The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-11-29
GA TOURIST FROM INJIANNY."


We first saw him from the deck of the
Unser Fritz, as that gallant steamer was
preparing to leave the port of New York
for Plymouth, Havre and Hamburg.
Perhaps it was that all objects at that
moment become indelibly impressed on
the memory of the departing voyager-
perhaps it was that mere interrupting
trivialities always assume undue magni-
tude to us when we are waiting for some
thing really important-but L retain n
vivid impression of him as he appeared
on the gangway in apparently hopeless,
yet, as it afterward appeared, really tri-
umphant, alteration with the German
speaking deck-hands and stewards. He
was not an heroic figure. Clad in a
worn linen buster, his arms filed with
bags and parcels, he might have been
taken for hackman carrying the lug
gage of his fare But it was noticeable
that, although he calmly persisted in
speaking English and ignoring the volu
bic German of his antagonists, he in
some rude fashion accomplished his OBJ
ject without losing his temper or in
creasing his temperature, while his for
eign enemy was crimson with rage and
perspiring with heat and that present
ly, having violated dozen of the ships
regulations, he took his place by the
side of very pretty girl, apparently his
superior in station, who addressed him
as father" As the great ship swung
out into the stream he was still a central
figure on our deck, getting into every
body's way, addressing all with equal
familiarity, imperturbable to affront or
snub, but always doggedly and consist
emily adhering to one purpose, however
trivial or inadequate to the means en-
ployed. You're sittin' on suthin' o.
mine, Miss he began, for the third or
fourth time, to the elegant Miss Mont
morris, who was revisiting Europe under
high social conditions. "Jist rise up
while L get it-'twon't take a mint"
Not only was that lady forced to rise,
but to make necessary the rising and
.discomposing of the whole Montmorris
party who were congregated around her.
The missing suthin'" was discovered
to be very old and battered newspaper.
Sc It's the Cincinnaty Times" he ex-
planned, as he quietly took it up, oblivi-
GUS to the indignant chances of the par
ty It's little squoshed by your sit
tin on it, but it'll do to refer to. It's
got letter from Payris, shown the
prices o. them thar hotels and rist'rants,
and / allowed to my darter we might
want it on the other side. Thar's one
or two French names thar that rather
gets me-mebbe your eyes is stronger"
but here the entire Montmorris party
rustled away, leaving him with the paper
in one hand-the other pointing at the
paragraph. Not at all discounted, he
glanced at the vacant bench, took pos
session of it with his hat, buster and
umbrella, disappeared, and presently
appeared again with his daughter, a
lank looking young man, and an angular
elderly female, and-so replaced the
Montmorrises.
When we were fairly at sea he was
missed. A pleasing belief that he had
fallen overheard, or had been left be-
hind, was dissipated by his appearance
one morning, with his daughter on one
arm, and the elderly female before al
luded to on the other. The Unser
Fritz was rolling heavily at the time,
but, with his usual awkward pertinacity,
he insisted upon attempting to walk to-
ward the best part of the deck, as he al
ways did, as If it were right and a
duty. A lurch brought him and his un-
certain freight in contact with the Mont
morrises, there was a moment OF wild
confusion, two or three seats were emp
tied, and he was finally led away by the
steward, an obviously and obtrusively
sick man. But, when he had disap-
peared below, it was noticed that he had
secured two excellent seats for his fe-
male companions. Nobody dared to dis
turb the elder; nobody cared to disturb
the younger-who, it may be here re-
corded, had certain shy reserve which
checked aught but the simplest civil
ties from the male passengers.
A few days later it was discovered
that he was not an inmate OF the first,
but of the second cabin; that the elder
~ female was not his wife, as popularity
supposed, but the roommate OF his
daughter in the first cabin. These facts
made his various intrusions on the sa-
loon deck the more exasperating to the
montmorrises, yet the more difficult to
deal with. Eventually, however, he had,
as usuai, his own way; no place was
sacred, or debaned his slouched hot
and buster. They we're turned out OF
the engine-room TO reappcar upon the