The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-11
DRAGGED OyIR pnAnD NJ 4 WHILE
A Loop OF the Lilac whiricd tho Mate Eat
OF the Boat. Hut He Cut II.

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A Loop OF the Lilac Whitfield. tho Mate Cat
orthe hoat. Hui lie Cut ~.
PRovINoETowN. Sept. Tho whaling schoon.
err Gage II. Phillips. OF this port. which sailed
hence n few days ago for tho whaling grounds
of Cape Hnttoras. reported q remarkable Incl.
dent that bcfell II member OF her crew while
pursuing y furious old whale on her previous
voyage. At least IL seems remarkable to ANA
teur fishermen. although the story OF 1t did
not make q very great stir among the grizalcd
old whale fighters OF Cape Cod.
Pretty narror strcak for Mate Santos" said
enc whn,cmnn on tho long wharf here, after
the narration OF the adventure.
Lucky fur him he didn't lose his head"
commented another.
Then the Provincetown BEACON printedtwen.
ty limos about the episode in its brief notice OF
the schooner Phillips return. ind the Incident
was forgotten.
One OF tho schooncr's nble seaman. sitting
on the long wharf in tho afternoon sunshine.
rooted tho story Of Mate Santos's CLOSE call"
in simple language and without especial in.
tercst. II ho had been spinning the yarn OF q
lost jackknifo his apparent unconcern would
have been scarcely greater.
Course twas bout an even call for q few
moments whether tho mate was goin' to skin
through all right" snid he. but it come out
O. H.; such things happen in whaltn'. an we've
got to take yer chance. He beat the whale at
his own game-it's m old one fur n whaler,
too. This happened way at sea. or tho coast.
Yer see. on this day n big whale had boon
sighted quito II way of. but We made up to.
ward him pretty sharp. and the funny thing
about it was that when we got quite close
under him he didn't show any intention to
go down. So two boats were lowered. and
they struck Off at q lively gait to nut tho
first iron into him. Still he acted queer
didn't seem to mind the boats. but Just lay
there like one OF those new turtle-bask pro.
p%ellers on tho lakes. Ho was IL big feliow-an
old bull sperm whale-and he acted sulky. as
II he meant mischief. But tho boats kept on
right up to him. Second Mate Santos was in
the bow Of one Of them. and he held the appa-
ratus for singing the irons. Ho finally sota
he let him have both Of EN- plumb
i !Ss, t a}sos sidc ans The the mat sId ,el iSSt E Sns
jupiter! yer orter seen him jump. II! Ths, irons ons
kinder woke him up. but even then he disap.
to soc him slow around and churse on US fur
all ne was worth, but. II they We're expcctin'
1nyso1hs' Of For or@ a second sSG,i 'hh he ytu ms Spt ali o 5Heir
an then. with hardly a for. he Just went down
s sa,f.S out Of sight Yuiekor,na wink. as i he'd
NJ S%aS r. s %aa; shs = S ss%%%' 4 h s g. g. T $i2s
were htvig' al tho business they wanted to
down Very dser. and next he started of on q
dead run. an the two lines took a great leap
t IL ha', si 4 fS1sn lSSop sn' an go Su san i nslie tHe a III;
mates boat with its crew went spinnin' after
the tn, Y whale noh;d at a lively rate; II T. some way no.
with one Of its loops tiyin' through the air rs
1t came down. took n coil Inicker'n you could
Of the bont. an he went overheard with it
down into the sea after the whale.
leg fetched un once with an awful thump
ng z the th boy S, cHock in NV Whi Hh, the line plays:
overheard like a streak of liGhtnin' and down
into the ocean ker;chpG. he was mighty busy.
jiyin, through t4e air; and then Disappearing
he probably wasn't gone long. before up he
comes; putin and BLOWN. and in half
Inst about a. good as ever, thoSsh hi. leg:
where h he hit the bow; was q little sore for
pretty busy. as i said. while he was goin' over.
beard. an Jest tho minute he felt himself goins.
s sq5 hi Of thsa GGat liter The wH Mhs,a he s, war s ss,siiHS;
always kept in scabhard. in his belt fur Jest
and Just as be was " d DUMPED into tie water h;
about him. lie supposed he was only slicin'
he SUPPOSED. naturally. was the line that fast
encd the second iron t othe main inc. Instead
itss ehat fo ne i found tnrne aat eTt h that r wbs th 3, main nat h Linz
intothe boat the whale was free and was spin
n ming gal alopS with the , two irops II H. hin L and part
find himself alive. Of course. after his duckin'
and risky ride after a whale down under the
mistake in cuttin' the two lines. lie thought
the whale was u roper: but luckily the other
Il Eo ins was dd'S Ep th "n old 5f% fe, H1S IN Mo q m haa come 1r Two To
any more trouble"
a, piece OF navy plug out OF his weather Jacket.
chewed 1t Tor n moment or two. Kicking, his
said retrospectively Anyhow. it was .
rgthcr cl"S en 9I for santos Guess he thought
he was skatin' through tho brine holdin' the
Zines over that hat Mhale. Beat Maud 5. time for
Tho schooner Gage IT,. Phillips had very
good luck on the yoynGe Notwithstanding her
Mprsto %": .ba fo %i lost es'' not Sf less t hS. aa e6 bar:
rels Of good oil by irons drawinG, out or break:
been Ki!iHsi. s NWps'e cam S'"i in though, With ev.
e%rylLing fun Of, sn"rm oil. me whale that
the biggest one we struck on the voyage"
Capt. Marston reported that no saw these
X XIIssis5s '# 9St fstSfS s' e. I'll! { tof B! rkES ndwisss z95
barrels; Rising sun. 300; Baltic. 800: D.A
Sm| H. 40 TO- G Gcidrs 6 Gity Ha 279; ms Star srd King; 49, 49,
Cnutain saw the Golden Guy chase and caD-
ture ,w" big whales. and the ConWell cap
mark4bly wei! this year. and paid good wages
Cart. Marston remained In Provin cetown
lust long enough to stock his vessel with
siorr",ih"l sailed away to the fishing grounds.
M'tS Sa nnrson wen yto Wt nIiom niT p. t tral H ot q aS %banl
overheard again.