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10 THE OMAHA DAILY KEK : SATURDAY , MAY 7 , 1892-TWELVB PAOKft A MOUNTAIN' ROMANCE. Written for Th > . lite ti \ hllttbith Ono rainy tiny In the curly winter of 3882 I found myself baa nnd hngtf.'tgo on the rnilwny platform nt.Gnuul Junction , Col. As the trnln lossoncil In the tlls- tanco I took ii survey of my surround- IngH. Not. n tree , not n sponr of grnfs mud whloli looked ns If it might ongnlf ono to bo some time dug tip ns tin un known fo. ll notn tfldowullc visible except - copt now nnd then the uneven rotnnina of n brick pavement fast revolving itsol Into its original elny. The town .Iny sonic tllstnnco nwny from the depot , but from my platform isliuid I could HOC n , good number of mud shanties , n few frame buildings and ono solitary bride. I lood under the sheltering eaves fora moment nnd asked myself what fate it \va that landed mo here. I had boon traveling through the west during the summer and now on my way hero I had stopped to see ono who was my oldest and dearest frlond , the wife of the superintendent nf a mlno on the headwaters of the White rlvor. She had tried to prop'iro mo for the discom forts of the journey after I should leave the railroad , but I found no words could doMTibo it as vividly im i afterwards felt it , and I heartily wished mysoU safe in the luxury of u Pullman mid speed ing eastward. However , I pulled my- t-olf together and wont to Uio agent to ink when the sWigo would leave for Mi-nlcor and found I could not go till * morning , so giv ing a small boy a ouartor to carry my grip 1 gingerly picked my way from brick to brick nliinir the cause way that lul to the town proper. The mm was just beginning to strngglo through the watery mist in thn wei.1 and colored the cloud a delicate rose hue and illuminated the blue Hook clllTs and sent a beam to Uio far dlttlant points of the grand canon ol llio Colorado toward whence Uio ( irmul was rolling its swift turbulent and clay colored waters. The next morning as 1 entered the hotel dining room I hoard , "Well , if that , ain't the darnedest fiohomo. D'ye know that mine was suited for all it was worth and then they run a lot of suckers in hero and loaded them all they could carry. Haw , haw. " " 1 bollovn the Tin Cup mlno upon the \\MiHo Is bonylldy. " 'Oh , yes , 1 guess so. They take out pny oro'riuhtiilong. Uonfrowisa pretty Hlraitrht feller ami wouldn't run any Balled concern. I'm going along up to Mocker to see about a claim. Can't run In any gum game on mo. " With this the apoakorroo and in lieu of napkins combed their boards with their lingers and brushed the crumbs from their vests , j had discovered that they would bo passengers on the stage which would take mo to Meeker and I wondered if they wore to bo my only companions on nil fly mile riuo not that I was lit all afraid for they appeared to Im merely shrewd , good natured , ordin ary business men , but I began to fool the want of some woman's conversation for 1 had been months away from friends and home. The morning was clear and pleasant , and the air bracing as wo dragged In- boriouslv out north through the almost bottomless clay road. Tlioro were no other passengers but the two men and myself , so I turned my intention to the Hconory. To the right across Grand river rose bare and rugged peaks which suggested desolation instead of gran- dour. Away to the west were the sym metrical outlines of the Hook elilYs , while the great lion Hack re so toward the' north , ami about noon we began to asciond its rugged slopes. The t.wo men had eyed mo curiously at first , and then began talking ol mines and the various arts and tricks of Uio unscrupulous to outwit the gullible ten derfoot. Hut gradually they overcame tlu-ir apparent dillidenco in addressing a woman , mul began after true American style to want to know all about my an tecedents , and above all my reason for taking sucli an unusual journey. When I told thorn I expected to visit Mrs. ltd n trow lit the Tin Cup mine ono whis tled expressively and said , "You'll bo likely to stay for all winter. " "WhyV'l asked. "Hecauso if signs go for anything there is going to bo tin everlasting snowfall befoio long. " I glanced at the sky , and to my unpracticed - practiced eye there was nothing unus ual. It was eloar save for n soft Indian Bummer htuo which hung over all the face of nature. So I laughed and said I wasn't afraid of a litllo snow. It was Into at night when our six panting mules drove UD before what passed for a hotel at Meeker. How good was the sight of a lady's face as the landlady came to meet mo and con ducted mo to u little unplastorod hul f- Htory room under the sloping roof lint I cared for no ajstliotic surround ings as 1 did for the familiar looking and billowy featherbed covered with a ' 'China Hose" patchwork quilt. Every bono was aching from the rolling and lurching of the stage over a muddy mountain road. Sleep came to "knit up Uio ravelled Hloove of caro" and 1 only woke when ' the landlady called mo to 'say that the burro train of provisions I was to accom pany was nearly ready. It was with dismay I thought of an additional ride of twenty miles on horseback after my experience of the previous day. 1 won dered peevishly why my friends could not live in tilvllizatlon or else not expect me to visit thorn. As I eamo down stairs 3 mot my frlond of the day before and lie said : -'Well , goodbye. I'll ' bet a quarter you don't see Meeker in four months. " The ride was the personification of monotony. The trail lay along the bottom tom of a narrow canon and only now and then could a glimpsp be caught of some prominent peak above the ragged side walls. At noon a little Incident occurred to vary Urn monotony. Ono of the men , Htooping to straighten the pack on a burro , wan kicked olT a little sbolf only four foot down , but his face , after I bail done it up in court plaster , was a good plan of the battle of Waterloo , the patches being in the form of a great A , with the sunken road of Olmin across the bridge of his noso. All the discomfort of my journey was forgotten in the overllowintr enthusiasm of my welcome. Ovar and over again did "My Mnrirnrot. " as I had called her In oldtimo gohool days rmh In from her little log kitchen to ask mo if there was nny thing she could do to ease myaoh'.ng bones. As 1 looked around the little rooms , unplastorod save with grout dug from neighboring hills , 1 began to ap preciate the decorative possibilities of dotted Swiss and red ribbons , but then Margaret could II ml beauty to utilize on the bleakest of desert isles. Fiom my ectit by the same window I could see the log mlno buildings on the opposite slope of the gulch and tbedny shtflcomingout lf' < o bees from a luvo end scattering to tuo various little shanties dotted along the side of the stream. As I looked Margaret came and looked over my tdiouldor and exclaimed : "There's John , " and then , "why , what can bo the matter , " for just behind him , on an impsovlsed stretcher of plnn boughs , four man woio carrying another , so still and tlll it did not Bcotn as if ho could bo Murgarotsald : "IIolp ino { jot a bed rondv , " and by the time the men reached the door with their burden a bed win stripped to mattress and sheets , nnd they laid him upon it , whllo .John said , briefly ; "An accident to the machinery. Ho Is'not dond , but I don't know how badly hurl/ ' \Vo scon found ono nrm nnd' ono log broken , but no evidence of other injury. Mr. Honfrow , with the assistance of two of thu men who , through many years of wosto'n life , had learned n rough sort of surgery , sot UiolimlH , while the women waited the result in suspense. Through the long night wo watched beside the poor follow for some sign of conscious- ncss.and toward morning were row arded by seeing him open his eyes nnd rocog- ni/o Mr. Uonfrow. During the weeks of nursinir which followed wo women bad not much time to think of weather , but my friend at Meeker had been a Iruo prophet , and the feathery llnkos boirnn to fall ( luring the llrst night after my arrival and kept it up steadily for a week nnd trail and canon and side slope wore covered with u white pall. " Wo were as securely shut up from the outside world as if wo had boon walled around with adamant. When one's symp-ithlcs cannot My round the world with the clicK of the olectrie nooJlc.ono nuturnlly scoks for subjects of Interest in the humdrum life around , and so 1 be gan to study our charge as I hat behind him day'aftor day , not that he seemed a dlllleitlt suhjoct or wrapped In any mys tery , but as ho lay there swathed In bandages bo scorned to bo intently thinking. Ono day lie abruptly asked how long slnco ho had boon hurl. . 1 to'.d him throe weeks. Ho turned his head away with . deep sigh and said no moro for 'a few minutes Then ho asked , ' "Hotit how far is it to Cairo , lll.V" 1 said I did not know oxac.tly , though nearly a thousand miles. " \\'ish Iwas there , " ho jerked out with an oll'ort. 1 began to suspect that . 'The girl I loft behind me" was troubling him and he wanted to talk about it and did r.ol know how to begin. Ho I rather banterIngly - Ingly said : "Toll mo about her. " Ho looked at mo with a look of com ical dismay and said : "Why , how did you know ? " and then said , "I mif.'ht as well toll some one , though there ain't much to loll. I used to live down in Cairo and was a roustabout on a Miss issippi steamer. Tlioro was another fol low always worked on thosimo gang with me and wu were thicker than mo lasses in wintor. lie was as vain as a pnacook and thought ho was some when lie got on bin Sunday tons and he was a purly siv.ablo 'sort of a feller Well , litoro was n girl who lived down the river a few miles , whoso dad run a truck farm and sent garden suss to St. Louis , you know. Iltmlc Simnson and mo both mot her to a unnco ono night. 1 got introduced first and danced twice with her before Simpson did and then she danced several times with him and when I como up once to ask her she said she couldn't , ns she was going to dance with Mr. Simpson. That made mo hot and I went and told Hank ho was not doing the fair thing , not allowing her to dance with anyone but him. Ho laughed and said she didn't seem to think it any hardship. Well , wo both got mad and I told him I would dance wilh her anyway , and I went bade and said Ilanlc couldn't Itcop his engage ment. Well , she danced with mo , but Ilnnk nnd mo > voro enemies and ho did mo every bad turn lie could. Well , I used to go down the river every Sunday to old imn Loo's place and sometimes found Hank Simpson there , and bo wont down sometimes in the week. 1 couldn't toll which of us Klsio liked the best or whether she was fooling both of us. She was pretty enough for bettor than us. " Hero a tender note crept into his voice. "I had to go down on the boat to Vicksburer , which would take about two weeks , as wo would have to wait for u cargo. It was a regular purgatory to me all the time I was gone , for 1 was afraid Hank would got the best of mo and I made up my mind to htivo it out when I got back. The next Sunday I wont down. I had bought a ring in yickhburg.witb two clasped bunds hold ing a little garnet , to give her and thought maybe that would help mo out. I found tier In a little arbor in a corner of tiio garden. She seamed glad to sea me but she acted the same to Hank , so I couldn't toll anything from that. She asked mo about the trip , and wanted to know if I had lost my heart to any pretty girl in Vicksburg. I thought it was now or never , so I said , bow could I when I loft it at homoV 'Who took care of it while you were gono'i" she askod. 'I'd like to think you did'I , said. 'I wish , Elsie , you could like mo a little bolter than Hank Simpson. You know how much I care for you. ' "Sho looked down and dug her shoo into the dirt and said , 'How should I ? You never told me. ' 'Well , [ loll you now , and 1 can't boar to think of Hank coining hero to see you wnon I want you to marry mo. ' "Klsio looked at mo a minute as if I had scared her , and then said : 'Why. Hob , I didn't know you meant any thing' "Woll , Miss Majors , she didn't make much fuss when 1 put my arm around her and kissed hor. I felt as if I was in nuavon , and even foil sorry for Hank " Simpson. I wanted to do" something great that would make mo worthy to have Elsie for my wife. After she "had given mo her promise I didn't care for IIiiiiu Simpson and wasn't a bit jealous of him. She told mo that she htul bojjnti to care for mo at Uio dance , but had boon afraid to cross Hank , as ho had such a tompor. ' 'Maybo you want to know why I am way out here. Woll. Elsie and mo agreed that it was no use trying to make any money to buy a homo working for day's wages on the rivor. I hoard that good men in the mines In the mountains got bijr wages , and so I thought I would try. I wont to see Elsie the night before - fore I came away , and she cried and hung to mo till 1 nlmosl lost my courage to go , but I did. I have boon hero a yonr now and saved a good deal. I have written to Elsie every tlmo any ono went to Maokor and bad letters pretty often. Wo were to have been mnrriod at Christinas and now it is only a month uway , and hero 1 am laid up for the winter and snowed in. too ! What will Klslu think when she don't hear from mo ? " The poor follow turned his bond away witli tears In his eyes , Ry way of con solation I said , "You maybe able to send a loiter soon.1 "No , ho said , "thoro's ton foot of snow in White canon. " Ho seamed in the depths of misery and I loft him. The weeks slipped away and the weather was steadily cold , with occas ional light falls of enow , and as Hob Travorsloy looked out of his little win dow at the loundod outlines of the peaks I could see that his heart was fur uwny with the girl ho loved , perhaps thinking1 that bis rival was talcing advantage of his silence to catch a heart on the rebound , A week before Christmas the wouthor suddenly moder ated and the air felt as balmy us spring. The snpw molted rapidly and began to disappear in our little valley and on the lower slopes of the mountain. Every now nnd then on BOIIIU d slant peak wo could see a s'.ido como down , leaving a black trail Iwulud. Chribtuius day Uob could hnvo his arm out of its sling , but even the fact of his Injuries healing so rapidly lutl no olTect on his spirits In the morning ho said to mo , "If I wor only In Cairo today ! Elslo will think I am dead1 ! A couple of days before Christmas' two of the men had announced their Intention of trying to get to mcokor. Mr. Honfrow warned them to bo careful , and above till things not to got caught in a slido. In the afternoon 1 win slttini. ' ro.ndlntr to Hob , wlio was lying with his face to the wall and apparently not paying much attention. Suddenly ho turned over. "Have I boon nsloopV" ho asked. "No , why ? " I nskod. "I'vu boon dreaming awake then ? I thoiinht , 1 heard Elslo's voice. " Then sitting straight up In bed with out any regard for broken logs , ho oj'ic- ' ulatod'wlth the groitest astonishment and joy , "ElaloV" I turned to the door , and there was the living embodiment of the pretty girl vvho'.o picture Hob kept under bis pillow. Hut only an instant she stood there , and then had her nvms around Hob , crying and laughing by turns. It. seems she had arrived at Meeker n week before , but could got no one to venture with her through the snow to the Tin Cup mlno until the fortunate ar rival of the two minors. The only ihintr thai prevented a wedding on Christmas was that there was no minister - tor nearer than ( irand Junction , As the wtii'iii weather continued I took advantage of it to get to Meeker , leaving n much moro at-coptiiblo nurse In my place. _ Unu.iNinoN , In. , ApriH.lsni. Dr. .T. H. Mooro--Ionr Sin Have boon irouliloil with cutniTii In my head and fuco for three years -at tlmoa Ausuniibla to Hour , hail n constant ringing la lay O.IM and for two years wts almost deaf. Have tried sev eral so-called remedies and boon treated uy regular physicians and noted specialists , but failed to col nny relief. I tried ono bottle of Mnoro's Tree of I-ifo Catarrh Ctiro. It pave Immediate relief ami cIToutnil a riormanont cure. I heartily recommend it to alt suffer ers of this disauso nml will cliocrlnlly glvo uny further Information on UOIIIK addressed at my homo , No.5 Swooaoy avo. , HurlliiR- on , la. For silo ; by all Unionists. Kcsnectfulllv , U. L. Hem. Clilritgn mill Dili WorlilN Piilr. World's Knlr Souvenir , Illuitralud , lielnj ; a romiilo | ! ) anil I'cmeliu history of tin1 lrliirlKil ) | world's fairs trnm llio ( ! rystal I'alnvc. l.onilim , Is'il , to the World's Columbian Kxpos'tlon ' In I'hliMigo , 1M > : I , Wllh explanatory tables and maps. Published by Thu Aiiabon-uu I'lilillsli- lir ' company , Clilen n. bound neatly In cloth , It itirely falls to the lot of the reviewer to notice so exhaustive a work as the "World's Fair Souvenir , " which has been compiled with so much euro by a former resident of Omaha , John 1) . Jones. 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The book soils for $1.00 , but Tun BHK has secured - cured n largo number of copies , enabling the publishers to make this liberal oll'or. It Is the best thintr in tills line over of fered and you tire euro to bo pleased. You can have the paper and book sent to your address or the book iilono and the paper to some other portion. Address Tin : DICK PunumitNo Co. , Omaha , Nob. Nollt'i'to Olliru lluruH , Atlanta Constitution : Walk right in , and If you.don't BOO what you want , reacli for it. Take all the latest exchanges Doforo the editor him had a ch.ince at thorn. They are made to look ut. Trim your nails witli his scissors and wrlto your lottorn on his desk , not forgetting to leave the pen in the mucilage bottle. Don't shut the door if you should happen - pen to leave , Thu editor needs all llio sight draughts ho ein : got. Ask him Ion times a day why he has not published your sketch. Yours la the only sketch ho bus received In six months , and it should have appeared long ago. In short , walk right in nnd takoehnrgo of things. You tire a natural born editor , and should never have spent your life in loallng around. Out in the editorial chair , kick tlio editor out and show the people how to run n newspaper , "Brown's Bronchial Troche " * nro widely Known as an admirable remedy for bronchitis , hoarseness , cough * mid throut trouble * . Sold ouly iti boxoa. THE WIIAIM'S THHKOH. I 'I. I'Y I'hnHtt II. / > ! < ( , Between UK- years 1810 and 18-V. ) the whti'ing ' vessels of inch nations ns pur sued the lovintlo'n. of the deep for his commercial vnlud encountered no less than live whales 'wSo became famous ns terrors of tlio POII. . , "Thoy were "Mocha Dick , " "Spotted . .Torn , " "Shy Jack , " " Jim" " Joe. ' "Ugly nH/T "Fighting These names worp , of course , given them by the sailors , but they came to bo known by wlmljjrs of all nations. You may think it curious Unit one whale could bo idontllk'd from another of the same si/o and specie ? , but it was no more dillloult than to identify n txirticu- lar horse in n drove of several hundred. In other words * each leviathan has some peculiar mark or characteristic of his own , nnd If sighted two or three times can bo idunllllcd forever afterward. "Mocha Dick" headed the list of ter rors from the start and kept his place for nineteen long years. No whale was so liercoly hunted , and none ever cre ated so much datnngo among the hun ters. What 1 am going to tell you Is partly a matter of public record in Eng land , Scotland and America , and was partjy gleaned from Nnntuekct and New Bedford whalers who battled with the cachalot time after tlmo , to sulTor defeat on o.ich occasion. On the f > th day of July , IS 10 , the English whaling brig Desmond , being 21i > miles duo west of the port of Val paraiso , Chili , sighted a lone whale which breached his full length above tlio surface about two miles away. The boats were lowered , but before they were within half a mlle of the whale ho slowed around head on to them and advanced to moot them. Ho struck ono boat with his bond and drove her under stern II rat and then chewed her up Ho then sounded and was lost to sight for llfteon minutes. When bo came up it was to lift the other boat thirty fool high on liis bead , and of course she was completely shattered. Oars and planks were ground line by his tcolh as ho wal lowed ubout , and two men were dt owned before the whale wont slowly off to the north. This was "Mocha Dick's" intro duction to the blubber hunters. IIo was the largest whale any one aboard the brig bad over seen , nnd across his head was a scar about eight foot long , which showed almost white on the gray-black background. It was by this scar ho was over afterward identilled. The next craft to encounter "Mocha Dick" was the llussian bark Saroptn. This was on Uio "Oth of August , almost two months later , and she was fully 500 miles to the south 'pf the spot whore ho was first scon. She lowered two boats for a lone whale and killed him. The bark was three miles away , and boating down to the whale under a light breo/.o , when "Mocha Dick" suddenly shot out of the water botwc'on the vessel and the boats. ' Such . 'aji bis impetus that nearly his full length could bo traced before ho fell with a crash which could have boon board far miles around. As soon as ho had righted himself ho made straight for tlio ' boats. Ono of them passed around Uio1 dead whale before ho got up , but the fjthor was caught by the sweep of his jaw .as ho came on and knocked to pieces. Ho then took up his position beside the dead whale and mained quiet tor hnlf an hour , during which interval the" other boat pulled olT to tlio bark. Three men had been lost and a fourth had both arms broken , while the sailors bad been given such a fright that they could not bo induced to attack. The vessel hung about Uio spot for three hours , hoping llio fierce leviathan would take himself oil' , but finally had to sail away and leave him in possession. Tlio dead whale was taken possession of two days later by Uio whaling ship , John Bruce of Nantucket , but it was no longer guarded. The next authentic record of "Mocha Dick" was furnished by the Bristol whaler John Day , in May of the year following. She was then to ibo casl of tlio Falkland islands , and was trying out blubber as she drifted with a light breczo. A 2 o'eloc'k in the afternoon a gitrantic whale breached within 800 foot of her , shooting his full length out of water , and raising such a sea by bis fall jhat the ship rolled as if in n gale. The whale then swam slowly about , tinu as soon as tlio men caught sight of his head they identified him us 'Mocha Dick. " His actions were men acing , but the captain at once decided to attack him. Three boats were lowered , and as the whale nmdo oft" to windward the llrst mate put a harpoon Into him. Tliis was Uio first iron "Mocha Dick" hud over felt. Ho sounded tit once and run for three miles , and when ho came up it was to slue around and head for the boat. His action was so unexpected and his speed so great , that bo caught tlio boat unprepared and ran right over it. As it wont under ho stopped short nnd turned as on a pivot , boating the water all the tune with llukos which measured twenty-four feel across. Nothing was loft of tlio boat but splinters , and two of her crow were killed or drowned. The other two boats advanced to Uio tittaok , bul before they were near enough to dart , the whale settled away like n lump of lead. One of the boats got hold of the lloating line , but had scarcely secured it when the tricky ilgbtor came up under Uio other nnd sent it skyward with tlio bottom knocked out. Ho then pivoted and thrashed the surface as before , and another man was lost and two others se verely injured. The crow had had enough of "Moohn Dick , " and while bo hauled olT and lay waiting for another tittacu the remain ing boat wuj luiulcd up and the ship biioakcd away. The English captain had vowed that if ho over encountered that whale lie would kill , him or lose his wbolo outllt of mon and bouts , but an hour's lighting satisfied him that bo had undertaken too 'big a job. The particulars of the several encoun ters recorded above were soon known to all whalers. Somu captains decided to lot "Mocha Dielc" severely iilono , while others were ambitious to secure the credit of killing him. Ilowovor , ho dis appeared after tlio light with the John Day and was not spun again for seventeen - teen months. It had ooinotobo general ly believed that ho bad died of old ago or killed in : i light with another whale , when ho suddonry turned up In Uio 1'ti- clllo ocean oil' the east const of Jupun. Here occurred Uio battle of his lifo. A coasting craft had been blown olT the coast by n heavy L'tilo and was making her way back. It was about an hour after daylight when a big whale was soon to broach about two miles away. It was passed ever as a trilling incident , but ton or fifteen minutes Inter the loviathlan was discovered rushing down in the wake of the craft with all the steam ho could put on. He was t > o close aboard uud the sight of him throw the natives into such a terror Unit no olTort was made to escape him. Ilo struck the craft on her Blent and wreukod her in an Instant , and pieces of tlio wreckage were carried away in his jaws as ho swerved to port nnd swam slowly away. As the cargo of tlio coaster was of lumber , the men soon knocked totjothor ti raft. Tlio craft did not go down , but sank until her decks were awash , and the men had not yet mil oft" on their raft , when three whnllng vessels appealed in sight all at onco. These proved to bo tlio Glasgow whnlor CrlolT , the Now Bedford whaler Ynnkco and the English whaler Dud ley.All All had hoard of "Moclm Dick , " but all thought him dead. By 8 o'clock the three whalers were up and had heard the story , but "Moulin Dick''had disap peared an hour bo foro. It was nurecd to separate ami search for him. and that if lie were found all three ships should take part in the attack and share in the credit ol ridding the deep of such a ter ror. They did not hnvo to hunt for the follow , however. While tlio captains were planning ho suddenly showed up about a mlle to windward. After his usual fashion ho came to the surface under such headway that ho seemed to stand upright on the tit ) of his llukos be- fo o ho foil ever on his side with a crash like the fall of a great building. Ho wallowed noout for n time , and then slued around hetul to the whalers and remained perfectly quiet , IIo seemed to bo asking what they were going to do about it , and the query was answered by the fall of n boat from each vessel. These had only pulled away when three moro were lowered to support them. Lots had been cast as to which boat should have the lirst show , and the honor had fallen to the Yankoo. Her boat took n circuit to approach the whale from behind , while llio other two lay on their oars lo wait. Tno whale seemed for a limo to bo asleep , but all of a sudden settled away .10 quick that , every one was dumbfounded. Ho was about to try his old dodgoof coming up under n boat , and each one of them w.is pulled away from the spot and a sharp watch kept for signs of his brdac.bhit ; . It was twenty minutes before "Mocha Dick' ' showed up again. Ilo had hoped to catch n boat , but all were too lively for him , and whllo ho lay wallowing lii the seas his fall had created the matu of the Yankee put a harpoon into him. The old lighter humped up as the iron went in , and for live minutes scorned to have been struck dead. Then ho made a rush for tlio Scotchman's boat , ran right over it , and slued about for the Englishman. It wag pulling away from him when ho rushed again , caught it with a s'ving of his long under jaw , and the onloookors behold 'a spectacle none of thorn ever forgot. The whale lifted his great head clear out of water with the boat in his mouth , and at ono'bite made matchwood of it and pulp of iwo of llio crow who had boon unable to tumble out. The crews of the two boats were now lloating on the oars , and the whale pivoted and Inslied the sea witli his flukes to destroy them. In this manner ho Killed two mon , but ono of the reserve boats came up in gallant style and rescued Uio others. The Yankee's boat was the only ono fast to Uio whale , and after vainly trying to soi/o or smash it , "Mocha Dick" sud denly started for the wreck of the coaster , which was lloating two miles away. Ho mndo a straight course , and the three captains were agreed that his speed , when fairly under way , was not less than thirty miles tin hour. As ho struck the wreck ho bore it down , nnd it rose behind him bottom side up. To prevent a collision the boat had to cut her line , and the whale soon sounded nnd was lost to sight. Tlio boat started back , but had not yet ranched the ships , when the fighting leviathan broached under Uio bows of the Scotchman and carried away jibboom and bowsprit with smash. lie had planned to come up under she ship , but had missed it. As ho fell upon liis side nnd rolled ever on an even keel , so to spuak , bo made a rush for iho Yan kee's boat. lie was so close on that till the crow wont overboard , and lie picked the light craft up and chewed it as a liorso does his oals. Had il boon calm "Mocha Dick" might have sunk the licet. Luckily the brce/o kept growing stronger , and ns soor. AS the mon from the Yankee's boal could bo picked up Iho three crafts sot sail and boat an inglorious retreat , leav ing the whale hunting about for moro victims. From llrst to last "Mocha Diok" had jiinotoon harpoons put into him. Ho stove fourteen boats and caused the death of over thirty men. Ho slovo ihroo whaling vessels so badly that they were nearly lost , and ho attacked and sunk a French merchantman and an Austinlian trader. Ho was encountered in every ocean and on every known feed ing ground. Ho was killed olT the Braxllian banks in August , 1859 , by a Swedisli whaler , which gathered him in with scarcely nny trouble , but it has al ways been believed that poor old "Mocha Dick" was dying of old 1120. He meas ured 110 feet long ; his girth wan 57 feel ; his jaw was 2o foot ( i inches long. Eight of his teeth were broken on" and nil the others badly worn down. His big bond was n mass of scars , and ho had appar ently lost the sight of his right eye. / "In the summer of 1890 , a sere op- / pwirctl on my face similar to a Cancer I I tried various remedies , but found no \rclicf until I took Swift's Specific , which cured me entirely. I used (1 ( bottles. W. F. STBAUXB. Alexander City , Ala. 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