The sun., 1904-07-12
Joke WITH A WHALE IN IT.
,.ru, TO 'IRT THE FEELiNGS
nt rUE SHIMOSA'S MATE.

.,,, sbock, to yeracity or SOmething
re"" ~ ,ne Boat Didn't Hit . whale IL
,,, pick Ip snOozing East indian
u,rn, In the Middle OF the Hed Sea'
,r.o roata of the Barber Line steamship
,,.,osa in Yesterday from ports OF the
rast was called grouty by the inter-
nr. He was the only man aboard ship
bod seen the whale, according TO the
o,her English speaking folks OF the
W., and he declined to talk In these terms
.u,,'s bleeding shame! Hill not say
.ard not syllable. Him 'urt; that's
,h,t Hi am, and you may put hit hin your
blooming piper
RE- mate had been asked to tell about
/. shin's encounter with a 6O-foot whale
~ r,iles off Sandy Hook at about O. clock
Festertay morning The mate does not
.ok AZ if he were gifted with an over
hslming sense of humor; but the skipper
,he nirt,,re of a blonde British wit. He is
.omnd bright eyed. curly haired. and his
,n,e is expansive and apparently perma-
nent He said:
.Iu have to refer you to the mate for
.r,;culars about that whale. / was below
rhen the ship hit it. Was there shockl
Ersn I have been under the doctors care
';noe | landed. Naturally. you would not
kbink il from my appearance. but the snook
ras simply tremendous. The mate will
Eel you all about 1t.
Even when the reporters were REINFORCED
,v the shippers declarations that the mate
vonld talk, the mate looked GUNNER than
v.r and repeated that he wouldn't say
nothing TO- nooooy' anu 'ie' was
X,,,rt 70
The engineers and the second officer
.Iso said that they did not see the whale.
hnt that the mate could tell all about it.
3The Shmosas single passenger, q. a..
.pSilinpines. said he had not heard any
.thing about the ship running into whale,
and ali the Chinese crew simply looked
.blank when they we're asked II any OF them
had seen a big fish while coming into port
ITbe reporters inferred that q job had been
nut up on the mate. They asked him II
bb 'urt was physical or mental, and he
ject
But the Shimosa had a real adventure
IN the Red Sea, and it was properly and
kaithfully recorded in her log, also vouched
Iior by the travelling American school
master. The ship was steaming placidly
-FOUR DAYS east OF Suez, when at o'clock
|on the afternoon Of June IS the man on
tho bridge noticed a small moving object
on his port bow. As the ship drew nearer
IN the object it was seen to be an East Indian
native wearing only a breech clout and a
look OF distress. The man whistled shrilly
and made fairly successful efforts to yell.
The ship was brought close alongside him.
lie was floating on his back, and, when
lshs was within fifty feet OF the ship, he
Turned over and swan to her. A sea ladder
was lowered and the man climbed up slowly
and painfully.
he told In Hindustanee to the Chinese
steward, who understands the language,
| how he happened to be drifting alone IN
| the Red Sea. He said that he was a sailor
aboard the steamship Imaun. bound from
Singapore to Antwerp. and that he had
Shimosa came along and had been floating
and swimming all that time. Many ships
had passed on the way to and from Suez,
but all had been 40 far away that he could
not attract them by his whistling and nobody
aboard could see so small an object on
large stretch Of water. He was very hungry
and much thinner than most East Indian
sailors but Capt. ChapliR suspected that
while the man hsd been sleeping % re
las he Is a fine swimmer. he had dreamed
Of the passing of the days: When the
shimosa arrived at Suez the skipper learned
that the Imaun had lost one OF her. East
Indian crew overheard. AS the lnaun
land the Shimosa are OF about the aaTne
speed, and the Imaun was tmrty-stI hours
|ahead of the Shimosa at Suez. Capt Chaplin
decided that the East Indian had been in
the water about thirty-six hours He was
at Slez. He said that he dropped into the
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