The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-10-29

The Possible Heir TO the Throne and
Nephew of the Grand Old Man -.
.crIbcd with HIerogiyphics-Deeor g
That Was Put ON TO Stay.
have made the acquaintance Of such
quaint, clever old retired sea captain
with great black eyes and snow white
hair and mustache. He had been tie
world over several times, and there
seems to be nothing nor nobody which
and whom he has not seen or known.
Just now we are so intimate-uewspa-
per intimate-with the Prince of Wales
and his doings perhaps an anecdott
which the captain told me Of George
the princes second son, may be amusing
The captain some years ago was N
San Francisco with his ship. 1t was
chartered 10y big manufacturing com.
pany to go to New South Wales. WHERE
the captain was to buy 1000 tor, Z a
certain celebrated bituminous con
He arrived safely and put u . {
finest hotel in Sydney. AT this b. J
were staying the Duke of EdinaUf n
with his nephew. son of the Prime oi
Ndites anu loAu- oih0stptlts % ht lfil' ~
of the great statesman. They were ther
taking trip around the world, the boys
in the care Of the Duke of Edinburgh.
who commanded the ship
My sea captain made their acquaint.
ance and dined with them the first day
OF his arrival. He told the boys some Of
the jolliest stories and they took to each
other immensely. but strange to say, he
did not catch vestige of them for the
next two weeks.
One day they appeared again suddenly,
seized the captain by the hand and i'm
sisted upon his going Immediately &c
JOIN them in glass Of champagne in
honor of the meeting.
"Whcre on earth have You been hid.
ingy" asked the captain.
"ln bed" answered the prince, with a
sound, half groan half chuckle, land
it's all the fault of that long legged
beast, Tom Nolan"
Then young Gladstone put in a naughty
word and raped out:
YES. the beggar declared that we
would heal mp in one day. I'd like tc
thrash him. but his back is yard across,
and I could not knock him down. you
know, if tried"
TATTOoED WITH FAST DYE"
what the dickens did he do to your"
"Why. see here" said the prince. and
the captain, putting on his spectacles.
discovered that the princes under Lip
had been tattooed with the royal broad
arrow" while Young Gladstone's lip was
similarly decorated with an anchor, two
lovely fast dye" embellishments which
would last all their lives.
Choking with suppressed laughter the
captain said. The old salt has done his
work well, but this need not have kept
you in bed two weeks"
"Oh, bless you. no, said the prince.
"but, you know, he coaxed us into bav
ing dolphins and merlnaids and mottoes
pretty much all over us. and oh, it's
abominable, YOU know, for we were soon
laid ont rs stiff as ramrods and bowling
with pain. 1t don't matter, now it's all
over" added the prince rather ruefully,
but, by Georgei I'll never be caught in
such trumpery scrape again"
"Nor l. chimed in young Gladstone.
with an emphatic bang of his fist on the
table; "but the worst of ii is, you know.
that we shall be dancing and flirting ri
balls and praying in church with all
these ridiculous mermaids and idiotic
what-a-call prancing round with rs
all along the line. George has made q
royal jackass of himself. and am
"a radical jackass," laughed the cap
tain. And the signs of it will last for
ever. You will have to dance and pray
and offer yourselves to your sweethearts,
merInaids and all. for better. for worse.
Then ne made a solemn grimace at
them and they all burst out laughing
and the BOYS invited him TO inspect the
splendid ship, in which they were steam.
ing over the world. and while there the
captain put the youngest up to playing
some high jinks upon the old sailor who
had persuaded them TO be tattooed-by
way of an awful retribution
THE MARKS REMAINED.
A day or two after the great ship
steamed away. and the captain, having
loaded the ship with the coal he was to
get, set sail for California.
alAGi W a. III
and left il at night by getting on hnari
a ship bound for California. In the
morning he rose early to watch the fast
receding shores Of japan. A tall, hard
son e young man came out Of his stale
room at the same moment in his dress
ing robe. "HalloI" he cried, "why. il
here amt my dear old captaini How
are you? So glad to meet you againr~
The puzzled captain looked at the
young man in vain hope TO recognize
him, when the other, lifting a splendid
mustache. disclosed a tattooed anchor
on his lip.
''0h. now know youl You are Glad
stone. What big. good looking fellow
yUu are. to be sure"
''All You see Of me- laughed the
other. My friends, the mermaids and
NOTICES still cling closer than brother
aud under my clothes I'm a show for
your circus friend. Barnum."
Ard then they went over the New
South Wales adventure and had most
enjoyable. jolly chat together.-New
York Journal
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