El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

1rnowed what he meant. "A whale
. DuL oo7rr saws he. and haVin' a
S FL bored into her side am the same
~ bein5 MIXED ne says ana II you
as DSi 5 augur a hole in whale at
90 anu she's a loose whale. as like
LIS ~ -ba' went stand without tyin'.
SGSo,-ii1 augur her in the norJn PaclIle
Girbf and by mornln smell De IN
at hlElltb pacific, tryin' to scrape the
the SOU oTf of her side by rubin
uI4P on iceberg, he says, And
asalnsiC saws he here 1 sit in YER
l II chewin' slippery elm park and
Weitin' for oil to stew uoWn. w nat
We e.t - 1T 70 do he says, and the way to
oubo+ is TO fish for whales, ana when
W Itch 'eIn put q ring IN their tails,
80 +fe a rope to the ring. ana Tie
Laffv stone to yon emu VI ne IOpe'
HS5'y o,cbor 'en tail down. so they'll be
anu q, a. hen Won want EN-. 1t will be
= |7rettv sight says he 10 see ~ acres
- IF whales anchored that way
S1b1f ND and tail down. 80 set the
crew fishtn' Tor W4Sii0S SUN % HO1
to a likely spot
- ,1,,n,b forgot you was ever goin' to
sisbf a duel" said sim Perkins' - suppose
--S11 vot so interested Ilsnlh 1oL mIsl - WI
- t-6nt rod and fly that you never thougnt
a tt1 9 5I,eI Won was talkin' about a little
-tf1s 400 But I didn't Iorgel II Wheh
W., W. tells me that the car Of Russia fought
man ~ - 80 -7ith an old sea skipper Of a con-
os iil fbe first whale we caught" said IN
=, sLSod calmly continuing, was the
Setieet 71-bale / ever see. Me ana lne crew
Ia f1e captafn all together COULDN'T haruly
raise her to the top OF the WsseI, , slu me9
We did we seen word on her , tnaI t9oAs -
W. mott 1t was painted on her side IN
white waterproof paint InaI 5 curious lo
saws I I never saw anything IKE may on
q yy5haie before, and don't know any whale
- named Pott, nor any skipper named
pot Maybe it's the name OF the whale
5,t 1900 7 cot the words out Of my mouth
-Bangi- q round shot come salllh over
the sally Ann and I looked up and saw
a f3ussian ship bearin' down on US, with the
no. ~ the car fyin' at the mast Hands
Of that whale' says the captain Of the Rus
sian shin why so I says. Don't you see
them letters on her side 2. says ne; Fot1
saws he, standing for property OF me
Tsar.''' says he. that being the way ne
spelled ear Some spells 1t one way ana
some smells It another. spell It with Z
because I'm fond Of the sea, and the Rus
SLAMS spell it with 7 because they re roma
- go -fyor1 leave that whale alone says he,
because it belongs to the Tsar OF Russia
Can't you tell by the heft Of it that 1t is
full Of rOcks2
ct won't ask you why it was full Of rocks.
said sim Perkins stubbornly. I won't do
eft was full Of rocks" said Uncle Ashdod.
without being asked, because it belonged to
the Imperial Russian Standard Whale OIL
company. and that captain of that Russian
ship had been sent out TO eaten anu SIMS
all the whales he coulo 90 the 1LlleLl S5
Russian Standard Whale OIL company co 1Iu
drill for whale oil They figured that the
best way to get kerosene oil was 70 arm AoI
it and that a good way to get one gind OF
oil was good way to get another kind, and
when the Russian captain had got likely
supply Of whales sunk they was goin to
set up oil derricks and drill for whale OIL
And when they struck oil they was goln
to sell stock in the company SO he says
'sAnd you leave that whale alone. because
the Tsar Of Russia is president Of the I'M
perial Russian Standard Whale Oil company
and says he. the Tsar Of Russia, no matter
how you spell him, is mighty important
man. he says. But I was mad on, hang
the car Of Russiar says l.
t.But he wouldn't hang him." said Sim
Perkins sadly. HE wouldn't hang him, not
even If you said to-"
mo. sir" said uncle Ashdod- THE Rus
sian captain just got white in the race.
That's an insult to the Tsar,' he says. and
there's only one way it can be wiped out
You got to fight duel with the Tsar.
IF that's the custom OF the country, says 1,
fetch on your Car, and I'll duel him any
way he likes Excuse me- says he, but
the Tsar can't fight anybody OF ignoble
blood He's got to duel with equals when
he duels- All lesser duels he turns over to
Grand Duke Boris an right says /;
fetch on your Grand Duke and I'll duel
him Excuse me- says the Russian cap
tain, but an exalted Teller Ike the Grand
Duke can't fight an ignoble Teller like you
When he's insulted by an ignoble Teller he
gives q proxy to Captain Whiskersoff, Of