Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-25
REAL TALEOF SEA SERPENT
Jonah's Whale Was q Piker Beside
Him When Il Game to Swal.
lowing Sailors.
spuME OF THE POLLY ANN

Hello, Bill. You're on time and
I suppose you want the sea sarpint
story said Captain Charlie, Of the
Polly Ann, when he had taken place
IN Pete's back room and finished a
generous four fingers Of delirium rum,
Wall, let's see where we were sail
ing whenI made tack last week for
the Polly Ann. Oh. yesl We were
bound for the Bahamas for load Of
turtles and green cocpanuts. People
up here are beginning to appreciate
green coeoanuts. They are good be-
fore the milk hardcns.
wall, we arrived of the Keys one
afternoon q few days after we left
Yucatan and anchored in rather close
to shore, near one OF the low islands.
"The next morning, bright and
early. we were on shore and the
men began to turn turtles fast as they
could, and there was a lot OF fresh
eggs, so we had some good omelet on
board for week. Inside of FIVE days
we had a cargo Of turtles and was
ready to weigh anchor and sail
about four bells in the afternoon,
the day we were going to sail, the
watch reports there was whale or
something like one off the port bow
and It was coming toward the island,
making about twenty Knots time.
"It looked through the glass like
four or FIVE whales were following
each other. First one would 60 down,
then another; and the first would
come up, making a wavelike motion.
But in short time it looked more
ike a big snake or sea sarpint, and
It had . head as big as 4 water butt,
with two big eyes and lot OF spikes
running along the top OF the head and
all way down the back. 1t soon looked
bigger than Bunker Hill monument,
and it kept straight on its way toward
the schooner. The men were getting
excited, and Dayy Jones locker
doomed up to them, like Fastnet light
house. =
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LOADED TOT trouble.
we had left the guns on the deck,
same as we had pixced them when We
got off the shore at Cape Catouche.
and. j. ordered the mate to load them
with round shot BY this time the
sea salPini, WniSg y pIoye9 10 KS.
was only ABOUT IuV fathoms from the
Doat' ana We got good signt on tne
gym and nia5ed away; put the shot
sha 2oI ms skin az u y was mace OF
poiier ron. II MADE MN mad and ne
only cams On tne faster rive OF tne
men TOOK e .tne riggin and went alott
ana the balance OF the crew seven
men, went below and closed ~ tight.
wan, the sarpint came right along
ana mao as 2 stingaree with 2 har-
poon in y, ana when ne got 70 the
scnoonef ne JUST raised his head a
little and u was over the bulwark and
commenced looking around. Soon he
spied one OF the sailors on the main
crosstree, and he;Just raises his head
up and that sailor disappeared like
ny IN frogs mouth. We heard a
yell and that was al: An 2 short time
the sarpint had swallowed all hve OF
the sailors and was lookin' for more.
we nag about one hundred pounds
q oy a seiI ai1er We put tne v pre-
.tan snd Mad n. m.ts ard ! co,,nie
~ hands hustle and st,E as nid ss;ior
s,,;t with yone vsrn and raas and nut
! ten.nonnd 81, ~ dvr.,,,;te Il H.
center II i with lonc sus. W.
watohedI the sa,n;nt fro,,, . no,thnte
i;rbt II IN c.h;r Ana wber ~ ,v.sn.,
iooI,nr throwed The dummy " o~t ~