
ted, in full line Of new colors. 25c
Other new white and black effects,
ranging in price from En-.
19c up to-. -. -. $50. ..JVC
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18
) Blown Out to Sea

r, Long before he glanced over his shoulder,
rred knew, by the roar Of the sea, above the
reet, that he was nearing his fishing ground.
With1n a stones throw OF the boiling surge
ne dropped his anchor, got out his wash
bait (clams chopped very fine and thrown
over from time to. time, as toll for wander
ing schools OF mackereD, and then prepared 70
Dalt ms Jlgs'-i. e., hooks, around the shank
oil which cone-shaped bit of pewter has been
run.
That .plaguey Dan Leary" exclaimed Fred,
Tor. as he fumbled in his pockets after his
KNIFE, he suddenly remembered where 1T was
And there isn't a bait knife, or anything
like one, on board" he grumbled, as he looked
from bow to stern.
True enough, there was not A pair Of oars,
three spare tholepins, cod line. a bail dish,
his bait bucket and harpoon that Antonio,
the Vanguard's boat steerer, had given HIM
few days before, were, with himself, the
entire contents Of the boat.
BY this time the sun had risen, and the sea,
with it's countless sails, stretched far-reachng
and grand before him.
AS he sat, line in hand, one on either side
OF the boat, from time to time throwing over
dipper of wash-bait, many thoughts filled his
mind.
How long would it be before he himself
should be tossing on these same blue waves
in a noble ship? And what a disappointment
to Uncle Tom, when he finds that his nephew,
as dear to him as a son, has chosen this most
hazardous of all occupations! But it must be,
and just as soon as he got home he would tell
him his determination, for his uncle already
knew of Fred's fixed purpose to search for
his lost brother, and how better could he hope
to seek him than by voyaging about the world,
while"
But tug on one Of the lines interrupted
his reverie
Dropping the other, he pulled rapidly, with
a and-over-hand movement peculiar to the
skillful fisherman, and brought plump mack
laundering in the bottom of the boat, for
mackerel require no unlocking. Over goes
the line, and see! the other one is tautening
up, cutting a sharp angle through the dark
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

water. Another one is taken, and another.
I've struck 'em!" said Fred, aloud, and SO
he had.
Fortunately for him, he had left the bait
on his hook over night, and his pewter jigs
had been sandpapered to silvery brightness
the day before.
For twenty minutes or more these vora-
cious fish bit as fast he could pull them in,
great plump fellows, many of which would
weigh more than a pound each-"genulne
number ones" as Fred said, exultantly, to
himself.
So freely did these fish bite at times, that
az in this instance Fred had no need to renew
his bait, for, attracted by the glittering Jig
they took the bare hook quite as freely as the
baited one.
They disappeared as suddenly as they had
come, and again Fred's line hung motionless
from his finger tips. But sudden surge on
the right; hand one-and now ne pulls in a
small rock cod.
"Ahai it's your feeding ground, is it" Fred
said to himself, as he unwound his cod line
from the reel.
Managing to gouge slice from the white
under part of a mackerel, by using the sharp
edge of the harpoon-head, he baited his hook
and dropped it over.
Rock cod were plenty and in half an hour
he had taken twenty Of these handsome fish,
with their bronze sides spotted like those OF
a brook trout, their weight varying from two
to five pounds
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Mason, having spent nearly all that he had
IN the world in vain search for his little
JACK, soon afterward followed his wife.
Iom-now Mr.. Thomas Ashurst-a some
Wnat eccentric and reticent man, Immediately
TOOK Fred to. his own home, and spent the
ialgeT part OF his small income in giving tne
pooy the best education that Seaville afforded;
1871 Ior ne mad never forgotten his own share IN
hseie Jaek disappearance, and the remem-
Drance OF it had changed the mischief-loving
boy into a grave and thoughtful man.
lie mad brought Fred up to read his Bible,
ana encouraged him to take it as the guide
for his life
No teachings that or any other man can
tsoa,y 9qi he often said, will help you "a
Cnousandth part as much, in time to come, Us
those you Will find in this Book"
80 Fred grew up boy of correct .princl-
PIES not ashamed to own that he hated lie,
an oath or BLACKBOARD language; and l wish
that TT shere were many more like hlm:
Otlu further: he was not ashamed OF honest
labor. Many a dollar he earned in his spare
hours, and in vacation time, by plotting pleas,
ure parties to points on the coast. around
ssavllle And once, with the aid OF a coast
pilot, he took a. party. Of artists to Mount
Desert in his uncle's old schooner. Martha j.,
than which such another delightful trip was
never known.
Sometimes he supplied the tourists, who
camped along the beach northward of Sea
vile for miles, with fresh fish, for he had a
wonderful knowledge Of, the place where rock
cod and sea bass, sand-dab, or mackerel, were
to be taken in their several seasons.
And l assure you that boy may. know
how to do all these things and yet. be. "a
Gentleman and Scholar" as the saying is.
A few of the Seaville boys called Fred Ma.
son mean, for the reason that, instead Of
learning to smoke cheap cigars, OF laying the
foundation for intemperance by pouring down
lager beer and ale, he chose to make deposit,
now and then, in the Seavlle Savings Bank,
where he had already about three hundred
dollars at interest.
But it was noticeable he was always neatly
dressed-and at his own expense, too-had
money in his pocket and was never dunned
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

"A good mornings work." thought the
young fisherman; "and now, think Of it, I'll
take EN- to the North Harbor, where that
laIse yacht anchored last night. Maybe I'll
get, job plotting"
FOR, reared as he had been on the very verge
oil the sea, and having the Unborn taste for
everything pertaining to it, the channels,
shoals lights and Lodges for miles along the
coast were as familiar to him as the we'll
known landmarks of hill and tree are 10 the
boy who Is brought UP inland.
10 one who knows nothing of the hardy,
seitdependent life to which the boy on the
seal3ard accustoms himself, this may seem
overdrawn; but / assure you that there are
plenty OF such youngsters along shore, from
Cape Cod to Quoddy Head.
l. nave seen boys OF nine and ten at the rail
OF a pitching schooner, hauling in their fare
OF nSh as handlly as grown men, or standing
under reefs, is rolling the green seas from her
slippery decks.
1t is of material like this that many Of the
best captains in our merchant service are
made-those who have served thorough APP
premiership from their boyhood on our rock
bound coast.
1t is no very easy matter to haul in "kil-
lock i. e., rude anchor, attached to tho
end OF fifty .fathom line, especially when
tne little skin Is plunglng and swaying in
choppy sea-but Fred was used to such things,
and his muscular arms soon had it on board.
Then settling himself to his oars with the
tide, in his favor, he began to pull shore
ward.
Suddenly there was dull puff, and black
body broke, water within a few feet of his
boat. Another-and still another.
"Porpoises! No. horse-mackerel, as sure as
you live!" Fred exclaimed, excitedly, though
he had only caught the faintest glimpse Of
the huge fish which had caused this com.
motion.
Pulling in his oars he hastily bent the end
of the line by which he had been riding at an.
Choir to the shank of his harpoon, or "iron," as
the whalemen always term it, close up to the
heavy wooden staff
Then taking two half bitches with the
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blight around the staff, not far from the end,
he poised himself in the bows, trembling with
excitement as he heard the short pufs of the
big fish on every side.
just then a black mass rose to the surface
few feet from the dory. Drawing the iron
back to its fullest extent with his uplifted
right arm, the boy made rather striking"
picture, as he sent it quivering through the
air with all his force:
-, "Fast!" shouted the excited Fred, using
the whaleman's phraseology. 'Fast-as sure
as a gun!"
But as the wounded fish threw his huge
bulk half out of the water, Fred saw that he
had been altogether too hasty
1t Is one thing to harpoon horse-mackerel
from a dory and quite another to make fast
to big blackfish, which is species of minia-
ture whale, from the same small craft.
The former are very often taken in this
manner, but blackfsh is too dangerous a
customer to attack, other than in we'll
manned whaleboat.
II might have known by hearing EN- blow
that they were blackfsh," thought Fred when
it was too, late, as hardly knowing what to
do he held on to the oar which he had put
over the dory's stern with firm clutch while
the little boat went tearing through and over
the long seas like race horse.
With the school Of blacklist putting and
blowing close, to his boat, as they followed
but comfortable; but he held on to his steer
ing oar with a firm grasp, debating within
himself as to the chances of the fish firing
itself out, in which event what feather
it would be in his cap finally to tow him into
harbor!
"This won't do, though" he muttered, as
gradually collecting his thoughts he saw that
his chances fol, reaching the English Channel
in about five days were far greater than of
capturing the backfsh.
In fact, he began to realize that he had
caught. a Tartar; so, pulling, in his oar. he
crept forward, and putting his hand in his
pocket, CROPPED about for his jack, knife, with
which to sever the tautened line, when at once
It flashed across his mind that he had no knife
with him.
stitute to use in place of one-not even a
rusty iron nail And he began to be seriously
alarmed, for the backfish was now. going at q
still greater rate Of speed than at first.
To be Continued Next Sunday