Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-26
ut is indeed a miracle"

And mereggs, too, a them"
ct is indeed a miracle"
This the excited conversation repeated to group
of physicians by Poynesian recently
said brought outpost station in otongo
in the South Seas living, fish-ke child which the
tves called a "mer.boy" and the bodies Of his three
brothers
The brown also showed the French Amencan
doctors bastetfa Of large green-sPoted white eggs
which they said they gathered up on the beach
Htte-knon island Close by they said they had found
the 'mer-boys
These surely children Of the fish the
fishermen exclaimed And these are the type Of eggs
from which they Matched n the sun"
Just minute. the doctors said Lets what
you have there There's such thing mermaid you
know SO how could these be mer-boys?"
But there meruaids' fisherman protested
we ourselves have seen them on many of our trips
And mermen, too" exclaimed another Polynca.an
There schools of them in the waters
Hold on" the doctors admonished BE calm, and lets
talk this over"
The strange fish boy was taken 10 a hospital room
and placed in bed He was whimperng and crying. The
child was given milk and cared for by nurses
There plenty Of time better physical examina
ton" the head physician said The tots suffering
children. he's more a mcr-hoy than you're mcr-
man ne said positively 10 tho hsherruens spokesman
See here he explained patiently Here a
weed took from his legs Mcr boys wouldn't have
legs You know that eyen,n there were such things
These children simply washed up tho beach after
some natives boat had been wrecked The eggs You
brought just large birds eggs Now you just
forget this nonsense and go back to your fishing"
The fishermen were silcuced bat only for moment
but you know. doctor" persisted eve cant bee
wrong Many many times have mcrnads We
VIII soon prove You "A mcr-boy May
have of the eggs TO take home with u.s.
80 harm in that replied the doctor. Take all of
the eggs, for that matter"
The fishermen seemed delighted.
BY the way said the doctor What are you going
NO no Doctor We are going tIhatch them Then
there viii be other mcr-boys and mcr-girls Don't you
worry
The doctor laughed eood.naturcdy at the simple mons
faith
BE sure to bring them to the hospital when they arc
Matched ne SAID Ironically
I'VE Will the Polyncsans replied "Ttat viii be proof
And these brown men who tnhabit the tiny islands and
coral formations over thousands Of square miles of INC
South Seas the only who have insisted
through the ages that uemaids actually do exist
in that part Of the world Long has persisted
"A creature having its upper part the head
and body of lovely 20 the waist, and as its
part the scaled body and tail of a fish Mcrmadens
have been described in and story together with
mcrmen half-men half-dsh and not always by simple
brown fishermen.
Afndavits by the score have been made by many
honest sailor by captains individually and IN groups,
that mcrmaids have been close range swimming
alongside their vessels summing themselves sandy
beaches little atols the land Of the lotus eaters
Alta No-hu the fishermen who found the most
"uerbov' and brought II 20 the attention of n
steptica world has signed affdavts that school
Of mermads make their home island not many
hours sailing time from Otougo. lie has expressed h7
willingness lead group French officials 20 the spot
where says fellows watched the lovely
fish girls cavorting for hours the lazy
The governments resident official however. has not
taken very seriously such expedition
IN tell you what I'll do he said. 'Il authorize
trip for you Immediately but condition
What's that" Alta asked eagerly
We'll when you have Matched out the eggs and bring
real merboys or mergiris or even anything like them
I'll go limit to help you prove your contention
All" said Alta apparently satisfied THAT - very
good news indeed viii be back very soon
Not many white men in otongo are hooking for any
astounding revelations with Atlas return but the brown
people don't doubt they viii have the last laugh