HE COULDN’T UNDERSTAND IT ALL.
An Irishman, who was terribly afraid of ghosts, got a berth on board an American vessel.
As the ship was leaving the port, he asked one of the sailors if there were any ghosts on board.
One of them, for a joke, said it was as full of ghosts as a churchyard.
This frightened Pat so much that when he turned into his hammock he drew his blanket so far over his head that his feet were left naked and cold.
He endured the suffering for a few nights, and then he went to the captain and complained about his blanket.
“Please, sor,” said Pat, “my blanket is too long at the top and too short at the bottom, and sure, I even cut a bit off the top and sewed it onto the bottom, but, faith it’s just the same as iver it was. I can’t undershtand it at all—at all.[Pg 54]”