Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1896 — Knew His Own Value. [ARTICLE]

Knew His Own Value.

Captain Donegan, a retired lake sailor, was noted for his good nature, an instanceof which is given by the TimesHerald: He once shipped an old fellow named Dougal, merely to give him a place to eat and sleep. Dougal was not expected to go aloft or do any hard work, and he knew It. One day, when it was blowing pretty fresh ,the captain, for a Joke, called Dougal and told him to go up and furl the top-gallant sail. “I will na,” said the old fellow, looking up in the captain’s face in a surprised way. “Come, come, man, up with you! Don’t you see the to’gallant sail will blow away?” “I will na,” reiterated Dougal. “Ye can easy get anither topsail, captain, butmy wife canna get anlther DougaL”