The Wreck of the Conemaugh

the long version

The supposed writer, a consumptive baronet, describes a voyage undertaken to lengthen his days, but ending in virtual suicide, commited to allow a friend to marry the girl whom he loves, although she has a fancy for the hero. This friend vibrates between the peerage and the commonalty in an extraordinary fashion, sometimes being Lord John and Lord Esterbrook on the same page, and certain Cuban filibusters who adorn the tale are rather less real than wax figures. — *American Ecclesiastical Review, Third Series--Vol. II.--(XXII).--April, 1900.--No. 4., page 447.*