| Show shipmates did say that allen alien was what you might call a tough man by JAMESB CONNELLY in worlds work a nian man named allen alien who was wail caps capsized izod one winter da day y with his dory mate allen aliens s mate clung to tho the bottom of the dory and there froze to death allen alien who lind had decided early that lie he was not going to freeze to death in the amo way dropped overboard readied reached under tinder w water ater for the dory painter passed it up through the ring in the bow adjusted it to such a length that lie could stand in the bight of it took a couple of half hitches to secure it in the ring OP and there hung with his body ira im merged to his chin lie ile figured th that atthe the water would not be as cold as the khe northwestern wint winter er wind after eight hours under water lie he was picked up by his vessel we may think it a wonderful tiling thing that that he lived through that the really wonderful thing C was that it did not occur to him that lie he was c entitled n to lie in his bunk a while after what lie ho had gone through A ship chip mate fell sick and there was allen A llen on deck early next morning to take the sick man a place in a dory lie ile had had a good nights sleep and a couple of good meals meala why should ho he stay loafing aboard he went out in the dory shipmates did say of allen alien that he was what y you ou might call a touch man |
