“Yessir,” said tho sailor, emptying his pint mug. “ we was starvin’—mad with thirst and ’linger when we was on that wreck.” “ And what did yon do?” inquired the listener. “Well, sir,” said the sailor, confidentially, ■“ we wailed till the ship turned turtle. Then we ate her.”
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Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 16
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46Untitled Evening Star, Issue 19786, 9 February 1928, Page 16
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