Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-08-12
"What shall we call your"

quietly, and like American disre-
pect of titles, and only want a good
time. To you who know me, ]
may say I'm a peer. the only son
of the Duke of Leeds, and am
Lord Massey. have a seat in
the House of Lords, but upon my
word l have never occupied it but
twice. The damed Gladstone Min
istry is repulsive to my family.
l like my profession, and despising
politics, keep at sea-"
"How long have you been at sea,
Captain 7"
"Sixteen years. was last in
India. My ship, the Monarch, is
on the dock. They are building a
new ship for me of 5000 tons, cal
led the Impregnable, and the Off
GERS of my last ship gave me my
yacht. If have any object in
America, it is to meet your ladies
A cousin of mine married an Amer
lean girl and has led such a happy
life that, as very verv lonelyman,
I have come among you to see what
the country afforded. Will you
take something at the bar ?"
Oh, no, thank YOU"
"Take a little champagne. I
like your American champagne
cocktails. They are greatly our
favorites now in the old country
Do you like that wine (! You do
Then I'll please you on my cruise
next Friday. have my own vim.
tage of wine from my vineyard i'm
Bretague."
"How many persons can your
yacht provide forl
" can take seventy, but fifty
will just give me nice party"
"Oh, my Lord" said one of the
ladies, "we shall get SO horribly
seasick."
"Bless you no my cabin is
swung from the ceiling, so as to dis
pensc with all motion and nausea
1t cost me $4,000 for that little
alteration. / dare say l shall get
it back in prize money when Eng
land and America go into alliance
against Russia, you know"
Strange to say, nobody remem.
bered that the Duke of Leeds
My Lords father, was the success.
sor of that Duke of Leeds who had
married Miss Cation, of Baltimore,
although among my Lords ac-
quaintances were the CAROLS,
Browns, and other great Baltimore
families now sojourning here. No
body thought of quietly telegraph
ing or sending over to the Break
water to see the great yacht.
Nobody asked for letters or Gre
dentials, and, worse than all, no
two men compared interviews with
My Lord to catch him lying, which
he did with great fluency and in
genuity all day. He did not, on
any two occasions, give the same
tonnage or capacity to his yacht.
He did not give the whereabouts
of his yacht with equal accuracy,
nor the date of his arrival in Amer
lea. But the glamors of a live
Lord arrested all inquiry. If the
men put question implying doubt
the women scowled at the doubter.
ave have a ship, Lord Massey,
of our own," said the proud Phila-
delphians, the Bories and others.
perhaps you have seen her, the
Pennsylvania 2"
"Oh, God bless my soulY. said
the great yachtman and noble
Lord. 81 won't hurt your feelings,
but l sailed right past her in mid
sea. / didn't want to do it, and told
my skipper to take in sail, but it
couldn't be helped. We treated
each other with salutes and all the
honors, however"
"But," said the Philadelphians,
show did the Pennsylvania pass
you again If you were twenty-four
days coming over"
"Oh," said my Lord, "easy
enough. After 1 sailed by we had
head winds. Ihad to tack, and
she bolted right through, being a
propeller
The Baltimoreans told this story
with great glee. My Lord had
gone past that slow Philadelphia
ship, with only half sail on HUI
"a for my Lord ! But my Lord
flinched a little in his bills. He
visited the bar-room at Congress
Hall pretty much all day Wednes-