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Show DESERVED TO WIN HIS CASE. Really Able Argument Put Forward by Accused Sailor. A very good atory has recently been told In the fleet of an Incident which happened when Admiral Kvnns was tn I command of the Indiana An old time I bluejacket wa nt the mnut bet ie 'apt. I'.xnns, charged with gutting food out of n mea ilnst out hide or meal hour Till getting of food for nlgbt watches U n common and strong desire on the pan of most men nbonrd ship. Capt. Kvnns naked the man what ho had to nay, and the man. siting up tbe dellcato situation, aald. "Captain, I didn't take no rood outer that cheat. Why, captain, thcro weren't no rood In that cheat! I looked In that chest, and, captain, I met a cockroach coming out of that cheat with tear In hi eye." Harper' Har-per' Weekly. |