Show made a speedy recovery on one of the visits of the amer acin fleet to english waters admiral erben now retired was in command with capt alfred mahan the writer on naval affairs as his flag captain one morning capt mahan came to his admiral with an invitation to dine with a duke I 1 cant accept this said capt mahan as they forgot to invite you I 1 should say you coulden couldn t growled the admiral I 1 II 11 answer for you whereupon the admiral wrote admiral erben U S navy regrets hat capt mahan his flag captain cannot accept the invitation of the duke of blank capt mahan Is on the sick list an hour or so later a messenger from the duke returned with inalta eions for the admiral and the captain whereupon the admiral wrote again admiral erben accepts with pleas are the invitation for capt mahan and he wishes also to advise the duke of blank that he has taken capt mahan off the sick list new york tribune |