River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-19

ever fortune might place him, and all
| that rot, when the boat got so far
away they could not hear. him, and
| then he came off his perch, and said:
'Hennery, that little impromptu
| demonstration to your father, on the
eve OF his departure from his native
| land. perhaps never to return, ought
| to be deep and lasting lesson to you.
| and 10 show you that the estimation in
which l am held by our people, is
worth millions to you, and you can
point with pride to your father
81 said rats and dad said he
wouldn't wonder if the boat was full
of rats, and then we stood on deck,
and watched the objects of interest
down the bay. AS we passed the
| statue of Liberty, which France gave
to the republic, on Bedloe's island, dad
started to make speech to the pas
sengers, but one of the officers of the
| boat told dad this was no democratic
caucus, and that choked him off, but
| he vas loaded for speech, and l knew
it was only a matter of time when he
| when we got outside the bar into the
ocean, his speech would come up with
the rest of the stuff, and guess it
did, for after he began to be sick he
had to keep his mouth shut, which was
| a great relief to me, for felt that he
would say something that would get
this country into trouble with other
nations, as there were lots of foreign
ers on board.
81 heard that j. Pierpont Morgan
was on board, and / told everybody l
got in conversation with that dad was
Pierpont Morgan, and when people be-
gan to call him Mr.. Morgan, told dad
the passengers thought he was Nor
gan, the great fnancier, and it tickled
dad, and he never denied it. Anyway,
the captain put dad and l at his own
table, and he called me Little Pierp,"
and everybody discussed great fnan-
cial questions with dad, and everything
would have been lovely the whole trip,
only Morgan came amongst us after
he had been seasick for three days,
and they gave him seat opposite us,
and with two Morgans at the same Ia
BILE it was good deal like two Uncle
Toms in an Uncle Toms Cabin show,
so dad had to stay in his stateroom on
account of sickness, 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 hisself, and thought
that every woman who looked at him,
from curiosity, or because he had
wart on his neck, and watch him get
busy making EN- believe he is young
and kitteny thing, who is irresistible?
Gee, but it makes me tired. No man
can mash, and make eyes, and have a
love scene, when he has to go to the
rail every few minutes and hump his
self with something in him that is
knocking at the door of his palate, to
come out the same way it went in. Dad
found a widow woman who looked
back at him kind of sassy, when he
braced up to her, and when the ship
rolled and side-stepped, he took hold
of her arm to steady her, and she said
maybe they better sit down on deck
and talk it over, so dad found a couple
of steamer chairs that were not in use,
and they sat down near together, and
dad took hold of her hand to see if
she was nervous, and he told me +
could go and play mumbletypeg in the
cabin. and / 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