Show J J J f t. t 1 1 r V r I t. t j s t. t 1 y NTH ON Y lil l a sailor re- re e- e I A A bUtt Ol ut from rout La Paz Itc I Ii car Gently returned 1 from rom a trip up tilt till i told a il story a l few du days a ago o that thaI opened opel the eyes eca of or some O of or the f 1 1 c came mc from on a brig n in h said Bald ti ld gut got ot aud and 6 shipped with IL a shell pearl an at JL atLa there they are ure a it alot La Paz Down al like kt lot of or miners When hell they hear of or f a anew make a II rush to lo- lo new n tl ld Iti they Hicy a ll a-ll l onto call antI r was won on such u a of ot pearl shell trip We no 0 plenty and anti It wa was ryas while hunting for them thit 1 I had the time of or my 11 lift life Ct Wo Vp were e aliI an ut anchored ali ali- on u n shoal about half bait a u mil what vii 1 l loff I when molten I saw off ore shore one day whale nn swo-p- swo r 1 took to h he be a bl bis black Ing InH along ulong then It U cared and c cam cam- white while then back am In up tip pure something swimming swim swim- I J saw v that It U was t In a circle ming wild eyed a 11 Dago Dao as the skipper its ras l 10 that It t was an nn umbrella um um- ever I shouted saw an nil all But ButI would drown a OH us s brella breJla sl I and would would It It V I try I 1 Tn made mado up un-my un mind that l boat LT we tossed th the harpoon on Into Inlo to the bait boi so we got s-ot n node r find nod and started after H. H When hen School ax that there thel were four the school chool I 1 sau around B mall smail r live dye rays 1115 whirling r or feeding on r evidently c school of oC ltd anti r F theta was wasy like whales whale One looked certain Thuy y h l feet bird S across an Their q alto fhe were ns Ions Ions- They moved up tins land ongo d i a a. big whip whip- and und down an and behind came tall hIli to get up upon on as lOll It was an easy the line clear and then them and we got ot end fastened to U ISmail the cn and coiled ested tl oval OVI beof be I. I that co white title keg kc All being ren ready y the ine meu u or of necessary ary the or of antI nit as one ahead ad sent the boat around not noL ton tan reeL I moat feat fishes devil harpoon into It distant I Los tossed etl the thc or of missing it IL it IL There wn tas TIP tro chance chanco and the tho or of house side ft was W IS like the fairly In tire the back it Iron struck thought tine whole 1 hot hot- t ot- ot next minute I had out or of tom of time tho ocean tenter fish Into the nil air Up Up rat the big bird tai It like a L big and d b r g fi oily Iny man and demoralize ht to It It the water u again aln Into as It dropped the boat The Thet men t nearly swamped I did some 11 lively 1 step step- tJ ort oft and bucked or of the line that was I pint pin to get et clear the pile ittie so 10 fact that It from end anti when the tho ut stroked t to irk ahead like a 1 t shot hot l out the file o of mY feel or n a Jun un JerkinG me the gulf and kept 1 turned up then rho t for Hearty two t t you along t shore alters water nu 3 YOli till tillay Into o out turned tiled trl l to s LOD a six six- have e might ay as well that tn-iL tn fish h. h ThOa The rope foOt ty t t whale as have e walked iW- iW could vie ou 1 was war t like liko like like- i reckon for tor an nn hour feel Ceet on It it thirty trot Jot under ss siu and The uThe schooner end and i si about el eight hL tf lip amp u 11 its n f followed bolt j hold hoM Of or the rope the coat coast W we the an all pull I j had a re regular a und he began an to and ana I i t- t lr IC j I whale lance could kill fa the tho e 0 so alon-Ald alon I will toll hook get yet hauled You know now how Lott a a. no 10 i. i t tI I 1 3 it 1 t It I I 1 7 r i t. t c r. r II l- l i I d m Z roiA co t i i c 1 t j IIi f p 1 t i r- r i to f. f C iI t I F J 1 T 0 t fr WI hs M W t Mf k 7 I t O f r J a rt CeJ w fr J t y A ry f S k y 1 3 j 1 1 1 r wt 1 r. r tj or S 'S I hold on to the tho mud sometimes horn and defy th t hI whole CI Well Veil It was WaN a proposition I something like that At AL first nuL wo we couldn't gait gain a foot Coot and It on only I drove the devil Ush to tu make malf a n 11 greater I er exer exer- tion Lion It just put on all lill the more 8 speed c d and hauled the bow down so deep that If ther lher shad chad bo been n any tiny kind of sea wed we'd hu have havo vo tilled filled but bu t we kept well astern and ond the man balled boiled while I hung hun to the theline theline theline line and kept It U in the crotch of or the bow bon Right Hight ahead of us was Vas a n kind of a n aneck aneck neck of or land that reached out into the theten ten sen en we saw that the ll fish sh h would have to make a n. big turn to the right and we wo made up our minds mind that wed we'd got get up UI to It or 01 break something so 80 when the water bu bugan nn to shallow and the fish turned we wo laid on and gave a u heave We Ve never start started d that fish Ush an m Inch but we did run the boat up on ott it by sheer force of oC pulling Three or 01 four tour times the nAh fish tried to Jump but Its strength was goIn goIng go- go In Ing Then It suddenly turned and swam sworn In a big circle and kept kepL our man mon at nt atthe atthe the steering oar 1 to keep hOTon her hOT heron heron on an un even keel Several times I 1 thought we wo were over o but buL we kept on pulling and alter After another mile we gave a shout and took a turn hauled along along- side I dont don't believe I over had buck buele fever rever but hut when I stood over that hat big black ck birdlike beast Joost pumping Its Us wings and going like a a. race horse it tt just jut about scare scared tho the life lICo out o of mc me and Im I'm not afraid to sa say aay so It didn't look like on anything anything- on top of 01 the tho earth Garth or 01 Under unde r I o Q 74 4 7 r i 7 i J-C J ar Bt 2 77 CD ace n I d r It it for that matter tr and I never felt quite so o shaky haky before a as t t If the tho thing I hall had u as it if d did hi at it t or 01 mad mude nuu a sudden turn we wc would have hay been food for shirks sharks sh and no mistake but hut 1 I kent l my nerve In to some way und and up ul with tho h ht lance and jammed d It In into to It The text next tiling thinK I 1 J n w I J was wal in the tho bottom of or orth th the boat on my buck back Tho fish tUsh rose ORl In into Lo the tho air like a bird and the bow of or the till bal l 6 at t wept went undo under r with It It nearly Dearly rolling us all all' Into InLo the sea ROO seaBy By ny luck luek the men moil hold held on ane and wo we settled down to lO n short Relit heat during which I reached the taupe and fie fish several cv rol stabs tah that finished It H. H it I tat takes es but a few tew minutes to 0 tell 1611 L H It 11 but that n fish h towed towel u us twelve miles mostly at nt a a. high rate of or speed a as fast r as I care to go In an nn open boat When we finished we were off ote a and we hauled this the flash fish In out of or the r reach of h KIl and waited until the tho schooner schoon er came cam up then we towed th vU- vU a 1 mile mlle to her hauling It iL U up with block und tackle The 1 was about eighteen fo feet t across and had hl at nt th the tho I hood head two e fins that it t could throw owl oot and scoop food rood Into i 1 ls It s mouth th t tent big enough to swallow e mano man No o wonder the Dago diver rl I call It t the man manta to or cloak fish cloak ih as it lucks looks Ilk lb a a. dark cloud clou passing over you ou anti and the Hit diver r w w wll ll imagine that It was gr to su if orate orate- him Tin Tin- Tind Ih d li devil vil h ir in t a 11 a lIllI creature t In nullity ninny ways way wu It Jt often ofton swims ax u 1 t tumbler r pigeon tiles Hies ji S rolling roiling over oyer and anti over in a really graceful I movement Ut but buL most pe peculiar ullar in HI a nl I 1 and J d a n. Ash of or this thin shape shape h In fn ln InK ing this si Hos' Hos of or feats reut the big ray li is 1 generally moving In a a. circle which mies the Hie movement mor more graceful and Interesting Exactly how largo a mania Of ot devil fish grows Is ht not known but eJ was wt reported d some y years al' al ago at jia na 1 li i th that t wn was alt estimated to tn weigh nearly early tw tit tons ton's and eight I ht to ton ten were score employed employed em em- to Paul haul Imul F out of or the tho water Th fi fish wits was so broad hoad that hint ovel avei thirty f pen 0 t pie plu stood on on Its Its back buck to havo photographs taken aJ and I lUrue Ut cool cool- children sal t tJ al L In U Its Jn Ino th t wn was propped open for 01 the thc purpose In III Inthe th tint the U a d devil fish was wa c years ago afro that w watt was hauled fl up thu tho beach IH be ch eh by tUI horses and d e to h sever several 1 U lot loii Hardly a 1 harbor harbot har har- bo bor bot In tho the JuL ut can n produce tales Hof of or th he bt ble ft AD that ii ha wed wd gees els a a- along long die e seems It-seems It It- se 18 R a r t m mystery and 1 ot oft n eon etl a story sly ny explained J as the Hub fish In swimming runs run runs Into InLo th the i I eluin anti ann In lively Instinctively t throws its Its Its' two Iwo arras arms about It and anti pushes th ad TI Tula ht j lifts 10 anchor hr from fron the hl ground which h sometimes fouls in ill I the rl moot Z raid mid the latter rushes ru be uh d C with t Sar lr towing bout boat oS tIll ve n-ve v d. d A three three three-n mt as I has 1 40 i towed out our of a Ii J hi oit in wi Lothe to Lo the surprise pF Y cro who who latt it to io t I sapO Jp 1 agency |