Show AN OLD SALTS YARN A treasure fou found nd la in a cleverly medo mad 3 wooden log leg j tic alio Who ilso anil lila 41 iua iu A J h Eci espis from ID ri anel it alon or f win avitia cell 11 k and ad san bar of vault an old man sat nal on the edge clo of thu ia string pico pic o or of a south street dock ingeniously pulcina 4 ln craod and hid fits only was 1 a 1 f hort hom black clay pipe fir which lie putted patted apas nIll ally class clond ot of tau ran ii tobacco smoke with much on en agy and not nil ills hia age sava tile new york was ITI about sixty his brar lot j a u d grays cray odd and about his withered hat but lindly countenance there ivere many signs of tho hardships ha lahip and privations he had bad experienced during its a life alfo on oil tile iha ocean wave yet yd his was abnot not pat ticul arly nauL leal froni from a souIre slem find a low few leona buttons meica adorned art an all cleats VOT N or r would lio ho hat anc a attract I 1 oil cd much ill had it not tic oil for an old oki wooden leg ubah 11 aas ja devoid of oil all external coic rio below ilia knee ox capt a coat ct paint 1109 moreover his right leg le or a tuto for that useful members member find seemingly of a straight piece ot of timber limber chich tapered very awkwardly down from liis his anco into anio it a thick brass ferule t the bottom there was crutch beside inu film and tho reporter portor rc ivis inn curious to know how lie ho aged to acl about orice a cl with such a boking limb amb tia rose roo i hian ilia occupation tie and hobbled pl plink ank from the dock to the deck clock of a balash looking little schooner ith a remarkable ablit ch liaro agility then along the ibo deck nid mail down into ilia eliza aneca callin cabin tho the tall angular ande onil coell trio llauro disappeared for a fown few n mcula to his hi work with lilt a inifi kni fi hilti which ho proceeded to tm on off the or ragged ends of a neat kinder spry for nn nil old felion ill a limb oleg leg am tit lio observed I 1 noticing the neiter had boon been batching vat ching h him tin you yon nrc are indeed tr ilir to 6 operated bonded tile fit astonished reporter liking ijuin I 1 f sent scat by ills his sulo sale yes yc anti few on oms smarter nor me inc to tins this bayat day at rca fidias as I 1 alwag 8 says to it on cill bill n ho owns owes pal t of that there schooner cut but of course I 1 alli 9 up to much acaling a or going aloft nowadays bith my losing luy iny aud ot of this hero illow long laiyou lao you worn ill Thirty cs thir years ago aga list last Oto october I 1 was blonch ort oil the alio of cap n samuels Bini ucla peerless clipper ally aln tit alic 0 godik to iho ca and all hands piped piH lup up to shorten fiat ball abeli the fust tit I 1 knew I 1 kinder lost ino ina footing on the da at it ruba of the ilia lower foretop mail yard and was ibrous n ou on andi and this hero bore leg that used to bo be was so badly broken that dint it had to bo be amputated at al the lice tile next day by bo ships surgeon surp con and A nil i lien ben wo we arrived in ia I 1 wn was taken to lila Sc amens hospital and laid up for rep tirs irs thon continued the ibo ancient manner after i tins this wooden extremity with for tit moments i c I 1 0 R e q na I 1 n t c t t aitla crip crippled ped s sailor a ill r AT who died d 0 of f consumption talio thin joo joe says sa s be point pointing n to tuia hero log tain i much I 1 know says ys lie he but may bo be useful IN hen aou get wells well anti and 1 with iab that lie ile d dieda led 11 I 1 did it tal hi yes to a T aud and ono one day I 1 as evaunn ingis fits wonderful mechanical construe colstr no lion ion inside when I 1 found beneath a see secret rot flux in the ibo hollow part of ilia leg let a a nad oil of bauk back notes that took my own away two aud ufay pounds all lr na as truo its as im coan josept joseph saltus Salt nii of Wals walstone tons al li hat atilid did I 1 do with iball cm why lien your heart put cold cm back almut abrain and P j f 1 i acl on to id found oia for fy I 1 rj rt I 1 lit his leolor jo D a d hear of luo ilia disco discovery cry and expect mo ina t to 0 ctet cl tic ilo up iban after I 1 had been becu in the ices hos pilot two live month cap a n sim saint visited mo lee personally kind soul I 1 and insisted on my iny to ba fillip and accepting U in tho bailey sly cruise os as assistant cook tile old came mighty licitr chiding in a I 1 ila how 1 atas I as tl thai 1 at you boo ivo marit bound for new kew borte k nail just off the banks got loto into a calm and andl I 1 thought J id ti try my luck fishing ashin so 1 look f bg be cod cad book and line and sat fat on the iho for ard rail rad halting tile hook is nith ith a v aholo hole clini and after ii ing ilia line to t his wooden nil pent lago for a fishing pole cast out to lo star board lor a bilo I 1 sat torn fern aholo hour and was almost cip it wl on en ill all of it a sudden thoro there canal such a tug tic it I 1 went ii was a w hale just v ien I 1 expected lobe swallowed su allowed vw ito a u like lic jonah laiq ga a way and I 1 it as picket picked tip upon on tile the pot poll t side of tile ibo ship ilia cf it but ono iliin n aboard ilia i believed A bad pulled nc me ol 01 ci you yon see most of ero asleep and tomake to deako bailers and thou iboina riste io a run riall who refused to eat cat roy my tipple tin a As aint ottris it bendly anti and h to dioro that I 1 aas drunk at the land which asser oascar lion most moaton on tern cm believed until wo ive arrived olt off sandy hook hank and discovered a dead v bale balc 1 I murmured tuo ilia astonished repot poi ter preparing to hear bear a 0 fresh chalo tot y no intel erupted the captain callam vi an ai taul wink ibo baroo v halo that I 1 hooked ott ilia banks IF 1 L but iv I v know ILI it ny ay by iho he title liuo that hint was hanging cut of le 13 ss pies luo till ith with this hero leg ICK aLt attached ached to it of cot 01 ol 11 tant you lost 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cellar b bank ank and bafo deposit vault baull all in one slid and nobody not even toy luy old women woman able 10 lo get eel a at t its valuable ablo contents take taho a dip |