Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-10-20


that when about daybreak | was rolled
out of my berth and struck both my
Sims ON chair l didn't have good
civilized expression left TO use.
But when went up on deck l found
Mr.. Bryan leaning over the rail, look
ing most miserable. l went up to him.
glad to find companion In misery, and
said:
isn't this sea the worst you were
ever on? Why, l thought the boat was
practicng for n field day"
But Mr. Bryan only looked at me
with a most serious expression on his
sick couutendnce.
"Wetmore," he said, I'm afraid
you've been following that prescription
of that Scotch doctor too closely
spent very pleasant night
Mr. Bryan seemed to have it in for
me and thought that l was an awful
sinner On the Princess Irene, coming
back to America, there was an old
German who thought he knew all about
nautical matters, and for several days
he did nothing but talk about how we
were getting into the gulf stream But
it was 50 confoundedly raw and chilly
that ! couldn't see it that way at all,
and one day when the OLD German, MIR.
Bryan ana myself were talking | said:
"Oh. | don't believe there is any old
gulf stream. | know | never felt it,"
The old German looked somewhat
puzzled but finally Mr.. Bryan said:
don't mind Wetmore If the gulf
stream were made out of whisky high
balls be would believe we are in it all
right"
y funny thing happened in Cork that
gave us the chance to laugh at Mr.
Bryan. We were riding through the
streets when we passed a hotel which
had an American flag flying in front of
it. We stopped the carriage, and Mr..
BRYAN and the rest of us took off our
hats
There were several typical Irishmen
on the street who saw us, and one Of
them said, "Ah, the land of the free
and the brave"
well, it's free all right" said Mr..
Bryan, but | don't know so much
about the brave"
"Oh, yes, it's brave We are, toow said
the Irishman. "Aln't you always fight
ing over there"
OF course Mr.. Bryan is very emphatic
on the subject of peace instead of war.
You know he attended the peace con
ference in London and made a great
speech. Well, whenever he brought the
subject up, of course l came out for
war and said that good. ripping war
would do my heart good.
Well, when we got to Gibraltar we
learned that few miles away the
Moors or some other niggers were fight
ing among themselves and there was a
great bloody revolution going on. We
were all Oh deck together at the time
we heard the news, and Mr., Bryan
turned to me with q smile.
"rhere you are, Wetmore, real war
right there for you. Why don't you
mix up In it?"
"Sure,' said l, but will have to
have volunteers to go with me. You
surely won't back out, Mr.. Bryant"
Mr.. Bryan looked at me gravely FOR
Il moment, then said;
"Wetmore even though | have gone
around with you, thought you knew
was civilized"
At concert given on the Princess
Irene Mr.. Bryan was made chairman
A young lady was on the programme
TO play violin solo. Just before she
was to play Mr.. Bryan was informed
that she was seaslck and couldn't play.
Mr.. Bryan, who had made witty little
talks IN Introducing all Of the different
contributors to the concert, began eX-
planning how matters stood in humor-
Gus vein when suddenly the smile died
off his face, and the peculiar and I'M
mistakaDle expression that comes to Il
persons face with the first grip of sea-
sickness froZe his features. He tried
TO smile and mechanically passed his
hand over his stomach. 1T was all any
own fault" he said. II was making
fun Of some one else, and now | have
the saI0c trouble" The audience roar
ed.
Mr.. Bryal's devotion to his wife and
his seeming utter dependence upon her
and confidence in her were unbounded
Every one knows how she wrote all his
speeches our o. N typewriter at his
dictation, and o.. boat she was al
ways with him. - t,as almost boyiSh
In his enthusiasm for her.
One day | went up on the promenade