Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-21
boats turned themselves loose. and made
some insertions In the fish
vNrsrrr,t.T, ,rSl FIGHT

boats turned themselves loose. and made
some insertions In the fish.
DECIDED TO FIGHT.
Instead of going under, AZ wounded
whales do. he remained on top to fight u
out. lie swishcd his tall and turned the
sca into suds, and made such a swell that
the good people of Alexandra would not
have perYnittcd him TO pass their port
without slowing down. He plunged head
long against one OF the boats and stove II
NO that Il would hardly float. Its occu-
PANTS were knocked overheard. There
was a good deal OF excitement. The sea
round about us was boiling, the wnaie
! was red hot with rage. the men were
shouting, and the guns were popping.
we could see that the beach away OF was
f,,nyed with the population Of the town,
and we knew that all our movements
were being watched anxiously through
glasses. .,,,o
we hld to fight. There was no time
~ crawfish or to backwater. The hsh
next hurled himself against the BOAT IN
which. was. and 1t yielded 10 his wishes
and got smashed 1t was raised n con-
s6derable distance in the air. and wneh ].
came down was not IN II. Where 90 20.
think was. young man? In the wa,
Not much / wasn't. 4 was on ,',h' 49, -,
10 that harpoon with both HANDS.
DIFFERENTLY OCCUPIED.
Some Of my friends were fioundering In
the aqueous brine and some were support
inc tbemselyes by cutching the gunwaies
some had climbed into the other ooa.s
thus overlooking them and Gripping ene'i
efficiency. He smashed boat NO. D. ou1
he was bleeding as copiousiy as thoueh
participating in an athietic cup s'ose
contest He was geeting feeble. out ne
nod a black roof In his mouth and an
Abdallah stripe down his back, ana ne
refused to say 'enough." The boys III
| the remaining boat were handling their
e,,ns with about the same care as po'
| ,jceman. and my sweet life was In danger
In more ways than dozen. ABOVE an
| the roar and riot 1t seemed to me as
| though we could hear the shouts OF tne
neonle on shore. and | felt certain that |
| could hear the dulcet tones OF my De-
| loved Hannah.
The line which had connected the har-
| noon and the boat had parted ana ABOUT
| 200 feet Of MANILA hawscr squir1nen anu
| wriggled snake-like around In the seeth"
/ inc sea. The whale didn't seem TO oD-
serve my attitude and continued his at
| tention upon the two remaining boats.
There wasn't any time to think or TINS
The hand harpoon had been showed into
| the right place and the whale was blow
! ing his last. a column OF blood was
being squirted skyward and the scarlet
| flood fell over me. dyeing me CORY hue.
| A few feeble swashes Of the tail ana
! keeling motion as though he was going
| TO lie on his side announced that the ish
was dead. The rope that floated from my
harpoon was picked up ana maze ias'
A IL ht H rid -
werc flowed to shore Our catch was lash
ed alongside the pier. and the next day
we went TO work at the carcass. The
| fish was 62 feet "a inches long, and the
proceeds from the sales Of his oil. bone,
! and other valusbles were $500. l VIII
| never forget my experience with that
| whale off Morehead city. y. c.