10 THE OMAHA DAILY KEK : SATURDAY , MAY 7 , 1892-TWELVB PAOKft
A MOUNTAIN' ROMANCE.
Written for Th >. lite ti hllttbithOno 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 surroundI-
ngH.
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. Not. n tree , not n sponr of grnfsmud whloli looked ns If it might ongnlfono to bo some time dug tip ns tin un-
known
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fo. ll notn tfldowullc visible ex-
cept-
now nnd then the uneven rotnnina-
of n brick pavement fast revolving itsolInto its original elny. The town .Iny
sonic tllstnnco nwny from the depot , butfrom my platform isliuid I could HOC n
good number of mud shanties , n fewframe buildings and ono solitary bride.-
I.
lood under the sheltering eaves foramoment nnd asked myself what fate it-
va that landed mo here.-
I.
had boon traveling through the westduring the summer and now on my way
hero I had stopped to see ono who was
my oldest and dearest frlond , the wife ofthe superintendent nf a mlno on theheadwaters of the White rlvor. Shehad tried to prop'iro mo for the discom-forts of the journey after I should leavethe railroad , but I found no words coulddoMTibo it as vividly im i afterwardsfelt it , and I heartily wished mysoU safein the luxury of u Pullman mid speed-ing
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eastward. However , I pulled my-
tolf-
together and wont to Uio agent toink when the sWigo would leavefor Mi-nlcor and found I couldnot go till * morning , so giv-
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a small boy a ouartor-to carry my grip 1 gingerly picked myway from brick to brick nliinir the cause-way
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that lul to the town proper. Themm was just beginning to strngglothrough the watery mist in thn wei.1 andcolored the cloud a delicate rose hue andilluminated the blue Hook clllTs and senta beam to Uio far dlttlant points of thegrand canon ol llio Colorado towardwhence Uio ( irmul was rolling its swiftturbulent and clay colored waters.
The next morning as 1 entered thehotel dining room I hoard ,
"Well , if that , ain't the darnedestfi-ohomo. . D'ye know that mine was suitedfor all it was worth and then they run alot of suckers in hero and loaded themall they could carry. Haw , haw. "
" 1 bollovn the Tin Cup mlno upon theIs bonylldy. "
'Oh , yes , 1 guess so. They take outpny oro'riuhtiilong. Uonfrowisa prettyHlraitrht feller ami wouldn't run anyBalled concern. I'm going along up toMocker to see about a claim. Can't runIn any gum game on mo. "
With this the apoakorroo and in lieuof napkins combed their boards withtheir lingers and brushed the crumbsfrom their vests , j had discovered thatthey would bo passengers on the stagewhich would take mo to Meeker and Iwondered if they wore to bo my onlycompanions on nil fly mile riuo not thatI was lit all afraid for they appeared to-
Im merely shrewd , good natured , ordin-ary
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business men , but I began to foolthe want of some woman's conversationfor 1 had been months away from friendsand home.
The morning was clear and pleasant ,
and the air bracing as wo dragged In-
boriouslv-
out north through the almostbottomless clay road. Tlioro wore noother passengers but the two men andmyself , so I turned my intention to theHconory. To the right across Grandriver rose bare and rugged peaks whichsuggested desolation instead of gran-dour.
-. Away to the west wore the sym-
metrical¬
outlines of the Hook elilYs ,
while the great lion Hack re so towardthe' 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 minesand the various arts and tricks of Uiounscrupulous to outwit the gullible ten ¬
derfoot. Hut gradually they overcametlu-ir apparent dillidenco in addressinga woman , mul began after true Americanstyle to want to know all about my an-tecedents
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, and above all my reason fortaking sucli an unusual journey. WhenI told thorn I expected to visit Mrs.ltd n trow lit the Tin Cup mine ono whis-tled
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expressively and said , "You'll bolikely to stay for all winter. "
"WhyV'l asked-."Hecauso
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if signs go for anythingthere is going to bo tin everlastingsnowfall befoio long. "
I glanced at the sky , and to my un-
practiced-
eye there was nothing unus-ual.
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. It was eloar save for n soft IndianBummer htuo which hung over all theface of nature. So I laughed and said I-
wasn't afraid of a litllo snow-.It
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was Into at night when our sixpanting mules drove UD before whatpassed for a hotel at Meeker. How goodwas the sight of a lady's face as thelandlady came to meet mo and con-ducted
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mo to u little unplastorod hul f-
Htoryf-
room under the sloping rooflint I cared for no ajstliotic surround-ings
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as 1 did for the familiarlooking and billowy featherbed coveredwith a ' 'China Hose" patchwork quilt.Every bono was aching from the rollingand lurching of the stage over a muddymountain road.
Sleep came to "knit up Uio ravelled-Hloove of caro" and 1 only woke whenthe landlady called mo to 'say that theburro train of provisions I was to accom-pany
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was nearly ready. It was withdismay I thought of an additional rideof twenty miles on horseback after myexperience of the previous day. 1 won-dered
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peevishly why my friends couldnot live in tilvllizatlon or else not expectme to visit thorn. As I eamo down stairs3 mot my frlond of the day before andlie said : -'Well , goodbye. I'll' bet aquarter you don't see Meeker in fourmonths. "
The ride was the personification of-monotony. . The trail lay along the bot-tom
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of a narrow canon and only now andthen could a glimpsp be caught of someprominent peak above the ragged sidewalls-
.At.
noon a little Incident occurred tovary Urn monotony. Ono of the men ,Htooping to straighten the pack on aburro , wan kicked olT a little sbolf onlyfour foot down , but his face , after I baildone it up in court plaster , was a goodplan of the battle of Waterloo , thepatches being in the form of a great A ,with the sunken road of Olmin acrossthe bridge of his noso.
All the discomfort of my journey wasforgotten in the overllowintr enthusiasmof my welcome. Ovar and over againdid "My Mnrirnrot. " as I had called herIn oldtimo gohool days rmh In from herlittle log kitchen to ask mo if there wasnny thing she could do to ease myaoh'.ngbones. As 1 looked around the littlerooms , unplastorod save with grout dugfrom neighboring hills , 1 began to ap-preciate
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the decorative possibilities ofdotted Swiss and red ribbons , but thenMargaret could II ml beauty to utilize onthe bleakest of desert isles. Fiom my-ectit by the same window I could see thelog mlno buildings on the opposite slopeof the gulch and tbedny shtflcomingout-lf' < o bees from a luvo end scattering to-
tuo various little shanties dotted alongthe side of the stream. As I lookedMargaret came and looked over my-tdiouldor and exclaimed : "There'sJohn , " and then , "why , what can bothe matter , " for just behind him , on an-impsovlsed stretcher of plnn boughs , fourman woio carrying another , so still andtlll it did not Bcotn as if ho could bo-
Murgarotsald : "IIolp ino {jot a bed
rondv , " and by the time the men reachedthe door with their burden a bed winstripped to mattress and sheets , nndthey laid him upon it , whllo .John said ,
briefly ; "An accident to the machinery.-Ho
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Is'not dond , but I don't know howbadly hurl-
Vo
'scon found ono nrm nnd' ono log
broken , but no evidence of other injury.-Mr.
.
. Honfrow , with the assistance of twoof thu men who , through many years of-
wosto'n life , had learned n rough sort ofsurgery , sot UiolimlH , while the womenwaited the result in suspense. Throughthe long night wo watched beside thepoor follow for some sign of conscious-ncss.and
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toward morning wore row arded-by seeing him open his eyes nnd roco-gnio
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Mr. Uonfrow.During the weeks of nursinir which
followed wo women bad not muchtime to think of weather , but myfriend at Meeker had been a-
Iruo prophet , and the feathery llnkos-boirnn to fall (luring the llrst night aftermy arrival and kept it up steadily for aweek nnd trail and canon and side slopewore covered with u white pall.
" Wo were as securely shut up from theoutside world as if wo had boon walledaround with adamant. When one'ssymp-ithlcs cannot My round the worldwith the clicK of the olectrie nooJlc.ono-nuturnlly scoks for subjects of Interest inthe humdrum life around , and so 1 be-
gan¬
to study our charge as I hat behindhim day'aftor day , not that he seemed a-
dlllleitlt suhjoct or wrapped In any mys-tery
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, but as ho lay there swathed Inbandages bo scorned to bo intentlythinking. Ono day lie abruptly askedhow long slnco ho had boon hurl. . 1 to'.dhim throe weeks. Ho turned his headaway with . deep sigh and said no morofor 'a few minutes Then ho asked ,' "Hotit how far is it to Cairo , lll.V" 1
said I did not know oxac.tly , thoughnearly a thousand miles-
.'ish.
" Iwas there , " ho jerked outwith an oll'ort.
1 began to suspect that . 'The girl Iloft behind me" was troubling him and hewanted to talk about it and did r.olknow how to begin. Ho I rather banter-Ingly
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said : "Toll mo about her. "Ho looked at mo with a look of com-
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dismay and said : "Why , how didyou know ? " and then said , "I mif.'ht aswell toll some one , though there ain'tmuch to loll. I used to live down inCairo and was a roustabout on a Miss-issippi
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steamer. Tlioro was another fol-
low¬
always worked on thosimo gangwith me and wu were thicker than mo-
lasses¬
in wintor. lie was as vain as a-
pnacook and thought ho was some whenlie got on bin Sunday tons and he wasa purly siv.ablo 'sort of a fellerWell , litoro was n girl who lived downthe river a few miles , whoso dad run atruck farm and sent garden suss to St.Louis , you know. Iltmlc Simnson andmo both mot her to a unnco ono night.1 got introduced first and danced twicewith her before Simpson did and thenshe danced several times with him andwhen I como up once to ask her she saidshe couldn't , ns she was going to dancewith Mr. Simpson. That made mo hotand I went and told Hank ho was notdoing the fair thing , not allowing herto dance with anyone but him. Holaughed and said she didn't seem tothink it any hardship. Well , wo bothgot mad and I told him I would dancewilh her anyway , and I went bade andsaid Ilanlc couldn't Itcop his engage ¬
ment. Well , she danced with mo , butIlnnk nnd mo voro enemies and ho didmo every bad turn lie could. Well , Iused to go down the river every Sundayto old imn Loo's place and sometimesfound Hank Simpson there , and bo wontdown sometimes in the week. 1 couldn'ttoll which of us Klsio liked the best orwhether she was fooling both of us.She was pretty enough for bettor than
"us.Hero a tender note crept into his
voice-."I
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had to go down on the boat to-
Vicksburer , which would take about twoweeks , as wo would have to wait for u-
cargo.. It was a regular purgatory to-
me all the time I was gone , for 1 wasafraid Hank would got the best of moand I made up my mind to htivo it outwhen I got back. The next Sunday Iwont down. I had bought a ring in-
yickhburg.witb two clasped bunds hold-ing
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a little garnet , to give her andthought maybe that would help mo-out. . I found tier In a littlearbor in a corner of tiio garden.She seamed glad to sea me but sheacted the same to Hank , so I couldn'ttoll anything from that. She asked moabout the trip , and wanted to know if Ihad lost my heart to any pretty girl in-
Vicksburg. . I thought it was now ornever , so I said , bow could I when I loftit at homoV 'Who took care of it whileyou were gono'i" she askod. 'I'd like tothink you did'I, said. 'I wish , Elsie ,you could like mo a little bolter thanHank Simpson. You know how much Icare for you. '
"Sho looked down and dug her shoointo the dirt and said , 'How should I ?You never told me. ' 'Well , [ loll younow , and 1 can't boar to think of Hankcoining hero to see you wnon I want youto marry mo. '
"Klsio looked at mo a minute as if Ihad 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 aroundher and kissed hor. I felt as if I was in-
nuavon , and oven foil sorry for HankSimpson. I wanted to do" somethinggreat that would make mo worthy tohave Elsie for my wife. After she "hadgiven mo her promise I didn't care forIIiiiiu Simpson and wasn't a bit jealousof him. She told mo that she htul bojjnti-to care for mo at Uio dance , but hadboon afraid to cross Hank , as ho hadsuch a tompor.
' 'Maybo you want to know why I amway out here. Woll. Elsie and moagreed that it was no use trying to makeany money to buy a homo working forday's wages on the rivor. I hoard thatgood men in the mines In the mountainsgot bijr wages , and so I thought I wouldtry. I wont to see Elsie the night be-
fore-
I came away , and she criedand hung to mo till 1 nlmosllost my courage to go , but I-
did. . I have boon hero a yonrnow and saved a good deal. I havewritten to Elsie every tlmo any onowent to Maokor and bad letters prettyoften. Wo wore to have been mnrriod-at Christinas and now it is only a monthuway , and hero 1 am laid up for thewinter and snowed in. too ! What willKlslu think when she don't hear frommo ?"
The poor follow turned his bond awaywitli tears In his eyes , Ry way of con-solation
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I said , "You maybe able to senda loiter soon.1-
"No , ho said , "thoro's ton foot of snowin White canon. "
Ho seamed in the depths of misery andI loft him.
The weeks slipped away and theweather was steadily cold , with occas-ional
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light falls of enow , and as HobTravorsloy looked out of his little win-dow
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at the loundod outlines of thepeaks I could see that his heart was furuwny with the girl ho loved , perhapsthinking1 that bis rival was talcingadvantage of his silence to catch aheart on the rebound , A week beforeChristmas the wouthor suddenly moder-ated
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and the air felt as balmy us spring.The snpw molted rapidly and began todisappear in our little valley and on thelower slopes of the mountain. Everynow nnd then on BOIIIU d slant peak wocould see a s'.ido como down , leaving ablack trail Iwulud. Chribtuius day Uob
could hnvo his arm out of its sling , butoven the fact of his Injuries healingso rapidly lutl no olTect on his spiritsIn the morning ho said to mo , "If I woronly In Cairo today ! Elslo will think I-
am dead1-A
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couple of days before Christmas'two of the men had announcedtheir Intention of trying to getto mcokor. Mr. Honfrow warnedthem to bo careful , and above tillthings not to got caught in a slido. Inthe afternoon 1 win slttini.' ro.ndlntr toHob , wlio was lying with his face to thewall and apparently not paying muchattention. Suddenly ho turned over-
."Have.
I boon nsloopV" ho asked.-"No
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, why ? " I nskod-."I'vu
.boon dreaming awake then ? I-
thoiinht 1 heard Elslo's voice. "Then sitting straight up In bed with-
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any regard for broken logs , ho oj'ic-ulatod'wlth
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the groitest astonishmentand joy , "ElaloV"-
II turned to the door , and there wasthe living embodiment of the prettygirl vvho'.o picture Hob kept under bis-pillow. . Hut only an instant she stoodthere , and then had her nvms aroundHob , crying and laughing by turns.I-
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seems she had arrived at Meeker nweek before , but could got no one toventure with her through the snow tothe Tin Cup mlno until the fortunate ar-rival
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of the two minors. The onlyihintr thai prevented a wedding onChristmas was that there was no minis-ter
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nearer than ( irand Junction ,
As the wtii'iii weather continued Itook advantage of it to get to Meeker ,
leaving n much moro at-coptiiblo nurseIn my place. _
Unu.iNinoN , In. , ApriH.lsni.-Dr.
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THE WIIAIM'S THHKOH.-
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'I. I'Y I'hnHtt II. > ! ( ,
Between UK- years 1810 and 18V. ) thewhti'ing' vessels of inch nations ns pur-sued
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the lovintlo'n. of the deep for hiscommercial vnlud encountered no lessthan live whales 'wSo became famous nsterrors of tlio POII. ., "Thoy wore "MochaDick ," "Spotted . .Torn , " "Shy Jack , ""Ugly Jim" "Fighting Joe. 'These names worp , of course , giventhem by the sailors , but they came to-
bo known by wlmljjrs of all nations. Youmay think it curious Unit one whalecould bo idontllk'd from another of thesame and specie ? , but it was nomore dillloult than to identify n txirticu-lar
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horse in n drove of several hundred.-In
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other words * each leviathan has somepeculiar mark or characteristic of hisown , nnd If sighted two or three timescan bo idunllllcd forever afterward.-
"Mocha.
Dick" headed the list of ter-rors
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from the start and kept his placefor nineteen long years. No whale wasso liercoly hunted , and none ever cre-
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so much datnngo among the hun ¬
ters. What 1 am going to tell you Ispartly a matter of public record in Eng-land
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, Scotland and America , and waspartjy gleaned from Nnntuekct andNew Bedford whalers who battled withthe cachalot time after tlmo , to sulTordefeat on o.ich occasion.-
On.
the f th day of July , IS 10 , theEnglish whaling brig Desmond , being21i > miles duo west of the port of Val-
paraiso¬
, Chili , sighted a lone whalewhich breached his full length abovetlio surface about two miles away. Theboats wore lowered , but before theywere within half a mlle of the whaleho slowed around head on to them andadvanced to moot them. Ho struck onoboat with his bond and drove her understern II rat and then chewed her up Hothen sounded and was lost to sight forllfteon minutes. When bo came up itwas to lift the other boat thirty foolhigh on liis bead , and of course she wascompletely shattered. Oars and plankswore ground line by his tcolh as ho wal-lowed
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ubout , and two men were dt ownedbefore the whale wont slowly off to thenorth. This was "Mocha Dick's" intro-duction
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to the blubber hunters. IIo wasthe largest whale any one aboard thebrig bad over seen , nnd across his headwas a scar about eight foot long , whichshowed almost white on the grayblackb-ackground. . It was by this scar ho wasover afterward identilled.
The next craft to encounter "Mocha-Dick" was the llussian bark Saroptn.This was on Uio "Oth of August , almosttwo months later, and she was fully 500miles to the south 'pf the spot whore howas first scon. She lowered two boatsfor a lone whale and killed him. Thebark was three miles away , and boatingdown to the whale under a light ,
when "Mocha Dick" suddenly shot outof the water botwc'on the vessel and theboats. ' Such .'aji bis impetus thatnearly his full length could bo tracedbefore ho fell with a crash which couldhave boon board far miles around. Assoon as ho had righted himself ho madestraight for tlio ' boats. Ono of thempassed around Uio1 dead whale before hogot up , but the fjthor was caught by thesweep of his jaw .as ho came on andknocked to pieces. Ho then took uphis position beside the dead whale andmained quiet tor hnlf an hour , duringwhich interval the" other boat pulled olT-
to tlio bark.Three men had been lost and a fourth
had both arms broken , while the sailorsbad been given such a fright that theycould not bo induced to attack. Thevessel hung about Uio spot for throehours , hoping llio fierce leviathan wouldtake himself oil' , but finally had to sailaway and leave him in possession. Tliodead whale was taken possession of twodays later by Uio whaling ship , JohnBruce of Nantucket , but it was no longerguarded.
The next authentic record of "Mocha-Dick" was furnished by the Bristolwhaler John Day , in May of the yearfollowing. She was then to ibo casl of-
tlio Falkland islands , and was trying outblubber as she drifted with a lightbreczo. A 2 o'eloc'k in the afternoon a-
gitrantic whale breached within 800 footof her , shooting his full length out ofwater , and raising such a sea by bis falljhat the ship rolled as if in n gale. Thewhale then swam slowly about , tinu assoon as tlio men caught sight ofhis head they identified him us-
'Mocha Dick. " His actions wore men-acing
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, but the captain at once decided toattack him. Three boats wore lowered ,
and as the whale nmdo oft" to windwardthe llrst mate put a harpoon Into him-.Tliis
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was Uio first iron "Mocha Dick"hud over felt. Ho sounded tit once andrun for three miles , and when ho cameup it was to slue around and head forthe boat. His action was so unexpectedand his speed so great , that bo caughttlio boat unprepared and ran right overit.
As it wont under ho stopped short nndturned as on a pivot , boating the waterall the tune with llukos which measuredtwenty-four feel across. Nothing wasloft of tlio boat but splinters , and two ofher crow wore killed or drowned. Theother two boats advanced to Uio tittaok ,bul before they wore near enough todart , the whale settled away like n lumpof lead. One of the boats got hold of thelloating line , but had scarcely secured itwhen the tricky ilgbtor came up underUio other nnd sent it skyward with tliobottom knocked out. Ho then pivotedand thrashed the surface as before , andanother man was lost and two others se-
verely¬
injured.The crow had had enough of "Moohn
Dick , " and while bo hauled olT and laywaiting for another tittacu the remain-ing
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boat wuj luiulcd up and the shipbiioakcd away. The English captain hadvowed that if ho over encountered thatwhale lie would kill , him or lose hiswbolo outllt of mon and bouts , but an-hour's lighting satisfied him that bo hadundertaken too 'big a job.
The particulars of the several encoun-ters
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recorded above wore soon known toall whalers. Somu captains decided tolot "Mocha Dielc" severely iilono , whileothers wore ambitious to secure thecredit of killing him. Ilowovor , ho dis-appeared
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after tlio light with the JohnDay and was not spun again for seven-teen
-months. It had ooinotobo general-
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believed that ho bad died of old agoor killed in : i light with another whale ,
when ho suddonry turned up In Uio 1'ti-
clllo-
ocean oil' the east const of Jupun.Hero occurred Uio battle of his lifo.-
A.
coasting craft had been blown olT thecoast by n heavy L'tilo and was makingher way back. It was about an hourafter daylight when a big whale wassoon to broach about two miles away. Itwas passed over as a trilling incident ,
but ton or fifteen minutes Inter theloviathlan was discovered rushing downin the wake of the craft with all thesteam ho could put on. He was t o closeaboard uud the sight of him throw thenatives into such a terror Unit no olTortwas made to escape him. Ilo struck thecraft on her Blent and wreukod her in anInstant , and pieces of tlio wreckage werecarried away in his jaws as ho swervedto port nnd swam slowly away. As thecargo of tlio coaster was of lumber , themen soon knocked totjothor ti raft. Tliocraft did not go down , but sank until herdecks wore awash , and the men had not
yet mil oft" on their raft , when throewhnllng vessels appealed in sight all at-onco. . These proved to bo tlio Glasgowwhnlor CrlolT , the Now Bedford whalerYnnkco and the English whaler Dud ¬
ley.All had hoard of "Moclm Dick , " but
all thought him dead. By 8 o'clock thethree whalers wore up and had heardthe story , but "Moulin Dick''had disap-peared
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an hour bo foro. It was nurecd-to separate ami search for him. and thatif lie were found all three ships shouldtake part in the attack and share in thecredit ol ridding the deep of such a ter-ror.
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. They did not hnvo to hunt for thefollow , however. While tlio captainswore planning ho suddenly showed upabout a mlle to windward. After hisusual fashion ho came to the surfaceunder such headway that ho seemed tostand upright on the tit ) of his llukos be-fo
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o ho foil over on his side with a crashlike the fall of a great building. Howallowed noout for n time , and thenslued around hetul to the whalers andremained perfectly quiet, IIo seemed to-bo asking what they were going to doabout it , and the query was answered bythe fall of n boat from each vessel.
These had only pulled away whenthree moro wore lowered to supportthem. Lots had been cast as to whichboat should have the lirst show , and thehonor had fallen to the Yankoo. Herboat took n circuit to approach thewhale from behind , while llio other twolay on their oars lo wait. Tno whaleseemed for a limo to bo asleep , but all of-a sudden settled away .10 quick thatevery one was dumbfounded. Ho wasabout to try his old dodgoof coming upunder n boat , and each one of themw.is pulled away from the spot and asharp watch kept for signs of hisbrdac.bhit ; .
It was twenty minutes before "Mocha-Dick' ' showed up again. Ilo had hopedto catch n boat , but all wore too livelyfor him , and whllo ho lay wallowing liithe seas his fall had created the matu ofthe Yankee put a harpoon into him.The old lighter humped up as the ironwent in , and for live minutes scorned tohave been struck dead. Then ho madea rush for tlio Scotchman's boat , ranright over it , and slued about for theEnglishman. It wag pulling away fromhim when ho rushed again , caught itwith a s'ving of his long under jaw ,and the onloookors behold 'a spectaclenone of thorn over forgot. Thewhale lifted his great head clear out ofwater with the boat in his mouth , and at-ono'bite made matchwood of it and pulpof iwo of llio crow who had boon unableto tumble out. The crews of the twoboats wore now lloating on the oars , andthe whale pivoted and Inslied the seawitli his flukes to destroy them. In thismanner ho Killed two mon , but ono ofthe reserve boats came up in gallantstyle and rescued Uio others.
The Yankee's boat was the only onofast to Uio whale , and after vainly tryingto or smash it , "Mocha Dick" sud-denly
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started for the wreck of thecoaster , which was lloating two milesaway. Ho mndo a straight course , andthe three captains were agreed that hisspeed , when fairly under way , was notless than thirty miles tin hour. As hostruck the wreck ho bore it down , nnd itrose behind him bottom side up. Toprevent a collision the boat had to cuther line , and the whale soon soundednnd was lost to sight. Tlio boat startedback , but had not yet ranchedthe ships , when the fightingleviathan broached under Uio bowsof the Scotchman and carried awayjibboom and bowsprit with smash.lie had planned to come up under sheship , but had missed it. As ho fell uponliis side nnd rolled over on an oven keel ,so to spuak , bo made a rush for iho Yan-kee's
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boat. lie was so close on that tillthe crow wont overboard , and lie pickedthe light craft up and chewed it as a-
liorso does his oals.Had il boon calm "Mocha Dick"
might have sunk the licet. Luckily thekept growing stronger , and ns-
soor. . AS the mon from the Yankee's boalcould bo picked up Iho three crafts sotsail and boat an inglorious retreat , leav-ing
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the whale hunting about for morovictims. From llrst to last "Mocha-Diok" had jiinotoon harpoons put intohim. Ho stove fourteen boats and causedthe death of over thirty men. Ho slovo-ihroo whaling vessels so badly that theywore nearly lost , and ho attacked andsunk a French merchantman and an-Austinlian trader. Ho was encounteredin every ocean and on every known feed-ing
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ground. Ho was killed olT theBraxllian banks in August , 1859 , by a-
Swedisli whaler , which gathered him inwith scarcely nny trouble , but it has al-
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been believed that poor old "Mocha-Dick" was dying of old 1120. He meas-ured
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110 feet long ; his girth wan 57 feel ;
his jaw was 2o foot ( i inches long. Eightof his teeth were broken on" and nil theothers badly worn down. His big bondwas n mass of scars , and ho had appar-ently
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