| Show SCAVENGERS OF THE OCEAN Sharks Ha c Own 1 0 Field of if Effort EIml and Work or Hard The fhe shark shari Is un undoubtedly a dog do o wih whim wilh a bad name He lie is called op op- the time t el of ci the lie seas es or orthe the thc sailors foe toe or any ammy other scurrilous rilous name which happens lo tu be han handy Much mud Is thrown at him and as he seldom finds a n defender most mo t of It I sticks Hard lard lines hues this Because In reality this timis blue water bogie bogle I Is a humble and useful public servant who performs per per- forms Corms uncomplainingly th time the duties COl con Comm connected with wih the sanitation salutatIon of or Ui seas The shark Is the time seiS common scavenger enger en er and amid general undertaker of the lit 01 ocean H He is not nol for le reasons leSOn SOn connected con con- l wIth wilh wih his very ery moderate spert limit never can caB be he primarily a fish of prey I A Appetite itc Open any captured shark fI 11 you ou will wl find clear proof that flint this 1 is so 55 soA soA A few tangled bits biL of or rope lope yarn f. f battered cOIne corned beef belf tin tn Iii a corked containing an insulting 11 message mimes mes sage to lo the finder thrown overboard o b by some nautical wa wag n or a a. sailors sailor's cap which has been lost in a gale all aU tend to show that hint the tho shark Is h Isa ha isa a n fish h of businesslike habits with a keen eye to lo an any chance windfalls which may come conic In Ia his way tray but ut the time themore themore more mome digestible contents of or his stomach stomach stoin- stoin ach consisting main mainly I of ot carrion or of CYer every kind all 1 give the lie clearest olfactory to tory evidence that lint the original owners of them hem were ere not alive alive ui 11 In fact wore were wert very tery JV much flinch dead when when when this marine sanitary inspector came caine ansI and Caie along condemning them hem as nuisances re removed 11 re- re moved them hem Inlo Into his own Internal Internal re- re IC- IC fuso fuse bin n a Jm Hard I OHI Worker OHIA A 4 large huse accumulation of or carefully collected ri O C proves Cn t rp arc nrc tn mattor mat mat- I ten tor of of fact only onh two or his I ordinary fac menu which the shark Isable 1 Is Isable able to lo capture alive alve an oc occasional occasional oc- oc seafowl Peafowl which ho hI may happen to surprise a asleep leep on the surface of ot of th water and amid ant the thc Ugly of locomotion loco loco- squid whose limited 1 powers o motion give a a. a chance to lo our hungry moton sIve knot four ler IIO prowler The Time shark sharl then so far from being the time gore dyed gore IIi rte which the thc novelist CI BI novel 1st paints him Is a mere work hard hardworking worl hald-worl- lug ing commonplace drudge and atmil a as such deserves cs if It not 1 kindness at any late rale toleration |
