The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-04
LORD HOPETOUN'S
NARRATIVE
He Tells How Yankee Students
Became Drunk on
Milk.

One always expects noted men when
travelling at sea to have a big stock
of stories on hand but as far as could
be ascertained Lord Hopetoun told but
one story on the trip from sydney TO
Honolulu.
The Hon. w. A Long, who was a
passenger aboard the Miowera says
that His Lordship told the story in a
modest way and then ordered drink all
around. The EarPs story was as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen, when I was yet quite a
green young Scotchman-many years
ago-I made a trip to London and then
on to Paris with friend. We journey
ed to Newhaven by the London ana
Southwestern Railway and then got on
a small packet to make the trip across
the channel to the quaint old seaside
town Of Dieppe. 1t was rough
NIGHTS passage across the channel so
we did not make any effort 70 sleep.
We became interested in two young
Americans who were talking ioud
enough TO permit everyone 10 near.
They said that they had three hundred
dollars-about sixty sovereigns, gentle
men in our money-each with WHlch ~
.5o'-.do' is a Yankee expression / be
lieve-Paris. 1 conversed with them and
Yhev told me very interesting stories
about themselves. One said his father
was a doctor; the other said MS COVER
nor was "a jolly good fellow although
he was a bullpuncher' Both were COZ
lege students
ION our arrival at Dieppe We took the
Young fellows on TO Paris and they
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They wished to know how TO drink
il and whether it would make them
verv-weu all. gentlemeu-Very drunk.
We told them that il would and lha'
II would be better if We would ac-
couuany them 20 their apartments anu
have some absinthe brought IN. ihey
would then become acquainted with
the prouer way Of drinking IL and con-
seouentIv would not make Doors OF
themselves when drinking IL 30 ID"
cafes. gentlemen. Well ] nope E""
gentlemen viii not think thal my SUI
seuuent actions We're dlSgIacrlui. az
though the laws IF hospitality de'ire1
mai We should have done otherwise.
but gentlemen a my age then was
fond Of a good jJke-and tins promise"
10 be a most excellent one.
..=naa-iny in the French tousu" ]
told our attendant to bring US som"
milk and at the same time informed
the Youngsters that / had sent for abb
sintbe. We'll the milk was brought ana
after a little lemon juice had been
nIacel in IL we exhibited If 20 the boys
We rlacad a small block of ice in earn
of four tumJle-s and poured the Wlik
slowly into each. Then with Here
Ink Yanks We drank. The boys de-
.Iarel il a very pleasant drink ana
had many small bowls Of milk DO the
course Of an hour Then they COM
ranced TO laugh and shout and tumble
about on the floor Of our ags rtmeut
In 2 half hour more both were a.
drunk as Dutch hddlers might be- on
the occasion Of a BUer victory. We put
them into a bed and kept them there
and I can assure you. gentlemen. that
there were wildly intoxicated. They
only had milk 70 drink but they
thought it absinthe and their -ma@ina-
ton did the rest
II am given cause FOR much regret
gentlemen" continued the Earl. 'taat
cannot serve you with milk alb
sinth-. but i You viii allow me j
would like you all 10 assist me in drink
ing the health Of the commander az
the Miowera.'
And this was Lord Hop-t"u1.- only
story