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Excerpt from Memoirs of an Ex-Minister: An Autobiography
Such was the Governor of the Isle of Wight''s yacht, in which, as boys, we were taken to cruise in the safe waters of the Solent.
Commander Love ''seemed to have perpetual leave, and the yacht was relegated to Mr. Butcher, the master, who always looked like a sailor in a play, and was, indeed, little better, being generally in a confused state of mind as to the course we were to'' take or the direction of the wind. He was, however, well replaced by the boatswain, an ''old salt.'' The continual absence of Captain Love was, I believe, caused by his not being a gram persona to the ladies, so that Mr. Butcher had all the responsibility of sailing the craft. This suddenly ceased, after the following occurrence, when our father refused to let us sail any more, and the Medina was abolished.
One day, the butler, who was acting as steward, rushed 011 deck the picture of terror. My lord, the yacht has sprung a leak, and water is ?owing into the cabin.'' Down the companion plunged Mr. Butcher, and in a moment confirmed the news. ''my lord, it is already over my shoes, and I must run her on shore in Alum Bay, before she goes down.''
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Such was the Governor of the Isle of Wight''s yacht, in which, as boys, we were taken to cruise in the safe waters of the Solent.
Commander Love ''seemed to have perpetual leave, and the yacht was relegated to Mr. Butcher, the master, who always looked like a sailor in a play, and was, indeed, little better, being generally in a confused state of mind as to the course we were to'' take or the direction of the wind. He was, however, well replaced by the boatswain, an ''old salt.'' The continual absence of Captain Love was, I believe, caused by his not being a gram persona to the ladies, so that Mr. Butcher had all the responsibility of sailing the craft. This suddenly ceased, after the following occurrence, when our father refused to let us sail any more, and the Medina was abolished.
One day, the butler, who was acting as steward, rushed 011 deck the picture of terror. My lord, the yacht has sprung a leak, and water is ?owing into the cabin.'' Down the companion plunged Mr. Butcher, and in a moment confirmed the news. ''my lord, it is already over my shoes, and I must run her on shore in Alum Bay, before she goes down.''
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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