Deseret Evening News | 1900-03-03 | Page 20 | His Involuntary Bath

the JUS 1 0 A stout and elderly officer on board boud n a Ironclad lying In the lay lar tt f Naples very Cr much Objected to the tb of sitting Ion long at Wino on guest nights or any an other nIghts lIe Jle then tore ron made a 11 point or of escaping 1 the queens health had ben The was as an old t fashioned d ne n large Run gun portion ports on the main maJa de t When the guns are run In n as h I the Custom ot at evening quarts the rots r s make nice large airy seats that whirl while the officers were at dinner no ono one would be likely to die r him the V l stout and elder I f ly I one wishing f to enjoy enJo the ther fresh r tc s h evening y nil air as well vell a as r the loel lovely seen 1 I cry ery or of the ba baor bay rte or Naples w t ted ed Into a gun gunport a port and with pIpe In mouth to rest and legs dan dangling gling over the aide Ilde did enjoy for some lome time lime Ot Of course coune this proceedIng proceed Ing was las a breach or of discipline Now flaw though the wardroom wen Veri at dinner the tho midshipmen were not It II Will was not long before the thc youngsters saw raw their chance for some fun tun A Will was held Two boys bos got Into a skid kilt and dropped droPP d under the stern to await vents events two others seized the gun leten and hid behind the breech reech ot of the i lath Inch gunthe muzzle was only a foot from frolD the smokers back Another bo boy wrig wriggled along the deck until he could reach the tripper then at a glen given L ii bythe by bythe the ringleader the levers were Jl pfd the gun ron ran down don the slide and IDd be rt the smoker could look round seven leven tam weight eight In motion caught him In the book and overboard he went The slut dashed alongside and pIcked hIm up After involuntary this bath the amok or er confined hIs smokes to the usual smoking place Being In the male mala a kind hearted man the story dill did not reach the captains all In an manner TIle The midshipmen never mentioned Itoh no never fitter did