The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-10-20


- sick 10 that b love sick you bob
red in the face and snugsle up, and
squeeze hands. and look foDdly. ana
swallow your emotion. and try to wall
patiently until Il IL dark enough ~ the
spectators Won't notice anything. and
In sea sickness you get pale In the face
and spread apart. and let 30 VI hands.
and after you have stood u ~ long a.
you c-A yol rush to the rail AID acl -
though you were going TO jump over
board. aad then stop sudden and let
'er-go-railagher. right before folks,
aud after II Is over you try to look as
though you had enjoyed It. will say
never played a duet over the rail. but
they took turns. and dad held her IA
tenderly a. though they were engaged
and when he got her back to the
steamer chair he stroked Aer face and
put camphor TO her nose. and acted
Ike an undertaken that wasn't going
TO let the n msius get away from MIN.
They were having a nice conyalescent
time, Just afore II broke up, and hadn
either Of them been SICK Tor ten min
uies. and dad had put his arm around
her shoulders. and was talking Gun
ming 10 her. ana she was looking low
ingly into dads eyes. and they wee
talking Of meeting again In France IN
a Few weeks. where she was going to
rent a villa. and dad was saying ~.
would be- there with 10th feet. whel |
opened the window and said. Tho
steward Is bringing around q lunch
and I have ordered two boiled pork
sandwiches for you two easy marks
We'll. you'd a dido to see EN- jump.
What there Is about the Idea OF fat
pork that makes people who are sea
sick have q relapse | don't know. but
the woman grabbed her stummiN 10
both hands and lef, dad and rushed in-
to the cabin yelling enough or some-
thing like that. and dad laid rlght
back u. the chair and biatted like a
calf. md said he would Kill me dead
when We got ashore.
Just then an Englishman came
aionT and told dad he better get up
out ct his chair, and dad said who's.
chair you talking about. and the man
said the chair Was his. and n dai
didnt get out Of II. he would Kick him
out. ami dad said he hadn't had q guoi
chance At an Engllshman since tn.
revolutionary war. and he Just wanted
a chance 10 clean up enough English
men ior , mess. and dad got mp AMI
Hfnal At aHaNfAnNNaU 90 uaN sA. E.A.NN.A-
man squared on like a prize nghtcr.
aud they were Just going to fight ,ie
battle Of Bunker Hill over again. when
! u up to an ofic.r with gold lace On
his cat aud lemon pie ON his vlis.
ker-. gnd told him an old crazy AN.
kcc o. on deck wes going 10 murder q
poor sea sick Englishmau. and the Of
ncer rushed out and took dad by tue
coat collar and made him quit, and
he found what the quarrel was
about, he told dad all the chairs wers
private property belonging to the pas.
sensers. and for him to keep u II
them. and he a~pologlzed TO the Eng.
iishman and they went Into the sai'on
and settled II with high balls. and dial
beat the Englishman by drinking two
high halls Ia his one. Then dad aet
into a poker same. with ten cents ant.
and 20 limit. and they played along
for 4 while until dad got four Jacks,
and b. bet i've dollars. aud n French.
man raised him 5000, and dad lail
down his hand aud said the game was
too Itch for his blood. and when he