Part 47 (1/2)

There was a long and weary wait before anything occurred The water was cold, and my limbs became stiff and nuer, and was turning toward the shore when there was a sudden commotion in the water not far froe forith his spear

”I've got him!” he yelled ”Come on!”

I went But I soon saw that Harry didn't have him He had Harry

They were all of ten yards away fro to be seen but flying water thrashed into foa jerked through the air; he was holding on for dear life with both hands to the shaft of his spear

The water was over th I had

”I've got hih the spray to his side ”His head! Find his head!”

I finally succeeded in getting my hand on Harry's spear-shaft near where it entered the body of the fish; but the next instant it was jerked fro and made another try, but : ”His head! Get hiof either head or tail as the immense fish leaped furiously about in the water, first this way, then that

Once he came down exactly on top of me and carried lide over me, and the tail struck me a heavy blow in the face as it passed Blinded and half choked, I fought ot fifty feet away

I swa hard and nearly exhausted The water foamed less furiously about them now As I came near the fish leaped half out of the water and caly black head pointed directly toward asped

He was still clinging to the spear

I set ainst the water and waited Soon it parted violently not ten feet in front of ht for me I could see the dull beady eyes on either side, and I let hiht between them

There was little force to the blow, but the fish hi I hurled reat effort and felt him sweep past reat shout: ”You got him!”

By the time I reached hi on the surface, et him ashore, and, exhausted as ere, it was no easy task But there was very little current, and after half an hour of pulling and shoving we got him into shalloater, where we could find the bottom with our feet Then it was easier Desiree waded out to us and lent a hand, and in another ten h and dry on the rock

He was even larger than I had thought No wonder Harry had called him--or one like him--a whale It was all of fifteen feet from his snout to the tip of his tail The skin was dead black on top andthe points of our spears on the rock, preparatory to skinning hi the fish with unqualified approval She turned to us:

”Well, I'd rather eat that than those other nasty things”

”Oh, that isn't ant hie of his spear-point ”He's probably not fit to eat”

”Then why all this trouble?” asked Desiree

”Dear lady, we expect to ride hi to his feet

Then he explained our purpose, and you may believe that Desiree was the most excited of the lot as we ripped down the body of the fish froh skin

”If you succeed you s for ether successful

”As for me,” I declared, ”I shall eat fish every day of ratitude”

”You'll do it out of pure necessity,” Harry put in, ”if you don't get busy”