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tt was while I was bar*
nnonir on th’ whaling bark,
ltufus Wood, that I had a
clone call from gotn' to
I)a* Jones’ locker. Here's
what happened:
One fine mornin’ wa wera
howlin' along with nil aalla
net when Ih’ lookout aloft
bellowed “Thar she blown I"
That meant ha had sight
ed a whale In a lew min
ute» th‘ boat» were over th*
Hide, headin’ for th’ whale,
th’ crew of each bout pullin’
like mad so that theii har-
pooner ’.vou'd be th hmt to
henvc th ftrat harpoon As
luck would haw it, th’ boat
I was in reachea th* whale
first- In Jig time 1 had an
Iron fast and then th fun
started
Instead of divin’,
as whnles generally do when
harpooned, thia old boy
started off over th’ surface
of the sea
Without knuwln’ It, I was
standln* In a loop of th*
rope fastened to til’ har
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poon ta th* whala, and that
rapa was whi/tla* out over
tl» bow of th' boat. All at
pnea I was Jerked overboard
nnd away 1 went, sometimes
over th* waves, and some
times through them as th’
whale towed rne alter him.
All at once th' whala
stopped nnd lay still on th*
water And then, just be
yond th' end of his tuil I
haw th* dorsal tin of a shark
cullin’ through th’ water
right for me. Th’ boat was
cornin’ us lust as th* men
could pull, but I knew it
would never beat I h n t
shark. Then what did I do
but shin up th' harpoon
rope, right to th’ top of th*
whuie’a back.
He must have felt me
cllmbiu, lor all at once he
dived and left me kickin’ in
th’ wnter Well e’r, I'd giv
en up ull hope when th’ boat
bote alongside und I was
yunked aboard just as th'
shui k a big mouth snapped
shut behind me.
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