The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-09

4 vessel. Then when the Belvedere
vas sent 70 the Pacific 10 hunt In the
more prolific seas north o. the Alaskan
cast whltcsido was chosen a. the most
apable man 10 command her Of all the
New Bedford skipperA When be ar
lived from one successful cruise be-
gond the Bering straits and when the
sessel came into port a letter was sent
,ast to the schoolmate OF former years
elllng OF the lonesomeness OF the polar
leas and asking the receiver u she
Eould not change from schoolmate TO
HE. mate Of the Belvedere. There
vas a qule, wedding In the quaint little
,hurch Of the Atlantic whaling settle
nent and when Capt Whlteside and
ais life mate came west the rice that
vas showerel on them In the east vas
,haken out Of the folds Of the brides
iress on the Belyedere's deck as the
,essel steamed through the Golden
Iate and pointed her bows toward the
iorth. The whaler reached the Arctic
lbs, as the winter ice was breaking
ID. and for three months Of the sum
mer she crulsod. but with very little
uccess Then came a winter OF nearly
iino months. when the vessel was
frozen In the Ice with dozen others
Of the whaling feet al Hersehel
island. A. soon as the Ice broke she
was moving again. and before she
turned her bow for home enough
whales had been taken TO pay neat
LAY" TO her officers and crew.
IT was a delightful TRIP said Mrs.
whltcslde. rccountlna her adventures
Ia the cory cabin Of the whaler. There
was plenty o. excitement and there
we're no moments Of idleness. Ny hus-
band and some OF the officers Of the ves-
eel had their rifles with them and moth
ID ing would do but must learn to
shoot, We had shooting matches fire.
auently while In winter quarters, and
before the Ice broke up knew as much
about a rife a. any Of them and could
shoot almost az well.
Il have the trophies Of my skill az
msrksvoman and a hunter that SCI
dom fall 20 the lot OF woman. There
are two large polar bear skins and my
husband Ia now having them prepared
az rugs. We had only been out on the
cruise after whales last summer few
days and the vessel was slowly steam
Ing along a great ice Zoe. when the
lookout sang ont that there were three
large bears on the ice They had risen
from behind a hummocs only few
Yards from the ship aud we're looking
In wonder al the vessel. when Mr.
Whlteside came running down into the
cabin Tor me 10 get my rife, as there
was MIG game for me.
Il followed him 20 the deck ga quick.
|ly as could. and. taking aim a, n,
largest one Of the three, sent q bullet
that rolled MIN over dead. A second
shot from q position on the Ice KILLED
another 90 the three. and 90 olated va.
over my success as q rife shot that
could 40; hold the gun steady icT N,
third shot aud the last % The tire,
bears was only wounded. lie ioll be-
hind the lump Of lee olt OF sight o.
the vessel and protected from any fur
Their bullets from my rifle from whcrl
stood. I wanted TO 90 on the lcu
after him. but my husband would no
let me. sayiGg that the bear would ca
me up. and that be was the only boa
who would claim that privilege. SOM
OF the mates went after that third boa
and finally brought e 10 the vosso
with the bodies Of the two had killed
Ny luck In killing these two bear
seemed 60 bring great luck to the yes
sci. A few days after that We begai
10 get sight OF the whales We werr
after and by the time the Ice hegai
10 drift into the Arctic and Il was tint
for as 20 start for home We had takei
twelve OF them. The men began q
call me their mascot But for M
death Of our FIRST mate, who was kille,
during a battle with a whale. that cas-
a nadness over MS all. We we're a iolll
party all the time We were IN the Arc
tic. and I. for one. am a little SORT
that 4 u al over"
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