The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-21
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THE OLD wHALER Nan.

And le Culuugutt3ltN tfaat4 Ga 81" "Aa
and spun thss yarn 90 me. u
.' Twas down on the aldEc % the sara a
gus IN the uiucsccasa lagit1pt =
that think I see the dumdcst sight g
that ever a sailor viewed.
We Was dobbin along With dumPy sails :
IN a nigh about dead calm Ii
When the forward watch CAV Epod {
long squirt and b. yaPPcd a loud /,
alarm. u
aud there afioat. two Po.uis 60 port.
was a shark rcE'laT he ia
The biggest shark I've ever scca cut
side OF the CarTibcua-
The old man fired a mighty cuss and
he yelled to the second mate.
| sling over IN. higxest hook we've so; /
with a good big plug y haiti
We dragged 'cr as;eTa and his aoss
come ON and then With mighty /
| splosh.
He saIPcd the pork. hs bit the rope aad
away he went. by gosh
But when he skipped two miles 20 lce
and begun Co Wopse and wheel.
, We acquired he found the lunch b. had
raythcr too hearty meal
We, right behind in the quarter wash
the cEitter Swum next day.
. And though he gobbicd the bait Ne
!. threw. hs allus got away.
And ut last. do Ne know. Wc liked the
Cuss for the way he showed hts
spunk:
. So We named him Pete and Nc shared
salt boss and tossed him daily
junk.
!, lie got the orts of the fish Nc caught
and. all in all. Ill bet
!, \ two-ho<s wagon wouldn't haul the
grub that Critter 81.
Then one day Jones. the likclic<t man
~ we had in all the crew.
y Went of the rail with n swinging sat
and Pete he ct him. too.
~ From that time ON We tipped our cap
to the razor-hacksd old brute
's We tipped orr caps and pulled bow
- in n most profound salute
40 For twas only due from decent ercV
:" to honor a comrades grave.
s. IhuuEn twas otu ~ uNu ~ nav
tomb aiioat on the ocean wave.
And the old man ordered the fish line
"a coilcd. for he lowed 'tWarn't pros
- cr game
90 To hob for a cemetery lot: 50 Pet
swum un the same.
n SWIM on the same. though wc come I
see that he didn't act quite right
.u For he grew rs thin's n bclayin' u
~ on that goldurned appetite.
me And We couldn't fEEer tn. secret ou
-, though the second mate Was hrm
'IN That slowed tween decks tn q
70 sharks iusidcs was q b3stiu' b
az, tape worm.
'ns As W. didn't have no vcrmifusc '
could only mourn for Pete
lpN And steal salt boss when the ma
os- warn't round and give him lots
eat.
but at last he rolled his CLASSY -
sly and Civ an awful churn
an And trimmed his belly up to view 81
,uu driftcd off astcTn.
lus' lie rolled and soEEed ON a luEy sN
like a nut cake dropped Ia fat.
aEc And IL 'peared to all there vas Euth
or, wrong with the shark Nc y
lCokin' ut.
yer. So tn. old man ordered the SIG Ct
Anu up and the bos'n p5psd his tune
us And away we sploshed. with the m
isi!. aiSsad. a-Erippiu' a biz harPoos
the tie sluuE the thing when NC ~
ri III
n"Ne ssSscd.
S by hut that shark vas slccpsu' sound.
COZ bit. for We never broke hts res
one We never broke his peaceful sno'
re though plunk - the cyclct hcas
90 Went rippiu' in that big harPpon-
hsaP you see. the shark vas dead.
ming
turn And he old man ordered an oTto
+. for the thing seemed mighty a
~ IN That an abis-bodicd. hearty shark
yer dS1der'u door knob here.
and So the mate vas medical hammer
g 10 he strsddlcd the critters hack
Nhlen And laid him open from deck Ten
otter with one almighty ShacS-
in Now listen close. while tell the
Many for this a. the story's pcth-
limbs y,,, NAV tatr nv mob for a &C
orsd. but. u the shark warn't staTvs
death.
-nited
ar Starved TO death. though the sea
OF the full OF the latest kind of nsh
; run And though a mariner. plump
r. o. sound. had fallen IN his dish
been
istoos Starred. though he had in his 50
ant 81 iasides Ill bet a hundred vel
driven or sve-y Kind of a floating thing
- goldfish down to bait
I'VE
'hrist- And this v-as how. He'd spssd
:. Ben Judged. an empty eask afu3t.
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