Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-04

longer seasick. and I haven't been sea-
alex from that day to this. though I've
crossed the ocean nine times. II all de-
pends on the mind, SIR"
The supper IL bountiful, we'll cooked
and elegantly served. You do Il ample
Justice Then you go on deck. II 10
aark and the last light Is left far behind.
Then has been no perceptible freshening
Of the breeze. and yet there Is disagree.
able motion OF the vessel for which you
are utterly at loss to account. II
makes you dizzy to walk, so you sit
down. II makes you dizzy to sit down,
therefore you stand up. This makes
you dizzier yet, and all at once tho truth
flashes upon you You arc no longer
,ne Of the electi
Il Is the land swell.
The morning Of the second day Is pleas.
mt and the land swell having appar-
,ntly disappeared with tho land itself,
there Is d fair showing Of passengers ut
the breakfast table. Nobody has been
sick; everybody retired early, that is all.
The captain sits In state at the head OF
his table. and the first officer beams with
roso In his buttonhole at tho head Of
his. But in front of the captains plate
Is splendid bunch OF Jacqueminots,
and the conclusion seizes upon you that
they were originally Of the same bunch
whose other half Is still worn at tho
breast Of the ship shape young woman.
Moreover does not the young woman
herself sit on the captains right and her
father on his left9 And after breakfast
are not the girl and her father allowed
to stand full hour on either side of
the captain in tho pilot housef
At dusk the wind rises, and so does
the sea. The cape Is two hours ahead.
Promptly alto p. m. there is flash on
the western horizon. There il another
flash. and presently another. Then the
flashes come regularly every five sec.
onds, and everybody is assured that they
como from the capo flash light, and not
from somo schooner laboring in the
heavy sea. Being SO assured, everybody
turns in gladly. for the wind Is con-
stantly increasing in velocity. heavy seas
are shipped at the port bow, and half the
time the screw Is out Of water, revolving
impotcntly in its own foam.
This is Cape Hatteras sea. The City
Of Rome would plow through It with
hardly a shiver, while tho Yemassce,
with equal safety to her crew, rides over
II as gayly as cookie shell. In the
morning even tho seamep admit that
tho weather is "choppy." Having passed
the cape, the vessels course is changed
from duo south to "sou'west by west"
and tho wind is square In her teeth. At
the breakfast table the law Of gravita-
ton is temporarily suspended. Crockery
dances about recklessly and the milk
pitcher goes promenading with the sugar
bowl. Nothing can shake the determi-
nation Of the young lady from Nassau,
who sits opposite you She would oc-
cupy her usual seat IL the table stood on
its head and clicked its heels together.
Sho despises mutton chops, but she alb.
stractedly eats yours, which the caprices
Of Cape Hatteras sea enable to change
places with her steak and onions.
Still tho wind rises, and SO does tho
sea. At noon the motherly old lady,
who has appeared thoughtful for some
hours, grows very pale and says she feels
miserable.
But, madame, it's all In your mind.
You should exercise your will power"
"You forget, sir"-her reply is per.
fectly serious--"you forget that we arc
of Cape Hatteras."
CURTIS DUNHAM.