Show RHIND AN OCEAN wo we were in tho the japan eca sea crul cruising sing or right n hales our hip ship was tho the georgetown of new dedford capt williams willial s an old sea ow ug lists fists liko like tho the knots of su a oak me mil a tremendous breadth of and hou cr this his min m in had the reputation of hava ag captured tho the largest whale ever inight in ohp te seas a hump blimp humpbacked backed follow fellow chich on being tried out leaded barrels of oil the skipper was proud of his fame s n skill ut whale hunter which in net act wis iris ir is well deserved he could brow tho barbed iron further than oat men and was always cool and possessed elf in moments of the great 4 t peril whether it was during his tights lights with the monsters of the deep r with the angry elements it was a close sultry day far alid car ear the surface of the soa 03 by lay un by a single ripple A yellowish vapor or haze ba bal 1 how bow er for some hours been noticed to rin In dward it seemed to rise slowly nd to spread spread gradually over tho the blue in clouded ed concave above us tho the un an meanwhile ard assumed a appearance it bad had turned I 1 to a ery red color and w m as surrounded by b i green and blue ring which seemed seemed 0 involve round and round it finally a hollow bumming humming nofe vas as heard as if some brazen inspru entwis unseen beings ir above our beads heads at the same moment from aloft like ho hit wild cry of some distant aea bird ve re beard the voice of the kanaka boat who copt a look xit tit at the mainmast bead head there blobel there there thero there thera low ow sl yelled williams crough his speaking trumpet at tho same moment the nin sun browned aces 0 of all the men on deck were arned aloft three points of tho leebow lee iee bow two alles iles off a tr try y rf right whale sir air thoro thore loest blokel blobel call all handal roared the captain this was done and all bands hands below elow ame bounding on deck I 1 stand by the boa bortal talI w ws tho the next ader the boat young active fel fol aws all of them sprang into their ro boats to get their lines and in readiness lower awater ordered eld cla W wil 11 aaris with Ilat lightning celerity making ais Is way to tho the deck the four boats dropped splashing in 0 the sea and the baitt moment away hey went after the whale in about naif half an hour wo we lay on our ara ars waiting for the whale to cosa coma up stood in the bow scanning he e ocean with his eagle eyes he ile was is udo looking do a specimen of an island r as ever wen his Is frame was til ill and supple bis his arms long and ginev r T his durs of great breadth ind nd alu ahti chest round and deop deep do you MO otee anything yet in ailred williams nothing yet we ree sir air answered the slander lander casting a dubious glance round hica the liazo haze had oiled filled all the air and he suns light was darkened omin alv 1 the humming noise previously al vi lu I 1 e d to lal grown louder and an w we 0 all see a gre great at lino line of white water waring aring down toward us from wind hard ard suddenly bindok pointing ahead whispered i 11 here dat fellow 1 Your ors men hissed the cap ahi lit through bis his set teeth wo iva seized the oars and the boat 11 led strictly and noiselessly toward here iho the ripples ahead showed that ui J u li 11 lie tie vas was comin up W n we bad not got Way half aty there when op up came tho the leviathan hooting shooting straight from the sea am his monstrous fona form revealed bs his tins a as outspread like a pair ol 01 wing wings A moment ho he remained poised apparently patently ly on abo very end of his flukes I 1 hot down he hot came striking the sea liko like a thunderbolt and sendan ni tho the pray flynn wa a white lil binding luding a honor ower all around im no boft bindok give tt it to beail screamed williams A line ot of steel blue light went through tho the air then adoth av othor r nad wo we were ivere fail fast hindom had put both irons la in tho the whale at tho the distance of six fa fathoms na L with a backward ruh rush the thol monster nearly truck struck the boat tho the vapor from his pout spout cimo into our faast ftc and still tho the boat over upon her sized starboard war nel henrly virly cill down wont went the whale the next moment bounding sounding and away went tho the boat as a it if drawn by lightning lightning with tho the line bumming lamming and drumming ramming round mo loggerhead and her gunwales near f on tho the level with tho the water nearly at tho the lamo same moment the stor form truck struck up u all aroun dus tho the wind ivind howled with terrific fury and the foam and spray almost blinding no u drenched every man to tho the skin the ocean ono one mass of white boiling water in which tho the dragged boat WM was buried so 10 aftan that wo we wore nearly swept from our thwarts whilo while the tub oarsman duty it ii as to bail ball mainly endeavored deavo red to keep tho the craft dry tho the air had darkened with tho the flying rack and scud whlor in torn map maes es bete blown hither and thither like phantom demons lemons come to balza us and drag drai us down to tho the depths below at last abo chalo camo came up and wo bard biard old williams giro give tho the order to haul line therel haul wo we did but it wae was like hauling along under tho the surface fur for the boat now was almost continually burled buried in fact when wo were to enable tho the captain who according to custom had changed places with hin dok taking his station in tho the bow to burl bis his lanco tho the boat was full of water williams however hoor cr standi standing nm no unmoved mor ed throw the lance lauce th tho 0 W whale bile felt it and 1 I t for tho the boat steral screamed tho tile captain a ta as bo be spoke again plant planting log the lanco in the mo usters cra body we endeavored to obey but a great mass of blinding water with spray and foam struck us and over wont went vi tho 1 e boat the last object I 1 saw at that timo time was capt william williams seated astride the capsized boat churning away vigorously at tho the whale thon then I 1 lost con cou ss when I 1 camo came to I 1 became sensible of a sort of flying motion as it if I 1 were being inq borne through the air I 1 0 opened my eyes to to eee see ayelt in the arms of bindok who eat sat tt straddle the capsized boat which wae wu dashing along th the water drawn by the whale abo he storm was ivas still ragi raging and the effect affect of the black and son scud with tho the white boiling eoa sea lighted by the ghastly glare of the sun sir struggling M 1 fing 1 a through the vapor was eo so we weird and singular ein gular that for a 0 moment I 1 halt be elored myself in lo ome some unearthly region re trion II induk with bis his black hair heir streaming on tho the blast and h his Is wild eves eyes flashing a lambent glare added to tho the strange effect of the scene where am IP V I 1 inquired lall all righta answered Ill bindok boat oat capsize can capsize size hurt whale so ho tie no caa can go down all right we get whale where il ii tho the c dont know guess other boats pick up how camo came you to pick up u r i boat strike you on he heid id tou you go bilat me by you me pick you up and g get et on boat with you As I 1 bad now fully recovered my I 1 senses Illa bindok dok cautioning me to hold on bard to the boats boies keel keef let go of me I 1 scrambled along behind elm him and there we two were clinging to a ca capi sized boat in a storm with a ho that it could not sobol sound dragging us onward on Oa on onon on the seas flew up around us and the spray nearly blinded us yet we clung firmly to our ur hold I 1 glanced behind me several timos to see the boats almost air aalt out ot sight I 1 astern tossing ig in the raul cauldron dron of waters their c cows aws evidently watching us still further astern with lih tho the black rack almost biding hitting her liko like a curtain lay tl abo good ship under awse reefed maint and fore topmast stay bail ball meanwhile thero there was tho the whale oar our ocean horse drawing us on bis his spout ascending new now and then with the nolle noise of th the sharp keel made our position very uncomfortable and yet we were obliged to maintain it as any motion sideways would insure the rolling over of tho the boat which we vre could not then hope to an it seemed to tome me as if lf 1 iao so eod of that whale would never rela aawar ho he went to leeward now aud then rising out of the water revealing his great body with the two iron staking 10 aki o 0 rat v it I 1 bad had never before obtain obtained e d sue suea ag a rood view of ano thale in motion tio to vast back of the monster was fully shown every timo time be he arose from the creamy waters there was his hump to thickly covered with bar ir acles as to a hillock of oyster shells with hero here and there a broad cut which had healed up but betokened that this was not the first time he bad felt tho the barbed iron it t was ho however tho the singular appearance it pe arance el of the litile head bead which most impressed id me toft bd 1 with lie its diminutive eyes ebore KM was something so unearthly in if its every time it waa lifted u up th that I 1 s t I 1 involuntarily thought of tle the f fables ables of sou monsters w ach I 1 hn and in read when a child and which bid had orel inspired rao me with the desin desire for a sea ea life drenched and shivering the stua uon tion of and I 1 was meanwhile anything bat but comfortable wita r rushing pala pain in my head cad about tho the region of tho the temple apio which told me that I 1 had boon won struck whon when I 1 first tutu tumbled bled into tho the ea on ga on antill still till oa on now I 1 glanced behind mo me no more to sea saip or boats all were wore hidden by distance and the black rack of the form storm tho the speed of the whale however bad had now begun to abate ills motions motion ot were palpably more feeble and his spouting became weak and less frequent and sounded mournfully mourn mournfully full soon die olio now hoo hooray rayl 1 card cried wild wili Illa dok ai as tho the whale at last s routed blood the blood camo came every ovary tao bont thick er erand and slower the boags speed nor now WM nearly stopped finally over wont went the monitor monster on hie his sid eld t the blood now ris a scarcely six alx lx inches above his spout hole 0 a lie swam feeble describing a half bif circle and thou ho bo died got whaler cried moving bis his hand hands joyfully aa ay 11 I 1 answered I 1 but where ie lit the ali ship I 1 P I 1 cover mind ship answered tho the wild islander his mouth fairly watering as bo ue looked toward I 1 tho he vast abt u up heaving body of the tu monster va wo got whale we now contrived to right tho the boat and ball it out when lashof it to the whale and thus we lay the storm far away in not knowing when or bow how wo we would bo be picked up by night the storm had abated but there was as yet no sign bi cd the chip we wore both hungry and thirsty but beery drop of fresh frosh water and all the salt meat ineat and biscuit usually carried in whale boats boas had been out ba b the caps cap sting jug of the light craft we did lid not sleep a wink that n night in the morning still no sign of a 01 sail another day passed and and now our parched tongues clove to the root roof of our mouths on the next day ii e were nearly driven mad for want of water ilio doks dows wild eyes rolled in hie blo bead and ceoral eol oral times I 1 saw him fulton fasten them on mo me with a sort of hungry look and I 1 know the tho vulture like feeling that animated his breast another day still no baill at midnight of tho the next day which had passed as the others I 1 I 1 lev ry weak and be helpless pless in the bottom of the boat where I 1 beaw saw a pair of eyeballs flashing a into my face it was HIn who now caught me by the throat bis his uplifted knife gleaming vainly I 1 struggled the point of the knife pricked my flesh when tho the fellow follow suddenly released me tho the sound of or creaking yards and blocks was beard heard right ahead a cad it proved to bo be our ship which soon picked us u up we fou found nIthe tho captain and all bands hands safe aboard and told our alory As soon as wo we had partaken of at refreshments fresh ments tho the captain shook it bands nola a with and complimented him for 30 30 pluckily holding hold ingon on to the whale As to the men they gave three cheers and carried us into the forecastle on their shoulders sho alders to listen list e a again to our story of that wild ride 0 on tho the capsized boat N Y world |