| Show CAUGHT BY AN OCTOPUS ti tile Ifor horrible slimy creature was wan E en n ef my flips nind ll 11 adventures with tho the octopus are not uncommon but rarely do wo we read a more ha haar aldous doua experience of th this 9 kind than that recounted below by a 1 correspondent ot of the youths companion ile he wm was out in a small email boat with a friend named joet joel starbird searching for or son sea birds eggs egg off tho the coasts coast a sow fow miles north ot of san francisco and had bad made a pretty successful afternoons ter work whoa when he ca caught aught sight of a fine abalone shell partly covered by a rocks rock I 1 dolor determined mined to secure the ariza and boing being barefooted stepped into the wa water ter where it camo came above my knees knee I 1 began work ng to dise disengage h 0 ma aro the shell who when n suddenly I 1 felt some borno thing like a tightly drawn rope about my left analo I 1 made a sudden effort to draw my loot away but could not move it I 1 know in a moment that my ankle was gripped by the iho tentacle of an octopus and I 1 mado made another spring to escape two or three tentacles were now wrapped about my baro bare log leg but I 1 still thought I 1 could got get away and b began a tugging with both hands to dison disengage those ugly feelers joel meantime had I 1 i owed tho boat a few rods off and was inspecting a lodge ledge of rock for birds nests before I 1 realized my dan danger gor one of 0 those tentacles wits was around my rm irro and the tha horribly slimy creature was waa encircling my hips and waist T for a few minutes I 1 struggled desperately pera tely thinking to land the octopus for I 1 was but a few ow foot feet from tho shorn but a sudden numbness came cama roe me mv my stron strength th seemed gone con 06 and hold held in that viselike vise like grip I 1 felt myself drawn downward toward tho water jools 1 joel I 1 cried joel hoard heard my terrified call and saw mo splashing about and be behaving haTing in a most unaccountable manner in a moment he was alongside alonzel do andraw and saw the big octopus next ho he had ou out r his jack knife and began sl ashine and backing at tho the tentacles clos tho the wholesale cutting ot of its proved too much for the octopus and it relaxed its hold bold on my limbs and body then jool joel dragged me up on tho the sand and alarmed at my death liko like pallor be began bean an pounding pound ilig atrid and rubbing life into m me e it was moro more than an hour before I 1 was ablo able to stand and several days before I 1 fully recovered my st kongth but for joels prompt action I 1 should not bo alivo alive to toll tell this story |
