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Show COULD DO NOTHING MORE Captain's Responsibility for the Safety of His Passengers Had Been Automatically Ended. The dangers of travel by sea at this Lime have played havoc with the nerves of timid passengers. Early one morning recently there wcs. considerable commotion on the decks of a coastwise vessel plying between be-tween Savannah and Baltimore, when a scantily clad man hurried from his Btateroom and dashed toward the upper up-per deck. On the way he ran into the captain of the vessel. "What's the matter, captain ?" he managed to gasp. "Have we been torpedoed?" tor-pedoed?" "Calm yourself, my dear sir, and be prepared for the worst," answered the official. "Oh, don't tell me we're going down!" moaned the other. "Quick, where are the life preservers?" "They wouldn't be of any service at this stage," explained the captain. "Too late?" quavered the despairing passenger. "Yes," said the captain, very solemnly. sol-emnly. "We've done all we can for you. You'll have to look out for yourself your-self from now on. You see, we've just tied up to the dock." |