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Show HAD BEEN SILENT SUFFERER Subordinate Officer the Recipient of Hints Intended for His Superior. A sea captain's wife tells this story of a maiden woman, 6ister of one of the owners of the ship on which she once made a long voyage. She had very decided opinion on most matters, and she and the captain had many spirited arguments at the dinner table. The captain's wife, a meek, submissive submis-sive little soul, fearing that in ths heat of argument her husband might say something to offend this august passenger, was in the habit of kicking kick-ing him on the shins to hint at moderation. moder-ation. Nevertheless, all these reminders remind-ers passed unheeded. One day she administered a mora vigorous kick than -usual, and noticed an expression of pain flit across ths face of the mate, who sat opposite her. "Oh, Mr. Brown, was that your shin?" she asked. "Yes, Mrs. Blaikie," said the mats, meekly, "hit's been my shin hall tha voyage, ma'am." Youth's Companion. |