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Show all lales As told to: I LMO FRANK E. .nj SCOTT ! ' HAGAN WATSON "Man Overboard!" MIC.N who go down to the sea In ships frequently see or hear about some unusual occurrences. J. W. Piitmnn of Anaheim, Onllf., who once served In the United States I navy. Is no exception to that rule. ' One hoi, sticky day as the battleships battle-ships and cruisers were steaming ; aloug off the coast of China a typhoon ty-phoon suddenly swooped down upon them. Despite the howling wind and raking waters, the vessels managed man-aged to keep their nlignment. In the midst of the storm a lieu-j tenant decided that he wanted a cup of coffee. So a mess boy started across the deck with a cup of coffee, cof-fee, a pitcher of cream and a bowl of sugar on a tray. Just as he was bout to open the door to the officers' offi-cers' quarters, a 61-foot wave swept across the deck. It picked up the mess boy, jug's jug-'s gled him for a second on Its crest, then carried him 308 yards astern and deposited him at the door of the officers' quarters of the next ; ship In line. Opening the door, he ' walked In and said, "Here Is the ' coffee you ordered, lieutenant. One ' lump, or two, and shall I pour In ; the cream?" 1 It had all happened so quickly , that the mess boy didn't realize he . was on another ship until the officer ' roared out: "I'm a captain, not a lieutenant! I didn't order any coffee, and what are you doing here?" Western Newspaper Union. |