OUTLIED DAD.

Taihape Daily Times, 4 May 1918, Page 6

OUTLIED DAD.

The old sea captain, in brass buttons sat smoking comfortably by his fireside, when Jack, his salior son, burst in upon him.

“Weather too rough,” explained the son, “so we’ve put in for a day.” ‘ 1 Too rough!” exclaimed Mr. iar with visions of his own days on the briny. “Why sir, I was once sailing round the Cape when a storm came on, and blew down the mainmast, and the mizzenmast was swept away but we didn’t even think of putting in!” “Well, you see,” explained the son, “this storm was was so bad it blew the anchors off the captain’s buttons, took the plaint off the ship’s bow, and—”

“Stop!” cried the old man. “You do me credit —Jack—you do me credit! ”