Show r EITHER A FIB OR A MIRACLE r i r llrv Old Shellback Had Not Well Weighed I i + I I His Words Before Recounting t xI Marvelous Tale u i Hear Admiral Rogers of tho nay ° i s tcllp the following story of a conversation le conver-sation he henrd between two old r HnllolR k Ill was n rat ship I was sallln In that trip told one of the shellbacks a One of the IlIng est rat ships I ever knew They was rats In It from bow to stern rats In the hold in the galley Ott gal-ley In the steerage in the focastle In tt the old mans room everywhere I a Hats Nothin1 but i Dlmeby It got so bad wo had to put In an get them off So wo hooked up to n 1 duel and fumigated I wan 4 ll I on dock an I saw them rats leavln 1 counted em They was lUWen tc million of om 4 t 1t Fifteen million asked the oilier Aint that a lot o rats Are you sure Y Sure Yes Im sure They was y fifteen million rats and I counted em 1 More than hat every rat weighed r a half a gonad They was big fat t i sassy ones Im tollln Fifteen million rats and every ono e weighed half n pound and they all I came off your ship Thats seven ipllltqn and a half pounds of rats Say Jim what was tho tonnage of that ship ht 4t Oh about ICO tousJIIIIC ft ot ti 1 n |