The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-07-19

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\ better man than Portuguese John
/ never slapped the deck Of a whaler with
his foot. All Of marine New Bedford 80
years ago which was iercely skeptical of
Dago virtue freely allowed that John
( was the exception which proves the rule.
therefore no one was surprised when
old Hank Timrod. master of the Java.
signed hlm rs fourth mate As this otii-
/ Ger acts as captains boat steerer when
\ the odd man lowers and heads the
/ starhoard boat when he does not il goes
without saying that he must be GOOD
/ timber through and through.
II was not common on an American
/ whale ship for Portuguese to berth aft
but before the Java had crossed the west
ern ocean on her way to the southern
/ whaling grounds John was accepted by
| Colin. Holder and Biselow. the mates.
as an all around good fellow and as cana
Die seaman as ever shifted brine. His
Workmanship was an unknown quantity.
for none had sailed shipmatcs with him
/ before. But they took it for granted and
grew fond Of the grave. administrative
coined their ronrb fai,oM.sh 'i, - =" '''s "el-
one day in Mo south ttIn,,.;o "i,.,,
bull whaia v.os r,isaI r, -,,'',i,''G " que
head. II was Lrc,rbi I lan- ''''',,,'''Sl
to windwarl md II mi. ~, iie q'l,',eg
Java three hours to Loat mn ~ ' ,,., Wv, , t,,
lonely monarch co,,i1 ~ ,,, ,,.., ~. ~.
| dock RircI.v tbn ,lfrl ,,,.,t. ,,'l' '''e
tie sings nj 1la main r',.1 ,..5 u,
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cln,a'v Will. II l,, s,.,.,.,:,. ''',' t
! thought ~ ennrni.. SrJl.,.I ". ''''o" lt
his voice IN tbo DOL. --'' az S'u'
81 uovor Soon a. .r...,., ,.,,I, i... al.
ere. Can'n Timrnl NJ. a,,.,,i n''Ne ms
mf~-aI;e,' "' ~
The "oIj man. !" n,c;n,, Ill o-,.+ar IN,
reunol ori,,oI ,.,',-,.l I' i; ~ nv
stride ann l.,l.I i,.;.;'i
"N'hat a. y.,t n,alsn. of l;,. -,
ppm Il,v.el If L.... 4, p.....,..,..,,,
severed Biaelov with ~ h,t.f .I,,.i.I,
"II,,s fa.,l...l ,,.i,l, n: y,
Porrr~nc.p All. vb. st'l u. ~
( starlaarJ ba., ,aa, Tho ,,..+..' 49,
sudden START ri thn Wilma ILL.,. ,i.-..,..y.,J
/ and WAS ab.ut f.. sr.,I. l,,, d., ,...t,,.;,,
81 lfru..rf All ri..-l..,, ,,'-.......i. '''i'
.Srom. If',n ti,. cr,y. .,,.s. ,.,..,,l -,
/ with white 1..I Tho I.,,., .l,..,f- 49,
/ from, the .ua.,. H.. tl,e hmm, s,. ,t',.,..
bar reaches ,laor ltf,,,.ar, Iii. j...5I >,
Capraip Tirrol ho,r.n.I T.. ..r..... o.
his fnurtb ,1.ta aaj a. hi. -,
Johns ,yartbv faca' IaJ t,,r'..1 tIat I;,.
id ve'Iovv which tsI-as tbn ,,I.,., .,f ,,.,',
tiouaI paIeness in tha I.fin ,...o.
"WbYt il # Jobnqo III a.r..,l :, e,,r
prise.
Tho Portuc1eso's voica y.as br.,.,. on5
he .bfveyod ms he answered rain,ir.. IN
! the direction Of The bulJ. ..Sacrrd Ron
Sir, Tho yybaln of tha cro..,,,
"TIry," exclaimed tho "oll ,,,.,,, >, VEL,
( an expression Of Jccn interest "I'vn
| heard of him. Hos cot Lod racnrl"'
/ portugucse .Iohu moved p.,ror .orI laid
his unsteady bopd ON tbn na.tn,,s ,,.,,,
| "Captaiu." he said in strained v,bi.ro,.'
| "that whale mean death re Kin my
| broth three wear ago in the Indian oc.on
I An many more, lie stove tbron hoa+e
of the Mary an get away with four
irons an all tbn lines Thai limo know,
for | was there. NV broth Anton no
steer Nli,scr Brown. tbc maze nm oII tbat
boat crow Sacred Ben Kin. An many
more, ho1r of him in otber ebins Ne
ALWAYS XIII nm ALWAYS get awav''
II heard something of the Mary losing
her boats. | was in the Okhatsk that
year" answered Timrod. "Wen what of
it. john"
"Captain. for Cbri.t his sake do NOT
lower after the whale Of tbe cross"
The sailor in Hank Timrod ouaked no.
cause Of the superstition bcgot bv tho sea
but after n moment the tonrh Yankee
spirit of the old New England whale
hunter surged up in his breast. Sacred
Ben will try out like any other whale.
reckon" he grimlv muttered
John made the sign of his faith He
saw the SINNERS Jaw set and kncw the
breed With the instructive gesture he
resigned his welfare 10 the care of his
patron saint and braced himself TO do his
| duty whatever might befalI The cold
man" took his glasses from the compan-
ionwav rack and climbed the weather
main rigging to height where he could
! see the bull plainly.
"The whale of tho cross riabt enourb -
he murmnred when he had adjusted his
focus I'm give him n vhirl for luek :"
Then he snapped his glasses together and
roared. STAND by To lower AWAY"
| The masthead lcokouts seemed 70 drop
TO the deck. The crew. on hot foot since
Bicelow's first call from aIoft. ranged
themselves nj their stations.
"Lower away. ALI"
The falls creaked. In twinkle all
four boats touched the water, and the
men were on their thwarts Timrod
with the smartest of the crew, was the
! first away from the side "'Nast mill