Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1918 — Just a Story. [ARTICLE]

Just a Story.

When William Jennings Bryan was in Indianapolis recently, he was entertained at the country home of Mr. and •Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston. Mrs. Bryan accompanied her husband. The Ralston household greatly enjoyed the conversation of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan; particularly when the great commoner told some of his best stories.. A domestic employed at the Ralston home was so interested in the guests that she wrote to a friend: “We had a fine time at the Ralston’s last night. Mr. and Mrs. Brandy w’ere visiting them and they were very entertaining.” Mr. Ralston thought it was a delicious joke on Mr. Bryan to have him called Mr. Brandy, and was telling it to some friends later at the Hotel Severin when Mr. Bryan came Up. “I was just telling the story about how you were called Brandy,” said Mr. Ralston. “I think that’s just a story,” said Mr. Bryan, laughing.