The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-08
GOT THERE AT LAST
STORY OF THE SHIPWRECK As
TOLD BY A WOMAN.
There Was Joke in II but Il Took
Her Long Time to Reach tho
Point, According to Tale Re-
lated by S. e. kieer.

A story that S. f. Kiser told at the
recent banquet given by the Chicago
Association of Commerce for the sons
of members follows:
II told you about the difficulty of
getting woman to see the point of a
Joke. Now, there is another kind Of
woman. She is the woman who starts
to tell you joke and has difficulty in
reaching the point of it.
"One of the lOveliest little women
that 1 ever knew had this trouble
She had once been unfortunate enough
to be in a shipwreck The vessel on
which she was q passenger had been
driven upon some rocks and was rap
idly pounding to pieces when the life
savers succeeded in shooting q line
over the upper works Of the boat
thereby rescuing the passengers one
at time by means Of the breeches
buoy. There was little incident con-
nected with the woman's trip from
the ship to the shore which she told
In about this way:
40, 1t was the most awful expert.
ence I ever had in all my life. / do
hope nothing of the kind will ever
happen to me again, but do you know
when I was about half way between
the ship and the shore swinging on
that little bit Of line and expecting
every minute was going to be my
last, the funniest thought suddenly
popped into my mind Just when l was
there half way between the ship and
the shore, and o! how those waves
dashed and roared beneath me as I
swung there Just as II they were 60
ing to tear me into pieces in q min
ute. My, It was awful! But as I say,
I was there half way between the
ship and the shore when this funny
thing came to my mind Of all the
places in the world. i can't imagine
why 1t came to me there. You know
my husband always treats me like
mere child, he doesn't let me handle
the money and wouldn't even allow
me to 90 around and buy a piece Of
steak. but Just as I was there about
half way. as say, this funny thought
struck me-and my. It was dark, aw.
ful dark!
"'Well, as I was there, say, swing
ing on this little bit Of rope about half
way between the ship and the shore,
and suddenly this funny thought came
to my mind. Now. the captain, I
thought, was q coward the minute We
got on the rocks, because he gave up,
but the mate was one Of the bravest
men I ever saw in my life. But there
I was half way between the ship and
the shore and with nothing but that
little bit Of rope between me and
death, expecting every minute to be
the last minute Of my life, and sud
denly this funny thought sprang into
my head and was thinking also that
my children would have q stepmother
inside Of a year II I was drowned. and,
o. how 1t thundered and lightened,
and my, how wet I was, never was
30 wet in my life. sometimes think
It runs In our family, because I had
q cousin drowned at sea. Well, as I
say. there was, about half way be-
tween the ship and the shore, swing
ing there. and suddenly the thought
popped right into my mind Just as
suddenly as II some one had spoken It
to me right out loud-suddenly the
thought popped into my head there.
Well, had the breeches on for once
anyhow"