The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-27

aginable crowd might have hesitated to
answer the obvious challenge. might have
wondered what supernatural knowledge
was possessed by this ocean monarch
that he thus dared to lie and flout his
deadly enemies, as II no knew oil their
power and held IL cheaply. But these mon
only saw in him so many dollars and
cents per man, only regarded him aS their
natural prey awaiting destruction at their
hands and mentally assessed his value IN
terms OF barrels OF oil.
Broad day, and In a whisper the Skipper
said. Way boats. quiet now; III XIII tho
Sos whH sass Here ew WAS hsTy sound as
the we'll ll-greased falls ran through the
blocks. hardly e. splash as the four ooats
took the water. Like ghosts they swung
and propelled by the nolseless paddles
glided away towards the leviathan, the
mate leading OF course. There must,
beats among the adventures. FOR tho
whole thing was uncanny. unusual, In that
the great whale had evidently waited all
night, showing no desire to flee.
Two Rounds to the Whale.
Nearer, nearer. nearer until with yell
harpooner sprung erect and hurled his
he rpoon full at the motionless monster.
Missed: for tho whale had disappeared
with hardly an eddy to mark his going.
Ard as they gazed stupidity at the spot
where he had been. q dark shadow sud
denly rose on the other sido OF the boat,
came at them edgewaye, shearing the boat
In two halves and scattering them Ike
chips over the sea. Again he lay quietly
breathing and apparently unconscious OF
any danger TO himself. until the third
boat came up and. more fortunate, sue
ceeded In planting haTHSon ~ Just tat at the
| said more fortunate, but only that they
struck. For the rest you shall judge.
That blow converted the Willy M, monster
| foundations OF tho deep In his Titantic
rage Nothing could be heard or seen for
tho stupendous tumult, until .suosldlng,
| the tormented scens revealed the whale
| free Of any hampcring harpoon. lying
quietly as before. whilo two boats were
row reduced to Gu useless s!os ,r+ wfecsage; &c; But
We cannot blame the officers OF the two
| remaining boats that instead OF rushing
to the attack they paused for reflection;
was evident They recognized him of
course as q lone whale, morose and saw
! leadership OF a school but never in all
| their experience had they met one SO
savage and so willy also. Moreover 1t
was imperative that the wrecked boats
| crews should be rescued at once, and be-
| sides the whale evlnccd no desire to go.
So they divided the spilled men between
| them hindering their own operations by
| so much. because six men are all that can
| work effectively In the whale boat. But
while they were doing this ,oopi0a Necessary Sis
| daInfully on, another boat was seen ap-
preaching at It's top speed for oar pro-
| pulsion
The Skipper Takes Hand.
1t was bringing the skipper. full of rage
| at the audaclty Of the whalo and whnt
no was pleased to call the no-account
| character Of his crew. Without tutoring
a word to the waiting boats crews OF Of
| fcers he mado straight for the whale
! struck 1t squarely at right angles, his har-
| poon at the snmc moment plunging deep
| down by tho side OF the hump. The boat.
| beautifully handled. shot backward under
| the stress of tho oars, and having no sail
| to hinder, laid in the smooth water TO
| wounded mammal They did not occur. A
| slight strain on tho harpoon line told that
| throshed about the surface nor sounded.
| Which nado even tho maddcned skipper