The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-27

Mccullough. in New York Tunes
In 1866 Forrest went TO California on
one of the Pacific mail steamers. taking
Mccullough with him. During the voy-
age there occurred a number of Incl
dents. which will illustrate the charac-
ter of the famous old actor. He was
suffering greatly from govt, and, in adj
dition. the passage being a very stormy
one, was much afflicted by s~ea-sickness.
One day, while in this condition, groan-
ing and swearing on deck in his own
peculiar fashion, he came face to face
with Captain Bradbury, the commander
of the ship, and, for a moment, looking
at him as if he would annihilate him.
blurted out:
"Damme, sir, do you know that no
one even had any reasonable excuse
for going to sea except the patriarch
Noah?"
r..Well, well-ah, Noah! Mr.. For
rest" stammered the captain, and then
recovering himself and entering into
the spirit Of the occasion. said: What
was Noah's excusep" To which Forrest
at once replied: why. damme. sir, il
he had stayed at home he would have
been drowned" Tt
On board the same vessel, during the
same passage, Mccullough recalls thai
thore was an exceedingly doleful
preacher, who, after the habit of many
gentlemen Of his calling, spoke o
through his hose than his mouth, and
made himself very disagreeable. On
Sunday it was announced that this gen
tleman was to preach in the cabin, and
Forrest, who was always fond of a good
sermon, asked his young assistant II
there was any probability that the min-
lister would do well. Mccullough, in a
spirit of mischief, replied that he was
very sure he would, and at last induced
Forrest to go into the cabin and listen
to the services. When they commenced.
however, it was at once evident that the
preacher was one of the most dismal.
drawing and embarrassing of his kind.
and from time to time during the dis.
course Forrest, who was SO situated that
he could not get out of the cabin, gave
vent to his outraged feelings by loud.
though half stiled, EXPLANATIONS of 30,
Lord, Lord; o, my God, mylGodm Tho
preacher was evidently much pleased
with these demonstrations, which he
took as evidence of his own power in
awakening ~penitential thoughts in the
mind of an actor, and the next morning,
at a hint from McC ullough, who was
bent on keeping up the joke, he called
on Forrest in his stateroom to converse
with him regarding his soul.
At the outset, however, his good in
tentions were nipped in the bud. He
knocked at the door of the cabin.
Come in," growled the great deep
voice of the actor. The dominic opened
the door and found Forrest lying half
in and half out Of his bunk, moaning
with s~ea-sickness and racked with govt.
"Aha! it is you. is itr' cried the actor.
"You are just the man l want to see.
I want you to tell me what your mas
ter's opinion was Of the sear'
my Master. sir, my Master" said
the solemn faced preacher; ''who do
you meanP"
"Why. who should I mean but tho
Eavior" replied Forrest. Don't you
know what he did when he went to
seap"
SWELL. ali; no, sir, no." stammered
The confused parson.
well, then," Numbered Forrest,
"Tn tell you. He went to sea only
Dnce, and then he got 10 Disguised that
he walked ashore again"
With this the actor turned overin his
berth with a groan, and the parson left
The cabin in dismay.