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Show WHY HE WANTED TO KNOW. Had a Reason for His Request for Information. The stean"r Morning Stor, commanded com-manded by ( apt. Brown, In tho summer sum-mer of 1901, whllo on a trip up tho Maine roast with a party of excursionists, excursion-ists, was cr'ight In a sovero storm, and tho wa's washed tho docks ro-poatedly. ro-poatedly. Tho captain assured tho passengers that there was no Immediate Immedi-ate danger. Most of tho passengers woro satisfied with thlsinswor, but a llttlp gentleman wHh un excited faco Btepped forward "and asked tho captain, cap-tain, time r d tlmo apaln, tho samo question: "Do you think we shall bo wrecked?" After tt" captain answered many times, ho nt '.ast becutno tired at tho persistent p' 'sengor, and said: "Don't vnn linnr wVinf T env' T.nnlr nt ihn nth. yuu iiuur wji.il i any ; ijuuk ui iiiu uui or passenger", they do not seem nt all disturbed. If thero should bo danger, I will Inform you In tlmo." The passenger, In reply, said: "I want to know In time, If wo nro going to bo lost, because thero Is a friend of mine on board." "Do you want to say good-by to him?" Inquired tho captain. "No, not exactly that," answered tho frightened man. "You see, tho tiling of It is, he has shamefully deceived mo, and If wo are going to tho bottom I Just want to tell him what I think of him." |