| Show admirals rivals in A london friend sends me quite a pretty story anent the daughter of sir edwin arnold she ia her fathers secretary and his companion in most of the journeys round the world during her recent stay in japan her maje china squadron ships and the american pacific fleet were in the harbor of yokohama at the same time sir edwin and his daughter entertained the admirals of both fleets at luncheon and in return were naturally invited on board the ships the american fleet wag first visited and upon leaving the ican admiral presented miss arnold with a beautiful bouquet tied with ribbons of the ship as a token of the respect of himself and his officers this american courtesy came to the ears of the english commander and not to be outdone by his american brother he presented miss arnold with a larger bouquet and doubled the number of ribbons then the american admiral sent miss arnold a few verses of his own composition thia was going a little further than the english officer was capable of but he had some verses written to miss arnold and dispatched them to her three days afterward the daughter then told her father and she immediately found a third contestant that same afternoon brought her another beautiful bouquet and attached aft ached was a card bearing the following lines TO MY DAUGHTER oh happy maid whom two great flags to honor blending rich melodious posies when admirals rhyme the muse un strings fcc lyre to bind in pride their mayflower a and thear roses EDWIN philadelphia times |
