FLOYD GIBBONS Adventurers' Club I "The Fish That Caught a Man ’ By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. AND did you know that your old Headline Hunter was an • angler? Yes, sir. I've got a big stutTed sailtish over my desk. I hooked that seven-foot baby, weighing 67 pounds with light tackle, in the Gulf stream of! the Florida coast. It took me an hour to land the son of a gun and old Isaak Walton Gibbons had sore hands for a week afterward. Never tnlnd what luck I've had since then. I'm not talking about that. Hut what I am talking about is the story of a real fisherman and his battle with a giant ray that made my fish look like a minnow. Elmer E. Garretson of New York city is the gent's name who caught the ray. Elmer was engaged tome years ago to open up a fisherman’s camp on Soldier’s Key—an icland some fifteen miles off of Miami—in waters that abound with all kinds of tropical fish, both large and small. I guess the place is about the best fishing ground In this country and there’s no limit to their size. Sharks hlg enough to bite a man In two and 500-pound sea turtles play around in those blue waters like carp In a pond. Catches Sight of Sea Monster. One day while Rimer was Idly glancing at the water from the dock he saw a ray—as hlg as a barn door—loafing around the coral channel near the key. That was Just about the biggest thing Rimer had ever seen swimming and he decided to try and catch It. Now a ray la a mean customer. Besides being a tremendous size the fish—which la a sort of sea bat with enormous flippers —is armed with sharp, long, bone daggers. Those daggers are operated by the tail of the fish and can make a frightful wound. Hut Rimer had a reputation to sustain and he wanted that giant ray So he got out his small motor driven dory, packed his rllle, harpoons and lines abourd and with a guide. Charlie Haggerinan, started after hlrn. Ray Tows Boat to Sea. Well, sir, Iilinor spotted the monster lying still on the bottom and, standing up In the boat, made Ills throw. Zowle! The harpoon sped true to the mark and burled Itself In a ton or so of "filet de sole." Wham! Mister Big Fish, when he felt that harpoon go Into his neck, gave his flippers the throttle and hit for the open sea like a racing car! The line sh^ out so fast that it smoked! In a Jiffy the dory sped through the channel and Into deep water. Rimer didn’t wnnt to lose that precious line and he didn’t want to lose that fish. So he and Haggerman pulled as hard as they could to draw the boat up closer to the fish. They didn't have a chance to draw the fish to them, so they Just tried to draw themselves to It, you know, like Mahomet who went to the mountain when the mountain wouldn't come to him. And Elmer says that ray sure was a mountain! Giant Fish Crushes Motor Dory. "In this way,” Rimer writes, "we drew near the fish. To my delight he rose to the surface, so I grabbed a rllle and got set In the bow of the The Giant Black Fish Fell Right on the Boat. boat for a shot. Me was so big l couldn’t miss. I drew a quick bend on him. And then It happened! “Before I could shoot the ray turned and with a tremendous flap of Its kite-like wings jumped clean out of the water at us! The pull on the line drew the boat under the fish with such force that it sent Haggerman sailing through the air into the water. And it's a good thing it did because the next second the giant black mass fell with a crash right on the boat! The boat deck crumpled in as though it were made of cardboard Instead of hard mahogany, and the giant form seemed to cover the entire boat. I fell backward from the shock but not fast enough. "An agonizing pain shot through my leg and I fell prone with four of the ray’s daggers Inbedded above my knee. These daggers are from six to eight Inches long, sharp as a needle and lined with saw-like teeth. The daggers, I saw with horror, were inches In my leg! One of them had gone clear through and 1 could see its Jagged point protruding on the other side! Dragged Overboard by Infuriated Ray. "The next thing 1 knew 1 was being dragged over the side of the boat ATTACHED TO THE FISH! I managed to grab one of the hooks on the side as the tish slipped Into the water. Haggerman was now hanging on the other side of the boat and only this kept It from capsiz ing. Hut the ray didn’t stop there. He started Hailing me with his power ful tall as my body bung over the side In the water! “I thought my arms would be pulled out of their sockets. They would have been had the boat been tied, but as it was I was the tow line and pulled the boat after me. Haggerman meantime had climbed into the boat. As the ray beat me with his huge wings I begged Haggerman for a knife. He couldn't find one but gave me a pair of pliers. "While I held on to the boat with one hand and Haggerman, too, held on to me, with the other hand I forced the pliers In between the tish an I my leg and one by one broke off the daggers at their base. The pain was terrific. It was like operating on one's own leg, hut l had to do It. Pulled Into Boat Nearly Dead. "Finally the last one snapped and I was pulled Into the boat more dead than alive. A tourniquet saved me from bleeding to death. Hagger man then attached the tish line to the anchor and threw It overboard and we were free." Boy, or, boy! What an experience. Elmer was "free,” but he had to pull those poisonous daggers out of his leg before they killed him. As the boat staggered back to the key, half full of water, he took the pliers, using sea water as an antiseptic, pulled the Jagged darts out of his leg with his own hands! To me that part of the Job was the hardest of all. Elmer was In the hospital for two weeks and It was a year before he could walk properly and the worst of it. he says, was that the sharks ate up most of the ray before the other fisherman could rescue him. What remained was only three or four hundred pounds of flsh. That's all! ©—WNU Ssrvlo*. .--—____ Self-Incrimination Rule Is an Aid to Evil-Doers “No person . . . shall be com pelled In any criminal case to be n witness against himself . . So reads the ttrst amendment to the United States Constitution. Simi lar language, embodying the same rule. Is found In the constitution of every state except New Jersey and Iowa, where nevertheless the principle is held to be applicable. In thousands of cases, the rule has been Invoked by criminals to es cape Just punishment for their mis deeds. Writing In the Journal of the I American Judicature Society, nn authority says It was adopted by the English parliament In the Sev enteenth century to offset persecu tions of Innocent persons by the process of Investigation and inqui sition. This process, borrowed from the old Roman law, was used by English ecclesiastical courts “In furtherance of their selfish pur poses.” Frequently persons who refused to testify against them selves were put to torture until their resistance was broken. Although the special conditions giving rise to the rule have long since disappeared, It remains deep ly rooted In modern American law. To Be Chic Is to Be Man-Tailoreu By CHERIE NICHOLAS THERE Is no question ns to the supremacy of the smart tallleur In the early spring inode. How to wear a strictly man-tailored suit without sacrificing a prettily fem inine appearance Is the problem that fashion is putting up to the ladles these days. And Is the fair sex proving equal to the occasion? Of course! Merely a matter of accessories, If you please. As to whether your spring tallleur goes smartly mannish or wlnsomely fern Inlne depends for the most part on the hat, gloves, footwear, hag belt, blouse and all the other Items that go to make up a correct en semble. Here Is a formula for a good untldote to the masculinity of a mannishly tailored suit of sturdy men's wear woolen or other weave. Wear an alluring frilly, lingerie blouse, for after many years’ ab sence it has come Into its own for spring. About your swanky felt Hamburg or your equally as mod ish sailor hat see that your mil liner ties a length of gaily color ful (sometimes several colors nre used together) veiling In a big sprightly, (lottery, eye-compelling bow. Match your new fabric gloves to the color of your veil, for gloves In giddy colors are high ly Important news this season. (Col orful hosiery, too, registers on the advance style program. However, should you prefer that your spring outfit go dramatically masculine In every detail as do so many of the hlgh-fashlon tailleurs on the new style program, again may we remind you that It Is for the most part a matter of choosing the proper accessories. Homburg lints, shlrtmaker blouses, bags that look like a business man’s brief case, a tie or ascot scarf that seems as If It might belong on brother’s tie-rack, plg-skln gloves, the very new square-toed and square-heeled shoes, all are contributing items to mannish styles. And don’t for get to add conspicuously one of the swanky lately-arrived watch fob pins. Designers are playing up the tailored suit with many variations. The group pictured illustrates the idea. To the left the suit is a classic double-breasted type. In navy or black it carries a genteel air which best dressed women seek. A simple linen shirt is preferably worn, although, to vary the pro gram, it is well to have in re serve a smart taffeta or crepe blouse. A bandanna kerchief blouse would be interesting to Include in your tailored blouse wardrobe. Here you see one of the cunning new veils In high color mood that Is accomplishing wonders in the way of counteracting too much masculinity in one’s tailleur. The suit to the right differen tiates in that it has a two-button fastening. Speaking of tweeds (this promises to be a very tweedy season) and the new novelty wool ens, words fall to do them jus tice. In their wealth of radiant colorings, in their unique flecked and nubbod rough weaves, in their artful stripes, plaids, and diagonals they simply baffle description. The ascot scarf and felt Homburg are significant style items. The latest call of the tailored mode Is for skirt and jacket to contrast as shown in the clever suit in the foreground. Stunning color effects are worked out in this way, special attention to a discrirn Uniting selection of accessories be ing absolutely necessary. Note that this Jacket lias a one-button fastening. The blouse is of the new frilly lingerie type. The sailor hat with veil is good style. © Weatern Newspaper Union. SPRING STYLE SHOW i STRESSES ECONOMY Economy clothes, designed to save money, time and luggage space, starred In I’arls spring fashion openings which ended a fortnight of the most varied displays I’arls has shown In years. The most striking costumes had changeable accessories which trans formed their appearance or con verted them to several uses. Worth showed slender, dark satin evening dresses with draped cor sages which could be drawn over the shoulder to make them sleeved dinner gowns. Dtlkushu displayed trim black suits whose box juckets had differ ent colored detachable felt vestees anchored by gold buttons. Evening gowns of printed bead ed organdie, crepe In brilliant mod ernistic designs and embroidered silk were outstanding features of 1’atou'f collection. 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