The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-17


got within twenty yards OF him he rushed
toward IL exactly as he had done before.
The mate saw that there could be no
withstanding or avoiding the tremendous
rush but he ordered the harpOoner %
stand steady and give the whale n shaft
before they once more took 20 the sea
TO save themselves. The harpooner threw
a good shaft. and II sank deep IN the
ieviathan's flesh But the great creature
never slackened his speed or turned as
much as an inch out Of his course The
crew threw themselves into the sea. and
the next instant the second boat was
floating about IN ragged bits. The pom
derOus brute foated away again. and
Mate Green said he looked like an island
slowly receding from view. The captain
rescued the men second time. and this
time ordered the boat 20 pun back 10 the
ship The order had scarcely been given
when the whale hove 70 and steered
straight for the boat. travelling like a
train Of cars
HE knew blamed WE'LL said Joe
Green. telling me about fl, that we were
fighting shy Of him now, and he made
up his mind 10 wipe us out and have an
end Of IT,
1.-THE boys We're IN a bad box now. II
they couldn't manage their boat so as 70
all up with some Of them, anyhow, be-
fore aid could reach them from the ship.
Under the expert direction Of the captain
they did outmanoeuvre the monster. and
after three failures to smash the boat he
gave II up and moved slowly away with
two harpoons In him.
"But Il was good for us said Joe
Green, that he didn't come at us the
fourth time, for he had kept as SO hard
at work that we were about used up,
and he'd a swamped us. sure as guns
THE captain and the crew reached the
ship a mad and disappointed lot. The
whale was the biggest one. by long ODDS.
that the oldest whaler among them had
ever seen. and he must have been tre-
mendous fellow or he couldn't have done
what ne did before he got through With
them. The captain swore h wouldn't
gtye the monster up. He would chase him
with the vessel.
"'And let's see him smash her, the
varmintr said the captain.
And that is just what the captain saw.
10 his everlasting SORROW. He ordered all
sail set and gave chase TO the great sea
monster who although now ten miles
away could he seen like a big rock I'm the
ocean. IL was late In the afternoon be-
fore they overlook him. and as they came
close alongside OF him. going five knots
an hour, a lance was thrown ct him. and
IL lodged in his head. The whale was
lying still when the lance struck him.
The ship passed on. The whale thrashed
the water for a minute like "A tempest.
Then he settled down and pursued the
ship at a rate that was rapidly closing
the distance between them. The ship was
hauled by the wind. and the whale passed /
by Il az a tremendous speed. He ran on 1
for fifty yards. turned head toward the |
ship. and lay stil. The vessel held off 10
watch the monster and attack him when |
the best chance offered. Suddenly he set-
tied down deep below the surface. but
his huge bulk could be plainly seen, like
a submerged island.
"This manCeuyre Of the whales was
puzzler FOR every whaler on board the
ship and as II was coming on night Cap
tain DebOis reluctantly concluded 10
abandon the chase for the day, hoping /
that the whale would still be In sight
next morning. The captain was standing |
in the nigktheads on the larboard bow.
ready 10 strike the whale a deadly blow
should he appear on the surface In time.
While ne was gazing at the enormous
proportions Of the sulking leviathan, the
whale backed away some distance far
Their, and then suddenly started forward
toward the ship.
" He came said the captain, at n
speed OF not less than fifteen knots and
struck us like a batterlng ram. The ship
quivered from stem b stern. II we had
run against rock we couldn't have been
shook up worse. An earthquake couldn't
have made her tremble more
Captain Debois descended 10 the fore
castle as quickly as he could. and Il was
a fine sight that ne gazed on. The whale
had stove a hole In the ships bottom,
abreast the foremost two feet from the
keel. The water was coming In with n
rush and a roar. The captain went down
into the cabin and found three feet Of
water already there. The ship was sink
Ing rapidly. and while orders were being
given to cut away the anchors and cables
another shock. as lard as the first, shook
the ship. The whale had charged again.
There were but two boats. and they were
lowered SO rapidly had the vessel filled
with water that she was on her beam
ends when the captain left her. He
jumped into the sea and swan 20 the
nearest boat There were eleven men I'm
each boat. and all the supplies they had
was twelve quarts Of water-the only
thing any one had had time 10 get The
boats were leaky, and had 10 be bailed
constantly. The unfortunate crew lay !
about the scene Of their disaster until
morning The ship was still 20 be seen.
her topgallant sails We're under
water. The captain said that II her fore
mast was cut away she would come 20
her keel and they might be able 20 get
some supplies No one would venture
aboard the hulk but the captain. lie cut
the mast away with a Ratchet. and. sure
enough, the vessel found her keel. Then
men were suspended from her gunwale [
by ropes around their bodies, and they
cut through her cabin All they could /
secure was a lot of water soaked bread
and keg Of vinegar. With these ana
their leaky boats they cast adrift The
whale had disappeared. He was nm
satisfied. He had destroyed two
OF their boats and scuttled their ship IT.
self, with its years collection Of hundreds
Of barrels Of oil. The men drifted for
three days on the Pacific. when they
were picked up by the whaler Nantucket.
which took the ship-wrecked crew 90
Paita. There the most OF the men shipped
on other whalers. but the captain and
Joe Green came home on the schooner
Providence, which happened 10 be at
Paita.
And that little scrimmage I missed.
and II will be a regret OF mine 70 my
dying day"
In the Circuit Court Of Bedford county,
in the suit Of W. T.. Marshall. admins
traitor against the Norfolk and Western
tile jury gave a verdict Tor
s.. 800 damages. The company entered
demurrer 10 the evidence, which Judge I