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Show w I A' A XX t u r i IIEKES mwL ' V throw ill spray ) ike n liner, and T cal kilated if she held her course shed hit us so nca midshipsit wouldnt be worth measurin the difference. Then I sec the man in the bow make a pass io r the rope with the hatchet, but lie was nervous like, an missed it,jfor the hatchet: went overboard ' an he, losin his balance, along with it. The rest of the meiywurnt long decidin what theyd do. It was go overboard or git smashed to Hinders, and when they got -- 1? WTTA1 PTTQTV X XJJIJi r-- yv f l whales an wrhales, said the captain, sudSomeof denly em is fers, an some so pesky. crit- - aint Smoke went up in clouds, and there was silence for fiVv jb -- c to-ba- ;l - minutes. Beckon youve got something on your mind, cap, said the doctor. Oil, nothin very partieklcr, said the captain, hut when whales was . me. ban r.xvcne wanted It's a bigger to tackle to stave llltlt ciait, an as fop floatin' she was boxed at each oral an couldnt sin!:. But that ain t,tho end of the story. - e lemcinbcred the f ollors that jumped "an we seen the hi boat would pick em irj) before we could to look put' another dyer, so we turned at Frank again! There weren t anythin with, an he left in the boat couldnt do nothin but w ait on the He traveled pleasure of that w hale. -yawa5- Horn thc'sliip ns fast ns he come at it, an he imist ki gone atliiid of a mile before the boat slacked. Then we seen her slow dow n an come to a dead stop. Lines busted says I; man a f 7 J loaf an fcTch"Tirt liadnt-irmore'irspoke the w ords when a big wave seemed to rise Up near the boat an old whale blowcd 30 foot high, j Then he got old Liz in range. Up his tail goes an he under the water again. I could see Frank wade forrard in the bbat an try to pay out line, but it was Jammed, an before lie could make it loose the boat gave a jerk round, nl- him out, an come at most us again. What Im savins truth. Doc, that boat struck another bee line for us. I suppose, more properly speckin', t lie whale did. Oosli! IIovv she did I Ire'-DutehT- I had old Liz np Behring sea way two y ears ago old Liz was my ship, her-ful- l name bein Elizabeth J. Barker an wed had a pretty goed season. September we put around for t lie Horn, and, tis things happened, didnt see another whale till we struck into the Forties. Then, sir, Tiout 1 1 oclock one fine morn in, wedo-inabosix knots, we raised a whale that, was a wlmle. big, I bet, said tl.e doctor. No, not so terrible big, said the captain, but pesky. I was stand in about .midships whch one of the men sings out: Ili, Cap, look at or blow. Sin' nough, half a mile.off and dead abeam to starboard, he was biowin. He sent up a good spout and then seemed to kinder settle himself, like he was nap,-pin, showin a good bit of his length. I hove old Liz to; and we put over aeouple of boats, Bowin' in the small boat was a Dutchman named Eiank. I mention nam1 d I ut i i come kitin! Frank quit foolin with the line an just hung on. 1 reckoned the boat was movin faster)! ever, only t j. with'n 50 Yard of us they all went over but I rank. Jump, ou idiot, yells I do you "aa to git stove? Mebbe he didn t btar, but I reckon it wouldn t make no difference, for as 1m lb in , Doe, that she didnt throw'so much walcr, cause she set down almost to her rowlocks. We stood speechless while, she. was driv-i- n for us. Wlien she got within 10U yards the mate took a big hieatli and - let Hy: Dutchman lay limiself out cr. his stum- Jump, you Dutch lubber, or you're him, cause becomes into the yarn uiiek in tlie bottom of the boat, grabbed a dead man. n pretty prominent. Frank was a good onfoot clrat with both bands gr. dining But lie didnt jump, an I could see d"ai life old 0l Well, kept him glttin ready for another live under sailor, but one of them fellers that hason fdcam dreadful little to say. lie tended right old Liz. I grubbed up a bucket, climbed on tlie rail, an when the boat comeWcui first whack at the whole. They put a an(1. waitilJ to seo Frank splatter his harpoon into him just over his port fin brains against the ships sale, when theboat went nose down, stern up and un- j and iTowii lie went. a I er. with., a kcrchug.- - She tollin- things through a detr the kJFstood rcaeli in us by about five yard. glass. 1 'waited an waited for the boat to start oil in tow, but she didnt do L Ad bands aboard ship leant over to liethiimbut set still, whichavas puzzlin. sce blank and the splinters ccme up. 10 boat w ouldsure fetch Tin abput five .minutes somethin big ah again the black broke water tween us and the beel and go to kindlin wood. We w aited boatman there was old blower, not an - waited an waited, butuby gum, j moren 200 yards from the place lie went there werent no splinters un there down, lie warnt up long, but enough Wernt uo trank. All of a sudden one the men sings out: By the holy to giFliis lTariiis, I guess, for down he X went again, an I could s:c ihelxnv Pber look! whipped round and man gettin ready to give him all the there 20 fathoms off our port, Was the take. Then the boat started, little whaleboat, full o water to the rope he'd a' stewed-bitran come dead for the ship gunnel, an Fra nk standj n up irT her, at a t0hu:iFkH7: "T n e ve v see a boh t ahis thleep, hold IhmWto grow lock" for travel sol Wc. watched em, an when dear life. So help me. Doe, that boat she got within a quarter of a mile 1 was towed clean under old Liz, the thinks.to myself: This is gittin blamed Dutchman in her, an come up sound on tlie other side. interestin. 1 wonder is that whale 'JUMP, YOU IDIOT. in to sheer oil or is he. goin to give us Yes, sir; under the ship as slick as a an -- the Dutchman iirherr'That enough-- 1 let drive at Frank, hopin to a rant ? WThat boatr s:ry traveled f or usrwhistlc as true as a hair, an T could see the men whale was a scientist, sir. He calkilated kllocb him overboard lFT hit him. He cornin, dodged, an just as the in her gittin excited. On she come, : all right to lose the boat; but, bless you, w-ha- -a- -wa le - -- j- ( . j j j ; j ; - |