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Show ONE IN A MILLION " Ot Uio Han Afraid to Dlo Took It and rfSial- , Maved Monto. ' As wo got down In tho neighborhood ot Capo Hattoras, wrltos a Now York Hun man, It came on to blow irront guns, and tbo loos woro tremondous. Tho steamer pitched ind tossed and rolled In a way to frighten svery body, and about mid afternoon a lock looking young man pitched across tho cabla to the sofa on which I was sitting and sskodt y "Do you think wo caa pull through I" "It's doubtful." "Hood obance of going down, obi" "Best in tho world." -J "Woll, I havo a few dollars in counterfeit money with mo aomo that was passod on mo and I guess I'll throwlt overboard." IIo pitched across to bis stateroom and probably got rid cf It. In about half aa bou r ho camo for mo again and oslccd I ; 14 "Whatdojouthlnlcofltnowl" s&t "Bho scorns to bo laboring heavily, and Pm expecting to hear that aho has sprung a leak." "Is that sol I havo two or threo packs ot cards In my valine That might count npnlnsttnalu tho other world, and I guess I'll bcavo om put." - HowasKono about a quarter ot an hour this time, and as ho staggered up to tho sofa again tho steamer almost stood on end. i' V'ifjfMfP-lliTr'' tnn't ttl" ho !n Qdlrcd. V H ("Much worse," 7 M "And wo ought to proparo fordoathl"l "WO had." Jl "I 1 bollovo I bnvo two or thrco bogus bonds with roo bclongnig to a frlond who sometimes works n ciiaUdcncu racket. I guess they'll havo to go, too." -1 Whlla bo was gona I shlfUid my iwsltlou, and It was halt an hour boforo bo found mo again. Tho steamer was rolling and pitching, and bo was very wblto as bo inquired' in-quired' "What ara tho chances nowl" "Ono In n million " ' I did not seo blm again until wo wcro ncnrlng WIlmlnKton. Thou I cnuftht blm trying to work tho throo-enrd racket run Bouth Carolina planter, and I called blm aside: "You scorn to havo recovered alljouriost chock, my friend " k "I havo j ca." j ' "Wblloyou thought thoro was danger of our going down, you woro very penitent." 1 "Just so" 1 "I thought you throw ovorboard every thing belonging to jour profesHloul" "Notqullo. I vvns uolng to, but when you said wo bad nnechuiico bin million, I took It and saved unmtv, und It you'll let mo alono I'll pull fifty dollar out of that old oottoasood boforo wo tiuiko tbo whurf." - |