The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
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rather 20 be eatestntned ~
our genial tent-mAt4. 49,
11,eA Hatch. With o0e u - $3.50 oed
1na .Zeb" was undouots0y ne nest
$500 nan IN the hatiesy. az. ~ reason
- - nod hunsoe a0d witty Gaysnos. vae
S-e.fleA Comedies" Hatch- When tie wsr
80 Gusin broke out, be ba1e goodbye -
~. - father and mother on1 theis eeas-
r-assae farm in Maine, ard enIiseed h the
- nasssehusesss. He was .. typecni far
- boy, and. although - Nd served
s1rnf years ON the sea. oeginnsng u M
- are Of twelve, oos could - nothing
80 him To indscats - fAet - NJ ssine
sex-tarv
- -, hcys?'
&Tee. yes. zeb.' Ne an put IN.
blfnai. then, here goes. bfeouA-" Taking
-. n1rs ana nIltng u well with tobacco
1i9iuted il up and between the puRs.
- She soaIcwing tale:
eYe re, boys. IL war AWAY Mp = The
Ats - we'd been a-Sookin' fer whales.
~ ree 3 gosh durned whsie shOwed his
- -hove water. an. tn old' cam wus
1900, b,ue IKE. Ter we'd beea a-crustn'
~ rsah nnter = mouth. an u b'gun ter
- q b we'd be 'bitged ter put bout fer
- .fheut Z ketch. But one hne cay jos
S~sth hcl,eys out frum tn lockout,
suhah aAoyr
sWhess awayr calls The oap'n.
sfvo polnts 70 4he starnoafd. SIR
~1asI ve vux an IN . re9'lar turmtIs
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s.srs $500 IN stse,y Ter 'bout ave MIN
-. an thet kinder cooled ~ da0wa .
- ~ thns ERE cap'a c'u'd swar AImighey
N1rI vkea ~ tn IN notton. Purity quick
&. csssre6 tsw boats fss IN. chase. an
- f,st m commsn' o. tn haGoeg one.
-. ,niehfy durnel siad wus fer IN hener.
m tun bout hat ,. hour afore We wus
: 80 - Whaf. feilers. he var tn bigges'
- Aniksr eny man live o. ~ ever sse.
II - a0atfn' raouu' In them gentle
Wavea. hIoWin' 40 f0untings o. water. jes
- rnc6ncarne6 an cool like 81 any o.
~ ain or run n =. Oh 0panyerd. We'd
essneT cossid'bit on f.oeher beat ~ wux
- ATTN ready ter chuck tn haspeon.
49, Paddy Ryan yeils out frun tn stern
= g, boat. .You'd bether BE- wastin' the
.s.s.se nosf i, q me hearty. Il tskes more
thoe vau totne, TIM thtnkin'. 70 how'd
snet dtvlIr
! sSrani Vas s-iookin' Ter compliments
49, ~ ran.n tev much ter think o. layin'
- Ter sscther boat. no I tells tn men ter
~ - stwtt an with thet I let 'er drive.
wasf s,r, I never Sc sch ptcter in my
vbui uat.rai life e. IN way thss oil war
~ beat 'raoand. He jes kicked an
SnnsSd I'm he made spupssrads fer . hun
ga foot on al sldsm 1 knowed tn lance
vsnt n GOOD n. Seep. or II neyer'd held
fhs NY st% did.
.Vre vux tte a-bsGluntn. ter believe Mo
49, Whale var bout dead. when all on .
snA6en IKE out a. stght he goes un'er tn
Gafer
eve al wux up an iookin' 'raoun' ter
- vhar tn oil villain Wus gotn' ter come
On: we'd waited nigh onfer ten minutes.
an b'sun sitttn' oneasys IKE when. quick
sus q In sea. throwfA' ~ ina heap ter IN
Aoffom a. Tn boat. an We b'gun ahoottn'
49, IKE sfxty. We was al dean skeered
~ death, hut Ne claimed down ter sensi-
Ajeaesn almighty quick. Ter We seen now
MAI Il az wux~-we war havin' ride on
- whale. The keel a our boat VIVA
se69int ,plumD Ia tn mIdte o III critters
49, Ga.EthAr - So Aofsins 1os ter onex
~ not q burned man AArin' ter bulge.
.ufrcst yke<red ter breathe fer fear we'd
sunkaiante tn boat. an the whale go,n'
-shruueh Them waters q er tremenjus clip.
~ seeered Il up afterwards an faoun' we
wa a-nAvHat,n 1T IN rate o. jes er hun.
Ae1d an eiefty-one miic o. hour. Wed
be(A go.n. fer clos onaes =; hour. bua .we
&A6wed m wha:ea seoooo e-eaugeds psreyv
quirk. fer he war a-lcavin' . red liue q
H1eDc IN TN wake q tn boat. an We
carlated Ne couldn't keep tn pace more'n
1nlf q hour lunger
I'VE wus gittin' orfui cramped frum
pesvfn. In ono peryishun, but We kncwed
tA4t the sncvin' o. q single finger would
utn' IN boat nyin' but lee "a We wu1
stttin' used ter tn novelty o. tn thing. an
our nn' wu1 creepin' back ag'tn. big Dan
Unash. a-setttu' nex' ter mean. 4 asml,kh-
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