The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-20

pitable shores to tread with discrimi-
mating footsteps lest he invade some
sacred precincts.
For instance. some days ago | en-
! joyed a most delightful drive into the
beautiful country around here with
man who had seen more in one momen-
tous year of his crowded life than
ever dreamed of. And, beguiled by my
! silence, he told me a story, which, as
soon as | got back, / sat down and
wrote out. In an evil hour l handed it
! to him. really to see whether my MEM
DRY conceded with him. He read the
MS. and said; Tibet story's dam good;
I'd give a million dollars if l cd tell
ii half so vel. But you know s wei IS
1 do tibet some galoot d be shure to
git up n say at I'd paid We TO write
tibet. N so l amt goin' to let We pub
lish it. ! won't give We yer MS. back"
Well, I said nothing, though l felt dis
appointed. l didn't like the prospect of
losing my work, especially as / had it
ordered, but smiled and suffered.
Sides" he SAID, II don't talk like
that. l en- talk s good grammar as
you, every bit. You make me talk like
like a rough sailor man, which / amt
no, not by jugfull." Well I had to
sit back. l never saw my MS. again,
but-here's the story, and l shall be
far away when it appears, so / don't
care whether the hero of it is out after
me with shotgun or not. l don't sup
pose he'll ever see il anyhow.
He was but a young man, second
mate of whale-ship. already in good
repute for his smartness and ability to
deal with the most difficult case of
Workmanship as it arose. But as so
often happens, this extraordinary evil
dence of capability in a young man
did not help him very much because
his seniors were jealous of him, and
consequently did their best Cor worsO
to keep him in the background. Men
like that, however, are apt to refuse to
be kept down very long. The young
mans chances kept coming and he
kept taking them until one afternoon
in the North Pacific, all the boats were
lowered for mighty big sperm whale.
By the shippers orders our friend was
made to wait attendance upon the
three other boats, the third and fourth
mates being relatives of his own. In
spite of this, however, the young sec
ond mate managed to creep up and get
fast, the mate and fourth mates boats
being already so, but apparently I'M
able to do anything. The whale was a
fighter from way back, and in the
course of an hours run he had got
the lines of the three boats so snarled
up that they could not get near him.
They had resolved to cut adrift and
begin again. when the whale solved
the problem for them by suddenly
turning a somersault beneath them
and rising to the surface again with
the second mates line entangled in his
lower jaw. The other two officers,
seeing that the game was now in the
second mates hands cut themselves
adrift. upon which the whale, as if
conscious that he had achieved two
thirds of his freedom sprang forward
with tremendous vigor defying all the
crews efforts to get up close to him.
1t was now evening, and but few min
utes remained before the darkness
would shut down upon them like a
canister lid, Yet every one of those
minutes saw them being carried far
Their and farther away from the ship,
and their fellows in the other boats.
At last, just as the last faint streaks
of light were fading, Mr. Williams saw
his chance, and rallying all the ener-
gies of his men succeeded in hauling
up on the whales flank and giving him
a thrust which settled matters finally.
Being so exhausted the whale did not
make much of furry, his dying