Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1892 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

some trouble as they hauled on tup line with all their; might. At times they were obliged to let the-fish ruu, until once more it had regained the full length 6f the rope, but as the raft acted as a buoy against which the shark had to pull, it became exhausted, and the united strength of Ned and Tim at length prevailed. For about half an hour the struggle had continued, when, having hauled in the greater portion of the line, the shark was seen within ten yards of the raft; it still persisted in ’ keeping in the depths, but as the, two lads were equally determined thdt it should come to the sur-; face, they hauled away wit'fi*hucb vigor that by degrees the immense creature was secured by a short rope, and it lashed about in the rage of its capture within a few feet of the raft. Ned now prepared a bow line, which he he threw over the shark, andslipping it cleverly over the tail, he drew the noose tight and fastened the line-to the stern of the raft. “Now. Tim give me a musket,” I’ll finish him off.” 111 an instant Tim'handed the musket and Ned went to the center of the raft to obtain as close a shot as possible at the nape of the peek, if we may so describe that portion of a shark where the first vertebra of the spine is connected with the head. Taking a steady shot at a moment when the fish was quiet, Ned fired and the shark gave a convulsive shudder and then stiffened like a log of timber as every muscle strained in the pangs of death; the ball had divided the spine at its junction with the brain. (TO BE CONTINUED.)