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Show WRrC IN DREXITW OC'' ' FlSliermen 'on Cosfst 'bf'BrlUah'y Keep ; WeapoHwdy., , "Whcn you go flshffjMofrtno roclly ' coast of nrlttany, you catry, Wcrlnu'i, ; a fish ax," said tho sailor. "What for?" ' . "Kor .octopus. Octopus rls terrible ' frcqJe'nt "on thcrrlf ellmV reOonU&W I rocks. They drown swimmers some- , .Urac8. Eomotlmos jlbby-ysolao-lboaii) .' arid try to' climb 'dVd&fa Thbh Jon' ' hack off their arms wlth.yqur ready ! Ash ax. nt slot J if, yr "I knowed a man was drowned By an octopua off Port Mnnech'. He swum out to the, rocks Rnd.an.p.ctopus.4hrce of-lts - feelers colled-ronndjr-ledgo-;' took bplt, of ilits ayrrj ,wlth' tho flthera.. 'Twan't a big oclpp'ua. bod'y'tb slip, of yotir head! fooiersfAbbattfi, -Vardl , lnug but U dono ifor. that. Jitanr held hlra there till fto tfife como tip-.Tind tip-.Tind ho drowned7U2LHr.lhoxtlmo. his; wife )vas. watchin' and shtlektn',on tho lonely B?ioro. ' SW q"I 611 ,? "Them critters .Is-so-foarleoa-Why, 'tlicy 'don't lcnow""fear. They come right up Into a boat, starln' straight at you with their cold cys, an' If you ain't gottan as ofMOmeaiort.pr-weap;' "onyou'ro.done fcif? g W , T,"U'8,.a'comm'",iAUiIiij?, MsWn' I?o5' llrlttariS'1, to heaV a tapS ppln' IjeKlnd" you, and to turn and spo tho drab arms at .an .oatopus, illkoia-half-iiozon? snakes, crecpln' over tho gunnel, feel- ,n'.. their jvay to-anJa . u Then tjo, body," like a squashed' 'nnd'8llmy''fbp't ballr.appearar- Th".coldrterrlbl-eye. flx'therhBClvoa'on'Vbilf1!. Of O iTHA'. "Well, sir, you want your fish ax then." , iiist- fc5 ' a'i |