New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
WHALE'S BROKEN HEART.
Sea Captains Story of Experience
Off Maine Coast.

They were talking about whales. and that ons
IN particular sighted by the Angler lssJ sunday.
well. I've saw hsh'd as'd beat that tha- girl
all hollow. Why she wouldn't oil boot long
side that lass we prodded of Frenchmans Bay
an II was winter, at that" It was Captain
Ben Franklin Jones who was talking. Captain
Jones is a salt who has weathered many gale
but who now finds supreme comfort in Watching
a quiet game not far from the Battery
1T was dead winter he went on. "as stard
us on the bowl mean our face; we were dciH'
a Bit in the pirate business then, an We didf,
care snur who she wuz. so tn wmmin
folks and the small kids didn't suffer. Wal II
was a dull day. thar wasn't thing doin. -
you shore fellows d say. We said TO the capn;
'Cap'n. let's heave TO- It's dun late, dunn cold.
an there aint anything in sight
I'VE wuz mile of the bay then. an ne vuz
facin' northeast The cap'n swung the how al
10 north We wuz all warmed with scot n,
we'd hauled of the last boat and we VIZ s!nsss
somethin' like this,
There was a Jolly good cap'n
OF Jolly pirate ship - 4-,n,
ne AND a9V MAKE 20 the iss saoSemen 1sIa PIP
we wuz turnin' of the channel INTO the bay,
the bow facIn' dead to the landin'' when We F~l
dead agin a rock. we supposed our o'lI
trembled like a maid when she's made love 10
the first time She wanted TO careen, like a
sailor as has had too much on board.
Wal, dunn my eyes. If thar aint a blower
our capn yelled TO us.
" can bet all y'r loose change we forgot
Scotch that minute The sea VIZ treacherous.
an runnih dead agin blower was MORN big
ger ships could stand. But thar she wuz; ws
could sec nothing of her but her big humped
back stickin' above the water and she abowin
of steam like a man O. war when she's hurt.
our ship stuck agin' her. an she rocked Ike
she wuz in pain. Then the blower blowed ike
it Judgment day; then she stopped The
crew got on the lower deck and prodded her
right the shoulders. She never moved. We
got out of her way then made straight for the
Iandin
The next day we put out agin TO see if we
could find that whale. and. so help me thar she
lay. her back still stickin' up We got help and
pulled Der as&Ore-as pretty a girl as you ever
clapI>d your Hg>-s ca Why she war ninety
feet To the tail and with Jaws thatd make a
man-o'-war shake. But she warnt dangerous
for she was dea Ter Yep she dead. And
say. whatd We suppose killed that thar girl?
Why. she broke hef heart thar thar whale ala.
How do know? Why. say, boys, when We
stretched that thar girl OUT on shore the wind
wuz blOwin' ut 20 break the weather machine.
We built fire and wUz warmin ourselves when
a mate said:
Listen; dye hear somethiu' blowin'e'
An We all listened and say. We heard
something biowing-sOrt o. like n kid when T.
hungry Wal durn me il didn't go over AMI
Fat that lead girI the back and say, Wal
little girl what's up. anyhow
Then I happened 70 Iift one OF her big flap
pers. and say. bows. what dye think? Thar lay
little girl of a whale. her nose rammed right
into the old gals sides, an she sishin rs
a kid that's after milk. an she stuck 70 the old
gal tight
Then knOw'd what did il The old sri
was teachin the little girl 70 paddle her 9N I
canoe when she rammed agin our bow. Wa.
that veNed her Then the little girl was
yellin like kid. and then We DrOdded her on
q soft spot She wuz too weak o. fight an t1e
blow sort o careeued her. an'-waI. she lay thar
with her little girl and just broke her heart On
account Of leavin' her Whales amt got many
friends In the deep. an the old girl knowed =
an that broke her heart"