Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-14

were EnglishmcD, but those who were
not. were from the Northern states 81
the United states except
your humble servant, who
was .Ie only representative
Of "DixIcp ia the crowd. One thing
was compelled % notice aud 10 gave
me no pleasure. The songs were most
~ patriotic American songs and were
sung with Il regular hurrah spirit,
even the Englislimcn Joining IN
heartily. But they were songs
which reflected Northern war spirit
wen hang JEFF Davis on sour
apple treei and "JOiB Browns body
lies uouldcflng ia the ground" being
par cscciicncc the fayorlics. Alter
about hundred such more
or, le.sj had been shouted,
one man struck up with the Bonnie
Blue Flag, and we'll, II sou had
poured bucket Of Ice water down the
bacss Of each nan present myself ex.
clndcd) you couldn't have chilled
The enthusiasm more cliec-
tually. OF course was
In for singing the song, not In q spirit
Of dirloynlty aud all that, but 1t had
before then occurred 10 me that II was
about time iJr something 10 be said on
the other side. "rurn about II fair
play,U SO they say, but let
IL bc understood In Ills
connection that "tbcyp don't mean
the male passengers on board the
steamship Egypt" ] had some con
yersation later With the gentleman
who proposed the Bonnie Blue flngo
and he remarked really il Is worth
mans life To sing such
n song IN such crowd
Perhaps / allowed this incident 10 af-
feet me more than its importance dee
served, but | confess freely that ] vas
hardly prepared for such an exbibl-
ton of sectional feeling, under such
circumstances, and ny young men for
they were nearly all young who could
not have participated IN the
war between the states. ] commend
said incident 10 any Of your renders
who may be admirers Of such papers
as the Ihttr- Oceun Of Chicago. About
twenty per cent Of the Egypts
passengers landed ut Queenstown
and the remaining eighty
per cent. saw them Of with il " Ill.
We all gathered on deck and ns the
tug containing those leaving ~ moved
after cheer rang ont on the brecZes,
one wnggish fellow near me
shouted out when shall we'uns meet
AGAIN." And from the tug came bnck
the reply. "ln London, where there Is
never nught bat rain which With
clsm was greeted with tumultuous mp.
pIausc, rs fhe play folks put IT,
About p. III. 0n Tuesday, the 18Th,
,N. tynt "A .Iip,,ti.. az I.tUartn.l unI tu j
= 20 p. m, we were crowding on board
a miserable, uncomfortable tighter, /
which took rs from the boat % tho !
wharf. a heavy rain was falling. aud
the boat being open and crowded,
HIS fret practical introduction to
he Kingdom upon which tie gun
never sctrp was not cheerful one. #
rs though to believe that Z
there Is ut lcns' II niodicum of truth In
the witty remark of Miss Kate Field, /
who offered IA an amend /
ment the words, 'and upon I
which some people think /
the sun never rises. From the tur
we wcat in body into the custom
house. where wc were detained for
hours. wouldn' swear to the cXact .
lime ! was kept there, hut | viii be .
qualified lhat after keeping nv
'hmily there m hour, |, IL /,
,ur luggage and took them MP town
% the hotel, and then went back only
TO lind lint the business of going
through II hndn't even begun. /
.ried 20 be patient though, aud finally
utter midnight hired clh and went In
tchrcl Of Il bed. just here let me nay
FOR the benefit ofthosc who come after
me, that when you get this far, in the
language Of the guide book, fright
icte begins your special part IN The
iRht between capital and ldbortD
which VIII rage nround Won
Y It's pivotal centre until you return 10
he tug, Unless yo, are awake aud
Sfcp your temper, In which case labor
WI come out ahead. II ~ certain 10
YIN anyway md all you cnn hope to
10 II To keep In sight Of It,. You
vii bc preycd upon by "cnbbics,p bc.
et by 'wnitera" aud "eXtrasn viii be
UhR IN your ears untii sou will think
here IL nothing else but "eXtras.u :
and for every. ,
hiug you are 'eXpect,dp 10
ave something extra 20 those
crying you, and The only redccmInp :
'hturc OF this system of persecution ,
: the fact That, 80 IL II something q
doesn't matter much apparently. /
oW much or how little it il. The /,
Iea'iisliip steward Is u tony epss and !,
iths up his nose nj copper and even
lver a. represented by ANYTHING
W. iliah halt'cr0wns about sixty-two
't''sl hui The average "cabbvn wiII
ne OIL his hat and thank YOU ne
Teceiui'y FOR siSpenc, as for soy. \
'tign, about -.
On TIE eve of my departure from !,
orr Worth for Europe the general
aliaRer OF the Loving Pub. :,
ming Company, who had been &
'eIc ana Knew how IL was hln,sclf u
~ TO ne 10y way Of parting advise.
ne sooner you learn To ssy nor ~ 4,
ore fellows, the sooner YOU n
W get down 10 The basis
good sense. Naturally I regarded ~
~ advice rs oraculor, and [ thoueht n,
Rct down TO said basis the first
nhce possible. l made contract :,
IN my 'cabhy'l to drive me and nv -
my rom The cusi0m-house 10 our ~
~ he 10 be paid *. ~
.ly ia, equal 10 81 ~
N,hs careful 10 have The agreement g.
'unotly Understood, aud / Thought ~
Nhnd by II myself aud mike
abby" stand by IL. So when w. A,
ohrd the hotel got OUT nv
yer ana counted out To he u,
- exactly six shillings. No n
20, no less. He held out hls hand
'eccivo II, gave o glance at IL aud -.
u glanced ~ me. "a shilling for w
a1Ver SIR was all he said. hui o. ne
q! think can see him now md
I'VE 10 he as old IN McthIsnlch il |
70 have been when hs wns AZ nep
sth gathered TO his father. shall Oh
tuhrr Ihnl lnnL mn Mn