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Show Fatal Ignorance Mike Clancy had been working on New York harbor tugboats for 50 years when he fell overboard and was drowned. This brought about a very fine wake, at which the highest high-est praise was given the deceased and all the traditional ceremonies were observed. During the proceedings, a friend of the widow asked her: "Did Mike leave you well fixed?" "Shure, an' he did that. 'Tis fifty-thousand fifty-thousand he's after leavin' me' The friend rolled her eyes heavenward. heaven-ward. "Tch tch tch," she said. "Think of that. And him that couldn't read nor write." "Yes," agreed the widow, shak- j ing her head seriously, "nor swim." : |