Memoirs of an Ex-Minister: An Autobiography (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Memoirs of an Ex-Minister: An Autobiography<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.''<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.