Three Ends To A Rope


A LAD applied to the captain of a vessel for a berth; the captain,

wishing to intimidate him, handed him a piece of rope, and said, If you

want to make a good sailor, you must make three ends to the rope.--I

can do it, he readily replied; here is one, and here is another,--that

makes two. Now, here's the third, and he threw it overboard.



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