, 1881-11-20
How a Mellow October Day Faded into
a flight Of Seasickness.
The Succeeding Hours d Desperate Bat.
tie with Il Hurricane.
Horrifying Scenes During a. Night Of Black
ness, Disaster, and Despair.
4 ause Iron Steamer Tossed About for TWo Day
Like CotsicsbtIl Craft. :
An Experience in Ocean Travel Which None OF
the Participants Wish TO Repeat.

,, 1t was Inst October that the White Star stem
shsp Republic carried Il few hundred OF us fro
, | tile hospitlbe shores Of bcef-eutlug England
those Of the cnglu and the STIR -Span.leI nanue
, ! mention October for tho rcuson that now b.
! icFe thar mouth to be II hypncris in disguis
before that voyage had always entertained
very high regard for October. There is no mont
III the collection that has Us mus cal Il name
that looks us well In print. To look ut it in prl1
one would Conclude that there Is somethin
about it TOO dignit!cd, too rounded, too respect
ablc tn admit OF ANYTHING in the nature Of ds
ccption.
| as TO March, for instance, there is someth!n
in It's appearance, In its brusque, sententiou
| uttcrnncc, tiat permits the formation of nt1nos
anS Kind OF Il derogatory suspicion as to its ret
character, OF what may be expected from
ns',cr any given circumstances. April is
plastic nAIne suggestive only Of unsteudness Q
purpose January and FcbrInry nrc full OF th
hnrsllncss. the severity Of vnchnincd brooks, ant
whirlills SHOWS. But October, tul1 OF round
eyed i1ltlt"c,1ce like an infant, mclotli0us, har
m"nin1s; assocIates! will, sruI,e-clusters. p}aci,
sunshine. tho blrshcs OF the ripcied apples AM
| tue yellow sheen Ut the cprE-tiClds; who has eye
l.
! m1i;ation tempered with Il hearty respect
!, When we pulled the anchor from tho mud @
the Mcrscy. unl tue hitherto irer: mass uf iro,
that contained us oci.a. ttrott Us IL were witt
embryonic life, October smiti TN LIS from The
! ullInincd biuc, AMI breathe on us With cn:rss.
lug warmth iAiver.,o. iu,.cii 1ne descending
horizon; the shadows Ut hight came aud Ell
! shit'lntcd thv iinlen,e shorc-tine Of Wales;
! Qnee1lstown came aud went away; the Irish
roast SANK !iito tho iSeurily Df tht Distance;
ana all this time October gave us only the
| brightest u1,u warmest at sunlight by div, unt]
the oislest VI aoncs. tho shecritst Or stnrs, by
! night.
Ali, deceptive October.
While this wunton October this :ured us with
her smiles aud her passionate breath, We were
doing MS all ship people do OH similar occ,. sors
Each unit i'll the nass was laborng to separate
himself 1Iuni the othor units and establish for
himself It'll identity. There is All cararst desire
on the part of a!1 whip 70 down. to tho sea in
ships to be known us something more than
merely Il passenger. In this work there is some
sort of cot'peradon-t is IL say. white Il pcr-
son is 'aboring to come from the tn;,ss and Sc
cure an Individuality which may be recognized
he is equally uuxols to ai.ix un identity to each
OF the others lie is not satisfied with the pal
pubic fnct that this is II nun, that is n young
woman, aud another all Oil wo1,:,l and
so on; he wishes to know more And
SO it happcns that in Il day or two what
was at the outset crowd haysp:, no espccial
tlu'htS except species OF Conference ns crowd
has separated into indivdoaities. The suok-
inE-room bcgcts explanations; proptuquity ut
TIC usbic> 1r the stArer1unlS, or. CHAIRS On tho
lee s1ue of the ucek DlingS mutual cunldcnces;
the ot1cr to adjust wrap results III III inter-
chahgc of personal informal tton; and thus in
tho brlcftst OF time we know euch uther us wei;
as II VIC were all from the saint: Locality and
were the :scquaintanccs Of years standing
1t Is Il somewhat curious fact thut there nre
many people who bccuinc satisfied after they
have secured identification by the Others They
arc car1'tst and persistent in one Way aud au-
other Hlltil they have attained recognition: and
tfen for the rc.ualsdcru Ut the voyage they hold
themselves aloof. There Wills case OF pnsst.1l-
ger who canle up into the smok i11x-ruon, during
the first part Ut the trip. lie waited till the on.
portn"e 1nenen, came, and them tuk1ng stl- !
vat.tNge of the conversation. he said:
" es. that WAS true. was in command of |
the brisade on the right
"ah, YES said one near him. .'You are /
''irs. SIR was the response, in 4 tome of tin |
uttuust possible dignity. From thut time he
uwelt npalf from the rest Of rs: lie bad secured
the RECOGNITION vi his tntliyidn3tit; and he
cared for nothing further. he never after ell
tered the stnnking- room: nnd, So fur Us know.
dc never afterwards exchanged words with any
1t is quite curious how ones preconcclycd
ol'n'o.'s are otteu shattered It's ucquant:lt1ce-
snip develops tho character, os:cl, puslon, u1,u
hspoS'tiou ut the various passengers. am al |
ways Numbering in this direction. study IN |
he crowd in advance. My fur1ner turns OH ID !
os s.,a I: "e!l-kn9wn Congressman; my commercial
nan, whom | accrcdit with havl11. been over |
:, uuy c;'rpcts for bis Atllcric,n employers, is
he son pf IL wealthy New Yorker, with no end
{, BE- Il schoonurtn returning Iron. n yaca,nn
vho resolves herself iuto the wifH Of an En- |
:llsnn'an Of title Aud thus on inter.ntuably i
imposed i1ursc becomes II noted artiste: u |
harnii1ls young luly subsidies in1o the 1uuthcr !
u three children: swell with untold money 1T
rs command becomes i dos-truiner from
And thus tho work Of unmaskiny goes on. ut
de tHblc. OIL the deck, as we dine, promenade |
esn over Tho guards; and oil tho time, October
mics through the sunlight. cnrcsses lis with
nc chtl VI breczes, while the rocks Us rs
her ilnutls were inspired by the 1cnderest Of |
internal Solic!tuuc.
Towards night. one day, the wind Begin to
oine to us from the ''sWcct South,'' striking
ur great Iron vehicle squarely on tho port side.
[itnerto wind and waves had so combined their |
'rccs that the motion Of tho vessel had tecn |
MY Il gentle pitching; Il sort OF forc-aud-aft |
wing, rs 1t were, UNI which, owing to the lenrth
the ship, was not at al unpleasant. 1t was |
ot unlike the casy galIop Of we'll broken +
orse. Il
But now this southeriy influence began to pro-
Ice Il certain con,plcxity Of motion. There
me into the long. measured gallop Of tho
:can-stecd a swaying movements side gallon
inslcd with the straignt-ahcad one which is
nply curious when regarded as u motion, hut ;
hich is anything hut curious when looked u,,on
ON other staadpoin1s- 1t seemed to produce n ;
ono'nced moral effect on the passengers, Tho I
pups around tho long tables in tho suoou uui- =
ed down without apparently knowing lust ,yuy | . !.
ey were becoming disposed to reticcuce. The | e
>rles i'll the s1nuktng-roum grew Shorter and | q
'ser iu number. When Il funny story was re- q
cd 1t elected less than tho usual u,nouu, of
;rr'1nens; and did not appear to provoke the i,
stomary. >Ihat reminds nc" r
70" ahd then oEe anu another dropped out
IN the little knots in the cabin, md said they
1eVed they would 80 to bed; and announced, | 81
response to anxious queries Us to whcther | =,
- we're not tcel1uE well, that tEoy felt nil ! =
nt' "a yes, but they guessed they'd 20 1p ! O.
.lr stateroonis. At short Intervals. the har- =,
'n;ons roununcss Of the smoking room groups :"
5 broken by somebody whu said he would .su ! sc
anu t:He turn On the deck, but VINO did not -,
ne back. And thus, by Il PROCESS Ut GRADUAL ~
f.a1fx