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Show QIN BELOW THE VINEGAR. H Sailors' Smart Trick Deceived Officers H for a Month. While on tho China station la 188C fH tho master at-arms' mess on tho U. S H S Omaha was In a drunken and. de- H moralized condition for several weeks. H Try an he might, tho captain could not H discover where the liquor was com- H li.g from. Finally all shore liberty B vvns stopped, but the drunkenness did B not cense On tho morning ot sailing, BIBV while the executive officer was near BBVH the port gangway watching the taking HHBVJ In of stores, he asked what wan In a BBVJ large demijohn that came over the HBhH side with boxes and packages Ho BVH was told that It was vinegar. He BBVH pulled the coil; and sniffed It. It was BBVH vinegar. Then his attention was at- BBVJ tracted by the tag, marked "master- HBBV at arms' mess," and icmarklag that HBVH the mess must be using vinegar for HBb bathing, as ho had already seen the HBhJ same demijohn brought aboard twice ! within that week he ordered tho olll- HBVJ ecr of the deck to inspect it careful!) flBVJ and taste It He did, It was vinegar. BBV That otllccr, however, noticed that thu HBVH Jug had nn unusunlly long neck. Ho HBVH IHiured out n small qunntlty of vine BVJ gnr and discovered nu extra cork In HBVJ the bottom of the neck. Below that BBV were three gallons ot gin. The vino- HBVJ gm between tho corks had served to HBVH decelvo the Inspecting officer nt the HBVJ gnugwnv for a month. HBH |
