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Show 1h OItnirtti.M Sailor commonly apeak of tbo rnp tain of tlio alilp iu tlio "old man." It waa Mt for a itout IVorweglnn quart t mister to Invent mi cmnlly npproprlato designation for the captain' wife. Tho young wlfa ut n certain coin inandrr In tho nary wax oxpttcd to -.Mtlicrhumnd'aeblp. The glgliAd been aont vhoro for her, and tho cap tain atood on deck watching fur her return. re-turn. Tlio quarteruuuter uImj wiu on the lookout, and with tbo oid of hi tele rciKi cnuglil eight of tho returning boat (Int. JlowulUedup to hla com inandEii,'- oClocr, touchud hi liat re ipcctfully and taldt "Tho gig' coming, captain, nnd I think tho old woman U Jn Imr, lr." Tlio uiptaln ItrnkrU at tho Korwe lan'a Innocent faco nnd aw tliat no dUmpcct a IntendeL If the cap tain vox tho "old man," nutumlly enough hla wifo inuht lo tho "old worn tin." Tho latelllgrnco wai Kcceittetl, therefore, in tho tplnt In which It had been oflcrvd Youth's Companion. |