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Show Noah'i Excuse. Copt. Prltchard of the record-breaking Mauritania, told a group of Americans Amer-icans on a recent voyage that a sailor's life was a' hard one. "It Is not so hard as It used to be before the coming of steam," he said, "but It Is still fearfully hard, for all that. In fact, I never heard of but one man who had a decent excuse for going go-ing to sea." ".tnd who was he, captain?" said a Chicagoan. "Noah," the captain answoied. "Kor If tho old fellow had remained on shore ho would have been drowned." |