The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-09-11
HIS QUEER CATCH
And Garbage Master Was Not
Fishing, at That.
Old Copy Reader Ransacks His Mind
for Most Unique Story He Can
Recall, and Here Is the
Result He Achieved.

The Oldest copy reader on the pa
per grew reminiscent.
I'm all the thousands of stories for
the paper I have read, how many
unique ones have found? Well, !
can give you one that stands out In
my memory, sharply defined, without q
flaw.
1T is about the strangest fish that
was ever caught in Sheepshead bay.
Il was about the time that motor
boats were first being built, and risky
things they were, TOO, In those days.
Well, there was certain young man
about Broadway whose boast was that
he would try anything once.
HE had tried automobiles and had
had considerable success in finding out
what happened to them when they ran
into brick walls, telegraph poles and
other things like that. So he decided
to try mOtorbOats, too.
HE did, and never tried anything
after that. He gathered jolly little
party, packed jolly little luncheon
and off from shore they set in cocky
little motorboat, out into the middle Of
Sheepshead bay. There came a heavy
squat, the boat upset and several Of
the happy throng were drowned, the
gay young man included. Now, here's
the meat of the yarn:
"rhe prettiest girl in the party was
also the gayest. Her French heels
were the highest and her big Happy
hat was the biggest and the tlappiest.
Well, she went down, down into
Sheepshead bay and drank more wa
ter in five minutes than she had in as
many years.
when she came up for the third
time she grabbed an empty floating
box and chung to it until she grew too
weak. Down she went. Night fell.
"NOw a tug came putting and snort
ing on her way back from the saYb-
age dumping grounds-or waters
dragging half dozen empty scows, all
Of which were, like all such craft,
equipped with hinged bottoms which
open outward All the scows were open,
and aboard one, the captain or skip
per or master, or whatever he ranked,
was watching to see that nothing
broke loose in the squall.
''Suddenly he heard a squeak, shrill
and uncanny. He investigated. And
inside his opened-up garbage scow,
clinging desperately to the chains that
swing open and shut the container of
garbage was what had been a glorious
creature in picture hat, French heels
and other furbelows. The garbage
master was brave man, but this ap-
palled him. His nerve won, however,
and he hauled the miracle to what
deck there was, and she survived and
revived.
"What had happened was that the
beautiful lady had been drawn down
into the water again, but had once
more come to the surface just as the
scow passed over her and she had
come up inside. She had life enough
and sense enough to grasp anything
tangible, that being in this case slip
perry chain. Then she knew enough to
try to shrek. The squeak she emitted
saved her life"
Cleaning.
England is delighted, and justly 80,
with her surprising success at wheat
culture, the present homegrown crop
Of which released many thousand
tons. Of shipping for use elsewhere.
Incidentally, also, the home product
saved England many millions that
normally would have been sent beyond
the ocean to Argentina and the United
States for breadstuffs. 1t Is now pre-
dicted that never again will the "island
kingdom" allow her ancient agriculture
to fall into evil ways as during the
last half century. How well, indeed,
the world has learned during the trials
and restrictions Of war that Mother
Earth is cherishing mother indeed,
and that in hours Of distress 1t is to
her that man must turn for comfort