Show MIKES MONSTER j I Would His Not Let Lt Kim Him Im Finish Hs Story Str New York Press I 1 I was s just jus oft off of Montauk Point when ivhon t k m I bait began b an Mike enthus e n I V I knew I had ha a a whopper the thee therul rul Jv H In 8 he e Mike MikeS S FIX feet fee eight and an ht the theL L ak Ink k a little ginger giner ale al broke in if f the th t row ion of regular re lar patrons on I please plu j 1 knew he h believe beleve me meI mey 11 I i v y k n but I tell you that was wa a at 1 t r a aa aO t a bi of brandy brn on top please pleaser L I r of the regulars Thanks Thank I i n nU U a M the bottle on in n the care carev carer r v mantl sideboard at Lynchs 0 r Xa u street treet then tn turned to toJ toI I J b IWI tory ory to the empty air airi aird t HO d i six ix months ago Ever since I vi h i trying tring to tell ten that that story sory rn w succeeded su eded 1 1 mania mania with him and be belo f S lo II his tale tle for five S A IH oid or isis he h tell fell fel into the he f pring Mm jog it in sections at odd 1 6 5 1 rh h mixed mix drinks or the real realS S wr r fie f of us in the boat boatS S ike oud woud begin n There I rb Jack Cusi the Rev i 1 Captain Booth BoothS f rT y j S if I P av y there ther were five of us u ut Mm that Ii ii monster fl thinned us u out liti U ohl it i and the preacher t j of the fittest Itte eh i hi r started tar straight for the th theS S r nt I 1 struck struCk him Mike 1 5 S tm I ing to his hi text tet t y h hj mad up and was K g t Hn n for h came cam right in inand l l of f he l boat and started Carted bat j l h k an who ho was wa between r and the tle minister and v 8 5 t v 5 time had hid come eme me d 1 tl Ta Take the min minT J T elif i nos ready to go goi 5 A either i n s Lynch LY h so eo I eoS U I has S buys Y came e me the theS S S ArT dr th bar and requests i hr followed kp I j pained hut iut gulped down n aith ith the rest rest tp nt took t k a dislike to ton toS dilke S I nt n nd ma maie male 1 a a rush 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t I Just th cap p t ra the n a t corn stePPed i f a a lan I ani ofu or busted buse b W t t have d I Z fro rem fen the s a bott bottle r r ti of Cone oney y island Islan islandS rn S I nai flail J J tte Sliver b r wen h I M mpr qUIck and 1 iI 1 r Id J fr b ig rg bl Ioni lOrk tb t b t i 1 rW dr w rw r on have lace face as a he went over e the side aide d of ot the th 3 Seltzer Selzer all around was the sub subdued dued du c order Seeing Se esi 1 g he h had them th the r i going Mike pressed presed his advantage too far fa fao o That Th left only the minister the these sea I serpent and myself in the boat You Ton i isee see I 1 always was wan wa a modest mod t mail niazi so I put myself in the background as an much muchas mucha as a possible The he thing started for the preacher firsthand first an and setting etting hold of his Is coat thai garment clear ce up to tobis his hia ecclesiastical cal collar andI and I crawled from the cuddy hole I forgot to tell teU you u I fell fel into it i when the thing first came cae over the side It I vae ivas se a small smal cabin you know but I had a great deal of trouble getting from beneath geat the tarpaulins that tha I that is 1 I 1 mean the snake piled on me while it had a talk with the preacher wih te I jumped up and grabbed gabbed an oar and gave that snake sake an awful blow right where the preachers torn cat c at tails taUs parted arted I and What Is it i now no boys asked a Ke the bookworm of the party varty Knockout drops will do me mar mur murmured mu the HIe bookmaker I want something sudden Budden said sid the banker Mike weave a rainbow A stretcher hoarsely whispered the street car cr capitalist and and Mike sadly named over the counter dripped ab absinthe abs sinthe s a cafe and a burnt brandy brandv cae That was about as far as a Mike ever could get with his hi fish story strY as an a the brand of drinks ordered showed the limit had been reached Then hen he le adopted the subtle methods of the crack patent medicine advertiser and sprang his trap in the midst md t of the most innocuous remarks I I know Im Im not looking well wel he said to the th unsuspecting banker but you ou 0 have seen the sad Bad look I that gave me le over his shoulder shoulder der tier as he struck the sobbing yea ea a The three men who had been swimming at ata ata ata a safe distance made for him hire like a ashot ashot shot and I heard him give ive a cry cr and throw throW up his hands His HIG worst fears were realized the crack cra k I gave him with wih the oar had broken the last lat full ul bottle in the party Here the bookmaker changed the subject to the coming races at Ben Bennin nines ninas nin and the banker made some some re remark remark remark mark about form For Forn eald Mike MUte enthusiastically Say you know lino my brother is Coroner of the Bronx end and when uc nc 1 saw the th body of that fish it was so r big blamed if ha h want to sit eit on it What you need Mike is rest ret said the bookworm I have been watching your symptoms s for some months month and you must get your mind off f that im imaginary Imaginary I aginar fish Of course coure we are all aU friends and we ive we wH will ill keep this thing quiet ulet The great geat fisherman had nothing to toni say ni for several days until last wl yin by b the t estl chance chane the book bookmaKer Dok bookmaker maKer the banker baker the street railway man and ad the bookworm occupied the thesa same sa places pla in front of the bar that they tey hod had six months ago ao There was wasa a in his eye that had been lead leaden en once onee oce with a lost lo t hope and his friends frends braced themselves for the shock I pulled pule the te boyS boy aboard one after another anther said Mike ike calmly camly Of course coure they were wore soaked through and pretty well wel exhausted but they came around amund all al right II But what about the sa sea serpent I t monster moister mOIster eel asked ase the he banker in InS surprise ris 5 S What eel with wih an elevation a of the eyebrows c 5 3 that tat one youve been trying ro tb tell telI us about abolt for six months JOhI Oh I remember erg to the I colored c e boS Bring In l that eel ee To T the amazement orthe banker baner the theS S b x the traction man and nd the bookmaker George heavily lugged lugg from froma a side room a a great grea panel taller than ha he heon on which was beautifully mounted m anted n fd an At least leat t t ee Its ife tail l had hati ha b o en dit cut off Qt and ad formed ormed 1 semicircle at at the te top of ot the big hard hardwood hardwood hardwood wood panel The e bookworm examined I the monster carefully cuty and and declared deJ re it ita i Ita I a n true eel th largest ev r caught with t ith l lin along this coast coat r Its powerful pow tul i jaws he said sl were as a strong as a bull bulldogs bul bulldogs of In dogs and the thousands its it form more than tan made It I a J f S match match to this from author authority auth authorIty ity ly m Mike In a subdued subdue tone from front the banker baer time has that that been here her all al this way a asked aske Mike in a surprised h Why that monster that eel of courie Yes its is been in a back room here for t months montt There was wan wa a h e long silence then the te bookmaker took courage cour e Who chopped ch pp d off of 01 two feet fet of its lt tail tal 7 he asked askel timidly I r see ee i it just fits fit the body what l t happened the best part patt of the story stor said to tell Mike you grimly grimy and I aint ant going |