Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

moment but while the whale go feet long
slid over me there was in the water, and "
boat, fast to the other whale, vas almost out
OF sight in an instant. managed to grab an
oar which had fallen overheard when he boat
tipped Hp, and 30 milled around awhile on
that. little bit lonesome
1T was not so good" repeated the captain
with sigh Of enjoyment In dangers long past
well, was In my shirt and pants, and man
aged to get my pants OF. I had on a new
white flannel shirt had made myself out Of
good flannel had bought from q man-c-war
thought a good bit of it. but was pulling
it of over my head when saw the whale
boat slowly coming over the horizon, So I
thought. now will save my shirt. and pulled
it back on.
AN officer was standing up in the boat look
ing all around and when he sat down I knew
he had seen me. had been In the water
nearly two hours, and all the time my foot
hurt ] tried to kick it odt of the water to see
it, but then my head went under, so let it CO.
"WHEN the boys saw me go into the water
they cut loose from their whale. but
they found that when the attacking whale hit
the boat he stove 1t, and it was filling fast,
so they took the jib and put it under the boat
and folded it over the sides to keep the water
from coming in then they bailed fast and
came back to look for me.
My legs were bloodless when they got me
In, and one foot was crushed by the whales
teeth. The captain said when I got to the
ship, Well, II you can't stand ana work YOU
can sit down and turn the grindstcne,' but my
foot was bleeding and was in misery ard I
lost my temper and just quit"
Then with a start the grizzled old captain
came from the past to the present and noticed
that the fire in his stove was burning low. 50
ne leaned over and reminded it OF its duty
by giving 1t a tremendous shake Takes all
NJnrnr ffwNae
marked. Fufhng on his pipe, he again brought
that back to its work. too and continued
Eliminating on whales. Some say whales will
chase man, but never saw a mean whale"
he declared, sharks aren't so bad either Now
the man that puts the hook in a captured
~hale to hist the blubber up on the ship
sometimes falls In the water and If he moves
around he is safe, but If he seems to be dead
the sharks will bite him, just out of curiosity
70 see what he is, but they are not vicious
A whale, now, is just the same as IN orange
only different You throw away the peel and
Keep the inside Of an orange, but in a whale
you throw away the inside and keep the peel
All this I'm telling you happened about .857."
Adventure seemed to follow the captain
wherever he wandered. After the Civil War he
went into the Cuba trade and on his very fist
trip, as captain of the j. c. Reed, ne was hit
by a terrific hurricane while in the harbor of
Clenfuegos and his ship was nearly deposited
high and dry on the beach
60 only made half voyage that time"
ne remarked with dry smile.
On another voyage to Cuba the captain had
cargo OF ice on the brig Jacinta. Those who
know Cuba know that in that climate ice has
TO be delivered in a hurry or nothing will he
left but warm water AS bad luck would have
1t ii days out of Boston the second mate
died OF something suspiciously like smallpox
and when the Jacinta reached Cuba another
man was sick. What to do? If the ship was
quarantined. it meant weeks Of delay, and that
ice was then worth exactly nothing The brig
reached the pier and the port doctor was CON-
ang aboard. In no time the sick man was