The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-18

Net Tres tHs Arssie. Sut fre- Rieht OF
Eorehssd City, ~. e.

ET1r1 The WdahfHctoI Erenfn0 say.
The plscatorial reporter will now introduce
Capt Jim Willis. who will favor with nsh
story. Capt. Jim halls from Morehead City,
Nc. At this moment he lie leaning against
the buffet at the Normandle. and this is what
he Ia saying:
Down yonder where live VIC have all sorts
OF hnny denizens Of the deep from minnows
propose TO stun you with a trout, story. or. to
say any anything to you about the size OF
a lot OF land lub6crs right here In this city who
can lie lust about as hard as ANYBODY else in
any bigger bass in il tina p the next fellow lily
specially is the whale. I'd like to bet hun
dred dollars to cent that wheE re1nest Tor
whale than anybody ose.
but. throwing all jokes to the four or even
greater number OF the winds OF heaven, |
did have an experience with whale that
came near to making Jonah out OF me with
the casting un process omitted; one sunny
afternoon not very long ago, / was sitting
in the shade Of my own fig tree and swinging
IN my own grape vine swing. 1t was one OF
those days when nature takes an outing. a
splash OF water was seen TO seward jet
ssa S Tsn but S Mss too S"GS us al
q n revere to trace cnuses. party OF my
usher friends, who lived further up the beach,
tang out There she blows This cry woke
ire up, Once moro the Jet OF water spurtel
rushed. A whale Ia art to create sensation
ia any seaside community. even though there
many hundreds OF dollars concealed on Its
person. IT IL n red-letter event in local annals
recialiy make merry over the arrival This
KIM al guests, however. were so few and far
between at Morehead that accommodations
our reception facilitiea in this particular
instance were so inadequate that y was long
AN open question whether hat whale would or
would not conclude 20 settle in our town. 1t
was only by luck and through no particular
preference OF his own that he did So The town
only boastsd Of two harpoon outfits. One was
nh ancient harnoon gun that years before had
South Sea whaier which had gone On oar
other was q verv primitive hend;p9wer bar
The town. but four ordinary fishing boats were
manned by as many crews. One carried the
ratus. The other two were without any arrna-
ment oxcert shotguns and one or two rifles. =.
1t was almost hopeless case with us for IL
n whale is not hit in the vitals he will 20 down
to come 70 the surface in a distant part Of the
spouts or Flows blood. and then floats into
eternity. We rowed of SO as TO come at the
game from different points OF the comrass |
whale il was seen that he was large and fat
one. He took no notice Of our coming. When
weapon took effect Just l.ehind the head and
pretty well up on the back. This was painful
but not necessarily II fatal shot. The other
boats turned themselves loose and made some
Insertions in the fish,
Instead Of going under. as wounded whales
do he remained on ton to light it out lie
swished his tail and turned the sea into snds;
and made such u swell that the good people OF
Alexandria would not have permitted him to
pass their port without Glowing down. lie
plunged headlnng against one of the boats
and stove 1t 80 it would hardly float. Its occu-
pants were Knocked OVERHEARD. There was
us was boiling. the wha'e was red hot with
rage. the men were shouting and the guns
away on was frnged with the population OF
the town. and We knew that all our move
men's were being watched unxiously through
Wo had to fight There was no time to
crawfsh or to back water The fish newt hurled
was raised a CONSIDERABLE distance in the air.
and when II came down was not in it. Where
do you think | was. young man: In the
water Not much | wasn't. ! was, on that
on to 81 that harpo ", with both lands
,,o some n OF n.y. my friends lem were ioundernG In
S aha he
had climbed into the other boats thus
OEsTISadI9s them and gripping hei, ell
pStinE IL an athletic Club glove S%ntest lie
his mouth and an Atdalah strip. down his
back. and he refused to say enough The
their guns with about the same care as a
policeman and my sweet e life WAS In danger ger
roar and RIOT i, seemed 70 me- as though we
could hear the shouts Of the people on shore.
and ielt certain that could hear the dulcet
tones OF my beloved Hannah.
The line which had connected the harpoon
and the boat had parted and about hO fact
OF manila hawser squirmed and wriGgled
Hnake-like around In tho seething sea.
attitude. and continued his attention upon
the two remaining boats. There wasn't
amy time to think OF this. The hand
Earpoon had been showed into thu
right pace and the whale was blowing his
last. A column Of blood was being sIuirted
skyward and the scarlet flood foil over me.
dyeing me n cory hue. A few feeble Rwashes
Of the tail and keeling motion as though he
fish was dead. The rope that fioated from my
harpoon was picked w. and the whale aud his
rider were towsd to shore.
Our catch was dashed alongside the pier.
and the next day we went to work at the ear
cass. The FISH was siXty-two feet three and
three-1uarters inches long. and the proceeds
from the sales OF his oil. hone. and other valu-
abias were 50. 800 ! will never forget my ex-
periencs with that whale or Morshead, \. e."