Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-17
RETURNED THE PRIZE
4 Trophy That Did Not Remain
 Long In Captivity.
THE MISSING COAT OF ARMS.
t Belonged to the American Consulate In Honolulu and Was Carried Of by Party of English hiiddies-The Res titution and Apology.

l ,ftathAfl- VII tld tllIitS bll tue GOdSt. sai3 ".i Gi,&oii'}D. "YesHi"dS ne Cs sot2r Ut t''" sterling characters wp i -3s'-t t.ts-is. bts Ss33 Governor .d@r fssi;s os I:sEon. His fFst 4ftieiai du. .ies were at Horolula. where he was i taitcd States minister. King Kane 1:iHeiia Was the ruler at the time The minister Was heroic type of man, the father of fourteen children. aud . number of his sons became distin guiShcd men in various professions. 1 He WAS q true American. east in an !tra patriotic mold. and many stories are told among the oIdtimers of his 1 patriotism and bravery.
 'WHen Mcbride reached Honolulu ] he found there were no utward ill. i sisnia designating the American con suiate OF minister's office, so he had d tar&e American coat of arms cut out i af wood. @iiGed and decorated appro- priatclv, and this was hung over the office door that all the world might see It. IL was naturally a conspicuous ob i jcct and of much interest to the pub i lie
 I ''Onc day an English man-ofWar "anle into port The sailors and miti- shiiTfIef3 We're given liberty. and, as often nappens some of them had hi lariollS times Among the then mid shipmcn were Lord Gordon and Lord BcreS ford. who, like all midShipmen in from a leng cruise. We're out for a jolly time. Walking down the street. th,y tli not fail to notice that Yankee coat of artffs. and IS Beresford was collecting hfit.-a-hrac and curiositieS it occurred to him and Gordon that this would be a fine addition to their col lection. q trophy worth having. So they selected time when the minis ser WAS away and the office closed, presumably at night. and took down the coat of arms. hired a native vehi- cle to carry it down to the dock and actually succeeded i'll getting it aboard without any of the ranking officers knoWin. anything abons it.
 "Ehe next morning when the minis ,er came down to the office his assist i ant said:
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 What s1a you meany asked his tzee!lencr
 Your ceat of arms is gone, re. piled the aid.
 s.Gone where? Flown off:' Not exactly said the other. Its just disappeared.
 ''Fhe minister walked out into the stree, and looked up, The coat of arms. which was five or six feet across. was noticeable by it's absence. 1t had taken wings and flown away. Exactly what the minister said has rles .sHe!. t.hroniated.
 "'. so happened that BereSford had given the carriage driver an extra fare for h:s trouble So!ue one discovered this and quickly reported it to the nin~ ister who at once made q demand upon the captain of the friGate for it's return The captain. who was inno cent. denied that the thing was aboard ship. The minister sent his evidence 10 the captain reitcrating his demand and demanding all apology for the in- sult
 "The captain DOW began an investi- gation, and the culprts owned up and took the coat of arms on deck. when 1t was promptly sent ashore and re- turned 10 the office of the minister Mcbride. who was there, refused to receive it.
 "'Tell the captain of your frigate that desire that the mon who took it down bring if back. place it where they found it and apologize.
 Back to the ship went the men with the coat uf arms and reported The captain ordered the young men to go ashore, take the coat of arms to the consulate. replace it as they found it and apologize to the minister.
 "It was doubtless d bitter pill. and the young midshipMen had to stand the badinage of their comrades. The two went ashore, ready to comply, and took the coat of arms to the con- sulate. The American minister had not put himself out to keep the mat ter quiet. and as fact the public was well posted. and tue consulate was surrounded by crowd of Americans. natives and others, all laughing at the predicament of tie young midship men.
 ''The minister had strong sense of humor and determined to get all there was in it. He preserved his dignity as best he could as he received the young men and listened to their apologies The midshipmeD t.en ,ook tue coat of arms from the hack and amid the cheers of the crowd c!i.l. ped to the front of the building and nlaced it in position. then buried down. followed by laughter and cheerS"-C. F. Holder in New York Evening Post
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