A Familiar Order.
A sierra was fiercely raging on the ocean, and a vessel, having sprung a leak, was fast filling with water. The captain roared put, “ All hands to the pumps! ” . Acting like : an old war charger, when, in bis declining years, he chances to a certain member of the crew seemed hear the familiar bugle-sound to recognise the order. He dashed to the pumps, and worked with a. vigour and a persistence that won for him the approbation of all on board. Fortunately everybody was saved Some time after this event the captain met the sailor in a street in Plymouth. “ Why, Jack,” said he, after they had congratulated each other over their providential escape, “ that order of mine seemed to be familiar to you. What were you before you became ; a sailor?" Jack scratched his head and reflected, as though fearful of committing himself. “ Well, to tell you the truth, sir,” he said at length, •' I was a milkman ! ”
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Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1903, Page 2
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162A Familiar Order. Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1903, Page 2
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