A Hasty Introduction

"Speaking of mcroductious. " said ;he mach fcraveled nian in the moker, , 'reminds me of tho queoregt one I ever i aw or heard of anrl in which I was one of the principáis. I was crcssing from tfova Scotia to Boston on a schooner oaded with piaster, a chance that carne o me in a country port where I waa staying for my health. As the boat saved me 60 miles of stage coach riding ;o the town of Halifaz, where the nearest steamer travel was to be found, I took passage and for ten days was tossed about on a sea voyage that by steamer consumas 36 hours. "There was another passenger - a ourist like inyself - and the captain made several desperate efforts to get us acquainted, he knowing us both, but at each attempt before he could pronounce our names he was either called on deck or the ship gave a lurch and the introduction did not take place. "But one day, when it was so rough outside that we $(taid in our bunks in the captain 's cabin and the wiud was blowing great guns, the skipper, who had come below for something, stopped to say : " 'You two gentlemen ought to be made acquainted. Mr. Smith, Mr. Brown; Mr. Brown, Mr. Smith.' "That is the down east method of introducing people, and as our names were mentioned we each turned in our bunks to salute the other, the bunks being on exactly opposite sides of the cabin. "But at that moment each one of ns shot from his bunk as Lf from the mouth of a cannon, and as we passed at that high rate of speed we caught each other's hand and ehook it with a will and had jtist time to acknowledge the captain's politeness by. sayiug as we flew past: " 'Glad to know you, Mr. Smith.' " 'Delighted to meet you, Mr. Brown .' "-