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Show ate.l )lan Crlta far Ilia Hal. ' V.k.7 0,-iId an ol I lnko captain, "a drowning man will catch at a alran, I nave urn many illuttrallona thereof. Mont iculo think the oil proverb la merely a figure of aivoch, but It It a living liv-ing truth " ' la It true, captain," waa Aakrd, tliat tha flrat thing n rncued man thluk of It Ida liatr "Yea, air," replld the captain, Ida toco lighting u)i, that la a fact, too. I havo anu It rui haalxed many tlmea In tlo connect my exierleiicr Overnnd orragaliiliuobnii called to Iho aa-alatane aa-alatane of a drowning man. I woull I lungeln and htwue hlui jtut, let ut any, at tho 1a. t luitant. Draggnl cu tho dock, gatplng for breath, hi voice choked -with waler, the man, If he ful Iowa hit lnitlncta, will, aa eoou aa he n-gaina n-gaina tho Ka.it dignn of Mrcngth, au 1 drnly rlo from hla irottrato pottura aul atntth hla anna toward hla brad, then, mlatlng Ida I at (utuatly loat lu tho atrugglo), he will cry unt drajierauly, Ivlutln to Ida hat floating down tho river, Oh.eavo my hatl eave my hatf" "And ho will never think of ldiaaelf, cnptnlur ' llut arl loin, air," waa tho fer ly, "A rcvued man la tho moat obitlnvte nud headlong being Imaginable He wanta to do all aorta of foolUli thluga. Hogtnor-ally Hogtnor-ally wanta toroahup and bo away before be-fore he haa ha I tliuo to rccovir hi atrrngtlk lie mean well enough, no doubt, but he nearly alwaya forget to I un ut hi obligation in tangible form." -IXtroltlrral'nii. |