The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

the skipper was IN company with f0r IN
nearly every ship we CANNED the crowd
We're hcart-broken at their bad luck.
however, We'd only been "a few DAYS on
t-e ground when one morning we low
cred for laundering big school of mid
olns-size whales. We sailed IN fun butt
and aN boats got fast. But no sooner was
a strain put on the lines than they AN
parted like as Or they We're burnt Nobody
there ever seen or heard Of such "a thing
before. Ii fairly scared us all. for we
thought 70 was witchcraft. and some OF
EN- said the shippers time was Up and
his boss was rounding on him. Well. we
bent on again. second irons. rs the whales
were ali running anyhow. not trying 10
get away. and we al got fast again
Twas no good at all: all parted Just the
same as before. Well. we was about the
worst CALLED lot of men you ever sec. We
was that close TO the ship that we knew
the old man could see with his glasses
everything that was going on. Every one
OF us knew just about how he was bear
Ing II. but what could we do? Well bows
we didn't have much time TO serlilerouisc.
for before you could say knife here no
comes. jumping. bowling mad Right in
among us he busted. and OH ne did look
like his old father Satan on the rarnpac-e
lie was In the bow Of his boat.and he Let
drive at the first whale he ran up against
Down went the fish and pop went the line.
-'t--+AN
mad more'n n little. but never i'm all
my fishing did ever / see anything like
he showed us then. I thought he'd n
sploded all into little pieces He snaf.h-
ed OF his hat and tore Il into ribbons
with his teeth; the rattle Of Potugee
biasphemion was like our old mincfng-
machine going full keller, and the foam
flew from between his teeth like soapsuds.
Suddenly he cooled down. all in @ min
Ute like. and said very quiet All aboard
we We're all pretty we'll prepared for the
worst by this time. but I do think we
liked him less now than we did when he
was ramping around-he looked sight
more dangerous However. We obeved
orders smart. as usual but he was aboard
nrSt NV how that boat Of his lust flew
Twas like race for life.
I've were no sooner on board than
We hoisted boats and made them fast
Then the skipper yelled. All hands Law
aft AIT we come prompt. ana ranaed
ourselves across the the ouartcr-deol, in
front Of where he was prOwlinr hack ana
forth like p breeding tigress. As soon as
we were all aft he stopped. facing US
and smoke. Somebody aboard this ship's
been trying 10 work Jolt of on me bv
pisonin' my lines. Now 7 want that man
SOS can kin him. slow: n I'm going
TO have him. too. 'thout waiting too love
Now / think this ships been too easy a
berth for all OF you. but from this out
until have my rights on the man
want she's agoing to be n patent hell
Make up yer minds quick fer tell yer
no ships crew ever suffered what you're
asoin' to surfer till I get that man under
my hands. Now GO
When we got forrard we found the
io'c' Tie scuttle screwed up SOS we
couldn't get below. There was no shelter
on deck from the blazing sun. the batcbes
" MS patterned SO we couldn't get into
inc i"re-hoid. so we had 20 just bear it
one man went aft TO the scuttle butt for
drink Of water and found the spigot
gone. The skipper saw him. and saws 20
MIN. You'll find plenty 20 drink IN the
bari forrard.' and you know the sort OF
LIQUOR that's full Of Some Of Us flung
ourselves down on deck. being dog tired
as well as hungry and thirsty. but be 1,as