The sun., 1892-05-15
CHAPTER I.

When the Captain arrived on board no took
nodsa 1o n1lse q ns sas m 20 ths ship
were well clear Ho q the Land he came tnts the
~, Bark er" said he; at last. %you seem deter
tempt It any more. as We never stop at a port
where there is chance Sf our escaping
'The unexpected Kindness OF his tone COM
waf truly pitla! @ sisht g Ny let were
my face ani body liberaiy daubed with the
snsh I'm @ ' to that
sss shs SSs Ss1ss|ef ssf iss was wasting my lie
Barker. think the hardships you have en-
New here saSe an ,Se TO
you; "; You are are young. well educated. and ipll
rest OF tho voyage2 There Is nothing to pre-
vent your o., becoming master Of 2 & ship ln few
Ss
can't hit n whale: I've watched you practising
with an r i,9n: ,: snd and believe you az ths man
viii be your @ duty to look after the ne gear IN her.
Twill give you chance to show what you can
you into tho storage and give you as good a
%srd; ara @ ysS sseant turn to until you gu are
berth in the, iosccsstls .. Hnnser 1 expesqre: B
braced myself TO take my punishment like
man; but tho Captainss Kindness had upset
many @ s hours 8 tossed T fevsrishly % ABOUT while
visions OF Maori warriors. minstrel shows.
whales. and home were mixed up In hopeless
When. after few daye. recovered my usual
health and sprtsh was eH'SSey Gbas'tG1ed bas
me | never repeated his words. but rs-
solved then and there to stand on the Iuarter-
ssfs e s ship GptSn Wch heG1 1ptsa ssn
time. NOTHING was Thought OF tho, iact that
ing 10 tho boat. and my secret was safe.
Aftcr few days cruise we raised large
Bow pos not snd hs
old man took their boat stee.er n his boat. !
was terribly disapp9i31ttsd, nIt there was ~ no
h heavy y, orr n. Resolved to show the old man thatf
wns trying to do my best wherever might be
slrmed a n,,. and sounded" each officer pulled in
,hs direction in The nc thought them likely
Fortunately, for US, we were the lucky ones.
fora huge whale, the largest We had seen;
we strained every nerve to reach him before
heagain disaGpeared. w,,., n,.,,.
stand up there saa tbs capssf1n caEsf
now; md take Ia,l HIN Just f0rArd OF the hump
As we shot alongside the whale the old man
,c% G!ye + to h, hI% alv0itto him' What are
As was back to the whale don't know just
how 1t was done but IT seems the boat stserer
darted both irons wide OF the marx. ana the
next moment the huge an NAL swung his ter:
ribie aukes high in the air and sunk out OF
sight.
The old man was speechlsss for moment
with rage. AMI could he have reached the un-
HhrGy beat stSsrsr thnk ne W9SiI and hqys s
Get out Il the boats head. you ---
-.,nigger"
Then. liking his eye upon me. he said eternly:
You Darker sqn yol strike !fns whaisw wrood
- believe YOU can" said he. Get up there
and give that niagor your oar. and haul In
Asl obnyed he said. warningly; II,
irons til toll YOU to. DO YOU hear2"
AYE. aye sir" / responded.
on"o moro wo gave chase to the whale. and
soon approached him SO closely that felt GER
ttln my hour OF trial had come As we rapiily
sn4rteneu tho distance between us. ana l
r"Illissd r'IlH how much depsndel on ny arm, | ra-
ment felt tho strength Of . Samson within
me as took up the heavy hickory pole. SIX
fect In length. aud balanced Il IN my hand;
When We had approached within about ten
yards OF the whnlo saw hin, softly cut" the
water with the corner Of his huge dukes.
All whaIemen know this 10 IN tntalubls sign