A QUARANTINE STORY.

Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

A QUARANTINE STORY.

On the subject of quarantine regulations in Egypt a very good story is told (says Fairplay) of the captaiu of one of the ships belonging to the Anchor Line. This gentleman, having arrived from a suspected port, was immediately placed in quarantine, and to ensure his observance of* the rules of the port, and his good conduct generally, he had to anchor his ship under the guns of a Turkish corvette, the captain of the latter having given our Anchor friend notice that if he attempted to move from his berth he would be fired into. This was rather rough for the captain. Still, he bore with the evil patiently for a certain number of days, and then he began to get restive. He did not trouble himself very much about telegraphing Home for orders, or if he did, nothing has ever been made known on the Bubject; but having fairly weighed the question out and taken the measure of the corvette, he sent notice to the captain of that redoubtable vessel that he was about to get up steam and start, and that if a single shot were fired at him he would run into the corvette and sink her. While the Tnrk was considering whether it was likely any Englishman would do such a thing without first consulting his Foreign Office, the Anchor* man was off, and the Turk is still thinking.