The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-26
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OFF FoRlINDtA
Tho ocean Trip Of J. sumner Stone sal
wife.
Correspondence ef az Iatsit itigsaee. 8
4 syRAMsltIp scyFHtl, orr IRtsR GoAs
Feb. 12. a remark has just been maj
lby our fellow. yoyagerla "a New York Law
1 yer, thatwe seem to be sailing on arrive
land yet this Is winter. We are Just al
ishing q voyage across the stormy Altar
tic, so terrible to many winter ycyag,
Nine days have We been crossing Il
|billows. Thaye crossed in the months I
July, September, October, Noyember-bu
February, Ill confess j am q disappointe
yoyager. Wild winter winds, snow, Ice
cold-I have nothing TO say OF them un
less It is that they must be dreadful whel
encountered. But think OF It'll In til
latitude Of Labrador, on the 18th day Q
February, man accustomed for fou
years To the climate OF Hind doostan pacinj
the deck OF an Atlantic steamer withbu
an ovefcoat.
!. Butthe Atlantic is becoming as tlocile
as any Of the rest Of mans bearers ofbur
dens. ~ ~
Our trip, to be ended tomorrow, ]
hope in the harbor Of Queenstown, at tht
mouthcf the beautiful Irish river Lea, hal
been the pleasantest ! hayeevef had acros;
the Atlantic.
Since leaving the mouth Of the Hudson
and New York bay, We have had only Q
succession OF pleasant days. Ishould have
written "I' instead OF "we,n possibly-fol
1 am afraid the other member OF the
family, who holds large share OF that
plural personal, might demur at naming
her four days Of seasickness as dsyso o.
pleasure, with pleasant skies.
Each day over rolling sea, with agree.
able companions-and especially an agree.
able stomach with q hearty appetite and
not one nauseating qualm oil seasickness
whyshoaid;I j not call this q "bon voyage? /?
! There ismuch OF the monotonous about
q, sea voyage except the embarking and
departure, and the nearing port, and the
disembarking. Any one;with o quick eye
and mind finds much toentertain. We
leave New York with the eye intently
hunting out one faee among the throng
that crowds the pier to see their friends
of, and the face and form grow dim,
guessing which handkerchief 1t Is that
tosses among themany.
"That Is his.n See that Is Fathers
wave, T.knoW itis.n aSee how high! he
holds the tossing bit ei,white.''
Friends AZ home there is a tender Ian.
glage spoken by q silent face in a crowd
.Ine waive OF 4 handkerchief when q
pair OF wanderers are with eager eyes In
.terpreting Ii. -Four years ago, from the
rear platform OF q departing train, l
read the parting sign words, while passing
rapidly Under the suspension bridge and
up the river 1ndia.ward. / can shut
my eyes now and see the flying, tossing
bits Of cambric that eager, friendly arms
are compelling to- say sgood-byen from
the same p. w. X station to.'twon India
bound travelers-four years later Tor four
weeks ago We want to thank our many
friends for that Farewell" and "God
speed" They will be remembered many
scores OF times in our far off home in
India. But1 find | am leaving the ship
and Its ocean thatl began writing about,
and am running TO my own home.
Butitis second nature now TO me-this
habit formed on the Ganges' banks and
on the shores Of the India sea-a touch Of
ure-only q few moments and the last
face faded out Of slght-oaly few hours
and the shores Of our native land, more
dear to me now than ever, had vanished,
The pilot bad climbed over the ships side
into the barge thai. turned and tumbled on
the uneasy waves beneath him and has
been rowed away to the Pilot boat bear
ing our last messages TO the dear ones at;
home, while the ocean steamer, little
world in itself, steamed on and on and on,
under the sky over the deep blue sea.
But though the pilot left us We
still had friends who accompanied us
all the way, going We know not whether
at night, but each morning returning b.
float and sail or fy oyer us. These friends
were the sea gplls. We learned 70 well
come them each morning as cherishing
friends. i, : ,9, ~
We,had astorm with thunder and light
ming followed by Q complete ana perfectly
colored RAINBOW. ~ "a i ~
Sunday cane. In the morning at 1880
o'clock the captain read prayer in the
saloon. Atf3 4. ". number OF us went
forward aud down into the steerage and
sang 70 tlie3less fprtunate passenger The
singing Was accor; panied bya short gospel
address. And nov /, am glad there isSa
Who said "to-morTowtneyer
comes.' 9Ifit does not come, We wilfno
land in Ireland .to-tporfo ow-Y Yes, tosnori
row does come. 1t has come, bringing Joy
TO me many times,
Some time III be on the eve Of another
and win be saying and tomorrow we
will be. home again. Until then adieu.
]. s.STuSE.
-. A(cARn "
FROM Miss Taylor Correcting Some Recent
statements. a
TO tse Esiltor N tts Iiltetgate:
siR:IAlay1 begipermission. to corecta .
telegraphic statement which appeared in
your paper Of the Goth inst. a telegram
from WellsyiIie, Ohio, says: 'fsiiss Kate
Dohbins, OF this place, created quite Q sen
sation early last evening by clipping with q
young man by the name Of Wallace y
The telegram further stated that Miss Dob
bins was q young lady well known here
and.that until lately she had been attend.
ingthe Wheeling Felpale College. We
would not trouble you with this correction
II the above uisleading statement had not
been used to,tGe injury Of the college. {
The facts oi the case are these: Miss
.Dobbins came here "a few weeks ago, atl
entire stragef, and she was only connected
with the College about ten days. Mr..
Wallace was o clerk in, her fathers hotel; /;
they treated him as one of tho iamily, and
he betrayed the confidence her parents
tsrto leave AZ I berRone, and iii that ii home
with sorrow,
made before the Legislature Of the State
that the instruction 1t the Wheeling Fe.
male College was superficial. Now this is
not only false, but an insult to'the other