The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-04-08

:. whats upi' asked him.
Don't stop me now; ! must go-gs
east, he replied.
What. are you going abroad
, againf Whittier bound this timer
, "'Bound east! Ha, ha! Bound east
! Dine at the old place tonight. I'll tel
you all about It. Yes, you shall give
my discovery to the folly-stricker
, victims OF Death. Till then good bye
Bound east! Ha, hal
~ made up my mind that poor old
Bony had gone stark. staring mad at
last. went to the old dining place
that night, and he told me his story.
Perry he said with intense earn
sstness, Ponce de Leon was O fool.
They were all fools. There is no foun-
tain OF eternal youth. There Is no
elixir OF life. / am the discoverer oil
the loophole in Deaths armor. am
going to live forever.
~ listened in silence. I could soy
nothing.
Listen he continued. You have
heard them strike the bells abohrd
ship, ehf Two bells, three bells, four
bells, ehf Good-goodl So have l.
The second day out when they struck
eight bells my watch saidit was 1925
q. m. My watch lied, eh? Oh, no.
Ha! Ha! It can't. told the first Of.
ficer that his clock was wrong. He
said it was right. showed him my
watch. He laughed. He laughed,
Perry, laughed. Ha! ba! hap
'And the old boy went of into
fit OF laughter.
He told me that my watch was
wrong; that we gained half an hour
day going eastward. thought he
was drunk. stole into the wheel
house. asked the qnartermaster
about it. He said the same. Perry
he said the same. More, he said, we
would gain nearly five hours on the
whole voyage. l told the quarter
master that was sane. went to
the captain. said:
Captain, we're going to gain FIVE
hours time on this voyage, chr"
"Oh, yes" he said, just as II it
didn't matter, Perry.
Yes, going east, OF course. II We
were to 60 all the way around the
world we'd gain day. Going
west we lose time"
1.-The man was an IDIOT But he
told the truth. questioned the
passengers. They all knew it. Every
one knows it. BY heaven, Perry, the |
whole world is mad!'
"But why" l asked.
"'Man. don't you seec' he exclaim-
ed. Travel from west to east around |
the world-fast-fastl You gain ono
day every trip-one day in about
every seventy. You are making life. |
Perhaps you live forever!'
The three listeners bent forward in
their eagerness. Perry continued his
narrative.
"Well, you may be sure that
labored to convince poor Bony that !
he was deceiving himself. Iendeavored |
to explain to him that the gain in
time was only apparent, and not |
actual. But my arguments were use
less against what he called the iuyi,l- |
able evidence OF his watch.
"It's like the Photographic instru-
ment in the play of "The Octoroon"
tho apparatus can't lie, he said.
"Then he went on to tell me that he
was about to set out on his travels to
the eastward. He meant to 90 speed
ing around and around the world in
that direction till he had gained six
months in days. Then he would take
short rest, after which he would set
out again. Two days later he sailed
for Liverpool by one OF the ocean
greyhounds, and heard nothing
more OF him for nearly three months. |
Then was sent to Jersey City to in
terview tho president, who was to
pass through on his way to the
Catskills. While was waiting for the
special fast express from Chicago
came in. ! was walking up and down
smoking cigarette, when was near
ly knocked of my feet by passenger
rushing mad1y from the express.
turned to make some energetic re-
marks and recognized Bony Diggs.
"'Be, your pardon, Perry he
cried; don't stopme. Has the Alaska
sailed YETI
mo- / answered; she doesn't 20
till 8 ?. m. You've two hours yet
lost. Perry, I've had wretched luck.
Missed connections in London, and
lost the oriental express. Had to
wait two hours and take slow train,
making loss Of eight hours al
together. Then the Pacific mail steam
er was delayed nearly "a hours by an
accident to her machinery, and after
that broke down twice at sea, arriy.
ing in San Francisco two days and a
half late. Instead OF gaining day
I've lost nearly two. must make |
two extra trips to get even. Good
bye
with that he rushed to the ferry,
and the next morning saw the name
Of Jerome Bonaparte Diggs among
those of the Alaska's passenger list.
1t was fully year after that when
/ met poor old Bony again. It was a
pitiable tale he told me hurriedly rs /
rode from the Grand Central down
to the Cunard pier with him. He
had not rested minute in the
whole year. Even at night his sleep
was haunted with visions OF trains
- t. L. L.