-fH A X B U O -O -W -M ^ ’ S DVCNTUfct W ith a ^ halc Y oungsters, T m goin’ to sp in a yarn today that I think w ill tickle you. Years ago I shipped as harpoon« i on a whnling cruise. We were cruisin’ in th' A rctic Ocean, keepin’ our eyes peek'd for w hales, when th' lookout bawled ou t: “Thar she blo-o-w -w -s!“ We tum bled into t h* boats, and awnv we went. T h ’ w hale was ‘bout a m ile aw ay, and th* boat 1 w as in reached him first. Hein' hurpooner, I lost no tim e in p u ttin ’ an Iron i n t o his back Wow, w hat a rum pus start­ ed then. Off went th ’ w hale like an express-train, with our boat fastened to him with th ’ harpoon-line. A ll a t once 1 saw we -were get- tin' m ighty close to a big ice-field, b efore you could say Jack Robinson th at foxy old w hale dovo and scooted under th* ice-field. Qulcker'n a wink, I cut th* lisrpooa-rope. W ell s’r, th ’ boat wan shootin* ahead no fa st that it lunded on th ’ ice and kept right on goin' At first we were goin’ up th ’ ice- h ill. N ear th’ top th ’ boat «lowed down, then it slid w a r th ’ top and ntarted down th ’ other aide, lickityr aplit. Ju st below w iu an Eskim o village. In a few seconds our boat plunked right into a big «now -drift, right in th ’ fron t yard of th ’ E skim os, you m ight »ay. Laughin’ at such a funny night, th ’ Eskim os came and hauled us out o f th ’ th ’ «now, then rubbed their nose« again st ours, which wt^s their way of sayin ’ how do you do. Then they all helped ua to haul our boat back to th ’ top o f th ’ ice- hill. A fter th ey’d rubbed noses with us again, which w as their way o f say in* good-bys, also, they gwve our boat a shove and away we went dow® th* ice and out onto th* w ater once —I UXS-X »- m m V a A a / C \T 4 more. M O C O C H TO ♦-»‘M fctL l ffwm Uw» > iyim«t .Co. S i: 1-ovifc (M M oU MAM a / ovv G o R ig h t upstairs AHF ro ck THAT c h ile > To S l e e p it s T our f a u l t s h e is A uJA K F A H o C A H T G E T TO S L E E P .. tV/// /S IT 41/ FAULT, Too TO l d HER. THAT HOR r i B l E sto r y A Q o u r ¿T h e l it t l e G ir l 1 w/y OFF H E R LEGS AH q F h a t ' s a l l .