, 1891-08-30
BEFORE THE MAST.
Baron de Sede Crosses the At
lantic as a Common Sailor
And Thereby Wins a Wager
Made with q Friend.
Charlie Mitchell Out with a Big
Talk Fight to Corbett.
Shipped Before the Mast.

NEW York, Aug. GA French
nobleman With : nautical turn, has crossed
the Atlantic as a common sailer and
thereby o a big wager made with a
friend. He is Baron Paul de Sede, mem
Der OF the French Geological Society, OF
the committee of the United States
Yacht club. and of the Royal Forth
Yacht club in Scotland, and he arrived on
the steamship Noordland of the Red Star
line, at Jersey City on Wednesday after
noon. The baron was hone the worse for
his experience as a sailor man, and he
has added to his store Of ship knowledge.
He is here to study American yachting.
While the Noordland lay at Antwerp, a
bronzed face and solidly built young man
of medium size went aboard in yachts
man uniform and asked First Officer
Doxrud il he wanted an able seaman.
Officer Doxrud was In need OF another
sailor and he questioned the applicant
about his qualifications.
Il have sailed a yacht said Baron de
Sede, who gave his Christian name of
Paul Clement, land | was captain in the
American LOT years.
Clement. in proof OF his claim of com
potency, showed papers written in French
and stamped by the French authorities.
The Noordland's first officer took him to
be a navigator of experience, because sci
dom a French sailor comes to him for
work who speaks English. He sent
Clement to the shiu's doctor for physical
examination. He passed and then signed
articles to serve in the Noordland for a
month. His pay was fixed at ninetY-ive
franc.
The Noordland sailed from Antwerp on
Saturday, Aug. Is, and that morning
Paul Clement came aboard, carrying HIS
sailor bag. The first days of the voyage
we're rough and the new sailor had plenty
to do. He did not shirk his duty, but
worked all the time. 1t was easy to see
that he was not accustomed to hard work
and the first day his hands were blistered.
After the stormy spell, there was fair
weather and plain sailing and Paul Glenn
cnt had an easier time. He had the
lookout and a good deal of that suited
him to perfection. as he could observe all
hat was going on both on deck aud Mt
sea.
When the Noordland was within two
days of New York Clement told First
Officer Doxrud that he was Baron Paul
de Sede and that he had made the trip AZ
a sailor to win a bet he had made with a
friend. He said that a true Freuchman
should be a good sailor; that during the
voyage he had noted many interesting
things in his journal, and that he would
publish an article when he returned to
France.
When Officer Doxrud learned that his
new sailor was a French nobloman, he
asked him why he had not made the trip
In II French steamship.
The French line know me too well"
said the baron with n gay laugh. Il
could not deceive my own people,
Baron de Sede asked the first officer if
he would release him from his contract if
he found a substitute for the return vOy.
age. Officer Doxrud said he woull be
satisfied. but the 95 francs will got be
paid until the NOordlanC reaches Ant
werp. The baron slept on the NoOrdland
at her pier on Wednesday night and early
yesterday morning obtained permission to
go ashore for n few hours. He lett the
ship IN his sailor clothes and had not re-
turned at 9 O'Clock last night.
81 guess he's found a snug harbor for
the night said Officer DOxrud, good
humoredly, but he'll have to report be-
fore we sail, or furnish n substitute. A
deserter, il caught in Belgium, may be
sent to prison for forty-five days. But |
think the baron will be on hand III the
morning.
All the sailors on the Noorldand were on
friendly terms with the ''Frenchman"
and were under the impression hat he
had a good deal of money. They spoke
in admiration of his fine sailor clothes,
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however, did not reveal his identity to
his mess mates. He was too sharp for
that. knowing they would tease him. lie
was particularly sociable with the Italian
quartermaster, with whom he conversed
in the Italian tongue. He told the quar-
termaster that he would probably return
IN the Noordland as a passenger, and that
next month be was gcing to Genoa to sail
his yacht in n race for $50, 900. Baron
de Sede DISPLAYED no money on the vOy-
age, but showed a check book. His wife