The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-11-05
ON TIE DEEP.


The steamer was to leave Elk Rapis at
10 O'Clock in the morning. | wasn't bit
afraid Of sea-sickness, but got up at day
light to look at the weather. Ny great
anxiety was that some of the others of the
party might he sea-sick. found several
others up at that carly hour TO survey the
weather. Their anxiety was not for them.
selves, but for me and the rest, This IN
selsfshness is seldom witnessed and never
forgotten.
just before breakfast we all went cat 70
view some more fine weather. We did not
intend to take q lake ride OF a hundred
miles on small propeller without having
some weather along. The general opinion
was that the day would turn out fine. We
asked the landlord, the cook, the porter and
the bell boy, and they said it would be such
day as was seldom seen in that section.
An hour before the boat left the white caps
began TO roll up on the bay, but we didn't
scare. We got together and passed reso.
luton, declaring that white caps didn't
amount to schucks. Some Of the party tried
to indulge in laughter at the bare idea ns
white caps intimidating anybody, but it
was the most solemn laughter ever heard.
shouldn't have gone aboard but for my
desire to help the others get off home. 1t
was very good hotel, and | could have
stayed there and skated out when the ice
formed. After We were under way | dis
covered that all the others had come
aboard just to accommodate me. For some
reason or other the wind began to blow as
we left the dock. There seemed no occa-
sion tor it, but she blew right along regard
less Of expense. The boat soon became nm
easy; so did the passengers. We all seemed
to become pensive about the same time.
Memories OF other days began 10 gallon
DER us, but the captain came along and
brutality remarked that this wasn't a hun.
dredth part Of what we'd get out in the
lake. BY some concert of action, which |
could not tathom, the twcnty.onc Of us pro-
duced lemons, peppermint, camphor and
other sntidotcs at the same time. We
didn't feel bit sea.sick, of course but we
kind o wanted to be doing something to
pass away time.
Before we reached the lake the Kentucky
| Judge SLOWLY arose, DfaCcu MS feet, CiaWcd
out for one Of the cabin-supports, and sol
emnly remarked:
Gentlemen, didn't sleep much last
night on account of my asthma, and guess
III 60 to bed for an hour or two. Ifany OF
you g-get s.sea-sick you can c-call me-"
He crawled away, pale as a ghost, and
the rest of us took another chew at our lem.
ons. Lemons are awful healthy, and that's
why we had 'em on board. The Chicago
preacher was the second man to Withdraw
His chin shook, his eyes rolled, and he
looked terribly as he said:
81 g-guess I'll take advantage of the op.
portunity to finish my s.sermon.'
There were five of US lief, in the group
when the boat doomed out of the bay into
the raging lake The wind was blowing a
living gale, and the waves were bowling for
human provender. The boat behaved
splcndidly. She first went up and then
down. Then she swung her nose right and
left and switched her stern around as If il
was tail to hit some one with. Mad be.
, cause she couldn't come It, she rolled It
right and left like an old log. Two gentle
men nom Kentucky handed us their lem.
ont and begged to be excused while the,