TIMES HAD CHANGED.
It was in the harbour of Malta one day. that a midshipman of about four feet elgWi inches addressed himself to the six-feet-two captain of his first sea-going ship, ine-. captain looked down upon the boy, sinning, and good-naturedly said: , - "Well, youngster, so you have come to join, eh?" , . ' "Yes, if you please," meekly responded -the youthful officer. ■ ; , ■ "Is it the same old story, sent the rooi of the family to sea?" "No. sir," quickly responded the ia«----"Oh, no; things have changed since your time." ' , ... "Go away," roared the captain, and tne middy flew below as fast as his little legs ' could carry him.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 2 March 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)
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