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
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regular physicians and noted specialists , but
failed to col nny relief. I tried ono bottle of
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Immediate relief ami cIToutnil a riormanont
cure. I heartily recommend it to alt suffer
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at my homo , No.5 Swooaoy avo. , HurlliiR-
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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-
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I I tried various remedies , but found no
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