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During the last ten days of hla Illness It had been remarked that a huge shark followed the ship continuously; the Ill-omened creature was first seen over the counter, ou the same side of the ship where was the cabin in which young II lay dying, and indeed Just below it. Every one saw it; and o di cers and men had only to lean over the rail, and look long enough, and a dim, shadowy form could be seen moving stealthily deep down in the calm sea. Sometimes it disappeared for hours ; and a hope waa expressed that it bail tftken itself off. "But no," said one of the quartermasters, an ancient mariner, who had passed fifty years at sea, "the shark would not leave until it had got what it had come for;" and the old salt jerked his head to one side to denote what he meant. The shark became the subject of dally discourse, both in the forecastle and on the quarter-deck, and its appearances were regularly chron icled. Sometimes it rose near the sur face, and then it sunk low down, and looked more horrible in the deep still ness of the unfathomable sea. All this lime the weather remained very calm, and we had scarcely any wind, though at night it Beemed freshened, only to die away in the morning. At length II died, after much suf fering and a brave struggle against a hard fate. Within a few hours after his death this fine young fellow was buried with all the tokens of respect we could command. That morning the Bhark wbb seen at his accustomed place under the counter, but after the funeral he was seen no more, and no one on board the Bhlp, either forward or aft, could after this gainsay the observation of the old quar termaster: " I told you, Bir, he knew there was a dying man aboard us. You'll see no more of him ; he's got what he wanted." Entertaining this view, it is not sur prising that sailors regard the capture of a shark as an act of retributive justice; for even though the victims that have fallen into their hands may not have feasted on a live or dead seaman which Is extremely unlikely, as they never miss a chance of devouring human flesh yet they look upon him as the repre sentative of his race, and "serve him out" accordingly. For several days some sharks had followed a Bhlp oft' the Brazil coast, and, notwithstanding every effort, the crew could not succeed in catching one. At length a shark suddenly made a snatch at the bait, and was soon plunging and lashing his tall in a most furious -manner, as he found that he had got more than he bargained for. It was evident that he had taken the hook, and was so far secured, but still he was but half caught as soon appeared. The men on deck "clapped on" to the line, and very Boon the creature was alongside, but he plunged and lashed about so furiously that it was found impossible to land him on the deck until he had somewhat exhausted his immense strength. To assist in effecting this the mate proposed to harpoon him, and in the absence of a proper instrument took the boat hook, to which he attached a line. After a few attempts the mate succeeded in plunging the boat hook in the fore part of the back, when the shark by a pro digious effort succeeded In snapping the line, ami, freeing himself from the hook, made off with the boat hook sticking like a flag staff out of his back. He remained in Bight some little time, evi dently feeling very uneasy, and then dis appeared ; but whether he succeeded in disengaging 'himself from his unwonted appendage'oould not be ascertained. The shark is so voracious that in pur suing its prey it will leap out of the water, and It also feeds oil its own species. It has been said that on cutting open sharks smaller ones have been found inside ; for this I cannot vouch from personal observation, though I have seen a very miscellaneous collec tion of articles extracted from the stom ach, such as towels, tooth-brushes, shoes, half a newspaper, and a ropes end. The -shark will devour anything, and may 'be regarded as the scavenger of the sea, thus performing the same office as the vultures on land. The shark produces Its young from a sort of egg, the shell of which is brown, and resembles leather ; the egg is oblong shape, with tendrils curling from its corners. When the term of hatching is fulfilled, the end of the case is pushed out by the young shark, which meas ures seven or eight inches In length. The flesh Is seldom eaten, even by Bailors whose fare for months has been nothing but salt meat ; the flavor is unpalatable, and the texture tough and fibrous. 1 The Icelanders use the fat, which oan be kept for a long time, in place of lard, and eat It up with the prepared fish. The liver affords a good deal of oil, and in Greenland the skin is used in the construction of canoes. Sharks' teeth are frequently dug up In fossil remains, and specimens have been found of which the euameled portlou was four and a half Inches in length, from whence a geologist has calculated that the shark which owned this tooth must have ex ceeded seventy feet in length. In the year 1831 an American ship named the " Olympus," anchored off the Island of Bourbon, in the Indian Ocean, and some of the sailors obtained permission to go ashore and enjoy a walk after the day's work. Night was coming on, and the quartermaster on duty, tempted to indulge in a bath by the tranquility of the scene and the delicious coolness of the water, undress ed and jumped overboard from the gang way. The quartermaster was a good I swimmer, anu was soon some instance from tne snip, oblivious or danger. But the cook, a negro, who was sitting in the main-chains .cooling himself after his hot day's duty, chanced to espy the fin of a shark which was swimming near the surface of the water on the other side of the ship to that on which his shipmate waB disporting himself. Ills first impulse, after making sure what it was (for so large was the size that he thought It must be a plank), was to call and warn him of his danger, but it seemed he wisely determined not to do so lest the news might paralyze him with terror. So he quickly warned some of the sailors, and In little more than two minutes a small dingy sus pended at the davits was lowered into the water, and the crew were pulling with might and main toward their comrade Whether it was that only now the shark caught sight of the man in the water, or the noise of thi boat attracted his attention in that direction, the huge fish turned and made toward the quar termaster, who, still unconscious of the fearful danger menacing him, continued to swim away with redoubled energy, as the quick click of the rowlocks warned him of the approach of his ship mates. Reticence would now have been misplaced, as, unless he was res cued within a few seconds, all would be over with him. " Williams," shouted out the cock swain, "there are sharks near you; be quick get Into the boat, as you value your life." Apprehending at leugth the full hor ror of his position, the quartermaster turned to the little boat, where alone was safety, and being a powerful swim mer, was boou alongside. But the Bhark was upon him. "Quick! quick 1" shouted his shipmates, while the bow man, glancing over his shoulder, threw in his oar, and quick as thought, Jump ed up, boat hook In hand, to try and help the struggling seaman. " Way enough," shouted the cock swain, as the boat, Impelled by strong arms, shot almost over the quartermas ter, who, after a final effort, extended his arms to sleze the gunwhale of the boat, while two of the crew leaned over on the Bide In order to help him out. But the shark was not thus easily balk ed of its anticipated prey, as it was near enough to make its venture, darted half out of the water, exposing its prodigious strength, and turned over on its side, opened its cadaverous jaws. At that moment, when all appeared lost, the bowman, exerting all his strength (and it so happened that he waa the most powerful man in his ship), plunged the boat hook right into the mouth of the animal, which writhing in agony, fell back into the water, and snapped the weapon in two. Turning upon the boat in its fury, it lashed it with its tail with such terrific force that it staved it for ward. The sailors had just time to draw in their shipmate, wrren they be came aware of the new danger menac ing all of them. The boat began to fill, when deliverance came from another quarter. Their cries for h,elp, (which, owing to the calmness of the evening, were audible a great distance,) attracted the attention of the crew of a schooner near the land, who quickly lauuehed their long-boat, and made toward them. The shark, lashing the water with fury and pain, appeared determined to exact revenge, and remained near the spot, awaiting 1U prey; but it was again balked, for just as the little dingey was settling fast by the head, the friend ly long-boat arrived upon the scene. The crew, with Williams, were taken out of the sinking craft, and were soon on their way back to the ship, rejoicing in their escape from a horrible death. THE SPY'S STORY. " WEVJ' T T when now, tell us, old friend, hen scouting inside the ene my's lines, did anybody ever detect you its a Confederate spy V" "Never. But I was mighty near being caught up once, and the ouly way I escaped was by being mistook for my brother Jlin." Here the smile on hla face spread into a broad grin, and he chuckled as his mind went back to the. serlo-comlclcal adventure. Tom Wood, or " Uncle Tommy," as he was known in General Lee's camp, had never been wltli the army in Flanders, but he had learned their habits all the same, and was perhaps as wicked a hunter as ever shouldered a rifle, " But I'll tell you about how I liked to have been caught. It was late in December, and it occurred to me that I would take my Christmas frollo by making a little scout out to my home In Randolph county. We were camped at the Warm Springs, and had nothing to do in camp and I felt lonesome like. As Christmas drew ou, I got to think ing about my old woman and the chil dren at borne. They were away Inside the lines of the enemy, and I thought that Christmas would be more like Christmas to them If I could unexpect edly drop down among them. So I shouldered old gun and away I went, out through Pocahontas and down into Randolph. I got along first rate on my way out; saw no Federals; slipped around their pickets, saw my family, and after enjoying myself for a season, started back, " Of course I kept out of the way of all the settlements and stuck to the mountains. I Btopped at nobody's house unless I knew them to be true-blue Southerners. One night I came to the Greenbriar, and just as dark came on a heavy sleet set in. I was cold, tired and hungry ,and the only house where I could find shelter was the home of old Billy Johnson, whom I knew to be the most ultra Union man in all that region. I had no personal acquaintance with him, and didn't think that he had ever seen me, so I concluded to risk myself under his roof that night anyway. It was my purpose to give him a fictitious name, for I felt pretty Bure that if he discover ed that I was Tom Wood, the rebel scout, I would not live to see daylight. Mustering up courage, and helped along by the wet and cold, I sought refuge under Johnson's roof and was hospita bly received. While sitting by the fire warming myself, Johnson kept looking into my face earnestly, when all at once he rose from his seat, approached, and standing directly in front of me, says : Ain't your nama Wood V " Here was a poser, and I thought I was caught. I knew that if he recog nized me it would do no good to He about it, so I owned up and said that was my name. Well,' said he, 'this is Brother Jimmy Wood, ain't it V " This relieved me. You see he mis took me for brother Jim, aud seeing how it was, I humored the mistake, though Jim is a blasted sight uglier man nor me. You see, Jim is a Metho dist and a leader in the church, and so is Johnson, and that's how he called me 'Brother Wood.' And then he sat down and talked over old times and the camp-meeting in the hills, and I was willing he should do most of the talk ing. " I got along very well until we sat up to supper, when Johnson called on me to say grace. I had done many a hard day's work ; had been on many a lung scout, have been in some mighty hard fights; but I tell you honestly, boys, the hardest and hottest work I ever done was to get out that blessing in a genteel way. At bed time Brother Johnson put the Bible on the stand, snuffed the candle and asked me to lead in family worship. I read a chapter in the book, and kneeling down offered up the first prayer of my life, not forgetting to pray for the restoration of the Union and the destruction of its enemies. Maybe it was answered. I had a good night's rest, and when I left in the morning felt better than I ever felt in my yfe. In fact, boys, I believe It does a man good to pray a little once in a while, even if he is forced to it. I mean to do more of it hereafter." Wanted Him a Comet. 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