Show ESKIMO GIRLS Ono One of Captain Henderson s 's s first cares as judge of Uncle Cain I Sam's Sams s s famous floating court court was to suppress the tho of Eskimo girls by whaling captains Ho sent out orders to all tho the whaling vessels that nn tiny o officer ier guilty of this offense in tho the future would Voul either cither be compelled to marry the girl or be sent to prison on The Tho order was 5 generally respected But Captain Mo Iio Mog I a ii whaling skipper of tho the old school laughed defiance at the II floating court and aDd its iud o. o Ho lie trumpeted hi his defiance to t tho e four winds o of the tho Arctic declaring stoutly that no man could dictate to him in matters of morality or personal conduct Captain Henderson picked up the gauntlet thus thrown down and aDd sent word to Captain Cap Mog lo that the very next timo time ho bo ran away with an Eskimo girl he be would have havo to marry her or repent his con conS tem tempt of law behind iron bars When hen lien Captain Hen Henderson erson reached Port Clarence next summer ho bo learned that this gay Jray Lothario of tho the sc sea had stolen the prettiest Eskimo girl irl in the I village O and sailed awa away for the tho whaling grounds east cast of IIer el island land i in tho the Arctic oc ocean an Caption Henderson exploded exploded ex ex- with wrath and vowed right there that ho would settle the score with Captain frog Mog 0 before that season Beason There was much work ahead of the time Thetis just then aunt ami immediate immediato pursuit was miS' miS out ont of ot tho the question Other whaling captains clearing from Port Clarence met t Captain Mog lac higher u up i ithe the coat coast cout t null and warned him bin of the squall gathering upon his quarter These ro- ro tl warnings from his hiI friends finally ba had l their I effect an and Captain Mog Mori Io who h I with reckless courage had beached his boat a hundred times tirol'S on the backs of ot the mi mighty ht bowhead whales became frightened for the tho first time in hi his life Ho ran for Point Barrow Darrow tho the fear of prison prison lending speed to his l keel took I his is Eskimo captive o before a n. missionary p. and married her out of hand Then ho he hastened to send scud the marriage cate sate duly signed si ned and ond attested atte ted to Cap tain tamu Henderson Walter Noble Noble Burns in tho the July Wide World |