The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-05

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Tie supper l. bountful, Wei cooke
and elegantly served You no II ampl
Justice. Then YOU 20 on deck. II
Jarl, and the Last light j. left far behind
Then has been no pcrccpiihie i'eshen'ni
Of the breeze. and yet there u "a disagree
able motion Of She vessel for when yo'
are utterly at ~ loss t. account
makes Won dizzy to walk. 50 you 81
down. II makes you dizzy to sit down
therefore sou stand up This make
YOU dizzicr yet. and al nj once the trutl
flashes upon You. Nou are 10 lonse
one Of the elect
II H. the land swell.
The morning of the second day j. pleas
ant AMI the land swell having appar
entity disappeared with the land itself
there Is fair showing Of passengers al
the breakfast table Nobody has been
sick: everybody retired carly, TINT Is all
The captain sta IN state at the head oI
hi. table. and the first officer beams viii
a rose in his buiionholr' at the head 80
his. But in front Of the captain plate
is a splendid bunch of Jacqueminots
and the conclusion scizes upon you that
thcy were originally Of tine same bunch
whose other half is still worn at the
breast OF the slip shape young woman
Moreover does not the young woman
herself sit on the captains right and hci
father ON his left? And after breakfast
are not the girl and her father allowed
20 stand full hour on either side OF
the captain in the pilot house,
At dusk the wind rises. and so does
the sea. The cape is two hours ahead
Promptly at0 p m. there Is "a flash on
the western horizon. There H. another
flash. and presently another. Then the
flashes come regularly every five sec
onds. and everybody is assured that they
come from the cape flash light. and not
from some schooner laboring in the
heavy sen. Being so assured. everybody
turns in gladly. for the wind IS con
stantly increasing in velocity. heavy seas
are shipped 1.-THE port bow. and half the
time the screw is out of water, revolving
impoteutly in rs own foam.
This is Cape Iiatteras sea The City
Of Rome would plow through it with
hardly a shiver, while the Yenassec.
with equal safety to her crew. rides over
il as gayly "a cookie shell In the
morning even the seamen admit that
the weather is"choppy." Having passed
tine cape. the vessels course is changed
from due south o. "souwest by west,
and the wind is square IN her teeth At
Inc breakfast table the law Of gravita-
lion is temporarily suspended. Crockery
dances about fccklessly and the milk
pitcher goes promenading with thesugar
bowl Nothing can shake the detcrmi-
nation Of the young lady from Nassau.
VITO sits opposite YOU She would oc-
cupy hor usual seat ii the table stood on
It's head and clicked its heels together
She dcspises mutton chops bat ehe ab.
stractcdly eats yours, which the caprice-
Of q Cape llattorls Sea enable To change
places with her steak and onions
Still the wind rises, and 80 does the
s-a At noon the motherly old lady
who has appeared thoughtful for some
hours. grows very pale and says She feel,
miserable
Bat. madame, It's all ia your mind
You should exercise your will power"
"You forget, sir'-her reply is per
fecty seFious-'you forget that SIC are
of Cape Uatteras "
CURTIS DUNuAM