The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-12-02
The Whale anu His Enemies.

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We were swinging idly NJ anchor oil
Mohukona, Island of Hawaii Swing
ing idly at anchor in the Sonth Sen on
q summers day is eminenily poelicil,
| but one may got too much Of poetry
Suddenly there we're wild ordinations
of delight and excitement by some
native passengers, who pointed u little
way Oh, where at iirsi We could see only
occasional foamy spults Of water. The
captain, who had Just come on deck,
looked with increasing interest at the
/ commoton IN the water aud finally
SAID, decidedly; 'lta thrGslier and
sword-iish attacking whale, aud if
they only come this way you'll see some
fun that land 'lubbers seldom sec --
mean an n& rs qlS6dsneft af9sith ,iis9nls,8&e
i as much interest as bo id tben 81 wn
ali tbc nora EAGERLY votcboJ ia raor.
mo deht Uo 60 ~, tnrItos ', - ,'i,,
alton tbon
For some timo Ionger vo sow ,o
Lo1ios INF ia disi,ish,,o. ''" u i'o
waier gradnolly grow nininor !, .,, ,,,V
nearer TSo ~ 9r" wpm I' to ~, H. V"'"1
and then Iasbed into loan, ,i,ero ' ,sn,,id
be furrv. and thnn tho wator "o,ij
snbsijo into n L,,bIIi,a w,iya F;noiI',
60 noar ~ no os q, no op,,asi .t',., iGns'
thc nonderous bo1v of ,sIaio ''i,, '',ne,
/ tbrongb tb, wotcr oImost Lan It's ~, ="
and vifb svittness tIat u, aN - "''
thing was friobtfni yose ~ H." Ia, -
dnsbing the vaves with jts aroot L '@
bnod afsr on either ella II6nst $3.50 oInr
the snarklino sbowers bad faiian H.
steam. like L1eoth Of tbe monstor shot
nm in a iet bnf only ior nm ;nst,n,
groot uSlv Gsb Notliko daH,,'lar ~
LARGER tbsn n hail dar+od thr,,,'nt,' Nv Nv
wete, almost ieon"j nnon tt,o 81 sIe
covering viii iis groot H. I hna w"t Ill.,
wbole,a hlnw,LoIa Tho Ia 49, t,''
stantlv and comnlst,Ir c1t al La IL.
ostonisbine onaro,iny NV ,nis
stream Of ~.Anr hvn rayo,soj 49, 49,
THO oroot cln,nsy ,,,o,.t,s a'r,'. sP'5o.'
II for life Its tsL dasLa1 a. So NJ 40
amman 500 intn To-, - - --'i'o'I
tbo whoio oresl 1'ng,b ~ ;.a ''I,'
seemed sbolor by fsn,r.. oouy
and agony m, vh,Io a,,, ~
and os III tr1nl,iod ,-oto. i,ao 9'oHiy,
We sav IL da,t az aca;n bv, ",''o uioai
and ottscloJ hy n sror5' al I'9 III
iigbtning strol,es wonid ,'I n"v WIZ ",
wennnn intn the Vii ,ieis ,dd,. a.o
bsrt Tor frosh sl,rt and sL"cy,' INV
oaoin i,,Iiet;n1, ,.,,,,,i 'i'O'u
on Tia tortnrcd r,onsla, St,Lt T"iS Up
below, denrived of lie h-oath I'm I'm
ahove' the wboIc wiid,y nlnnaa5 o I'm ~
eilontjv. followed closely Inv r. ,S -.'oi''
or waiting for its tnrn 70 stt In 60 ''a',
tbey cnme aeo;,'. -not on;to so y, ''oV "a
ma ~ heforo Aeoin ,ha ,,net IL" ~
Leaved tho ,ystors. aaa;, H. ,IJ ~
cut Off tbn nerqecntad wbaIa;s d,1,'a,l ,'t'
struoplos f6, air sgain A." o, "e III Ill
luneed and lnrebed abous in avini
/ frantic Efforts IN FREQ itsolf ,ftl,o 49,.
ciless enemy. n,,oi,, IL sio,ri, panI. T.,
! he ng,ir nliacited mon, Lni,,,. ~.
most strange bltile ,ngcd Mn, so. f,.
fnllv half an hour tLainteryoIs 1T,
tbe snrfoce altacss Lnnnn;n'' .bnr ~
as tho wbaIe,a incrqo.ing eyhanst;o,
prompt, Il il to rias NOR, frconnnti,
INC attlcls of botb its croniso c,ayo
Inc impro5sinu Of ntmost Cc,ocitv 9Tho
perfect silence of tbn ter,;blc ,c,rfar"
| too added Ia ila lorril,Ia asncct
have suolo, nf IL as'n botu. on1
euch it was. althouph tho ANAL enya',,.
attackers were ofeonreo novsr inirree5
| in tho tremendous nlnnges tho NAL
dened whale woulJ aomeiimes 1;ran,
towards them Gradually tbe scen s' Of
action drifted furlhsr from M and
suddenly ceased the whale sioLinS
finally ont of sight Then wa tnrne95
to the capt.in and aske1 Of tbot worthS
individual an explanation or conrso
he had one ready, md IL was tbiss
There was another fl h bicblv ,ntarast'
ed in tbe Lstlle, that We had notseen
This was tbe Gsb that came in a, tbo
death. alm sorrv, TStbe conts;n ss;d
athat the whale was nos Gnisbei non,
would have been astonished. Now
mna' 40 J0u suppose tnat tnr'sher, ana