The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-06-23
The pig did It, Bill looked at the
sharks and chuckled.


sharks and chuckled.
1T was a noble thought says l.
"A better man would have covered 1t
with patent rights an hour ago.
"We heard scream there's no es-
Gaping the yellows of skin diver
when a thirteen-foot shark mistakes
him for an elongated prawn.
Next moment we saw the two
Japs astride the submarine, waxing
their knives at the frothing water
around them.
One of 'em bitten on the foot
says |. We'll measure him for pair
of crutches later on
The schooner's dinghy will be
round by an by to see what's the mat
ter says Bill.
Depends on our shooting, says l.
"The two Japs astride the sub
marine saw US in the moonlight One
of 'em stood up and waged his arms.
Anything wrongly says l.
"A slight miscalculation,' says he.
The hob-nosed twiner has become en-
tangled in the Aaron-Johnson adjudi-
Gator. A three-inch whelp incinerator
will neutralize the poisonous eXpul-
sions.' He waved his arms cheerfully
at me and Bill.
Rub with gasoline says l, and
wire results
81 was cool; my temperature would
have surprised thermometer. 1t oc-
Cured to me and Bill that the Japs
were collecting their feelings. You
could have repaired broken icehouse
with their faces.
Gentlemen, mistook your ma
chine for Panama Canal excavation,
says l. BE calm; don't let me hurry
you.'
"Bill say my speech would have put
Fenian into Parliament. The Japs
looked hurt Matt unscrewed the top
of manhole and slipped into the
shell-collector.
Funk says Bill.
Triple expansion Of the nerves.
Gone below to commit suicide with
the oyster opened says l.
"The other Jap, astride the machine
seemed to be watching the fleet of
gray-backed sharks swarming around
One big fellow with a shovel snout
looked at the stradling Jap like hun
CRY policeman shepherding pie.
1.-THE Jap inside the machine bob
bed his head through the man-hole
and heaved piece Of raw meat into
the water. About 200 full-gtown
sharks closed round 1t and fought for
ten seconds in solid heap, turning,
rolling and swapping at each other like
tigers.
'The Jap at the manhole disappeared
like an African falling through a pill
pit.
Coin to measure himself for a
new llghtnin' n'-conductor, says BILL
I counted the sparks in his eyes,.
He moved greasily,' | put in, and
not without certain elegance of man.
ner.'
1--WE saw a sky-colored light jolt
from the stern window of the machine.
1t kicked the floor of the lagoon and
whitened the top. Two seconds later
the water bulged and drew itself to-
gether as thought the submarine had
given 1t headache. Up and up 1t
heaved, high as a schooner's mainyard,
and then the blamed thing split in
nine pieces. Whoost! Bang
Sand, mud and shell ripped the
air. The lagoon shook as If 1t had
swallowed ton of gun-cotton. A big
wet, smelly fish whipped BilPs face
A pair of sharks weer blown to the
roof of the trade house, knocking the
fagpole endways.
'Banzia!" said the Jap at the man
hole. What do you think of that,
Bully Hayes?'
Considered as side show It
beats whaling or football says I.
why not put your water elevator on
the market? 1t would sell in thous-
ands as q pick-me-up.'
1t would go well with soft drinks,
says Bill, wiping dead fish from his
| eye.
Tine Jap at the manhole promised
to consider my proposal at an early
date. Then he asked If we had any
more sharks to spare. There were
several floating round, that looked
hurt and tired he said.
81 followed Bill back to the trade
house. Nothing that had any bearing
on the Japanese submarine was left
unsaid. At sun-up Bill complained
bitterly about the small of dead shark
on the roof.
It's the only blamed thing they've
left u.s. says he.
But he had to admit that the ma
chine was no fy-tray."
MAIN FARM FOR MISS KELLER.