Show G girl i r C caught a 1 0 o r 9 h t a shark h a r k when the democratic convention of the 1st congressional district met at ocean city an incident occurred that made some ten or fifteen sturdy men teel feel somewhat small says the balti more sun it was about 10 0 clock on the morning of the convention that some one standing on the porch ot of the hotel saw an un usual object in the ocean not far from the shore the attention of several other persons was attracted and in a few minutes the cry went up A shark A shark and there was a rush tor for the beach when the crowd arrived within about thirty feet of tho the water waters s edge the great fish could be plainly seen floundering about in the shallow water each wave bringing it closer into the shore not a man in the crowd cared to abridge the dis tance between him and the shark and each time the waves rolled the fish toward the shore shone there was a hurried retreat after about ten minutes had been passed in watching the battle of the shark to get out to deep water again a little bare barelegged legged girl sunburned and golden hatred haired came down to the shore for a minute or two she watched with the others and then without the slightest hesitation walked by herself right out into the water up to her knees selected her opportunity and caught the shark by the tall without more ado she lugged the fish up on the beach and dropped it on the sand while the crowd of men gasped in astonishment at her nerve after the whole thing was over nearly eiery one in the crowd was mas able to explain that the shark was ona a dog shark not of the man eating species and perfectly harmless the shark measured about tour four feet long and was an agy looking fish if he was harmless |