The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-08-08

wen, tHe spanish cOmmandante
he come aboard and says he is in
charge of entrance to Golfo Curiaco
and each whaler has to pay license.
The whalin' ver' good, he say sort of
encouraging and smiles YER nice. He
has gold laces and is a fine COM
mandante.
How much you charge for tees
taxes? says the captain.
One hundred feefty dollar say
the commandante, very strong.
That's a lot of money, Capt.
Frintas says; we don't have any luck,
l can't pay so much money
well, they talk about terms for
long tam. At last the commandante
he is impatient and asks:
How much you give anyway
THE captain he talk some time
with mate and then he answers:
Wal, ] geev you $50, anyhow;
dat's all l geev; l am poor man.
All right say the commandante.
He smile some more Give me 500
and you go whalin' in de Golf
'Vir well, de captain give de money
and de gunboat waddles off toward
shore. De schooner fills off, and we
go pushing into de Golf. Well, dat's
fine place. Big, smooth waters. We
are scarcely dere an hour before look
out call: 'Dar blows!' and de waist
boat is lowered and gets a small
sperm whale. Dere's big time
aboard den. Everybody is singin'
and nobody talkin' bout de cock
reaches. Before we get through cut
tin in de mex day we take another
sperm whale, and de men is feelin.
better yet. BY dis way wen be high
hooked in few days and bound for
Saint Eustache. Our luck was turn
at las.
well, about the third night we're
in de Golfo we are cruisin' along
when a big breeze o. wind comes
down out of de hills to southland. II
freshens, booms up, tears along the
surfaces and pretty soon we're reef
ing down. Along after sunset we're
rushing along bout tree mile off
shore, when bang! crash! the schoon
er strikes and commences to fill.
Holal' yell the captain. She is
on unchartered rock. Sapristi, she is
gone
We'll, the Cohannet sort o. slid
off de first rock and commence tc
settle into deep water. She fill SC
fas' dat we only have time to throw
some grub in de boats and get of.
We work over toward shore and land
under lee of high bluff. There sis
nothing only trees, thick jungles and
high rocks. What can we do? Capt.
Frintas say, "Well, we will have tc
sail pretty soon for de mouth of bay.
where is de gunboat. The captain he
is brave fellow. Well, we are all
discourage. all our hopes gone. Pretty
soon storm blow over next morning
and we put off in the two boats. De
other boats we leave aboard schooner
when she founders.
I'm twelve hour we're maxim de
mouth of de bay. Here comes de
smoky gunboat like before.
;" 'Wot's de matter?' says the COM
II lose my ship says Captain
Frintas, very solemn. She struck an
unchartered rock. Your Government
no good-they have not chart de bay
right
Well, what you going to do
aboutT asks the commandante.
Us, we'll go home, some tam
when we get chance, answer Captain
Frintas.
tell you what the command
ante said, L take you up to Rio
Blanco, where you can get steamer
for Barbadoes.'
All right say de captain. 4
guess dots best thing we can do
so we go up for Rio Blanco, such
hot place, on de river, an wait for
steamer Pretty soon she come. We
go out to Bridgetown and SO on home.
Dat was tam we pay for get ship
wreck. Dat was bad tam.
The other whalemen in the party
agreed that the Cohannets accident
lad been unfortunate. 1t was pecul-
ar, too, they said, that Frintas
should have had to meet the financial
demands of the commandante before
ne could take his vessel into the
iulf, where she foundered.
That was very bad for Frintas,"
Captain Edwards, ''but
next tam he have ver' good luck |
weeth de schooner Amethyst. He |
never tried de Golfo Curiaco again.
OATS a bad place for him."
There was a general move among |
he whalemen toward the door.
Where did you say the gulf was
'xactly?" asked Captain Potter.
Captain Edwards gave the location
If Curiaco.
Some time l Will communicate
With their government and have them
AXE steps to have the place chartered
properly and furnished with protect
ng lights"
Capt. Potter spoke assertively.
Three years ago he went to The
Hague to be consulted as an author
ty during a whaling dispute between
russia and the United States. Con-
equently he feels his position. The
kippers called CHEEKY good night to
Brown and moved of toward Pur-
hase street.
Sulphur as Presertative.
The preservation of wood with sui
4.