Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-18
.MIUKhtU Init rhiL[
A Trophy That Did Not Remain
 Long In Captivity.
THs MISSING COAT OF ARMS.
t Belonged to the American Consulate In Honolulu and Was Carried Off by Party of English Middics-The Res titution and Apolcqy.

l i.''!! RI Pfc.nui2u. "IeuiiUtlS me OT snM't "i the sterling characters v.t
 had thsrs. Obe was Governor Air.
 rT'"2 ! Oregon. lis first "('icial Gi. l ''t" H'rf at un0.l.!il. where he waS
 LH!t"'. St"t"> minister. King Kane, , haIncla "aS tue ruler at the time. Tm
 minister Was heroic type of a man. { he father of fourteen children. aud '
 nunlhcr of his sons became distin-
 glliShcd men in various professions. He WHS d till" -Sinercan east in an 1 ll'ra p3tr"tic mold. and many stories gre told anon. the oldtilmcrs of his 1 oatri" isfi and bravery
 When Mcbride reached Honolulu l he found there We're no out ward in- .iajia designating the American con Sulatc ur minister's office, Sn he had d large American coat of arms cut out If wood. @idcd aud decorated appro- Driatrly. and this was hung over the office door that all the world might see it. It was naturally Il conspicuous "h- jcct and of much interest to the pub lie.
 One day an English man-ofwar came i.:to port The sailors and miG- ,AinrHcn were given liberty. and. as often happens. some of them had hi lariouS times. Among the then mid shipmcn were Lord Gordon and I.ord Bercsford. who, like all midshipmen in from a lon. cruise were out for
 jolly time Walking down the street they did not fail to notice that Yankee coat of arHl<. and IS Bcrcsford was collecting bric-a brac aud curiOsitieS 1t occurred to him aud Gordon that this would be fine addition to their col lection q trophy worth having. So they selected time when the minis ter was away and the office closed. presumably at night. aud took down the coat of arms. hired d native vehi- gle to carry it down to the dock and actually succeeded ill getting it aboard without any of the ranking officers knowing anything ahou: it.
 "rhe next morning when the minis. ter came down to the office his assist snt said:
 "'Mr Mln,sIer, your b:rt's taken flight
 " What do rtu meaD? asked hit rxt rllnnry
 "'Your coat of arms is gone.' re. oiled the aid
 "r,une where? Flown off% Not exactly said the other. Its just disappeared.
 ..'Tbn i-tn xc.,lGnI irtn tho street and looked up The coat of ! arms, which was five or six feet across. was .noticeai,le by it's absence. It had taken wings and flown sway.
 Cyartl; what the minister said has ss'I been rhr"i,irled.
 1t so happened that Beresford hatt given he carriage driver an extra fare for his trouble Some one discovered ! this and quickly reported it to the min | iSter, who at once made q demand apon the captain of the frigate for it's return. The captain. who was inno. ! cent. denied 1ha, the thing was aboard /; ship. The minister sent his evidence 1 10 the captain rcitrratinG his dema nd /: ard demanding an apology for the in { suit.
 "Thc captain now began an investi 1 gation and the cufpritS owned up and ] took the coat of arns on deck. wher : it WAS promptly sent ashore and re : .urnrd 10 tue office of the minister 1 McBride. who was there. refused tt ] receive it. e
 "'Tell the captain of your frigate 1 that l desire that tie men who took iI
 down bring i, back. place it where
 they found it and anolo2ize.' i Back to the ship went the ineu
 with the coat of arms and reported
 The captain ordered the young men te
 so ashore, take the coat of arms to the :, consulate. replace it as they found il 1 and apologize to the minister. "lt was doubtless bitter pill, and
 the young midshipnen had to stand
 the badinage of their comrades. The
 two went ashore. ready to comply
 and took tue coat of aru1s to the COD
 sulate. The American minister haG
 not put himself out to keep the mat ter quiet. and as :s fact the public was
 well posted. and the consulate was
 surrounded by d crowd of Americans
 natives and others. all laughing at the
 predicament of the young, midship
 men.
 "Thc minister had strong sense o1 humor and determined to get all thert
 was in it. He preserved his dignity as
 best he could as he received the young
 men and listened to their apologies
 The midshipnleu then took the coat Q, arms from the hack and amid th<
 cheers of the crowd clin4 ped to tht
 front of the building and placed 1t II position. then hurried down, followed by laughter and cheers. 70. F. Hoide, in New York EveDing Post.
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