The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-03-10

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baais II she esh~r ship lying ~ their cars,
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of H.
unr captain hooked very grsvs. ana
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for sha, u Captain s'rrh-ns. When ~
vrarh~,l Vi. alter horrible eight mei our
.ase. TIE healless trunk Of Sssrhsns lay
IN the hnt,em III his hoai, and The h,pl
rpnttrh W torrents from The arteries and
j,.nlsr vein.
II appeared ,ha, ihe mates boat had
been NEARLY abreast ,h,, cf hi- captain,
A young hull whale H. cam~ nr uii~nly
ahead Of the mates l,oa,. The hnsl@taerer
sisrted both irons, and Jun, grassd The
whale. which whified about aud with .
horizontal stroke ofi,a dukes took cif ,he
head Of Captain Stephens. The gory head
was thu. driven forcihly toward Tho mates
boat, and struck ths mAis on the breast.
Knocking him overheard. la MAs no,
70 much hurt hu, that he quickly regain.d
hie place Ia III. boat, tn, h~ leeked very
rnle and much sTi,nted whom hs Joined
ths cluster VI boats that gathered around
the scens of blood aud slaughter.
A looked upon the body of Capt.
Stephens. Invested ot ita head. I felt = sud.
den shock - ths words ot ,h~ Old Witch rs-
cured 10 me
"iou will be shorter before you as~
longer"
Tho prophecy had i~~n terribly fulfilled,
and yet II wAs = snie onr. fcr there wAs
NJ imaginable process, nov that the rark Ii
40 longer In uss, by which s,Yphen. could
b. made lnne~r while there w~r~ many
ways hy which b. might have heen made
shorter.
kvvn ~ snaH lives 10 old ARE ne -.
cori,~a . Mtslr shorter than hs WAS In hls
prime. II may therefore ~ doubted
whether ths Witch really gave any tangible
meaning h her words. How could sh~
hAv~ eonl.e,nrs,l ,hN, Capt. stephens would
have HE heal Knocked OIL by sirok. from
q whales ,lnke.
Slowly and sadly m rs,nrnei 10 ths phip,
while tbs whnlea. BLOWN. fnhun#ly, went
on 10 wind~sra like routed squadron Ok
mounted Arabs
Doth sllrr Msn. into CallHc, where the
darnpltAtea commander wAA buried with
tha nsnal iit... afler Whieh our captain rAs
doMn u tla melancholy duty II informing
tin wife and snlldr~n ii iha departed. of the
eNtaasrope lha. had deprived ,hem Of their
best friend.