It's been a while since we've had a selection, so here is one from page 13:
I must say that this class of criticism which I read in the newspapers when I arrived on Sunday morning reminds me of the simple tale about the sailor who jumped into a dock, I think it was at Plymouth, to rescue a small boy from drowning.
About a week later, this sailor was accosted by a woman who asked, "Are you the man who picked my son out of the dock the other night?"
The sailor replied modestly, "That is true, ma'am."
"Ah," said the woman, "you are the man I'm looking for. Where is his cap?"