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Show j DESERVED TO WIN HIS CASE. 1 Really Able Argument Put Forward by Accused Sailor. A very good story has recently been told In tho fleet of nn Incident which happened when Admiral Evans was In coinniand of tho Indiana. An old-time bluejacket was nt tho mast beforo Capt. Kvans, charged with getting food out of n mess chest outsldo ot meal hours. This getting of food for night watches Is a common nnd strong doslro on tho part of most men aboard ship. Capt. Evans asked the man whatMio had to say; and tho man, sizing up I the delicate situation, said: "Captain, I didn't tako no food outer thnt chest. Why, captain, there weren't no food In that chest! I looked In that chest, nnd, captain, I met a cockroach coming out ot thnt chest with tears In his eyes." Harper's Har-per's Weekly. |