The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-10-23

in his fishing lines and nets the wnale
accompanied him. and always was re-
warded by receiving newly caught
cod or pollock off the hooks. One day
Captain Mcmillan started ont on fish,
ing trip down the bay, and not far
from Grand Manan, n. B., a fierce gale
arose and a clustering snowstorIn set
in, which promised TO last for several
days.
Mrs. Mcmillan and her children
gathered on the beach near their home
and watched closely through the storm
for the husband and father, but noth-
Ing could be seen in the distance ex-
ceDting the high waves In which no
small boat could live.
"If Jim was out on that storm. he
had little chance to escape, she
thought, and as the day was nearly
gone and no signs of her husband, she
began TO feel a little uneasy.
THE storm seemed to increase in
fury. piling the waves high up OH the
beach, and 1t began 10 look rs il an
other seaman was to be reported
among the missing.
But what was that long. low OBJ
ject she saw coming up the bay like
fast moving steamboat half buried
in the water? The more size looked
at it the more she wondered, and as
the object came nearer she WAS able
to make out the form of a snake-like
fish of a very large size, the head high
up out Of the water.
Gould II be her husbands tame
whale back for its dinner at this late
hour, she thought. as she supposed the
fish had gone away early In the day.
As it came close to the point OF land
on which she stood she saw that there
was some object on its back that re-
semhled Luman being. and as the
whale came into the small harbor with
the speed of steamboat under all
steam, the form Of her husband could
be plainly seen. He lay across the
whales back, near the neck, with bis
arms over the side of the fish. holding
on with firm grip ard in another min-
ute Capt. Jim's form arose from the
surf and was quickly clasped in his
wife's arms. He followed her into the
house and after a complete change OF
clothing followed by warm drink. he
told her how he had been saved from
Il watery grave by his faithful whale,
which seemed to know considerable.
When the storm broke this morn.
ing said lin, we were well down the
bay and before | could get prepared
for the storIl my mast broke off by
the fierce wind. What followed / am
unable TO say, excepting that I struck
in The icy water and was sinking when
| felt something soft like, coming up
under my hands, and you can bet
grabbed it. When l came TO the sur
face | saw II was my tame whale, and
then felt safer than had d minute
before, although | was at a loss to
know just what the big fish would do
and where It would fake me. / talked
TO the faithful whale as would TO a
person, as ] had done so often during
the meal hour. and promised him extra
ratIons il he landed me safely on our
beach.
You know the rest continued the
captain 70 his wife, and here am safe
and sound after a ride Of fully twenty
miles on the back Of real whale, but
good one, can assure you"
Captain Mcmillan turned the fish to
good use later, when he went out on
his fishing trips, as he would fasten
a stout rope to the iron band In the
whales tail aud would be lowed home
faster than by sailing, or even steam,
as The FISH always came into the little
80 All went well for about year
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= nsupting offers were made
Alsh, but Jim would
a NJ hsfrlend for any