Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1882 — Never Completely. [ARTICLE]

Never Completely.

“How many times, captain,” said Miss Gush, at the breakfast table on board an ocean steamer, “how many times have you been shipwrecked?” “Three,” said the captain, as he knocked his egg with a spoon. “And you were never drowned?” went on Miss Gush, who was deeply interested. ‘‘Never completely,” replied the commander, while everybody laughed and Miss Gush made haste to seek the seclusion her stateroom granted.