His Mother-in-Law.
A steamer wa? labouring in a heavy sea, the waves sometimes sweeping her decks, but the officers had assured the passengers that there was no danger, and all seemed reasonably calm with the exception of one meek-appearing little man, who every fewminutes would approach an officer and anxiously inquiie if he thought the ship ■w ould founder. "No, I tell you !" one of them finally exclaimed, with impatience. "What is tha matter with you? Look at those other people — they are not scared to death." "Oh. I'm not scared," the man replied ; "but if the ship was going to founder I wanted to know a little ahead of time."
"Ob, wanted to tell your friends goodbye, and all that?"
"Well, not exactly," the man said hesitatingly; '-the fact is my mother-in-law is along with mo. I wanted to say a few things to her."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 88
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146His Mother-in-Law. Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 88
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