Ralph D. Paine

“ It would have been a temptation not easy to resist if King Osmond had offered him the place of minister of marine, with the bestowal of the insignia of the Grand Cross of Trinadaro.
The august personage was prodigiously busy. Several secretaries and stenographers toiled like mad to handle the vast amount of clerical work and correspondence. To establish a ready-made kingdom from the ground up is no small task. ”

“ The result of several conversations was that O'Shea and Johnny Kent were engaged to select a steamer for purchase, and to take charge of her for the voyage to Trinadaro. Their qualifications were warmly indorsed by the well-known ship-broking firm of Tavistock & Huntley, of Leadenhall Street. The managing partner, George Huntley, that solid man with the mutton-chop whiskers and the romantic temperament, was delighted with the arrangement, and took a boyish interest in every detail of the picturesque enterprise. ”

“ O'Shea could pretend to load her; he could send as many people on board as he liked, and put a gang of mechanics at work all over the bally old hooker, said Huntley. If the enemies of King Osmond took it for granted that the Tyneshire Glen was the ship selected to carry him off to Trinadaro, that was their own lookout. ”