Almost Like Jonah

'Tve had some experience myself," said an oíd sailor, "but two years ago I carne the nearest taking af fcer Jonah that a man ever did. We had made a strike all right and the whale went down, not very far, but when he carne up he had his mouth open, and eomehow or other he carne up with one jaw on the port and the other on the lee side of our boat. Surprised? Well, that whale looked very much as if he was ready to receive company, but I wasn't invited, so I made a