The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-06-21
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June 8, 1895.
"rve rolled along Just 30 since Creations dawn.
I've borne upon my bosom xerxess ealleys and
C@sar's neets, and men-of-war and peaceful mer-
chantmen, and Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria, with
Columbus and his crews, and I've shattered m
armada and swept over many goodly ship at Ira
falgar; I've engulfed strong swimmers and dragged
them down to their bIers OF sea-weed; I've laughed
at the storms and reused myself In my might and
raced In glee when the temp6sts howled; I've sped
FOR ages over Earths big rotundity and smiled upon
the not sun when he robbed me Of part Of my sub
stance, as knew he could keep II not, but II would
come back to me by-and-by; I've shaken and tossed
the Rome the oregon the Etruria and scorned their
puny strength rs spared them for time; ma II was
In the begInning,is now, and ever shall be, world
without end, Time writes no wrinkles on my azure
brow-such as Creations dawn beheld rollest now "
"You DOR
81 do,
"Then roll away. As far as we're concerned, you
can roar and rumble your belly full. why should
you not7 IL II suits you to plunge around In this
absurd fashion we're bound not TO Interfere II Ia
to be hoped that you love your business or rade or
profession, or whatever you may call t. Take care
what the thunder do you wish to wet our boots for ~
"1ve noated bergs rs big as mountains,
"what!,
"Bergs as big as mountains, down into the tropics
and swallowed them there"
$50 have we.,
"IIow9r
$50 have we.r
$50 have you'll"
"Yes; on a small scale, so to speak. In juleps,
you know,
"Ah! i've seen all lands, all sea-fariuR men, all
travellers; those who have mapped Afrc's coast
and those from northern Ice who have Piled lies on
lInut tn ae utpAsx
looked upon by the thinking world as a mere tissue
Of fasehocds, Matched to glorlfy foolish men; i've
seen oil naval fights under Won Tromp, Byng, Blake,
Nelson, and Farragut, and regret to say and beg
your pardon for mentioning 1t, that saw good
sailor, who knows nothing Of human nature, plot,
circumstance or the English language, Dare TO make
monkey OF himself by trying to write romance
I've seen many goodIy ship rocked in the cradle Of
the deep and saw the passengers, with wan faces,
open their mouths, reach over the rail, and give me
their unermost selves; have -"
"Higher than this, bretherren; better than this,
bretherren pure than this bretherren-what will II
pro0t man II he gain the whole world and loseth
HIS own soul, ah2 When in the last day, ali, you
look down upon the uugody, an, and see -"
vi should be most happy to please you, SIR but we
could not build hotel with every window facing the
sea. am sure, sir, you will like the rooms The
mosquitoes never reach the third story as they sur
felt themselves In the first and second and never
mount 40 high. II you 1T
"shall unstrap your trunk, sir? III bring clean
towels up right away, and -"
"Twentynve cents a suit, sir. You can keep II az
long as -"
And then we were seated by the side OF mermaid,
In a broad straw hat and lawn. and cool mltts and
she punched us in the side with the end OF her sun
umbrella, and -"
:" have Tapped this beach for ages; when there
was nothing hereabouts but the red men and the
deer, and when your ancestors were burly saxons
leagues and leagues from here; when -"
"Are you married?"
"Marred.'
"Yes, married."
"what's that?"
"why, married. You have daughters, have Won
not7'
"Daughters! should smile to the contrary.
Gaze upon them.n
He waved a 1shy hand and school Of mermaids
swan before us. They wore straw hats and dresses,
and every one Of them had her back to us tanning
herself.
"Quite q collection, sir. VIII none of them
marry?"
"They know the future"
"Wlll none OF them marry"
"They know the future, say"
"Merciful heaven! May lie who creates grant
that Humanity may never know the future! The
Past is known; the Future is sealed book. Were It
otherwise, what he'll would this happy world be.
Uncertainty, although II may be tomorrow, Ia bet
ter than Certainty even though 1t may be scores of
years away This simple law, Providence, what
you will should be enough to convince all men that
IL was not Chance nor Nature that created this
goody earth and all that in 1t is."
"Slt down awhile, and let us once again assail
your ears that are 30 fortified against our story
wish may be everlastingly and systematically, and
teetotay busted II havn't seen more human nature
anv Of rhara
wide rambles; it's fact, Sir. When this beach is
full OF people, old and young, rich and poor, high
and low, good and bad, l thrash myself around and
take notes. just roll my breakers up and watch
the folks. oh, have lots of sport. I've Rugged
more pretty women than you could shake stick at.
You aged sinner! You hoary-headed, wretched,
old man--how dare you? We will not listen to your
depravy."
"Pshaw! Don't get your back up. You're not
saint-no, sir; you're lar-you were down stairs at
the Brighton last night, with lot of newspaper tel.
lows from Philadelphia, and you were drinking
juleps till after two, and smoking
and before you went to bed you strolled down here
and got of a lot of siush about the round silver
moon floating DER me, and flashing golden band of
glory athwart my broad breast and you crept into
bed very slyy, for fear you might wake Mrs Squid,
and when she asked you this morning what time
you came to bed you told her that 1t was lust ex-
actly hafpast nine, and you got up with the worst
kind Of headache, but she made you 20 to church,
and here you are."
"Yes, sir; here we are-but tell us about the peo-
Pile you see hereabouts."
81 will. Let's stroll awhile Take nv arm. Have
you"
"Papa."
Thank the Father Oh! 1t was but dream! A
long, long dream that seemed years. We recall It
all-how we hung over our boys sick bed and
watched his lickering breath; how we quivered
with cleft heart his casket and followed when
Il was put away; how weeks became months and
months years, but the wound healed not; how we
II the draped world would ever look Joy
GUS again; how we strewed the first of reawakened
Spring upon his little grave-but 1t was crue
dream, for here he is!
"Papa!"
"Yes, DEAR"
"Can 20 fishing Tomorrow"
"To-morrow-lets see; is tomorrow Saturday?n
Eyes"
Certainly, then; wen go together. Let's 70
down into the garden and dig the bait,
And hand-in-hand with our boy, as joyous as 10y
ITSELF, we went out where the garden should be- but
u was sea, vast and illimitable, and the mellow
moon hung above 1t and flashed q track OF gold to
'ur feet, and our boy left the earthly shore and
led away, up, up, up that glorious path and left US
again In our loneliness, could not follow then,
tut we could see, with the eye Of Faith. that all was
WE'LL And there was rain Of tears and mist of |
'adness, but through 1t all we again saw hoary |
Neptune, who said: "As was remarking, I've seen |
more human nature about these summer resorts than |
ever saw elsewhere. II IL one of the most griey- |
usly astonishing things 10 me that you can hear
more downright gossip, SANDER. and calumny IN a |
lay ut a summer resort than you could In year at |
ome. You can see more social maneuvrlng here
n week than you could In lifetime In big city.
Did you note that widow lady, from Philadelphia,
With her daughters at the pier last night? She has
often rid Of two of them, but she has two still nthe
market. She multplics her little income by ten
whenever she refers to 1t; she 10 very gracious with
ny young man whose prospects are good and who
, eligible; she dlates upon the accomplishments of
Ter dear girls, and, In short, she weaves with
Vondrous skill her matrimonial net about unsophis-
icated young men until they are caught and Sc
ured. Why, bless your scribbllng soul, she ia but a
ype OF many. Did you see that old codger-with q
urly body and big neck, clean linen and smooth
ace, heavy watch chain aud white notwithstanding 10