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Show CHIN WHISKERS HID 8CARS. Explanation for Capt. Gibbons' Luxuriant Luxuri-ant Hirsute Growth. Capt. Gibbous ltnd n habit of wearing wear-ing chin whiskers. I had always thought this wns duo to tho fact that they were more becoming, but I learned learn-ed tho reason to be otherwise. It seems that his chin and throat wero scarred and these scars are thus explained: ex-plained: On one of the ships which ho com- : manded there was a mutiny of tho crew one morning on tho high seas, which he promptly started to quoll. The sailors wero too many for him, however, as he was unarmed, and they soon had him down on tho deck, bound and gagged with a long knife across his mc 'th. It was this knife that produced the wguntls whoso scars thj captain carrieUthe remain-d"er remain-d"er of his Tile concealed beneath tho beard. While thus bound and gagged a lady passenger came to him and cutting cut-ting the bonds handed him a loaded revolver. With this weapon ho soon had the crew at his feet and tho ringleaders ring-leaders wero placed In Irons. Lewis-ton Lewis-ton Journal. |