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It w u while Rangy, my
kangaroo pal, and 1 were
on a trading cruise to New
Guinea with my old »hip-
mate. Tops'l Harney, that
Rangy had an adventure
that he won’t noon forget.
One mornln’, an we were
sailin’ along before a gen­
tle breeze, Burney thought
he’d ' try hia luck flahin’.
From th’ foc’atle head,
which ia th’ high deck In
th’ bowa of a snip, Barney
tossed hia line and baited
hook overboard.. He waited,
and waited, but nary a
nibble did he get. That
kind of flahin’ didn’t suit
Barney at all, so he tied
$ th’ end of th’ lint around
Kangy'a middle, and after
cautionin’ him to sing out
if he got a bite he went aft
to ’tend to some work on
deck. He’d no more’n got­
ten to th' break of th’ quar­
terdeck when from up for­
ward camu a yip that
brought him about in a hur-
‘ .n r,
Well a’r, a strange
flight met hia eyes when he
another
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looked forward; There was
Rangy, npread out like a
bat in a typhoon, sailin’
over th’ rail and yippin’
tit to raise your hair.
Barney yelled for me and
we made for th’ boat davit».
Just a» we were 'bout to
lower away we »aw what
waa givin’ Rangy a free
tow. It was a swordfish, as
big as a young whale, and
he was travelln’ like a three-
skya’I-yard clipper, with
Rangy yippin’ in hia wake.
Into th’ boat we hopped,
and took after ’em. Hap­
penin’ to look astern, I saw
Mr. Swordfish headin’ for
th’ boat. I yelled to Bar­
ney, and overboard we
went. When wo came up
for air we held on to th’
stern of th’ boat, «poutin'
water like porpoises.
Well a’r, th’ first thing
we clapped our eyes on waa
that oingbusted swordfish
in th’ bottom of th’ boat,
and there was Rangy, aittin’
on him holdin’ him down.
When we got back to th’
schooner all handa gave
Rangy a roarin’ cheer.
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