Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-30
A VERY HARD CASE.
BIT D. T vERcN.

the steamship Caledopia. As
stood on the whaif, ready to EN-
bark. l saw q man VIII 1ss lace wa
not unknown to me moving &c
and fro with an uneasy arr, ask
ing to speak to the captaia oil the
ship. -,
The history OF this pers'n, wht
was the pos4essor of a'great Tor
tune. and was very well known u
Paris, is worth telling. Vt is Do'l
sinister and amusing.
"Oaptain! captaiul where Is the
captein?p exclaimed u. x.
The captain made his appear
"Mv trunks. Mr.. Captain
where are my tiunksY'
The captain rel lied in English
~ don't understand you"
M. x said, "Hapg such a Ian
ouaocl Why don't the Ebgilsi
sneak French? 1t would he fal
mere couvenient al round. Good
baayensl if / only knew where my
trunks were.'
Seeing NJ. Ks embarrass
ment. / offered to be his inter
prefer, although Lord Byron'-
language was DOT very fami.iAr to
me 1T that time.
M. X took me afisc'ionately
by the hand, saying, What a
service you do mo. sir, / have
eighteen trunks and
You have eighteen trunks. 1
exclaimed, with great astonish-
ment.
yes, sir; and they are not one
too many when a MAJ Is going to
tbe new world. Unfortunately,
he q / nm about to sail aud l
cannot lind my trunks high or
low. although eighteen trunks are
ANYTHING but like a needle Ia l
hays.ack.'
made irqniries, and NJ. \ = y
o;ohtaen trunks were found and
nut on board Of the steamship
An hour afterwards we meie at
Zee. The sea was smooth, but the
wind was freshenIng. and threat
ened foul weather Tor the next
day. ;.
M. x said TO me, in a dis
dainfui tone, / am disappointed
in the ocean. 1t II wide, | grant
you, aud deep. but it is perfectly
Hat.
1T is not always fat, and per-
haps you may regret to-moifow
that it is 80 high
my opinion is sir, the ocean
has bet n over lauded to. humiliate
III, rivers, which is a 4 the greater
injustice, for l would like 10 know
what would becoEe of the ocean
II it were not for the rivers l
assure you / have No private rear
sons for auding rivera to the
ocean's detrilnent, but | do love
justice, and / must say the ocean
is very fat"
The wind had freshened more
and more, Presently The steam :
ship labored as she piowed her
way through the waves, which at
6rst we're slight enough, but now
began to swell aud br ak with
fury on tie steamships bow.
He said to ms:
s.I don't know what il the mat
ter with Il Q to-day. but l don'tfesi
we'll"
"Nor do l
"Aud yet / ate q very hearty
breakfast"
$50 did T.
"But | don't think / shall dine
with SO good an appetite"
"NeitheI sheli {"
"The trouble seems to be with
the stomach"
'.Ay"
..It is very odd"
'sOh, no; it is perfectly nat
ural.
"it strikes me the sea is not as
flat as twas"
.Are you less disappointed in
it2
"Yes, but more disappointed
with myself. Why, how The
steamship rolls! LIS agreeable
and yet oonfoundrdly disng ee'
able. ALI, mon Dieu, l begin to
believe | am poisoned"
"Oh, no; you ale seasick as
wsll as l."
do you think so?"
Il know 1t.
"Weil, alter all, l am glad ]
sailed.
A person at this moment called
me by name. NJ. X shook mt
aftectionately by the hand, and
asked me what ] WAS goins te
America for.
replied, ITO see the country
ana give eoncerts:'
81 lay you cannot guess the