Show SHOT TOOK PIPE MOUTH fisherman off sandy hook has extremely bad scare in mock battle ne new york the gleaner a two masted fishing smack under the command of capt robert brought a badly frightened crew to the dock at I street catreet the captain acted a bit excited himself and the boat looked as it if it had gone through a south sea typhoon the block was broken off the auala gaff caff the down haul had bad been cut right in halves besides a lot of other things that a landlubber understand der stand no said eald the cApt captain aln we lik been through a storm weve been through a naval battle and right off sandy hook at that I 1 thought with all this talk of peace an old fishing vessel might ply up and down the coast without being fired at but she cant when we were about a mile off sandy hook there was a shriek of a cannon ball in the air the right side ot of my face felt like it does when a barber la is scraping it with a dull razor something took the pipe from my mouth Before I had time to realize what had happened the whole boat trembled from a tremendous shock the shell which came from the fort art at sandy hook had grazed the end of af the main gaff and had cut t the he down haul in halves and it had actually knocked the pipe from my mouth for I 1 found myself chewing the bro broken ken stem |