Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1914 — The Captain’s Repartee. [ARTICLE]

The Captain’s Repartee.

The captain of a trans-Atlantic liner, having become Irritable as a result of some minor troubles in the ship’s management and the unusually large number of ridiculous inquiries made by tourists, was heading for the “bridge” when a dapper yocng man halted hhn to inquire the cause of the commotion off the starboard side of the ship. Being on the port side, the captain politely replied, wtth some sarcasm, he was not certain, but thought it possible that a cat fish had Just "had kittens. —What-to-Eat