The evening world., 1913-08-29
GATOR RAMS SHIP;
WH|STL|Nc MONKEY
TACKLES SAILOR
Turtles Jam River for Half a
Mile and Stop the
Steamer.
ALSO, VAMPIRE BATS.
Oh, Yes, Indians in War Paint
There Were and the Sea
Was Red, Red, Red.
ALSO, VAMPIRE BATS.

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listen to this cory tale Of the sea. II 10
the tale Of the little steamer Javary Of
the Booth line. arriving this morning
from . voyage OF $500 miles down the
Amason River. with . cargo Of rubber
and nuts. she sailed from Iauitoes, Peru.
on July II. Incidents Without number
marked the voyage down the river. and
she sailed homo through . sea Of blood
without . drop Of blood being shed.
Capt. Alexander Alexander 10 master
Of the Javary. and many . trip he has
made up and down the Amason. The
f,rst mate 10 q. N. Duff Of Ireland. the
second r. b. Furneaux and the third J.
L williams. Ali are familia With the
waters Of the Amaxon. Its mosquitoes.
its alligators and Its blood sucking vam.
pirs bats.
On the second day out, with just a
vhiR Of breeze to temper the heat. the
Javary was coming along slowly. as all
ships do in those waters At the start.
MIR. DufY-they call all officers MI" on
all well regulated ships-was on deck.
A huge alligator showed his ugly head
above the water near the river bank.
then came with rush on to the steamer
With . hang he hit the side OF the
ship, And the force OF the shock bounced
him back. Mr.. Dun had never seen any
thing like that before. but then he had
never seen an alligator a. big az thu
fellow. Again and again he assaulted
the steel plates, Without harminS any.
thing but himself.
Mr.. GATOR KEEPS HIS EVE ON
THE MATE.
Mr.. Duff walked forward. looking oveI
the side. and the alligator followed him
In the water. When they got to the
bow the attacking party renewed the
attack. A kedge anchor hung over the
bow. for in those waters they have 4
be ready always to drop . hook Of
throw It into the bank to warp arount
Q bend. The kedge 10 let 20 by with
drawing a steel pin from its fastening
Mr.. Dun waited until the alligator wa
rushing head on At the bow plates
then pulled the pin. With An awfu
bump the hook smashed down upon thu
head OF tho most surprised alligator
ever seen in the Amazon. and hook ant
alligator disappeared beneath the sur
face. The mate quickly pulled on tn,
anchor. and by and oy the assaIant o
the Javary arose some distance awal
from the vessel. He looked reproaoh
fully at the mate and scurried for tn,
bank. Mr.. Dun Is OF the opinion thai
the alligator went suddenly loco
which accounted for him attacking tn
ship.
Third Mate Williams plays the man
dolin. He is a fine performer. and cal
play anything from ragune to Rigo
letto. But the officers like to hear hhl
play on deck rather than In the cabin
Ono evening. shortly after the alligato
episode. he was on deck. the vesse
being at anchor under the overhan ginl
foliage " the bank. As he played h
heard a whistling accompaniment to hi
lay. He stopped. puzzled. and the whis
Ting stopped too. He played again an,
the whistling. was resumed. 1t va
eerie. While he was trying to maxi
ND his mind whether the sound was tn
of . mermaid or q banshee somethln
fell or jumped from aloft and landed O.
| his back.
IT WAS A WHisTLINo MoNkE'
THEY FOUND.
He screamed In terror a. q pair o
hairy arms encircled his neck. an
rose to grapp'e with the whatever II
was" Sailors ran to his assistance an
found him tied up with a GLIB sriug
ia bberlng. whistl,ng monkey. 1t vas
species Of the whistling monkey OF tn
Amazon. which had been often hear
by those on board and never befor
seen. The monkey was captured. an
after that II helped to whistle ava
Me fogs on the river. Mr.. William
brought II to port with him.
1t was only a few days after thI
occurrence that Second Oficer Ful
neaux, who was on deck. noticed q mo-
peculiar phenomenon In the wa,s
ahead OF the vessel. The river had sue
: denly turned black. The officer calle
: the captain and, by and by, through Il
: glass they made out an Immense scho'
, of turtles. They were thick as logs
q Jam In the Northwest. The mote
, boat had to be lowered and the turtl.
showed of with pixies. Just az the
handle a log jam. to make way for Il
! steamer. The Jam extended for near
, half a mile.
, All the way down the river mo,
. qutoes were thick a. nies about