Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1911 — A DEEP WATER MAN. [ARTICLE]

A DEEP WATER MAN.

the bay she *** ■, m a sandbank. The passengers beitem for the boats and hunt to possible places for lire preservers, pt. Coomers sat on deck, his big ** 1 g** trotchcd " t | the others, crew and passengers, were at the strip of then out at the bay. then at the-sky. Then he rested his chin on his chest and slawUr nlawHnm A passenger ran up to him and cried: “Oh, captain, we are wrecked!” ••Se e w^r Wrecked ” •' I “Hum?” “Are we going to sink?” “Nnt fur tn thia wator 99 “Are you sure? I’m afraid we —we 81 " if 6 yoX e more’n fou< feet high.” The passenger seemed satisfied at last and went away. Capt. Coomers resumed his gaze at the deck. Pres* ently another passenger saw him. “Oh, captain, I’m so glad you’re' here!” “Sobel.* : 7XV7' n \Z' 1 “ g, ' rT '' “Ot course m— we aren’t tar from shore?” .$ ' W: We’re as nigh as two lovers on a slopin' sofa.” “You take it ctolly!” > .y* ' “Well, you see I’ve been wrecked off Cape Horn and I was to a boat that was chawed up by a whale. I don’t puppos to get my boots wet out o’ any sech land vehicle as this here.” —Youth’s Companion. ;