The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-12
As SEEN FROM THE TAURUS.
The TIrnnnent Was Very sen-iek aud So
Was the Ocean.

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| Was the Ocean.
The wind blew. the waves rolled with death
ly motion. the ocean sloped downward in q
straight line to meet the sky. the whole worlc
and the armament spun In dizzy circles and
| the good iron steamboat Taurus. like Its
| nannesake, struggled to touch the heavens
with Its hind legs.
Then. with an easy. gliding motion the sky
came down and changed places with the
! ocean. and all the water came banging
against the Taurus, lifting her like rocking
| horse until she stood balancing herself on the
| rudder on the crest OF wave. with her bow
| pointed straight downward to the sky. For a
| moment-only a nom nt-she rested thus.
| Then. with a heartrending splash. she fell
upon her keel. and rose with the ocean and
| tho sky into celestial regions unheard. un-
dreamt OF before. And. as the world rose
| higher and higher into space. and the Taurus
went cruising across the Milky Way. there
| came into the hearts Of two OF her passengers
the sentiment:
Verify. verify. there are worse things than
death"
Upon this good ship Taurus were embarked
the members Of tho New York Yacht Club and
their friends, who were possessed OF an idiotic
desire to see the third trial race. Why any
man. after getting outside Sandy Hook should
want to see yacht race. or. for that matter.
want to do anything but die.is one OF those mys-
teries that have for centuries puzzled philoso-
piers But what was more mysterious STILL
with the exception OF a Sun reporter and two
women who had never seen q yacht race be-
fore. these persons really enjoyed the thing or
else were consummate actors. There woro
not many persons aboard. but those who were
there did not seem to mind the freaks OF the
ocean and the sky bit They walked up ana
hands. and talked with the utmost confidence
about peak halyardsI and telling to to
other cabalistic things.
There were not more than fifteen women on
and 90 az or
whole affair. At one time the reporter. upon
emerging from the cabin. saw two very styl-
and down the deck. As they came near the
cabin door one of them remarked;:
woudn hass ho Ss Rsr ns
Even as The Sun man was wondering how
s01d s%GS Ss sSt RI se
Highlands flying tumultuously across the sky
drove him back into the cabin
oddie said: III anybody, is susceptible to
eeasickness he'll catch as fine dose Of it to-
n th sSSE started seny the
bay, and her deck was as even as plumbers
sD evf Biz s sEs ,eG SrESt an fresh c sna
ness. Then the Hook came in sight. the ocean
to be lovely. Only those two women went be;
low to rest 1t would not be INTEREST," ng to tell
snas Thy On
followed the race with the deepest interest.
They criticised the handling Of the racing
boats and made comments upon their naviga-
ton. but all those remarks were OF II technical
nature. To those two women. however the
appeared in an entirely different light.
One Of them was aiwell known society woman.
sho "sHn veW he
eemed TO bring some sad remembrance to her
mind. for she Turned pale and dive went below:
wobbled up and down and around and around.
and suddenly. asa big wave came along made .d
same time sank with a ckening motion to
the OF the and far
Clouds like a ekyrocket and lett the ocean far
behind her. This sort Of thing kept up until
whether tho Taurus became balloon or
submarine cruiser.
hs es wksf E'y q sna
Other persons made similar foolish remarks.
One man even remarked that 1t was exhilarat-
nearly everybody on board ate. The only per:
the state of affairs were the walters. These
men psle-iiaessd and hoow,syed. reeIed
ps a ala oeG hey You'd
stagger against the cabin wall and rest for a
few minutes before progressing to a table. One
Of them. youth who had suddenly lost all his
ambition. said:
Gar 'eef dawn die rite away keel my
SELF"
But. wonderful to relate. the Taurus lived
through it. all: sailed safely through sky and
turned to the harbor with its bottom intact.
The two women came ont or the cabin amazed
to find that they were not angels. that the boat
was sailing toward New York instead OF Para
disc and the sky and the land had resumed
their old places.
THE VIGILANT.