New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-02

,,bo has registered On oath in high Heaven that he
will nerslstsntly refuse the pourboire demands oil
Europc: the man who tells you how many times
bc has been over, and how much better the table
=; on the - line; the man who carries The
compete record of the ocean greyhounds III his
racket book, and who counts that day lost during
which he doesn't produce it for some
body's inspection; the man who sings Rocked III
tbe Cradle of the Deeply request; the man VINO
,lovs whist, and who now and then remarks, WIN
n careful assumption of carelessness, BY Jovc, IL
this were only poker, gentlemen, what Gibraltar
# a hand / would hold' the man inclined 10
embonpoint, whose steamer-chair breaks down
with him; the man who grows confidential TO
Won under the stars in regard TO the girl he leu
behind him: the man who turns up in the smok-
inr-room every evening with stories which had
become mosgrown before the contract was let lot
the first house ever built in Damascus, but VINO
tolls them as though they were os fresh the UNI
sailed Swiss butter which shall find on the sup
nor-tablc this evening; the man who can ohiy
marc month for Europe, and would you oe %
kind as to tell him how he can spend MS lile ~
the best advantage: the woman-but the llsO 10
long enough as it Is for my purpose.
What risks we mortals take III pursuit. ol
pleasure, remarked a serious-minded fehow-pa'-
seneer one evening. Here we are, fifteen nun
dred odd miles from land, ailoat on an element
which is VIGOROUSLY treacherous, and pretty Soon
we will go to sleep with only plank between Us
and destruction" The observation was noO NE"
doubt if it served to render nervous any OF thoSc
who listened to it. Man is an animal VINO taAeS
chances and who thinks that nothing venture
nothing have" is good motto The observation
however served good purpose, since 1t leu 10 'i'
telling of on interesting story of the sea WHICH
know TO he strictly true. few years ago VIC
wife of leading business man OF one OIL INC SiS"'
cities of the United States was out OF heath ii''
husband suggested to her that they should rent
their house and so abroad for year que 90
sented, their home was rented and they sailed lor
Liverpool in October with the intention OF spenu-
ing the autumn and winter at some pleasant poinO
in the south Of France. She was not at all sea-
sick going over, but suffered acutely from sea-
fright 1t was constantly impressed upon ler
that she was at the mercy of merciless waves; she
never lay down at night without realizing sense
OF that one plank between her and the awful
deep. The result was that the voyage TO her was
little better than an agony. Accordingly wheh
the ship reached Liverpool and she had crossed
the gangpank to the solid iand sne euameG ID
her husband and said Now, an. se FOR Won to
try to argue me out of it. I'm going PACK nome ne
on the next steamer the very next. III "o4lu NC
sheer folly for me to stay over mere hs rondereS
unhappy by the thought Of the dreadful return
trip that was before me. l could enjoy nothing
So the wisest course for me, 1 m sure, is 10 geC
| the horror over as soon as possible. musO 80
back on the next steamer"
Well, the woman had her way. She and her
husband went back on the next steamer, ana
pending the time when the lease Of their most
comfortable furnished house was up, they lived at
hotel That's the story. When the man who
| told il got through, one OF his listeners com
mented And an uncommonly silly woman she
was, in my opinion"
DO you think so ?" said another. should
call her a person Of great decision of character;
| who proved herself equal TO q serious emergency
w. III. McE