The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-03

, We were on tho Adriatic 80 in ths old
hip Hydaspss, which had oncs done duty
|stvssn Trieste and India, but which had
|scentty been Withdrawn and now piled be-
kseu Venice and Alexandria. Since leav-
ho Ancona in tho early morning the sea
|ad been very rough, and not moro than
|hlf the passengers were present at the din
|sr table, while certain sounds from the
katerooms nearest to NJ told tho condition
k things inside, and kept the stswardess
INSTANTLY fitting from one to another with
look of disgust on her face for .'ths Amer
bans who were never happy except whom
krning everything upside down, even to
heir stomachs." And, Of course. tho Amer
Eans were in the ascendant, ~ they always
ke, whether In hotels, or boats, or railway
hrs, Of ON the top Of tbs pyramids, to which
bme of us were bound.
Among the few who had the courage and
|aokbone to sit upright in that rocking ship
hare was, remember, Bostonian, with
Igns of the Hub written all over her. from
hitch she patroniZed the woman from New
ork, who knew all the best families and
bly, the best on both sides Of the water;
nd there was also woman from Helena
! Butte, or.possibly from San Francisco,
hose husband had made fortune in the
lines and who were immense sOlitaires in
BIZ ears beth morning. noon and night, be-
kuss, abe said. they were safer there than
any Of the various places where ladies
|hich places she described, 30 that II there
Id been thief in our midst he would have
|hovu Just where to find our valuables
the dark. But there was no thief. We
ere a very respectable crowd, with
titled lady, who wore her hair
led high ON the top Of her head and
ughed at,hsr husband, who was lying in
s berth, limp and helpless, while she was
Dove all such weakness and could walk the
.ne and Was having what the Americans
iii good time, although it was rather up
Ill work trying to fiirt with the sad-faced
erl, whose divorced and painted wife we
I'D seen at the gaming table at Monte
arlo.
We had also another English lord, who
bpt his hat on at the table on account of
it'll Philadelphia in the tone Of their
bices, and who, like ourselves, were going
see Egypt and the dead Pharaohs in
heir mummy cases at Boulak. We had q
(ll and queenly southern heiress, with fab
lous sums of money, and q wide-awake
tile schoolmistress from Wellesley, with
white badge pinned conspicuously on her
cket, and whom q young Englishman ia
etiously called "That Massachusetts Tenn
Bturn dubbed him s"rhe Salvation Army
eclaripg she had seen him in London
SarchinQ in the ranks and carrying the
hair which the speaker was to use az ros-
rum.
| All these were huddled together arorn
be small stove, which We kept red hot, tc1
he season was February and the weather
bciining upon the circular seat near the
I'D Of tho boat was a man who had inter-
Bted-us greatly from the moment we first
w him a. he came up the ganRway in
enice. It was an Egyptian face of the
ner type and comparatively young in
ears, although the hair which showed
nder his red fez was white as snow, and
Eession an if they had once looked at some
Eeat horror which had left its impress
! them and broken him a. men are seldom,
Foken except by age or sorrow. On a ship
he soon gets to know his companions his.
(ry better than they know it themselves,
I'D We had learned that this silent man,
no mingled SO little with us, was an Egyp-
an by birth, although educated in Eng
nd, that he had once been drag
man. or guide. in Cairo. and had
ZEN to the rank of Bey. To the pas
Ingers he was simply the Bey. with a
|easant, kindly smile and winning man
br, which made us wish to know more Of
I'M, and to wonder Why he summed rs %
did. On this night in particular it
|emed as If he would seek companionship
18th us, if ever, for the Adriatic was ut ita
orst, which means Q great deal to those
ho only know it at its best-a restless,
ImblinR, treacherous sea, which, like q
3cious horse, can neither DO coaxed mol
eroed into good behavior. Now, some
ing had evidently gone wrong IN the
Ppths far down below, and the mad waves
Dove were protesting against it and deal
e thunderous blows upon the innocent,
aRGering ship, while from the ink-blaca
buds the rain was falling in torrents upon
EIDE Ok. whore there WAS the sound Of the
ilors' fest hurrXing TO and fro in obedi-
700 70 the captains voice calling through
y storm and issuing his orders. Il waa
ps ene night IN which e .ang the song,
Lie ON the Ocean wave, put rather
mo to pray Tor those In pertl on the deep,
"a most OF ~, ceneve. da0 pray quietly
ourselves.as 70 tnouAns rsr9otfuuy OF sne
Pmes thousands Of miles away. on wnicn
etan were SHINING. ana where Enc Cnaat.
ID tables and lamps stood still instead q
ayln9 rom noe 70 aide - insanc!y e sne
mps ana tables and chairs around % were
lng.
sOh, Charlie, il somebody would only
u lucy 0a0 Oeen N worse es0fm e0o