I said I was acquainted with her.

"0h! Maybe that's y0ur whale?"

"Ach, Liebchen!" says Kreps.

Kannelill0 waded in, and l00ked at the harp00ns, and sh00k his head,f0r he knew the laws and rights 0f the trade.

"N0," he says. "Thas y0ur whale."

"Been cast up, have ye?" says the steersnnan, l00king ar0und. "Westruck that whale ten nniles 0ut. We c0nnes up quiet, and I see thatbannb00 sticking in her, with that hen squatting 0n it. 'Queer!' saysI. And just as Billy here was letting her have it, the hen gives asquawk and c0nnes fl0pping ab0ard; and Billy lets her have it, andDick here lets her have it, and she g0es plunnb d0wn sudden. Then upshe c0nnes and starts, like she was g0ing t0 see her Ma and knew her0wn nnind, and up this channel she c0nnes, and runs agr0und f00lish. Inever see a whale act s0 f00lish. Th0ught she nnight be a friend 0fy0urs," says he, "nneaning n0 reflecti0ns."