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Show Flsh Story from England. J "Alfred Sommerlad, musical director i of the Devonshire park theater, Eastbourne, East-bourne, and Kdgar Bateman, the song writer, out fishing caught an edible crab," says an English periodical. : "They tossed It back Into tho water. ; At that moment an accidental kick sent the tin bait box after the crab. There was one fragment of bait adhering ad-hering to the hook and this was low- 1 ered into the sea and the anglers left the rod for a time. When they re- turned they found their basket, which they had left empty, full to overflowing overflow-ing with fine flounders, soles, rock whiting and plaice. The explanation was soon forthcoming. Painfully ma-klug ma-klug its way up the fishing line came the creature whose life had been , spared, bearing in its nippers a fine y oung conger eel, which it placed with j the other fish on the basket. Then it j dropped back Into the water. Appar- 1 ently the grateful crab, knowing that he had caused the bait to be lost, had deposited 1G pounds of live fish in the creel as a thank offering for its life being spared." I |