Show A LIGHT CflAFT U Lut ID ft oll Artixi the llrntll on Ihs ueany IU t A down river mnn wore grouped about a store In the after cabin of one of the big packets at the wharf some night ago Kiys lime Omurler Journal One of the group told about the lightest light-est draught bout he nor MW Its plain Jim never hud a berth on the Owl Mid Doc one ot the debt river cook In the West Why tln Owl was es Unlit that when n In try dim foil during the night tho wiptuln noer took Ilia trouble lo skirt around tho lends ho just cut tyros the folds Were army 01 Iou follows over up I to the heal waters of the MlMourlf then atloit Itoo between laugh blunts the wildest river lover raw Tho river U I In such n constant turmoil tur-moil that YOU lmo to draw jour wash water at night to that It t will quiet down enough liy morning to wash ourwll I novcr told yon about tho trot Apprentice I had In time pantry did IF Ho woe a lunnylouklng I Illtlo nlggor I who queer to say was fond of work After wo pulled out ul loulmlllo Oho first thing I told 1 him to do was to gut tho liter out ol tho loo I chest and tale tho mono out of It I forgot all nlwut Oho kid until an hour afterward Than he was standing over the platter with a look ot lUnrourngoinent tin Ills faces lie I hail cut the Ihcr up I too Ono for hash When I started toward him ho looked conrclonrottrlckcn and whined Mr Io I knlnt fin no hone In sibs llbluih Ho woo lie tnnio boy wo told 1 tho only way to keep from drowning when ho foil In tha water was lo drink bro water till U ramo out of Ids cam pit lorry was tnnrtnlly afraid ot drowning MI It needed tciy il i II II lltllo iienuailnn to got him 1 1 lo drhiK this water Ho had n dread of time raptnln who win n big gruff follow I II Whoe jiJ l oe Ha watched tho captain I until ho went up I on tho root and then ho tackled I tho water cooler Ho drank watermill water-mill limo attontion of Iho jtatrongprt was called to him They walehod him with surprise and ono hcnovntant old follow went up to him and asked what was tho matter im lolo the Itys l imino paid no attention lo him but kept pouring the 13 IIeiI J Ir d water down him until 111 opus bulged I and 111i waist grow ai round at im alderman Tit old man wan really idnrtlod by Uio lays prodigious powers of water consumption and concluded that ho was cra y Ho canto back to us and unUnl to know If something couldnt bo mono Wo would hat said something to hIm II Tixlo hadnt stopped drinking Him Orolld nkN and felt painfully about I Oho car Just then tho captain came In but Tndo was so busily ongigud drinking water that ho did not notion tha captain ¬ cap-tain rime captain watched tho boy tossing off glasses full of water with astonishment Ills faro grow rod with emotion and thon ho tolrud l tho boy Itoru rOil nasal 1 what are you trying to doP Want to drink us dry Are you crazy sputtered the Cap tain tainTodo redo tried to take a long breath but ha wa too lull Ho turned pals oyo up until only the whiles could bo soon Ily gracious yollod the captain cap-tain In dismay the boy Is trying to ITcir fo commit sulcldo I thoro a doctor aboard Hut Todn was all right Ho was only frightened by the captain Ha noon found his longuu and gavu tho whole snap away Tho captain kopt from laughing with dlfllculty but I over hail a harder time getting out of a scraps In my Ills than I had out of that ono Wa loft Todo along afterward you may stnka jour last I dollar on It |