The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-16
he didn't quit "those confoundod

lhrht, dellDerate'y "lhklng IN me
gentleman with tho moist eye---lt was
moister now, NJ the two sat confronting
each other, ana ~ length the drummer
moved across and took place next 10
my uxorious friend, The drummer
recommended politics In low tone,
pralslng the other highly for his prinel-
Piles aud the eloquence with which he
hnd supported them, He backed his
profuse llattery-a Chicago drummer
always works with trowel-by having
the others glass replenished The
moist eye grew yet more moist, its
owner seemed 10 beam and NJ this
crisis the drummer, by an easy dlyerg-
ence, abandoned the topic OF politics,
and Significantly observed that he had
noticed his frlond had spoken of having
been m officer In the San Francisco
Customs, A nod was the response,
Then the drummersvoico waned lower,
and caught but yagrom words, such
~ "dutable articles, " and mysterl-
ous phrase which | may have overheard
enormously, but which sounded like
"twlrling the elephants tall "
For several days, except at meal
times, saw nothing Of the molst.eyed
gentleman; but once, when was look
Ing down through u grating into tho
baggage room, | noticed him poltcrlng
around In n curiously loisurcly fashion
among the trunks, II gave the mat
ter n thought NJ all, | have no doubt |
believed him, In his own deliberate sem
tontIous way, engaged In searching for
his own baggage,
One evening In the smoklng-room,
our friend, who, since his previous dis
couragemcnt In that peculiarly frank
spoken Tabaks.Parlament, had been
very quiet and retiring, broke out
again into eoQuence, This time he
lifted up his voice 10 pronounce glow
ing euoglum on the British nationality,
lilo ayowcd himself born Wclshman,
and, although expatriatod In tender
years and admitted 10 American cltl'
Zcnship as soon M he had attained the
statutory age, he was not the man, like
Stanley, 70 deny the land Of his naiivl-
~, own that found u difficulty In
roconcllng this claim 10 Welsh eYtrao,
ton with statement he had made In
the course Of his confidence 10 "Mad-
am 10 the eject that he had been
"bOrn and raised In KeOkuk, Iowa"
but these little discrepancies, was
duly sensible, may occur Ia antobo.
loquial observations without seriously
affecting the voraclty Of the average
human animal, The cloQucnco Of
the molstcycd man, II dilmse,
was decidedly stimulating, and
stirred Dhc enthusiasm Of tho
lirltons aud Australians, Thoy are joe
und, friendly creatures In the smoking
room after the steward has answered
the bell u few tines and nj the close OF
cheer for Queen Victoria, In which
the Americans Joined with "tger,"
m Ausn allan jcwelor, kindled into hos
ptallty by his loyalty, called for cham
pagne round, The champagne In
splrcd quite spasm Of international
rapprOt hnleBi Patriotic songs set IN
britannia Rules the Wavo'-most Of
tho llrltOns had been deadly sick for
the first two days -"llail Columbia"
"Tho Red White aud Blue "lho
Star spanglcd Banner" Tho attempt
nj yankee Doodle" was scarcely
lowing triumph, since no one present
appeared 10 know auy words 10 ,ant air
which complied with the requirements
of the strict proprloty always main.
lalnod In the smoklng-room Of nm ocean
steamer, ~ Indeed In every part OF such
vessels aud the impromptu concert
lilly concluded with God Save the
Queen Presently tho smoking.room
thlnnod The American gentleman
with the moist oyo remained, leaning
back In seeming alumber, the Austral-
Ian lcwolcr was still on hand, idgeting
about rs II thoro were some
thing on his mind sat smok-
Ing silently In my own dark
corner Presently the jewolor awoko
the American with n touch on tho
shoulder aud sat down bosldc him, The
cautious Australian murmurod some
words Of which | caught false bot
tom"--"aro they vory sharpp The
American spoke out like man,
"Guoss know somo OF the boys 500
you right through, partnorI" and thon
followed hot toddy,
Two days after this episode, tho unu.
aual spectacle was Afforded Of tho moist
Dyed man having afternoon tote'd-toto
with n lady In the most retired corner
Of tho great saloon, "Madam" aud |
had both disseminated the quaint talo
wa had been told NJ the beginning OF
tho voyage, aud the big bluo'oyod man
with tho fnr-oil expression 40 ofton on
his face was regarded with no little
kindly interest Then II became prot.
" we'll known that ho had boon IN the
Frisco customs employ, aud that ho
was u civil, plonsant.naturod, scottish
sort OF follow generally. Ills entertain.
or NJ tho four o'clock toa rejection was
gaunt, wlthcrod little grig Of Soolo-
Now.Zonland woman, who called h0r-
self Mira, lornc, aud profossod 10 DO u
widow. both OF which protonsions were
considerably inaccurate, She had
"coralod" the molst-oyod man on tho
subject Of hor baggage, about which,
over since sho lolnod tho ship NJ Auok-
land. sho had boon botraying nervous.
ness among hor Inllmatos, Az least
gathered this had boon her little gamo
from the frank, hearty remark tho
moistoycd man made as hc stood up
from the ton table, Don't you skoar
worth u cent, madam, don't yo, Col
opol 0'Driscol, tho boss ON tho iotty,
Ia mn old.timo orony OF mine, ri
say ono word 10 the Colonel and yea'ro
through ~ slick ~ M oolp' whcroat
tho bogus.wdow Lorno blushcd and
looked half ploasod, half confused
Among tho passengers who joined
tho "Tasmanian" NJ Auckland was u
droll little American from Fiji, n hard
bitten boaohcombor style OF old repro.
batc with koen gcst for liquor, The
old fellow proiossod lighinoss Of purse
and arranged with the people Of tho
ship that ho should occupy ono Of tho