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Show Brave Though Wealthy. Mr. John Collins Wood, of Kentucky, is, perhaps, the richest Jack tar living, having had many vicissitudes. The death of his father and reverses of fortune for-tune making him a dry goods salesman in New York, the death of a rich uncle in Paris gave him an inheritance of $2,000,- 000, and sent him to Atlantic City in search of lost health. .Here he lives in a hotel, but belongs ,to the life saving crew, wears surfman's garb, and serves regularly in the life boat, alleviating the hardships of his comrades with his free purse. Harper's Bazar. |