The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-19
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An American Who Ate Heartily During the
WORT Weather at Sea.

( An American Who Ate Heartily During the
Worst Weather 1t Sea-
When I crossed in the City Of Chicago there
was among the passengers. one tail, fine look
| ing, placid eyed man who puzzled all the rest
| of us by the strangeness Of his demeanor. l
! did not meet him until we had been out four
! days He was seated in the dining saloon eat
! ing trips and onions when the ste award car
Tied me in for the first -tinleto ges me accIl-
| mated to tho odOr Of nn1tton broth.aud ma
/ chinery grease. Much as [ then n1GrTeled at
| the audacity of the stranger who p9Ttook or
! tripe and onions with as much sang frold as
! if the detestable compound mad been angel
| food, I marveled still more when learned
from the steward thattlsanan had eatenf four
meals per diem ever sincesthe ship left the Jer-
sey City pier.
Subsequently I learned from the tall, fine
looking, placid eyed gentleman himself that
his name was Ezra TomlinSon and that he
lived at Wheeling, ". Va. He YEAS en- route
to Paris to do the close Of Interpolation, snd
l gathered from deSUltory remarks that tre
was man of abundant wealth and one large
ly interested in railroad securities. Much TO
my amazement he told me that shis was the
first voyage he ever had made; the ease and
the (i0nity with which he resisted seasickness
hac Icd me to suppose that he was veteran
seaman. He confessed to me that he mad ex-
pected 10 DO most seriously afflicted with NAL
de mer, for ne had heard all his life OF the
horrors Of ocean travel. However" be add
ed, cheeTfuliy, ''IhaYe solar done so well tilat
l have hope of reaching Liverpool without
even 50 Inuch-as a suggestion of nausea. >"
The sixth and Seventh days of the voyage
were exceedingly tempestuoUs2 the ship rolled
frightfuliy; out Of fffty-two cabin passengers
mty-One remained in bed all that hideous
time. In order to save myself from total dis
solution had the surgeon and purser nail me
to my berth. Heaven be pEaiSedt" l cried,
even in my torment; heaven be praised that
at last we have squat that will settle that
man from WheeLng!"
'Oh, no; not at all sir" said DR.. McSwarny,
she's been walking tho deck all day and won
dering whether we shall have a continuation
Of fair weather tomorrow"
Then the purser told me that Tomlinson
had eaten bacon and eggs for breakfast and
had expressed desire for boiled dinner at
Is o'clocki Oh, how | learned to hate that
man TOmlinSon from Wheeling!
During the whole voyage he was as clipper
and hearty as you please; his appetite was so
brutally vigorous as to shock all the rest Of
US. We were heartily glad when we parted
company with him at Liverpool. eff ever
again" we said, disregardful of the 1rdshism,
''if ever again we make a voyage with
Wheeling man we'll stay at home"
But six weeks later, on board a wretched |
transport from Calais to Dover, who should !
turn up but that self same Ezra Tonlinson, |
of Wheeling, W. Va! He had done tho ex- |
position and was going home; he was as calm, |
nel was unusually rough that night; all the |
officers ard crew Wers sick, and even the |
donkey engine turned pale with emotion as !
for the passengers, they were eli SO very
wretched that they prayed for death to re- /
lieve them-all but Tomhnson, and heseemed !
to wonder at it, as if he could not by any |
means understand why everybody else took |
On so. The ship ioundered like porpoise, |!
standing first on one end and then on the |
other, sometimes lurching heavily to the right |
and then swinging with a mighty groan the
other way-oh, it was simply awfull
Five hours Of TINS indeScribabie misery, and j
we were landed at Dover. When Tomlinson
Eauntered leisurely into the custom house he
found me stretched upon baggage truck
Sir" said I, feebly, will you kindly grant
the last request Of one who feels that be is in
E5--7-~@~
is it possible that you are wholly insensibis
70 the fortunes Of ocean travel2 You seem to
have borne without the slightest qualm the
storms Of the Atlantic and the tempeSts of the
channel; ! do not understand it-before l go
to my eternal reward eIucidate this mystery,
l beg"
Indeed, SIR" he answered, sit is quite as
10 me 70 hear you speak Of storms
and tempests, and I have wondered TO see so
many of my fellow passengers succumb
around me. As for myself, 1 have never be
fore enjoyed quieter travel than that which
you call tenpeStuous"
Sir, l shrieked, in frenzy Of exaspera-
ton, who are you-in what necromantic or
dia5ohcal art are you skilled that you thus
calmly defy the malignant righteousness Of
wind and waveF
'':5ince you require ne to be explicit, an
swered Ar. TomIlnson. quietly. Il VIII tell
you that am and for twelve years nave been
a director in an american railroad. Eugene
Fields Letter in Chicago News.