Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-06-01
A GOOD SAMARITAN,
BY WILLIS b. ALLEN.

and We'll climb to the very tip top of the
pyramids, and we'll go shopping in Paris
just think of it-and Wen see the
queen, perhaps. o, isn't it too nice for
anything?" and she ended in little
scream of delight.
81 think shall like the ocean best;
and the whales, you know" replied her
sister contentedly. She was the young
est of the family, and was more of
quiet little house body than the rest. 81
shall sit and watch the water, and oh,
Alice, just think of the sunsets-whole
sunsets, without the least mite ola house
or a hill between!"
81 know" said Alice, carelessly, as she
waltzed with herself around the room.
"Therell be clouds, though, ! suppose.
Now, dear, don't moraize on that, and
say that the clouds are what makes the
sunset bright! All / care for is that
we're going, and we are to sail on the
Samaria just six weeks from to-mor-
row."
why, how nice! Then Wen all be
Good Samaritans" and Alice's laugh
rang out merrily.
~ don't know about the good part"
said Sue, puckering up her mouth in her
funny, solemn way. "And 1 hope
there won't be any thieves ON board.
Now, Alice, let's plan"
Here followed such breathlessly ex-
citing discussion of hats and dresses of
WOODEN stuffs for the voyage, as only
two girls of sixteen and fourteen can
carry on when started. During the sue
ceeding days the library was ransacked
for books of travel, and directions for
the journey. On the Sunday before the
day of sailing, the minister added the
last straw by preaching upon the text
'They that go down to the sea in ships"
eve shan't have to go down." whis-
pered mischevious Alice; "papa says.you
have to walk right up hill from the wharf
to get on board"
Sues face twitched a little, but she
looked toward the pulpit harder than
ever. You couldn't make Sue laugh in
church, and when near the end of a long
sermon, some of the older members
closed their eyes placidly, or knitted
their brows absent mindly, and through
out the congregation there was that sub
dued rustic of fans and silk dresses, so
annoying to speaker, the minister was
always sure to find one pair of serious
blue eyes fixed on him, and one little
pair of ears listening to every syllable of
the thirdly" and ''fourthly" he had
penned so carefully in his study. You
couldn't have caught Sue falling out of
the window while Paul was preaching.
Well, Saturday came at last, and Won
derful day it was. The splashing, muddy
ride from their home to the little country
station on the Eastern railroad, the last
look at the red chimneys, and the round
ed tops Of the naples and elms, all ouiv.
ering with the fresh growth of spring and
the rush of sap through their veins, the
stout conductor, noddiug pleasantly to
the whole family, as he swayed along
through the aisle, and paused to punch
their four tickets.
Guess you're bound off this time, Mr.
another car on to carry your bag
gage"
1t was curious feeling, this mingline
with the ordinary life of the other pas
sengers, buying the morning
paper of the newsboy, watching people
who would ride back over the same roaG
in few hours, while they-Where would
they be when night fell?
at seems Just like holding your opers
glass up to one eye, and looking straight
ahead with the other" Sue confided tt
her mother, nesting closer, and laying
her curly head upon her shoulder.
Out of the cars, and into hack, with
an express team full of trunks lumber
ing behind Then the ferry, which wa.
quite voyage i'll itself, with the great
milky waves rolling after them as they
splashed along the harbor. In five min
utes more they were on the wharf, in the
midst of bales, boxes, teams, men run
ming to and fro, horses backing distract
eddy, deckhands rattling along with theil
noisy trucks, and, pervading everything
and everybody, a strong odor OF tar. ;.
81 told you SO" laughed Alice, exclt
edly, as they passed up the smooth gang
saloon. She was in high state of ner
vous delight, while Sue, on the othel
hand, was feeling sober at the thought o
leaving home. She had never know
how dear it was-even the old tarr.
docks and warehouses-until half al
hour later the last hawser was thrown
off, and the ship with tremor from
stem to stern, began that dull thud ,thud
of the propeller wheel which was not t.
cease until they should signal for ten
der, off Queenstown Harbor. They al
stood upon the upper deck. wayini
their handkerchief to those on the whar
as long as they could see them.
By this time the steamer had reached
the middle of the stream and heading fol
the open ocean, was soon past the Quite
Light, with herjourney fairly before her
Then Sue felt surge of homesicknes
come over her, until it seemed as if she
must fling herself overheard, rather THAI
ship. And that little patch of blue waite
was to widen, widen, until it should
stretch away, full three thousand miles
between her and home.
large drop ,trickled dowr
her cheek and fell upon hel
hand, which was helplessly clutching tn,
brass rail encircling the hurricane deck
AS she turned away, her eyes blurred 81
that the great red funnel seemed as wa
Wy as the volumes of black smoke tina
poured steady out of it.
She knew what was the wisest thing te
do in such case, and she did it. Sht
looked about to see whether she could
help or comfort anybody else. Pres.
emily she found an ole
lady, who was trying to adj
Just herself with a heavy rug, in one o.
those long steamer chairs that are SO hard
to get into when they are Strengthened
out. She. helped her, and then tucked
the rug about her feet SO nicely that the
Old lady thanked her, and asked her i
she felt badly. at leaving home. This
opened Sues heart at once, and the,
were soon the best of friends.
Before long, as she sat on camp stool
talking to her new acquaintance, and Il
her mother, who had also been comfort
ably wrapped and tucked in by her It'll,
daughter, she began to have a queer feel
ing In the top of her head. Looking up
she noticed with some interest that tfe
upper bar of the railing now and ther
dipped below the horizon line: tina
sometimes it went quite a distance above
it; that she was leaning slightly, first one
way and then the other, to keep hel
balance, as the ship swung on the long
easy swell of the ocean; that people did
not talk SO much as at first; that it wa.
very unpleasant to have the deck stew.