May, 1921 
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are covered with dark spots in a net- 
work of reticulated lines, and grows to 
at least six feet in length. The green 
moray is somewhat smaller, and has 
just been described as Dave’s catch. 
T HE dory was anchored one day 
over a coral reef off Loggerhead 
Key, with Pent, Dave and myself 
fishing with sea-crawfish bait for the 
beautiful coral fishes. In the mean- 
time several larger fish that were feed- 
ing on the smaller ones were captured. 
Dave, with handline and baited hook 
was enjoying himself greatly, and was 
congratulating himself on having left 
the land of snakes, as he caught and 
admired the coral fishes adorned with 
all the colors of the spectrum. They 
were biting fast and furiously, and all 
went as mei-ry as a marriage bell, inas- 
much as we were to catch a liberal 
surplus for the supper and breakfast of 
the crew. 
I saw Pent peering about cautiously 
as he put on a larger bait than usual. 
He seemed to be manceuvering his line 
in a way that suggested something of 
more consequence than a coral fish. At 
length he exclaimed: “I got you that 
time; come in out of the wet!” Then, 
after careful manipulation he drew an 
immense fish to the surface which 
twisted and squirmed in the manner of 
a gigantic eel, and lashed the water fu- 
riously with its long tail. Then Pent 
drew the fish alongside, and placing his 
hand under it, with an adroit movement 
he threw it bodily into the dory, the 
small hook tearing out at the same 
time. Then ensued a scene that beg- 
gars description. The fish was a spot- 
ted moray five feet in length and as 
thick as one’s leg, and seemingly en- 
dowed with the strength of a shark and 
the agility of a tarpon. 
Dave, who was barefooted ana scared 
out of his wits, perched up on the high 
bow of the dory, while I fancied the 
narrow stern, inasmuch as I considered 
that the gargantuan fish was the sole 
and exclusive property of Captain Pent, 
to do with as he saw fit. He tried to 
seize it, but being covered with slime 
the monster slipped from his hands re- 
peatedly. In the meantime the uncouth 
and agile moray seemed to be playing 
both ends of its body against the mid- 
dle, so rapid were its movements as it 
threw itself about the boat, snapping 
its cruel jaws and lashing its long tail. 
As Dave with fear and trembling tried 
to climb higher up on the stem of the 
dory, the enraged brute seized the bot- 
tom of his trousers and held on with its 
hooked teeth. By this time Pent had 
placed an oar under the big fish and 
with a mighty effort threw it over- 
board; but, alas, the moray, having a 
strangle hold on Dave’s trousers, he 
was obliged, willy nilly, to follow it 
overboard. For a time, in the vortex 
of whirling, splashing and floundering, 
it was not easy to distinguish the where- 
abouts of the finny brute or the fright- 
ened boy. At last, Pent with the blade 
of an oar succeeded in breaking the 
hold of the wicked teeth, and Dave, seiz- 
ing the oar was drawn aboard more 
scared than hurt; but to let him tell it, 
“more dead than alive.” 
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Colt’s Automatic Pistols 
Colt’s (Browning) Automatic Machine 
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Where the falcon acts as the duck’s 
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Near the place where 1 was born ; 
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snipe 
Instead of the traffic cops, 
And smell just smoke from my 
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Instead of the chimney tops. 
I want to pack a bag and scoot — 
Let everything here go darn, 
And take a Colt with me to shoot 
At a target back of the barn. 
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