The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-08-06

cover there" am told. and as the in
formation is accompanied by no further
direction, | prefer the request:
won't you pl 'asc show me where It
iSf"
"OVcr there, told YER" ycl's the gen
tIcman in brass buttons. and he shoves
me toward a narrow doorway.
] begin to wonder whether this shOv-
ing il customary all through the voyage.
Alas, ] speedily tinl ont that It is a
very general practice.
However. | go through the door, and.
after many struggles, manage 10 squce 70
my bundle through the aperture, and
there ] see two long rows, on each side.
OF what appear TO me to be shelves. A
young fellow in shirt sleeves Is arran9-
ing something on one Of the shelves, and
] timidlv venture to ask:
(Which il my bunk. plcase?"
"Any bloody one yer like" h, says;
"fu>t come. flist served Then seeing
me pcrr'cxcd, he kindly adds, "Ycrc,
shove yer things up ycre next to mine. !"
and he lifts my bundle and throws il on
to one of thr top shelves.
Then the horrible truth dawns upon
me. This is to be my bed room. that
my bunk and the Slight partitions. two
inches high, are all that will separate
dozens Of us during our forthcoming
slumbrrS
Were off, Shortly we have our first
mea bread. butter and tea That is.
such names apply to similar looking ar
tirlcs Ol shore, but the present cOndi-
mcntS look suspicious, and as | fortified
myself with powerful mca! before |
embarked | rcfu~c the aliuremcnts of
this rcpaSr. AMI content myself with
locking around, AMI studying my fellow
cmigrants.
We number In all am speaking only
of the stecragc-thrcc hundred and
twenty six persons, two hundred and six
of these being macs and the remainder
women and children. Our nationaiitics
comprise Germans, NorwegianS. Swcdcs,
Russians, Fins. Polish jews, Polaks,
Russian jews lin families of three and
four, and amounting to about fifty in
alb. about ten Briti>hcrs, fully fifty
Irishmcn and frisksomc collccns. one
Scotchmcn, one colGrcd man, and one
American my unfortunatn self.
The elaborate tea being over. my fc!-
low Voyagcrs troop up onto the upper
deck, look around as ii they felt lost,
then sit or lie about the deck istccrage
passengers have no forms or benches to
sit uponi. The men smoke their pipes
and the women look sad, as if they were
wondering how long it would be before
they were scasick. But the women
haven't much time to en- 'Oy the fresh
air tonight. for punctually at dusk
down stairs they must go and keep
sa~redly and solely 10 the quarters pro-
vidcd for single women and married
couples.
determine to ret re. SO | wcni my
way down the ladder into the apartment
largely labeled "SInglc Men,"
Here new difficulty presents itself.
] have been SO accustomed to hotel
rooms with numbered doors that have
neglected to note that here are only
doorways, and there are many of them,
and they are all alike, what shall do?
darcn't ask again (which is my bunk?'
] sadly remember the last reply l re-
ceivcd to that quest on The only thing
can do is to explore them al.
l Am standing in n long corridor like
place which runs from for'ard TO mid
ships There is very i:t!c room to
move. for Il poSsib vacant space is
occupied by long, bar, rough pine slabs
down the center. Hhic:, ser c as tables.
with some mar over slabs either side OF
them for seating accommodation.