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Speaker 1: A thing that glistened. In the fall of eighteen eighty eight,

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the steamship Sunda from Southampton was running along the southern

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coast of Long Island, not many hours from port, when

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she was passed by one of the great British liners

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outward bound. The tide was high, and the course of

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both vessels was nearer the coast than as usual, that

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of the Sunda being inside of the other. As the

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two steamers passed each other, there was a great waving

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of hats and handkerchiefs. Suddenly there was a scream from

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the Sunda. It came from Senora Rochita, the primadonna of

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an opera troop which was coming to America. In that ship,

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I have lost my bracelet, she cried in Italian, and

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then turning to the passengers, she repeated the cry in

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very good English. The situation was instantly comprehended by everyone.

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It was late in the afternoon. The captain had given

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a grand dinner to the passengers, at which the Primadonna

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had appeared in all all her glories of ornamentation, and

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the greatest of these glories, a magnificent diamond bracelet was

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gone from the arm with which she had been enthusiastically

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waving her lace handkerchief. The second officer, who was standing

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near dashed into the captain's office and quickly reappeared with

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chart and instruments, and made rapid calculation of the position

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of the vessel at the time of the accident, making

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an allowance for the few minutes it had passed since

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the first cry of the Senora. After consultation with the

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captain and recalculations of the distance from land and some

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other points, he announced to the weeping Signora that her

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bracelet lay under a little black spot he had made

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on the chart, and that if she chose to send

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a diver for it, she might get it, for the

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depth of water at that place was not great by profession,

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I am a diver, and the next day I was

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engaged to search for the diamond bracelet of Senora Rochita.

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I had a copy of the chart, and having hired

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a small schooner with several men who had been my

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assistance before, and taking with me all the necessary accouterments

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and appliances, I set out for the spot indicated, and

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by afternoon we were anchored we believed at or very

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near it. I lost no time. In descending. I wore,

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of course, the usual diver's suit, but I took with

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me no tools nor any of the implements used by

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divers when examining wrecks, but carried in my right hand

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a brilliant electric lamp connected with a powerful battery on

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the schooner. I held this by an insulated handle in

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which there were two little knobs by which I could

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light or extinguish it. The bottom was hard and smooth,

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and lighting my lamp, I began to look about me.

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If I approached the bracelet, I ought to be able

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to see it sparkle, But after wandering over considerable space,

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I saw no sparkles, nor anything like a bracelet. Suddenly, however,

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I saw something which greatly interested me. It was a

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hole in the botto the ocean, almost circular and at

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least ten feet in diameter. I was surprised that I

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had not noticed it before, for it lay not far

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from the stern of our vessel. Standing near the rocky

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edge of the aperture. I held up my lamp and

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looked down. Not far below, I saw the glimmer of

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what seemed to be the bottom of this subterranean well.

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I was seized with a desire to explore this great

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hole running down under the ordinary bottom of the sea.

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I signaled to be lowered, and although my comrades were

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much surprised at such an order, they obeyed, and down

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I went to the well. The sides of this seemed

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rocky and almost perpendicular, but after descending about fifteen feet,

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they receded on every side, and I found myself going

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down into a wide cavern, the floor of which I

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touched in a very short time. Holding up my lamp

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and looking about me, I found myself in a sea

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cave some thirty feet in diameter, with a dome like roof,

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in which a little to one side of the center

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was the lower opening of the well. I became very

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much excited. This was just the sort of place into

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which a bracelet or anything else of value might be

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expected to have the bad luck to drop. I walked

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about and gazed everywhere, but I found nothing but rocks

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and water. I was about the signal to be drawn up,

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when above me I saw what appeared to be a

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flash of darkness coming down through the well with a

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rush and a swirl that entered the cavern and in

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a moment I recognized the fact that a great fish

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was swooping around and about me. Its movements were so

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rapid and irregular, now circling along the outer edge of

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the floor of the cavern, then mounting above me until

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its back seemed to scrape the roof, that I could

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not form a correct idea of the size of the creature.

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It seemed to me to be at least twenty feet long.

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I stood almost stupefied, keeping my eyes as far as

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possible fixed upon the swiftly moving monster. Sometimes it came

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quite near me when I shuddered in every fiber, and

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then he shot away, but ever gliding with powerful undulations

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of his body and tail, around about and above me.

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I did not dare to signal to be drawn up,

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for fear that the terrible creature would enter the well

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hole with me. Then he would probably touch me, perhaps

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crush me against the wall. But my mind was capable

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of forming no plans. I only hoped the fish would

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ascend and disappear. By the way he came. My mind

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was not in the strongest condition, being much upset by

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a great trouble, and I was so frightened that I

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really did not know what I ought to do, but

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I had sense enough left to feel sure that the

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fish had been attracted into the cavern by my lamp.

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Obviously the right thing to do was to extinguish it.

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But the very thought of this nearly drove me into

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a frenzy. I could not endure to be left alone

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with the shark in darkness and water. It was an

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insane idea, but I felt that whatever happened, I must

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keep my eyes upon him. Now the great fish began

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to swoop nearer and nearer to me, and then, suddenly

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changing its tactics, it receded to the most distant wall

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of the cavern, where with its head toward me, it

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remained for the first time motionless. But this did not

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continue long. Gently turning over on its side, it opened

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its great mouth, and in an instant, with a rush,

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it came directly at me. My light shone full into

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its vast mouth, glistening with teeth, and there was a

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violent jerk which nearly threw me from my feet, and

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all was blackness. The shark had swallowed my lamp. By

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rare good fortune, he did not take my hand. Also.

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Now I frantically tugged my signal rope. Without my lamp,

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I had no thought but a desire to be pulled

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out of the water, no matter what happened. In a

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few minutes, I sat, divested of my diving suit and

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almost insensible, upon the deck of the schooner. As soon

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as I was able to talk, I told my astonished

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comrades what had happened. And while we were discussing this

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strange occurrence, one of them, looking over the side, saw

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slowly rising to the surface the body of a dead shark.

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By George, he cried, here is the beast. He has

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been killed by the current from the battery. We all

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crowded to the rail and looked down upon the monster.

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He was about ten feet long, and it was plain

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that he had died for making himself the connection between

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the poles of the battery well, said the captain pleasantly.

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I suppose you are not going down again? Not I,

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I replied, I give up this job. Then suddenly I cried,

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come boys, all of you, make fast of that shark

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and get him on board. I want him. Some of

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the men laughed, but my manner was so earnest that

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in a moment they all set about to help me.

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A small boat was lowered, lines were made fast to

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the dead fish with block and tackle, and we hauled

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him on deck. I then got up butcher's knife from

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the cabin and began to cut him open. Look here, Tom,

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exclaimed the captain. That's nonsense. Your lamp's all smashed to pieces,

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and if you get it out, it'll never be any

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good to you. I don't care for the lamp, I answered,

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working away energetically. But an idea has struck me. It's

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plain that this creature had a fancy for shining things.

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If he swallowed a lamp, there is no reason why

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he should not have swallowed anything else that glittered. Uh oh,

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cried the captain. You think he swallowed the bracelet, do you?

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And instantly everybody crowded more closely about me. I got

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out the lamp. Its wires were severed as smoothly as

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if they had been cut by shears. Then I worked on.

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Suddenly there was a cry from every man. Something glimmered

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in the dark interior of the fish. I grasped it

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and drew it out. It was not a bracelet, but

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a pint bottle, which glimmered like a glowworm. With the

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bottle in my hand, I sat upon the deck and

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gazed at it. I shook it. It's shone brighter. A

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bit of oiled silk was tied tightly over the cork,

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and it was plain to sea that it was partly

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filled with a light colored oil into which a bit

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of phosphorus had been dropped, which, on being agitated, filled

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the bottle with a dim light. But there was something

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more in the bottle than phosphorus and oil. I could

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see a tin tube corked at each end, and the

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exposed parts of the corks spreading enough to prevent the

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tin from striking the glass. We all knew that this

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was one of those bottles containing a communication of some sort,

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which are often thrown into the sea and float about

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until they are picked up. The addition of the oil

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and phosphorus was intended to make it visible by night

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as well as by day, and this was plainly the

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reason why it had been swallowed by a light loving shark.

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I poured out the oil and extracted the tube, wiping

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it carefully, I drew out the corks, and then from

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the little tin cylinder I pulled a half sheet of

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notepaper rolled up tightly. I unrolled it and read these

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words before I jump overboard. I want to let people

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know that I killed John Polhemus, so I have fixed

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up this bottle. I hope it may be picked up

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in time to keep Jim Barker from being hung. I

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did think of leaving it on the steamer, but I

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might change my mind about jumping overboard, and I guess

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this is the best way. The clothes I wore and

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the hatchet I did it with are under the woodshed

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back of Polhemus's house. Henry Ramsey, I sprang to my

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feet with a yell. Jim Barker was my brother, now

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lying in prison under sentence of death for the murder

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of Polhemus. All the circumstantial evidence, and there was no other,

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had been against him. The note was dated eight months back, Oh,

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cruel fool of a murderer. The shark was thrown overboard

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and we made best speed the port, and before the

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end of the afternoon I had put Ramsey's note into

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the hands of the lawyer who had charge of my

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brother's case. Fortunately he was able to identify the handwriting

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and signature of Ramsay, a man who had been suspected

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of the crime, but against whom no evidence could be found.

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The lawyer was almost as excited as I was by

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the contents of this note, and early the next morning

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we started together for the house of the Polhemus family.

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There under the woodshed we found carefully buried a blood

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stained shirt and vest, and the hatchet. My impulse was

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to fly to my brother, but this my lawyer forbade

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he would take charge of the affair, and no false

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hopes must be excited. But he confidently assured me that

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my brother was as good as free. Returning to the city,

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I thought I might as well make my report to

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Signora Rochita. The lady was at home and saw me.

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She showed the most intense interest in what I told her,

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and insisted upon every detail of my experiences. As I

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spoke of the shark and the subterranean cave, she nearly

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fainted from it excitement, and her maid had to bring

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her smelling salts. When I had finished, she looked at

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me steadily for a moment, and then said, I have

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something to tell you, but I hardly know how to

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say it. I never lost my bracelet. I intended to

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wear it at the Captain's dinner. But when I went

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to put it on, I found the clasp was broken,

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and as I was late, I hurried to the table

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without the bracelet, and thought of it no more until

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when we were all waving and cheering, I glanced at

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my wrist and found it was not there. Then, utterly

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forgetting that I had not put it on, I thought

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it had gone into the sea. It was only this

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morning that, opening what I supposed was the empty box,

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I saw it. Here it is. I never saw such

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gorgeous jewels, Madam said I. I am glad you thought

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you lost it, for I have gained something better than

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all these. You are a good man, said she, and

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then she paid me liberally for my services. When this

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business had been finished, she asked, are you married? I

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answered that I was not. Is there any one you

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intend to marry? Yes, said I. What is her name?

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She asked, Sarah Jane McElroy. Wait a minute, said she,

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and she retired into another room. Presently she returned and

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handed me a little box. Give this to your lady, love,

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said she. When she looks at it, she will never

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forget that you are a brave man. When Sarah Jane

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opened the box. There was a little pin with a

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diamond head, and she gave a scream of delight. But

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I saw no reason for jumping or crying out, for

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after having seen the Signora's bracelet, this stone seemed like

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a pea in a bushel of potatoes. I don't need anything,

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she said to remind me that you are a brave man.

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I am going to buy furniture with it. Py laughed

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and remarked that every little helps when I sit with

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my wife by my side before the fire, and our

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comfortable home, and consider that the parlor carpet and the furniture,

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and the pictures, and the hall and stair carpet, and

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all the dining room furniture with the china and the

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glass and the linen, and all the kitchen utensils, and

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two bedroom suits on the second story, both hardwood, and

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all the furniture and fittings of a very pleasant room

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for a single man the third story front were bought

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with the pin that the signor gave to Sarah Jane.

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I am filled with profound respect for things that glitter.

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And when I look on the other side of the

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fire and see Jim smoking his pipe, just as happy

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as anybody. Then I say to myself that if there

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are people who think that this story is too much

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out of the common I wish they would step in

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here and talk to Jim about it. There is a

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fire in his eyes when he tells you how glad

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he is that it was the shark instead of him.

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That is very convincing, and of a thing that glistened

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by Frank R. Stockton