Show STILL WELLS THRILLING STORY A 1 Remark remarkably ablo battla a mm ud a monter monster bit rat seattle S ifo press PreM george stillwell a laborer had bad a it ve very exciting biting adventure with a rat ze which c was if mr al Sti Still llwella wells word can betoken betaken be taken for it about two feet in length air mr stillwell had bad occasion to go under Yes lera lers wharf in a rowboat early in the afternoon he ile was in a small rowboat which he had PU pushed shed in far enough to be al almost most in darkness when suddenly he be waa was startled by a series of noises that resembled the squeaking made by a rat only louder and more intense the noise not only continued h but ut multiplied until he appeared to be surrounded on all sides by rodent rodents which judging from the noise w were proof of size he looked around him in the gloom and then he lie became thoroughly frightened glaring at fit him from all directions direction 8 were eyes that resembled living balls 0 of f fire it seemed to his i ex cited as though there were hundred hundreds of these pairs of eyes and the noise made by t the h 0 animals was deafening air mr stillwell endeavored to turn his boat around and bead it for the open water when suddenly there was a splash ot of the water and then a heavy object struck the boat with such force that it caused it to rock v in terror stillwell glanced toward chestern th the stern estern of tho the boat oat and could eee tee two fiery eye eyes glaring aring i at him the eyes were f large rge enough to have belonged to a IL panther 4 A 4 Still wells terror increased aud and he ie commenced to work bis his boat out ut into deep water all the tims keeping an eye on the unwelcome passenger pa as en er inthe in the stern sheets beets in the ing mean e t time ime the row voise continued and when he be took his eyes for an instance int tance from the animal in the stern he could see the e eyes y es on all aides still glar glaring ing at him suddenly the man became aware that the animal in the stern was at moving 0 ving toward him he felt for his knife which he be carried in bis his pocket but it was not there then he cautiously raised aloft an oar preparatory to striking the animal an awful blow just na fig stillwell was about to strike the animal gave a spring stillwell dropped his big oar and grabbed it just as it sank its sharp fangs into hia his clothes scratching the skin kin stillwell was astonished to find that the animal he had bad was apparently about twice as large and heavy as a full grown cat he struggled with the animal and finally succeeded in throwing it from him into the water but not until he had received several bad scratches and bites stillwell then pushed his boat atit out into the open water and says he will never go under that wharf again this is s the story that stillwell tells of the manner in abi which ic h his clothes became torn and his face scratched and if you dont believe the yarn he says be will take you down and show you the wh wharf arrand and the skiff to verify his statement |