Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1917 — No Chance to Win. [ARTICLE]

No Chance to Win.

The captain of the Golden dross listened patiently to his Yankee passenger’s account of his shooting abilities, then he quietly remarked: “I don’t think you could hit this bottle at twenty yards, placed on the taffrall, while the ship Is heaving like this.” “I guess It would be just child’s play.” “Well, Til bet yon a guinea you don’t hit it three times out of six.” “It’s a wager I Come- along.” The bottle was placed in position. Crack! The Yankee hit it, and it disappeared in fragments into the sea. “Trot out another one,” said the marksman. “Not at all. conditions were that you hit that one three times out of six. Five shots more.” —London Tit* Bits. *