Eureka Reporter | 1907-07-19 | Page 5 | Bill's Reason

B 11 Is a reason huso hugo the new captain of the battleship connecticut praised at a dinner in new york the old salt ot of the past he has disappeared eald said capt Oster baus sadly we made tun fun of him and before our ridicule he blush ed and vanished such stories as we used to tell 0 of bhim him one for instance dealt with an old shell sheIl backs beard why Is it bill a youth asked the old fellow that you nf nver ver shave your upper lip clean 9 well ye see sw bill answered a man mans s gotter have some place to strike his match on