The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-29

they 40 70 ASCERTAIN the speed the ship u
making. Nj. lnmAn, the owner Of this
ship, b very wealthy mar, and he has
everything OF the best. He fuFnishes his
vessel with nothing but black walnut logs
10 heRye, while the othera use pine or
poplar. Capt LsItch 10 Q very humane
man and never uses protane language 10
his crew. On other Hhips the men who
20 Aloit are compelled 70 climb taEEed'rope
ladders, but Capt, Leitch has passenger
elevators IigVed 10 the masts, luch % you
saw in the Palmer House in Chicago, In
which they ait comfortably, and are hoiat-
ed up by . steam engine.
("(irsat heavens, You are not surely
going to send thRt2"
"Why noL2 What is an old lady In
silver spectacles on Q farm thirty miles
from any wAter2 ! must write her Bome-
thing, for she persuaded the old gentle.
man 10 let me take the trip, l amt IN.
grateful, I amt. III give her n good
letter, anyhow. Why, by the way you
talk | should suppose you never had q
mother, and II you had, that you didn't
know now to treat her. hate 0 man
who won't love his mother and lisn't will.
ling to sacrifice himself for her. ALL can
do Tor her now Is to write to her, and
write such letters as will interest her,
and the dear old girl Ia going TO get them,
II the pen and ink hold out, and they are
going TO be good ones, too.")
Ihave got 10 be good deal OF Q sailor,
and II It were not for leaving you, which
l couldn't do, | believe | should take one
Of these ships myself, / know all about
starboard and porL-port used to be lar
board, and | can tell the stern from the
bow. On q ship you don't say ~ will go
down stairs" butyou say ~ will 60 be'
low" One would think that had been
born on the sea, and was q true child Of
the ocean.
Owing to my strictly temperate habits
at home, and my absolute abstemiousness
on the ship, ! have escaped the terrors oil
sea sickness, AS you taught me, true
happiness can only be found In virtue,
The wicked young man from New York
has been sick half the time, Rs Q young
man who keeps q bottle in his room
should be.
The nice wooden stockings you knit for
me have been 0 great comfort, and all
| regret ia, l Am afraid | have not enough
oil them 10 last me till l get home,
(The young william had purchased In
New York an assortment OF the most pic.
turesQue hosiery proCurable, which he was
wearing with low cut shoes. The wooden
AtoCkings he gave to his room Steward,)
The tracts you put In my Valise l have
read over and over again, and have lent
them since to the passengers, who prefer
serious reading to trashy novels and litera,
ture OF that kind. What time l have had
for other reading I have devoted to books
OF travel, 80 that l may see Europe intellt'
gently.
("By the way" he stopped TO say, fare
the Argyle rooms In London actually
closed, and 10 the Msbllle In Paris % lively
rs II used to be? Great CRmrl Won't l
make II lively for theml"O
In another day we shall land In Liver
pool, aud then | shall be only ave miles
from London. long to reach London,
for | do so desire to hear SpuVgeon, and
attend the Exeter Hall meetings, as you
desire me. But as wa shall reach London
on Tuesday / shall be compelled to wait
I'LL the following Sunday, i've long days
Please, ma, have pa send me a draft Of
my address at London, at once. | lnd the
expense OIL travelling 10 much greater than
| supposed. aud | fear | shall not have
enough. Your atfsCtionate son.
LEMURL.
"Thero," said Lemuel, 90 he sealed the
letter, that 10 what | call q good letter.
The old 'ady will read II over aud over 10
herself, and then she will read 1t to he'
~neighbors. It will do her q heap Of good.
Good.by. The b 'ys are waiting flr me In
the smoking.room,"
And stopping St the bar TO take q drink
the liberality Of English measure was
not too great for him be was, q minute
after, absorbed In the mysteries Of poker,
and was "rakiug 10" the money Of the
others OF q lively rate.
And the letter went to the good old
mother, and probably did her good. Aud
she doubtless worried the old gentleman
till he sent tho grAceless fellow 0 remit
lance. Boys can always be sure Of their
mothers -would that mothers could only
be half as sure OF their boys.
"