Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-21
WHALE WITH BROKEN HEART
Tall Tale Of Sea Captains Experi-
ence with BIR Mother
nIover


They were talking about whales. and that
one in particular sighted by the Angler last
Sunday
Well I've saw fish as'd beat that thar
girl all hollow. Why. she wouldn't oil a
boot longside that lass we prodded on
Franchman's bay-an' It was winter. at
that" II was Captain Ben Franklin Jones
who was talking. Captain Jones is a sal.
who has weathered many a gale, but who
now finds supreme comfort in watching a
quiet game not far from the Battery.
1t was dead winter" he went on, las
stard us on the bowl mean our face; we
were doin' bit in the pirate business then
an we didn't care n snunf who she wuz, so
as tn wimmin falks and the small kinds
didn't sufrer. wal II was n dun day: thar
wasn't n thing doin', as you shore fellows'd
say. We said to the cap'n: 'Cap'n. let's
heave to. It's DUN late DUN cold. an there
amt nothing in sight
We WIZ turnin' on the channel into the
bay, the bow facin' dead 10 the landln',
when we run dead agin a rock, as we sup
posed. Our boat trembled like maid when
she's made love to the frst time. She
wanted to csreen, like a sailor as has too
much on board
wal. durn my eyes. II thar amt a
blower our capn yelled to us.
~ can bet all y'r loose change We for
got Scotch that minute The sea was
treacherous. an runnin' dead agin a blower
was morn'n bigger ships could stand. But
thar she wuz; we could see nothing Of her
but her big bumped back stickin' above the
water and she a-blowin' of steam like a
man-o-war when she's hurt Our ship
stuck agin her, an she rocked like she wuz
in pain. Then the blower hlowed like II
fu1 4bop ehn 9tpDred
crew got on the lower deck and prodded
her right on the shoulders She never
moved. we got out Of her way, then made
straight for the landln
The next day we put out again 70 see II
we could find the whale, and, 80 help me-
thar she lay. her back still stickIn' up We
got help and pulled hor ashore-as pretty
girl as you ever clapped your lights on.
Why she war ninety feet to the tall and
with Jaws that'd make a mRn-o war shake.
But she warnt dangerous, for abe was a
deader. Yep. she was dead And. say,
whatd you suppose killed that thar girl9
why she broke her heart that thar whale
did
How do knowS why. say, boys, when
we stretched that thar girl out on shore
the wind wuz BLOWN NJ to break the
weather machine. We built a nre and wuz
warmin' ourselves. when a mate said:
Listen. Dye hear somethin' blowin'T
'An' we listened. And. say. we heard
something blowing-sort o. like a kid when
it's hungry. WAL durn me II I didn't go
over and pat that dead girl on the back and
say. Wal, little girl. what's up, anyhow
Then happened TO lift one Of her big
fiappers and, say. boys, what dye thnk7
Thar lay a little girl OF a whale her nose
rammed right into the old girls sides, an
she was a-sighin' as a kid that's after
milk, an she stuck to the old gal, tight!
Then we know'd what did II. The old
girl was teachin' the little girl 10 paddle
her own canoe when she rammed agin our
bow. Wal, that vexed her. Then the little
girl was a yellin' like a kid. and then we
prodded her on soft spot. She wuz too
weak to fight an the blow sort o. careened
her, an'-wal, 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
1t, an that broke her heart. New YorI
Tribune.