Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-22

out Of SIGHT again. and ne chance, 40 set e
land. an perhaps might he eatsn no ALIVE
when the hig Ash got tired Of carrying me-
around the water.
Il hoIlered like a loon. shouted like .
nigger a. meeting, and then u was al
blank 70 me. Them fsh took a sudden droI
jest as soon AZ started 10 open my mouth
and started up my vocal pipes; left me
all alone In q strange place in the sea, nc
land In sight and my only salvation the
men In the fishing boats, now some dts
lance away. an almost out OF sight
did they hear meY Wen. reckon they
did. as I'm here tonight to tell you about
Il. but Il was a close rub fer me before J
finally got saved. an Jest as soon ~ he.
gan TO sink out Of sight for the last time
one OF them fishermen grabbed me by the
hair OF my head, yanked me into his boat
in tiffy, gave rue drink Of some Kind Of
liquor. which tasted good Just then. An
then opened my eyes an looked at my
preserver.
YOuthfuI Locks siIvered.
Try to swim across the Atlantic9"
says the boatman with a grin.
"'well, hardly says l. fer l gpt ketched
IN a school of fish an was getting carried
out from my boat fer parts unknown.
says I.
you're too old man to tell them hsh
yarns. says he. fer should Judge you
was about 50 years old by your white
hair ''
"'White hairg says 1. I guess you're
fooling me all right. stranger. fer my hairs
as black as coal an never even had n
gray hair on my head as l know Of in all
these years"
"'Well, captain says the boatman,
sptasx ,ny all do ~,
tiful as you want 'em, too, an not even
a solitary black hair In the bunch and l
thought he was giving me a little fun, un-
I'll ] got back with the other felcrs in
their boats; then they told me about the
color OF my hair, and one Of EN- let me
have a looking glass he had in his inside
pocket so as | could see fer myself and
what change It was.
"There / was, black hair that morning.
white hair that afternoon and no mistake
an all on account OF the scare | got while
riding on the top of the ASH but of course
l was glad to get out Of 1t safely an es.
cape with my life, even II the hair was a
little changed. so l made no complaint.
and late that night they landed me at a
small settlement an l finally reached
home, but even my dog at the cabin didn't
seem to recognise me an srowled at ME
"a SbHAN tramp uul tie AlilGtT
used to me next morning when meal tins
came around. t. -... SEN. ..t.
Some of my old friends among the fsh-
ermen did not recognize me on the atst
meeting that week. an certainly, nitINt
have looked odd to EN- as came baol
with white hair, all in q single day.
That's how l got the white hair gents
an I quit fishing soon after that and set.'
tied down to farming, but It certainly was
close call for me that day when 1 fell
into that school Of fish, an now wished /
hadn't taken. that trip, or fell outer the
boat"
The white-haired retired mariner arose
| from his seat, gathered up his cane looked
around the group and was soon on his why
out Of the village store on. his way home
1t was closing time and after the aged
proprietor had fixed the fire for the nisht
he put up the heavy shutters, and, bidding
the steady loafers good night he locked
up the store.-Phlladelphia North American.