Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1908 — An Awful Mishap. [ARTICLE]

An Awful Mishap.

Two passengers on an Atlantic liner, one an American and the other an Englishman, did not exchange the farewell courtesies when the steamer reached her pier usual between voyagers who have occupied adjoining staterooms and hobnobbed during an ocean voyage. A plausible explanation was vouchsafed by the American. During the voyage the Englishman persisted in- fraternizing with the American in a most obtrusive and annoying manner. Within two days of Boston the Englishman one morning hunted up the American and found him in apparent despondency, gazing seaward from the hurricane deck. “Confounded blue this morning, old chap. What’s the matter?” And the Britisher slapped his companion on the. back. “Matter enough,” growled the American. “Ship’s lost. Captain don’t know which way to steer. Forgqt to wind the compass last night.” The Englishman listened with mouth agape, then rushed off to tell his friends of the consequential .mishap. Evidently the gullible Britisher was “pushed along” for some time until he found ewybody guying him.