Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-07

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| way, shoulder to shoulder with the oc.
cupant of the next compartment and
upon casually glancing up st the face OF
| the stslwsrt form. to find it to be none
other than that OF Mr.. Will Fletcher OF
Richmond. Here were were two In
dianians well met on . foreign shore
literally, % his steamer for New York
proved Q day late, and ours two days
behind on account of heavy fogs-so
introductions followed . hearty hand
shake. and . pleasant evening spent in
"reminiscences Was the outcome, In
which | venture many ears fright ones
only must have been set tingling about
the Richmond hearth stones.
A "blawsted" cold wind las the fes-
tive Englishmsn terms it) sent Us on
board the Bayern with our ulsters blow
ing out before Us in tent like
stretches and hsttening Us in the back.
Gathering meekly up the gang plank"
at the heateninsh hour of five clock ..
M: l could not but think We looked
like . line of innocent but misguided
! "fashionables" wearing all the expsnse
of reed and hustle SO entirely vanished
from the rear around in front. But
now we are three days out and travelling
ct splendid speed directly south, so
that in the gradual coming OF the soft
warm tropics the misery OF that cold.
raw English November day 10 all but
forgotten. This flying from the grey
into the pink il most enhancing, not to
say amusing. When We lett the French
to skirt the tip-top of the Spanish
coast, of came . TAR boa; little fur
Their and the gentlemen turned down
their collars. . trif1s more only and We
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long in-drawn breath OF the sweet warm
air threw the lappels back to our shout
ders. Following this hats gave place to
caps, and this afternoon We hung our
ulsters and furs high and dry and all
swung out in fresh Tweed checks with
caps to match. or thin blue serges -
the case might be. On the broad white
promenade decks We found . new gay
blue and white awning and sailors busy
in lashinR (as An Englishman said to
me) Jolly" little refreshment tables to
the decks. where not long after, - We
rounded Cape st. Vincent, of the Por
tugAl coast, in . balmy breeze We drank
our coffee and lemonsdes, without the
lightest of wraps about US. Our steamer
is comfortably filed and. what il more
important upon such . journey, with
most agreeable people. Indeed. We
have . German Baron. . member
of Parliament, an Astronomer
of note, Colomobo Judge
and two English physicians on
board, the first terribly cross eyed and
the second frightiully lame. However,
At the oehsrs- ara ss0und. intact. etc.
The misfortunes OF the baron and NJ. T.
do not, however, prevent them from be-
ing most distinguished - we'll as gallant
fellow travellers. and already to the for
mer we owe the knowledge OF some
strange experiences. in these stranger
countries we are about visiting, while
brsced opportunities for . good. hearty
iaush. We have also . bride and
proon of Q few days, and what with
honeyed words ed the occasional rock
ing or tossing OF the yes:ss., We nave
still been sble to resist the dreaded
NAL de mer." I have come By easy
stages to our Captain Mergell I am
sure . man should be . marvel of . par
agon with whom we trust our precious
lives out of sight, out of sound, out of
connection with life-a dark blue. awful
water beneath Us, and . whole lonely
field of stars above. However, it splen-
did. strong manhood and power can As
suage, We are or should be tranquilized
under the guidance of our handsome,
gallant captain.
Another day, and we are sailing on .
most untroubled bosom-ths calm,
dark blue bosom of the Mediterranean.
Last evening. by the light of . blood
red sun, we came scudding through the
narrow straits, with the warm, murky
coast of Africa to our right, holding out
its gay. twinkling city of Tangier. while
to our left doomed. with one side dyed
and dripping with the blood Of the set
ting sun, GIBRALTAR which juts toward
your wondering eyes-for no amount of
stndy prepares you for such vastness.
We are always and forever told that it
is peninsular in shape. Even SO when
you meet its enormousness projecting
boldly and BADLY out ut you. its mon
strous head reayed loftily from out its
great curling and swirling neck-ruche,
with its white. sharp teeth tagging and
protruding upward from the dark blue
trill In perpetual churnin0 against the
fierce. Incorporating sidesi Often
the dark waves rolled back % we
passed, like an army of mighty giants,
q lieted only while mastering new
forces. when back they would tear,
humping their heads against the huge
old fellows damp sides, thus for = mo-
ment laid bare to us. only to be broken,
crushed and hurled back in this endless
battle between Gibraltar and his waves.
l shall often wonder, am sure. in the
quiet years to come, particularly when
my days are most subdued: rs that
terrific roaring and mad encounter still
going on in the Mediterranean7' When
ell this comes out on the main to meet
you. % said, you must feel If not ex-
claim: The halt has not been told |"
This coast of Spain that dips its
brorzsd 6ugera into the Mediterranean
10 the most singularly varied OF any
have yet seen. rolling and rolling. with
never two rolls" alike. now . faded
red. now . murky brown, here . minia-
ture bay, there an expanse of rock; now
the tragic remnants of An old Moorish
castle. then . cleaning little dwelling
in snow-white marble. Now . little
veerinE of the ship and we are broadly
abreast of the province of Granada, the
same that beeot ut least one Landmark
in literature. l wonder WAS it even
then aroused from its graceful, sleepy
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