No pertic'lar danger. That is, not
commonly.
"But the minute I come up to the surface and rose breast-high, dashin'
the water out o' my eyes so's to look around for the dog, I seen I'd
been a leetle mite too previous, as the feller said. I hadn't taken
into consideration one pertic'lar chance--like the feller't married one
o' twins an' then couldn't tell which from t'other.
"I see Snowball the dog, all right; but headin' for him like a streak
o' greased lightin' was the triandicular fin of a shark. I'd forgot
all about those fellers; and we hadn't see one for weeks, anyway. In
warmer waters than them the _Sally S. Stern_ was then in, the sharks
will come right up and stand with their noses out o' the sea begging
like a dog for scraps. They'd bark, if they knew how, by gravy!
"Well," went on Cap'n Amazon while Louise listened spellbound, "that
dog Snowball was in a bad fix. A dog's a dog--almost human as you
might say. But I wasn't aimin' puttin' myself in a shark's mouth for a
whole kennel full o' dogs.
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