The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-04

dad the passengers thought he was
Morgan. the great financier, and 1t
tickled dad, and he never denied II.
Anyway, the captain put dad and | at
his own table, and he called me Lit
tie Pierp," and everybody discussed
great financial questions with DAD,
and everything would have been love
ly the whole trip, only Morgan came
a fnongst US after he had been seasick
for three days, and they gave him
seat opposite us and with two Nor
gans at the same table it was q good
deal like two Uncle Toms in Uncle
Toms Cabin show, so dad had to stay
in his stateroom on account of sick
ness, a good deal.
''Then dad got to walking on deck
and flirting with the female passen-
gers. Say did you ever see an OLD
man who was stuck on himself and
thought that every woman who look
! ed at him, from curiosity or because
| he had a wart on his neck, and watch
him get busy making EN- believe he
| Is a young and kitteny thing, who is
| irresistible? Gee, but it makes me
tired. No man can mash, and make
eyes, and have love scene. when he
| has to go to the rail every few NM
utes and hump hisself with some
thing In him that is knocking at the
|
same way it went in Dad found a
widow woman who looked backN at
him kind of sassy when he braced
up to her and the ship rolled and
side-stepped, he took hold of her arm
| to steady her, and she said maybe
they had better sit down on deck and
! talk it over, 50 dad found a couple of
steamer chairs that We're not in use,
and they sat down near together and
- IL fn
| she was nervous, and he told me |
could go and play mumbletypeg in
| the cabin, and i went in the cabin
and looked out of the window at dad
and the widow. Say, you wouldn't
| think two chairs could get SO close,
and dad was sure love sick, and so
was she.
The difference between love sick
and sea sick is that in love sick you
| look red in the face and snuggle up,
and squeeze hands, and look fondly
| end swallow your emotion, and try TO
wait patiently until it is dark enough
| so the spectators won't notice. any
| thing and in sea sickness you get pale
| in the face, and spread apart, and let
| go of hands and after you have stood
| it as long as you can you rush to the
| rail and act as though you We're going
| to jump overheard, and then stop
| sudden and let go-galIagher, right
before the folks. and after it's over you
| try to look as though you had enjoyed
| it, | will say this much for dad, he
| and the widow never played a duet
over the rail, but they took turns and
| dad held her as tenderly as though
they were engaged and when he got
back to the steamer chair he stroked
her face and put camphor to her nose.
! and acted like an undertaken that
wasn't going TO let the remains get
| away from him. They were having
a nice convalescent time, just afore
it broke up, and hadn't either of them
| been sick for ten minutes. and dad
put his arm around her shoulders,
and was talking cunning to her, and
she was looking lovingly into dads
eyes, and they were talking of meet
| ing again in France in few weeks,
where she was going to rent villa,
and dad was saying he would be there
with both feet, when | opened the
window and said. The steward is
bringing around lunch, and l have
ordered two boiled pork sandwiches
for you, two easy marks.
We'll, you'd a dide to see 'em
jump. What there is about the idea
! of fat pork that makes people who