He got excited with his narrative as he
told how, when the monster was hooked,
the alaiirr -given and every man and
boy in town ran uown to see, and after
the fishermen had tangled ropes and log
chains all over it it took every able bodied
man in town to draw it to shore. “Lt
actually weighed,” said he, “over 500 pounds
and its saw was the most venomous weapon
I ever beheld. Lt had been broken ott a
foot or two, but what was left measured
five feet and eight inches." “Oh, mercy,"
said my' wile, "isent it awful. Girls, you
must not go in bathing any more. Every
day somebody would tell about these awful
creatures—devil llsh and sharks and sting
arees and sawfish. It is a wonder they I
have not got some of us before now."
Dr. Cooper is a first-class gentleman and ■
came from good, old Baptist stock. He I
stands high in his profession and in his |
stockings, and is handsome and he knows il, i
but I noticed that every time he told a big I
yarn he appealed to Murpny lor confirma- ’
lion. “Isent it so, Murph? You taw that I
fish. I pledge you my word it was the
biggest monster 1 ever laid my eyes on."
“Murph” simply nodded assent as the doc
tor branched off on another narrative. Mur
phy is a Presbyterian and hut otli-.ial posi
tion In the Agnes Scott institute is ever
before him, but still he would not go I>jck
on his friends, especially when so far away'
from home. lie affectionately calls the
doctor "Hunt," and the doctor calls him |
“Murph,’ and th< y coincide on e/eryih’ng, I
except that Murph says Hunt plays 100 |
much croquet wuli tiie pretty girls along the ■
route, and sonu tunes ta :y miss a tt .uu t-y ;
it. which is wry orovoking. And Hunt j
said that when pr--ny g.ri.s pursue a man !
it is very bad manm-rs to run away i-om I
them. My wi remarKid that m-nt utter I
we retired that sue liked tin.in both very
much, very mui It, iml- i <l, and alter a pause
site said it wquid be a right good law if
every han-isome married man when he went
far away Irom home shout i ini’. 