The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-11-22

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IN ROUTE FOR SnU CHAMPION, Eng.
September lst, 1895 '
Nix. EDITOR third day of nv vow
age dawnea clear and Geld so cold in fact
that many of the passengers sought the
cheerful warmth of the ~moking-room. Ii
brarv or one of the handsomely filled sa-
! looms. Some read. others PLAYED cards
while group of the musically inclined
"got together" in a corner and sang "Old
Folks at Home thought when "A yery
small boy that had experienced the full
Measures of its sweetness and sentiment
as the strains foatrl through Music Hail
At the fhiadelphia Centennial of 1876, but
here every fibre seemed to ybrate with
greater appreciation Al Il melody, and the
echo through the years that have gone
brought To me the recollection of boy
hoods happy days with the SORROWS which
are every man portion like dull narcot
les numbiny pain Chess was one of the
games for which several expressed a pref
crence and it was we'll on toward dust
the scalp of an Englisman as trophy of
success. Dinner over we walked the deck
in the teeth of bowling wind which in
creased in fury as the night grew late, as
suming the violence of Il wild western cy-
clone about II O'Clock, but this i'll wind
was blowing us good for we could hear the
drafts of the glowing fires which it famed
to the greater speed of the machinery as
it whistled over the deck An hour later
we had run beyond the storm and We're
plowing through Il smooth sea. That day
We made Al, miles, which put Us 81 miles
beyond Sandy Hook. Saturday August
warmth and lovelincSS such as Southey
must have had in mind when he wrote of
Sir Ralph, The Rover in the lines:
He felt the cheering power of spring,
1t made him whistle, it made him sing.
Everybody spent great part of the day
on deck, and there seemed be quite a re-
! vival of acquaintanceship after the sea
sick had recovered. The passengers by
I this time had thrown aside much of the re.
serve which SO many people wear as they
/ do a suit of clothes-to be cast off at GER
tain times, to put on an every day dress OF
! a comfortable smoking coat-and an all
of genial fellowship reigned supreme
/ This was day to be remembered to mark
with a white mark aS Horace says, for the
elements and man apparently formed :
happy combination to ascertain what har
monv could flow from such 4 union, anC
vet there was the ubiquitous eN
ctption for surely the gentleman seated
trtlc to my right was uncomfortable. Wa:
he sick: His actions were such as to indi
cate that deep nausea which is so char
acteri>tic of sea sickness, and vet the Sc;
was aS still rs a mill pond with not a Zcph
yr to ruliir ii, bosom, and hca man VIII,
had crossed the ocean until he had cease,
to remember the number of times. NJ"
only was my sympathy aroused but m,
curiosity as well "pardncr,' said |, "yol
don't seem to be well, j." a wcaricd upwar,
lift of the ewes, Il cunvul>ive clutching il
the region 81 lilt Ntl' II ipt Ntt So very
Well said he rs he glanced toward a Bal
timore paper which had fallen from hi
grasp | looked and saw that the unfor
tunate man had attempted to read one o
its editorials on German and | wondere,
no longer. When night came | Sough
the deck alone Just to indulge in a bit q
dreaming and the building of air castle:
without any ladder to reach them or ligh
in the windows a> a beacon to guide me
Mansions in the skies, airy nothingness,
but such dreams aS we mortals love to have
in which the mere distance lends enchant
ment, for there is more than the nrdnar,
charm in contemplating the sea in tht