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Show Jack Tar's Scheme. Many years ago an Englishman employed em-ployed an honest tar who had quit the sea as a gardener. Jack had no sooner entered his service than he found himself him-self much annoyed by a dog who nightly night-ly invaded the garden. One morning the sailor reached the garden before the dog had left and made him captive. As soon as he had seized the animal, Jack deliberately de-liberately took a spade, cut off tho dog's tail and set him at liberty. Shortly after the owner entered the garden and inquired in-quired if the dog still annoyed the gar-dener. gar-dener. "He'll never trouble us again, " replied Jack, "I caught him this morn ing, unshipped his rudder and set him off before the wind, and hang me if he will be able to steer his way back." Exchange. |