Show I 1 cauchi two juliales and a alff one of the on the schooner la ninia has a little romance his nama ano is ia william Will iain stevens and he has been a sailor on coasting vessels for several years ten months ago he fell in love IOTO with a pretty and estimable young lady at yaquina bay stevens elevens wani wanted d to get married but his hia funds were low so BO it was arranged between the he two lov ers era that william should g go on a whaling v haling cruise and on his return the nuptial knot should be tied william came down on the next steamer but found that sailors who had never been on a whaling voyage were regarded as green hands and that when old timers were clamoring for a chance to ship a new man had very little show however stevens persevered and persuaded captain worth to take him on White laws whaler the schooner la ninia the green hand proved the mascot of the tha trip and he killed the only two whales taken on the voyage they were big fellows and produced pounds of bone stevens has consequently come into funds and more funds than usually fall to tho the lay of a sau san francisco chronicle |