The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-10-16
RETURNED THE PRIZE
4 Trophy That Did Not Remain
Long In Captivity.
THE MISSING COAT OF ARMS.

u 0slsoSsd 70 the American csNsvlsss
In HeneIvIu end Wss Carried on ~
Party u English MiS1iss-Ths Rss.
titStisn end Apology.
"Speaking Of old times on the coast"
sid an Orego0Ian. reminds me Of
some ,of the sterling characters We
had there. Ono was Governor Nc.
Bride of Oregon. His nrst oniciai du.
ties were st Honolulu. where he was
United States minister. King Kane
hamcha wns tho ruler nt the time. The
minister wss . heroic type Of man.
the father 0f fourteen children. and Q
number Of his sons became dlstin.
guished men In various professions.
lie wss q true American. cast In IN
ultra patriotic mold. and many stories
are told among the o'dtimers Of his
patriotism aud bravery.
when Mcbride reached Honolulu
hs found there were no outward In.
sigma Designating the American coo-
suIste OF ministers once. 20 be had Q
large American coat Of arms cot out
Of wood. giided and decorated sppro-
priatsly. and this was hong over The
once door that all the world might 80
it. u was naturally Q coasptcuous OBJ
ject end Of much interest to the pub
it.
''Ops day sp Engiish map-of.wae
came Into port. The sailors aod mid.
sbipmeu were given liberty. and. -
often happens. some Of them bed hi-
larious times. Among the thsn MD
sbipmen were Lord Gordon and Lord
Beresfoed. who. like oil midshipmcu in
from Q long cruise. were cot foe
folly time. Walking down the street.
they did not fall to notice that Yankee
coat Of arms. snd ~ Besesford vas
eollectinS bric-s .brsc and curiosities It
occurred 10 him and Gordon that this
would be q One addition TO their roa-
lection. q trophy worth having. Do
they selected q time when the minis
ter wss nway aud the once closed.
presumably at night. and took down
the cost Of arms. hired native vehi.
Gle to carry Il down TO the dock sod
actually succeeded 10 getting Il aboard
without sny of the ranking o0csss
knowing anything sbout II.
The uext morning when The minls'
ter came down to the once his assist
ant said:
".Mr. Minister. your BIRDS taken
aight.'
.'what DO you meapr asked his
sxcs,ieuey.
-.Yosr cost os arms is gone ~
plisd the cid.
.Ooue whese? Flown o6r
"!soe esactiy.' said the otbse. It's
just DISAPPEARED
The minister walked out into the
street aud looked up. The coat Of
arus. which was 6ve OF slx feet
aeross was 'uoaicesbIs By tn abseucs.'
u had taken wings and oOwu away.
Exactly what the minister said has
not been chrouicled.
"It 70 happened that Berssford had
given the carriage driver an extra fare
for bis trouble. Zone oos discovered
this and quickly reported u to the min
lister, who at once made Q demand
upon the captain Of the frisate for NJ
return. The captain. who was limo.
cent. denied that the thing was aboard
ship. The minister sent bis evi0eoee
to the captain. reiterating bis demand
and demanding 90 apoloGy for The IN.
suit.
The captain now began au iuvssei-
satiou. and the culpeits owned up aud
took the coat Of arms on deck. when
q was promptly sent ash0rs and ~
turned to the o0lcs Of the minister.
Mcbride. who was there. refused to
receive Il.
"'Tell the captain Of your ffigAts
that desire that the men who took it
down bring Il back. place it whore
they found Il and apologize
"Back 10 the ship went the men
with the coat Of arms and reported.
The captain ordered the young men to
20 ashore. take the coat OF arms to the
consulate. replace Il ~ they found Il
and apologize to the minister.
1T Was doubtless = 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-
sulste. The American minister had
not put himself out to keep the mat
ter quiet. and % fact the public was
well posted. and the cousulate was
surrounded by . crowd Of Ameeicans.
natives aud others. all laughing at The
prsdicament Of the young midship-
non.
'Ths minister had Z strong sense of
humor and determined to get all there
was In It. He preserved bis dignity %
best he could ~ hs received the young
men aud listened to their apologies.
The midshlpmsn then took the coat Of
arms from the hack aud amid he
cheers Of the crowd climbed to ths
front OF the building and placed it In
position. then hurried down. followed
By laughter aud chsers."- Q. =. Holder
In New York Evening Post.