The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
WHALNG'S SILENT HEROES.
MARVELLOUS TALES or THE SEA
THAT WILL NEVER BE TOLD.
wha:crs ef New bedford VINO Are Mute
About the wonders The, Have seen
and D~one-samplc stories a Mates
G~aiiantry Out of q whales Jaws

CSpy-sh. 1901. ~ F-oHt r BuAsn.
II one only possc~scd the power need
ful tn materialze the memories floating
In the minds 81 New B-Iford's citizans
to-day. N II were p-p.-ibie to compel those
ancient. hut kern eyed. strong-faced men
who sun themselves daily on IN. benches
around the City Hail. or sit with a far-away
look In their rye- upan the piazzas Of their
comfortable houses, 10 tell what they have
been through. there would be no difficulty
whatever IN writing a small library 81 the
most ents rtaining books that ever wcr-
written. And thcy would be not le~s but
more entertaining from the certainty that
they would all he. In their main features.
absolutely true. but. alas, the came Dbl
problem that has confronted writer's from
the beginning appears here In all IL bristling
difficulty. the problem Of how Ia make
men Of ~ ton become men Of stsech.
Am reminded at this iurcture most
forcihly 81 M experience, very nomely,
Ill admit. but bearing directly upon this
very point. In London Some years ago
I had occasion to visit a man ~ hose relatives
I know h. South Australia. lie waS a
truuscr- maker and Withal one Of the b,st.
His crratiIn~ were sought for all over
the world srd his business had long before
reached hat point When II became inn
possible for him to cope with IL single
handed. But In reply to my very Lstural
question a. g. Why be- uId uot tram up -Dilu
Youngsters to Assist aim he ,aid with a
heavy sign.
M dear fellow. ( can do the work nv
self, but | d teach auyuo.y els" how
| can't talh about % All ! can do i- to
ash ,m - WHfo. an 49,. HpN l de- II and
haven't found unc Vet mat can cut a pair
uf trousers thai / ca. ont scientifically -,.d
e. one 81 my ,u-tpm"rs feeling tnat 1 have
done ann Iu-t..,
such n-tsr ,rs. / make uD doubt. will
Occur t. meet &C nay readers, hut the via
but hright,u the f,s"t tU.snt oi U~ yt that
tie docfs ui th, world -'.w condemned
10y some peculiar law - 'h,li i-lig g" D"
dumb about ti,lI uCUlCNrUvUtr In no
case. however. DO / feel -. g..,y,d 81 he
operation Of uih apIst,tilN universal
law A. d. With ~T,-I-rt To- he old whaling
capitals 81 New England
Juzt tlILk 81 u here ur" men browsing
away 'h" evening Of their i've Ia sweet
serenity VII have seen ana dut.' W1t"
than any library ~ din" novel; ever 80
saved 10 tel Wonder .a'td, Wuit,-haIiodi
veteran Of ~ yeats actively interested
in the gtmhol- 81 q gruul li ial-s, ilu-rll
a babe with them. has faced a uaDd'r'd
crew l.OH mil,~ from home. and 10y Al-
own iuduuItaDl- personality hSs i'd. ihS
protested tarm We, even hglliri iI'H
] own lHnNfuff ~elftH- ana tAN NN'HaIN
them out uf crushing &C. H'ss, It tini-
merriam darkness coat ut what Juiah would
have called m" Belly e H"ll, hack 90 the
sweet. placid delights of hon" again Miy
can he tell us a. detail m" way N" rtit'f
Think. will Won. for n mumtf and "~f"-
cially YOU prufc--Urr II uatheWAtio-. of Doe
, igrouut sailor maI. east ni1i' in a
whaletuat could Whit" With q 'n'kkii'"
q quadrant. toar - the rim of i." COM
PASS focal for an arc and break ~ l five
- H..t.VaV L. V..sH.lt#f o.. FllI ~ HIN mi
Of theec fuf tuitourIp-rsr lFiuC Tie de
pendent souls under hi ChUrg" lack TO
home and iifc again d. l"inaE" =" nm
Nes. even ~ y. would have d'u" had b"
/, been Archiu,d.s weighing Hi"r"'s crown,
or muTuuring e. the iuNTdcrs u' Syracus.
hthirst for hhod. i aW seeking she truth.
Needless of the fact that his last moment
had passed
delightful drive In 20 the boauti'll
+. country around here with n man who had
spen NOR. In one womeutous wear - hi-
crowded life than ! ever dreamed Of Md,
l~-gui''i 10y my -il'u,", he told n'c "a -'ur
/. Which. a. soon a. | got hack. | at down and
wrote ont H. an evil hour ! handed %
o. him, uall- g. 49, whether my H'Uury
| coincidrd With him He read aud said
1 Tibet story'S dam good I'D Civ" q million
dollar u cd tell il hall =" VOL hut
YOU know = well = 7 DO the some s"luut
a he shur' "a git mp n NV at III paia ~
60 writ. thet y 50 | amt goiu' To- lt "
| publish IL | won't give We yer Ms hack
D Well | said nothing, though ! felt dis
r appoinied didn't like IN" prospect
; 81 losing nv work. especially ~ ! had u
l ordered, hut smiled and suffered
Sides n, said. 4 don't talk ike 'hct
] ! en- talk = good grammer a. you, every
biz. You make mr talk liz" q rough ~tl.ui
' man, which I amt no. not by "A lugiul
: Well, had 60 ~ back. never saw ny
Ms again. hut hers ~" story, aud
shall L.. far away when u appears. 30
don't care whether the hero ~ ~ - uu'
after mo with a shotgun or not ! d"n
: suppose he'll ever -.p u anyhow
1 Ne was hut a Young man. second mate
81 a whale ship. alr"adv In good repul.
. for his smartness and ability - d"a! VIZ
O the most dinicult case of w~haleinanshli
A thi- extraordinary evidence IL caIahilitN
n In a Young man did not help hum very much
: because hi seniors w-r' jealous 81 nav
and consequently did their b~st cor worst
o. keep him in the background
j. Men like that. however. ar" apt 90 T"iGS'
= ~ be kept down very long. Tho Nuuna
mans chances kept coming and d" KEEP
q taking them until ON" afternoon ~ 'h'
North Pacific. all the boats w"0r loW"r,S
= for a mighty hig sIerm whal'. ~ tl'
= shippers orders our friend WAS mad" 4
a wal, attendance upon the other thro-' beats
- the third and fourth mates heing relative
q 81 his own. In spite 90 this, however. tn
j. young second mate managed to Greet
" - f'h - 49, ~ N
n boats being already 50. hut APPARENT
4 unable TO do ANYTHING
n Tho whal" was a fighter from way haol
and In the course ~ an hours run u" ha'
n got the lines of the three boai- 49, snarl"'
4 up that they could not got near him The
n had resolved to cat ad1ft and hrgin again
y when the whale solved the problem fo
J. them 10y suddenly turning a -nn'rSaui
% t@peath them and rising "a the surtac'
Y. again with the second mates line cntangl"'
Z in his lower jaw
n The other two officers seeing that IN
a game was now in the -arond mates hand
Gu, themselves adnft. upon which. IN" whal
10 as II conscious that he had now achieves
. two-thiris Of his Freedom, sprang for~ar'
- with tremendous Vigor. defying all th
10 crew's Efforts Ia CT up Close To him II wa
now evening and hut few minutes ~
manned tefor- the darkness would shu
down upon them lik" a canister I'D, y"
every one of those minutes saw then
te.ng carried farther away from IA" shil
" and Their fellows in IN" other boats
Al las, just NJ the la-t faint sirsdks 81 ligI
were fading Mr. Williams saw his chance
= and mllyiuc all the energies 81 hIs met
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