CAPTAIN AND MIDSHIPMITE.
It was in Malta Harbour on a sultry day that a four-foot-eight midshipman came to join his first sea-going ship. Having duly reported himself to the captain—an officer of some 6ft Sin the latter, literally looking down upon the boy, aaid :
' Well, youngster, so you've come to join—eh ?' ' Yes, if you please, sir,' meekly respoi i|.ml the midshipman. ' What is it—same old yarn, sent the fool f.f the family to sea—eh T 'No, sir,' ingenuously replied the youngster ; ' oh, no, things have altercl since your time, sir.' 'Go away !' roared the captain, and the middy flew below as fast as his little legs could carry him.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 449, 17 June 1899, Page 1 (Supplement)
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