Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-12

II was with genuine regret that 1 parted
from the young man. He had proved NM
self nuisance. But l regret leaving MIN
in Jail in a town where bail is IN unknown
article in the hay and feed line. Straw
bail doesn't show the direction of the wind
in Bremen.
The balmy faced. bespectacled New
Yorker had already been guilty of series
of last appearances in monotonous Lon
don. and it may be frankly confessed that
my emotions when l saw him loom up
freshly jubiant at the dock at Southamp-
ton were those of pure unblended disgust.
The other people and tourists who With
me were awaiting the arrival of the Saale.
which was to forward me on my stopped
off" journey to Bremen were not possessed
with similar emotions for the Dey!lbuS
was a stranger to them. Nevertheless it
was rot a cheerful party. At some I'M
earthly hour in the morning runners had
made the rounds of the hotels procla.ming
the supposed fact that the Lloyd steamer
mad been sighted at midnight on her way
ampton at six days O'Clock from that
morning-it is only six days ago, but it
seems like a month. The guests were
aroused from their slumbers at . I'M
There was much uESeemly haste in the
packing luggage and calling for bills and
cabs and time. Hotel bills were paid with
but scant scrutiny. There was no time to
complain about trif1ing inaccuracies in bills
that closely resembied base ball scores.
If there were overcharges they We're COM
pensatei for by the absence of the usual
horde of hotel harpies to fleece the parting
guest. The earliness of the hour was too
much for them. What a dreadful thing 1t
would be to have to go back to Southarnp-
ton and face that mob of untipped boots,
chambermaids, buttons, portcrs and
waiterSi
But the Devilbug would get left. There
was great satisfaction in the thought.
The Devilbug had dropped me a line from
London announcing his full intention of be-
ing of the number of passengers who would
use their stop-over tickets from Southamp-
ton to Bremen on this trip, and that he
would take great pleasure in INJECTING his
conspicuously desirable society upon me at
about 10 am, an hour or two before the
usual time of departure.
Being aroused at ) O'Clock in the morning
seemed a less morstrous thing when / re-
fected that it would be followed by the
Deyilbug's appearance at the dock hours
after we had sailed for Germany.
And yet the miscnievous New Yorker
caught the boat
A heavy fog had arisen in the night. and
In Consequence, the '.Saale' made port four
hours after the expected time. 1t was exas-
peratlng to use an expression as mild as
smoke in Germany-to sit on a dreary
steamship dock for four and a half
dreary hours, and have chap like the
Devilbug hob up serenely. smiling. like
basket of poker chips and just in time to
have his buds vanked board the ship
you've been waiting for with eathless,
breakfastless Impotence.
AS usual 1 forgave him. and I must say
that he was exceedingly well behay ed
quite ON his dignity. in fact.
The trip from Southampton to Bremen
haven, the point the river Weser at
which passengers for Bremen are landed,
is a delightful one when the English chan
rel it on its good behavior and the North
seas bosom is not heaving with unsup-
pressed excitement Then one can. in pass
ing, view the quaint little sea port towns
that, stud the north shore of the Isle of
Wight, and get glimpses of the buriy old
castles that are scattered here and there
while along Engialds southeastern coast
one can see the shipping of dozen nations
anchored at the harbors that nestle in
the different breaks of the shore line.
Queer looking coasters and innumerable
fishing vessels of outandish pattern shrink
along the crowded sea path. while OCCASION
ally one may pass q transatlantic giant cut
ting its frothy track through the vast WEI
ness. Hows that? We were fortunate in
having a clear sky and calm sea, not even
marred by a foghorn conclusion. Gowanus
bay was never smoother than the briny eX-
p1nse-briny eXpanSe may sound hackney
ed, but it was briny and the expause feel
ing pervaded the entire atmosphere
through which our own good ship Saiy-I
mean Saale-sailed. All of which goes to
show what a horrible thing it is for an