The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-27

to wait. His grace came dashing down
behind tandem team of russell horses.
He was dressed all in white flannel and
wore russell shoes. By his side sat Bessie
IN cool Worth dress-worth cool ESQ
note | should say, looking as chic as you
please and attired throughout in the
height of fashion. As they drove down a
crony of his exclaimed: 'Ah, there's his
grace, wouldn't | like TO see him this time
tonight, thought
Ten cases of Pommery, Jules Mumm,
Moselles, clarets and Burgundies were put
aboard. The cuisine OF the Manchester
yacht was already famous and the chef had
not neglected his larders. The engineer,
his two assistants and the pilot were
promptly on hand, and at 8 O'Clock we
were oil. After the first two bottles his
grace took the wheel, Bessie observing
oh, he's all right. and will do for couple
OF hours yet Now couple of bottles
with his grace means more than it
sounds, because of late years he has been
drinking magnums and can easily get
away with three or four of them at 60
shiillngs mag. He was in great humor
that morning. all smiles and mods. and
making everybody feel at home. while
Bessie played the fine lady TO perfection.
At every one of the dozen locks of the
way We stopped and not content
with what We had aboard, made requisi-
lions on the river houses. After we had
gotten about ten miles up the Thames,
the summer of the vine in all our veins
We concluded not to go TO Windsor, as the
champagne was all gone and we had to
make landing to buy some more. In
deed, his grace having declared his inten-
ton of stopping at every resort on the way
back, 1t was unanimously agreed that it
was quite time to turn our faces homeward.
Our progress back was simply a grand
hurrah all the way down Every lock we
m hIS h1v h.
picking up the ''dea6 soldiers',,-and throw
ing them at the bystanders on the lock
walls. We hadn't got more than couple
of miles homeward bound before the local
constables attempted to read the riot act
to us, for which one of them was knocked
! into the lock by an empty bottle for his
pains.
kilograms were sent ahead of us order
ing all officers of her majesty to stop the
launch, and some of them. as it turned out
afterward, actually accused us of having
abducted lady from Raynor's We had
stopped there moment and Mr.. and Mrs.
Raynor had come aboard. The former
speedily acquiring that condition of exub-
erance which actually led him to forget
whether he had wife or not. There were
a lot of geraniums and potted plants in the
cabin, some of them four or five feet high,
and the deck was speedily transformed into
tropical garden by moving them I'D. In
their midst we sat and cracked magnums.
Raynor started TO go ashore pretty soon,
but madame remained aboard, and laugh
ingly wondered as the yacht steamed furi-
ously away: oh, what will my poor hus-
band say?' AS it turned out the poor
man went nearly mad and fired a voIley of
kilograms after us all the way down to
London. This, believe, was Mrs. Raw
nor's second abduction by this same party
1.-The Raynor menials and the potbovs in
attendance at neighboring public houses
organized a posse and pursued us in row.
boats. but We soon left them behind. When
We got to the next lock We found TO our
dismay that the kilograms caused it TO be
shut against us, so the posse had no diff
Guilty in catching US there. They were
afraid to come aboard and attempt to res
cue, so they followed us on through the
lock, eagerly Selling and emptying the
bottles of wine with which they were Wig
orously pelted from our decks.
NOW the wine steward and the chef had
been stealthily assisting TO empty the
champagne bottles that were so literally
strewn around, and our first intimation of
il was the discovery of the two engaged in
a regular mill down in the cabin, quarrel
ing over a half empty magnum. \ we'll
known sporting man IN the party said.
All here's a GO: and his grace immedi
ateiy recovering from the somnolent
Influences of his fourth bottle, cried.
Jolly good Make for shore and we'll
nave an Olu-1aSulOileu Iuili! Inc deck
lines were taken ashore TO as pretty a
patch of turf as YOU ever saw and regular
prize ring was speedily formed the ladies
meanwhile shutting themselves I'D
in the dining-room. The steward
got first blood and matters were
proceeding as bloodily as any of us
could desire, when just as time was
called for the second round. somebody
shrieked ont that the yacht was aground.
This alarmed Us, as We didn' want to be
caught. and the two contestants, now so
exhausted as to be unable to walk We're
picked up bodily and thrown aboard His
grace had them carried down into the
cabin, where gallon OF salt and ice from
couple OF magnum coolers was gently ap-
piled TO the head of each.
Once more we started down the river.
succeeding in the next ten minutes in run
ming down two row boats. Our noble skin
per was at this interesting juncture in the
stern of his launch trying 10 load his six
pound brass csnnon-which was used for
nring signals. to fire a salute over
the shlpNrecked crews of the
row boat. BY this time the ladies
had come on deck quite worked up
10 the bottle-throwing point themselves,
and there was regular Iusliade OF cham
payne al the poor wretches who were
swimming round US, trying TO crawl
aboard. They had nerve enough, how
ever, To dive for the champagne every
time. This episode naturally attracted
even q greater crowd, and a score or two of
boys and girls who had been haymaking
in the adjoining helds thronged To the
waters edge, grabbing eagerly for the pen
MES and sixpences which the duke and
Bellwood fired az them with both hands
Ii was, perhaps, Just as well that the po-
lice came aboard just below there. When
thew found ont whose launch II was they
were very polite. took his grace's town adj
dress and informed everybody in the crowd
who had a grievance that all damages
would be paid next day. About Ii O clock We
landed, and his grace was carried 10 bed.
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