The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-07-11
captain signaled 20 back the shin lest

the rail! | jumped back in genuine
fear that he would topple over on the
! deck. Then he turned a somersault
with a splash and drenched us all. He
rose again, churning the water white,
raised his tail quite 20 feet and slapped
the water with a noise like thunder
clap at our very toes. He turned round
and round. wrapping the rope about
his huge body, then shot straight for
ward on the surface, skipping from
wave to wave like swallow. He
reached the end of his slack rope with
jerk that shook the ship from stem to
stern. There was an instant tug of
war between the whale and the re-
versed engines. Then the whale won
and for minute pulled the vessel for
ward with him.
Again the windlass whirred and
whizzed, but with diminishing speed.
Far ont al the end of his two miles of
rope, the whale churned and dashed the
water and blew big blasts of hot vapor
The crew saw the end and relaxed their
tenSeness. They gave him half an hour
or so TO end his commissions. Then the
captain shouted the order TO wind in
the rome.
As the whale felt the pull he gave one
feeble, dying jump. The men stopped
a minute tben continued slowly to mi,
in. Finally the buoe inert Aabhv
body acated holly inward inst off tba
bow. They lowered a boat. pas sed a
chain about tho marrow, acknowledgements
where the fail vidans and grann1ed
him to the side Of the vessel could
SEQ dozen onarra1ino nornoisas eo+.
mo tbe tonoue of the monster that
had been an bour before alive and m
those scavenoers invinc;ble The can.
tain cave n sigh and = smile of content
and leaned over The side to measure
with his eve the size of his miro Tho
crew busied Themselves Win LOADING
the HARMON o,,n ,raip and n,ttip,
tbinos in order
All this vos before fve :, tho rnorr
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sailar NM +en no a,,;raIa5. I'D
men. there was scarce . time who, wa
could not see = dozep elbows" within
a fve.mile radius. Often when we
were not nrenared fo. tbem tbey
would swim riqbt naSt ne ,,.itb al 40
DIGNITY Of an ocean liner sneadipo nat
n bobhino fsbing craft Tba, rnvor
seemed "a he merely brovsinr ;d1r
around-+bev vere ,Iya,.s s,,.ir,n ;,,
in n STRAIGHT line and always worry, fast
as if they had imDortant business
somewhere on +be coast of Swaden
When they were close nv we could fol.
low them readily with tho eve and coo
them rising and dinnino n regular in.
tervals Farther Off miIestones ~,
their course were their elbows" u ;s
the one conSnicuous mammal cbaroc.
teristic remaining 70 tbis exnatriatad
land animal who has chosen tho an.
vironment of fish for his abode. onca
in so often he must breathe And as
his takino breath involves bIov;rr q
2O-foot high pillar of white yanor into
the air. If is this "mork Of the beast.
and Of the beasts natural babitatt that
betrays him TO his enemies.
Late IN tho ofterroor, N. oo,,+o;n
tho bridga s,vant tho 500 y;+b b;a
GLASSES and saw M sion IF = elbow. y,
He GLANCED at tho sinkiro eur opa
measured with his eva tbe On ,,ilas -,
the barbor He dronned his oIassos
and gave ouiet order that meant tbe
aav,s worl, wos dome The docl, yvos
nut in order. and the stockv little
whaIer. with her trophies grappled
close to her side. set her bow towards
the mainland. 1t was not for the want
of fish" that we had fsherman's luck
that dav. But the vhaler was no
larger than a tugboat. The heavy sea
tossed her about like cork. and aim