The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-21

mp came the lcviathan. shooting straigh
from the sea. his whole monstrou
form revealed. his fins outspread like
pair of wings.
A moment he remained poised APP
parently on the very end of his hukes
then down he came, striking the seu
like thunderbolt. and sending the
spray flying in white. binding shower
all around him.
Now. Hindok-iyive 1t to himr
screamed Williams.
A limo of steel-blue light went
through the air. then another, and we
were fast.
Hindok had put both irons in the
whale at the distance Of six fathoms.
With backward rush the monster
nearly struck the boat. The vapor
from his spout came into our faces.
aud the boat. thrown over upon her
starboard gunwale, was nearly cap
sized.
Down went the whale the next mo-
ment, sounding. and away went the
boat as If drawn by lightning. with the
line humming and drumming round
the loggerhead. and her gunwalcs near
ly on the level with the water.
Nearly at the same moment the
storm struck us.
All around us the wind howled with
terrific fury. aud the foam and spray,
almost binding us. drenched every
man to the skin, The ocean seemed
one mass of white, boiling water. in
which the dragged boat was buried so
often that we were nearly swept from
our thwarts, while the tub oarsnan.
whose duty it was to bail. vainly en-
deavored to keep the craft dry.
The al had darkened with the fiy-
ing rack and scud, which. in torn
masses, were blown hither and thither
like phantom demons come to seize us
and drag us down to the depths below.
At last tho whale came up. and wo'
hoard old Williams give the order to
Haul line there!"
Haul we did, but 1t was like hauling
along under the surface, for the boat
now was almost continually buried.
In fact, when we were near enough to
enable the captain-who. according to
custom, had changed places with Hin
dok, taking his station In the bow-to
hurl his lance. the bout was full of
water.
Williams. however. standing I'M
moved. threw the lance. The whale
felt it. and. writing. turned. making
straight for tho boat.
Stern! stern!' screamed the cap
tain, as he spoke again planting the
lance in the monsters body.
We endeavored to obey, but great
mass of binding water, with spray
and foam. struck us, end over went the
boat.
The last object saw Mt that time
was Capt Williams, seated astride the
capsized boat, churning away vigor-
ously mt the whale. Then lost con-
seriousness.
When / came to became sensible OF
a sort of flying motion. rs If were be-
ing borne through the air.
opened my eyes to see myself in
the arms of Hindok. who sat astraddle
the capsized boat. which was dashing
along through the water. drawn by
the whale. The storm was still raging.
and the effect of the black and scud.
with tho white. boiling sea. lighted by
the CHASTITY glare of the sun struggling
through the vapor was so weird and
singular that for moment l half be-
lieved myself In some unearthly region.
Hndok. with his black hair stream
ing on the blast, aud his wild eyes
flashing lambent glare, added to the
strange effect Of the scene.
Where am IL" l inquired.
'All rigum answered Hindok.
Boat capsize; capting hurt whale so
he no can 80 down. All right. We
get whale"
Where is the captain?"
Don't know. Guess other boats
pick up"
How came you to pick me up?"
Boat strike yon on head. You go
faint. Me by you. Me pick you up
aud get on boat with YOU"
As had now fully recovered my
senses Hindok. cauloning me to hold
on hard to the boats keel, lot go of me.
scrambled along behind him and
there we two were clinging to u cap
sized boat in a storm. with whale so
injured that it could not sound, drag
ging us onward.
On, on, on.
The seas flew up around us. and the
spray nearly blinded us, yet we chung
firmly to our hold.
glanced behind me several times to
SEQ the other boats, almost out of sight
sstcrn. tossing in the cauldron Of
waters. their crews evidently Watching
us. Still further asiern. with the black
rack almost hiding her like curtain,
lay the good ship under close rcefed
main-topsail aud fore-topmast stay
sail.
Meanwhile there was the whale. our
"ocean horse" drawing us on. his
spout ascending now and then with the
noise OF thunder. Tho sharp keel
nale our position very uncomfortable.