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ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.
A Storm ut Sea The Experience of Dur
1ingtOn Tourist.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 20.

storm at sea -Ihe Experience OF Dur-
Ilngtou Tourist.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 20.
TO the Editor of the Free Press:
BY request. send you n short descrip-
ton of my ocean trip. | left New York
the afternoon of January 10 or board the
steamship Algonquin of the Clyde line
bound for this port. The day was fair and
the sea smooth, two good omens for our
enjoyable trip. The signal service, how
ever, mad just reported stormy weather
for the next "A hours along the South At
lantic coast" and at this season of the
year 1t Is almost sure TO be more or less
stormy in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras.
Groups of passengers, here and there,
were conversing together about the wealth
er and all seemed agreed that we would see
rough sailing before reaching port.
We had scarcely passed out on to broad
sea when the scene changed almost by
magic. The first cabin was filled with
passengers. Others rushing from the
decks sought TO enter. Women were seen
to thrown up their hands and shrek
Others stared in blank dismay. Strong
men leaned against the walls for support
while others hung to the guy rods. Pam
dcmonium seemed to be just starting in on
a dress rehearsal.
At once Il ship officer appears, Break
away" he cries, and hurries through the
crowd to where the loud female is ex-
pounding the Monroe doctrine. with va-.a-
lions as to boundary lines and personal
trespass. Two women claimed the same
stateroom. but the purser with a glance at
their tickets. told the holster one that she
was nine degrees and thirty minutes off
her reckoning. Her room was % not 50.
She subsidized. and Immediately there was
calm. Soon the storm broke outside. The
sun, which was just retiring, wreathed in
smiles, throwing kisses TO the
waves to the clouds and to all on board,
except the loud female who had just gone
below.
The next morning a breakfast the chair
next to my own was occupied by the lady
before alluded to. She very graciousy in
troduced herself by card as Mrs. Char
lotte May Mansfield, street, New
York, president Lady Tourist Cycle club, "
and promoter of every movement tending
to give women more freedom of action
and broader rights or to emancipate her
wrongs"
The latter quotation she volunteered to
make by way of supplement to the card
and to sort of break the ice for further
conversation. ! promptly returned the
compliment by producing my card and at
once commenced to gaze at her through
the lashes of one eye while l industriously
ate my breakfast with the help of the
other. She was a tall. angular. swarthy wo
man of about IS to 80 years of age, wearing
standing collar, held by the four-in-hanc
tie, vest fitting jacket and blue frocl,
coat trimmed in russell eather and large
felt hat such as Col. II. W. Hall usually
wears. She further observed that the Goa,
and vest was won by her as the New
York Mail and Express long distance
prize in recent tournament. Now al
this shows noble and generous soul. She
Is surely giving her life for others, for
fancy she wants no more freedom OF
action and broader rights herself, and
as to emancipation of woman's wrongs
I'm stuck. / hardly dare speak Oh
Charlotte, Charlotte! II thou wouldst cul-
tivate more of the flowers that grow and
bloom so naturally, so sweetly and SC
deicately in the garden of women's field
thou woudst have less time and incina
ton to paw up the earth in Mansfield
She afterwards remarked to another
that her husband, o. John Mansfield, was
an awful nice man. but he enjoyed life
most, to be at home with the children
fortunate indeed that one of them did
Another full day of sunshine passed
without incident, but about 10 o'clock next
night when some ~ miles off Cape Halter.
as dark clouds appeared, followed by
rain. The steamer rose and fell again IN
rapid succession. sometimes kicking hel
heels so high in air that the propeller
buzzed around in the atmosphere like al
old wind mill.
Next day we were told that we would
arrive at Charleston, S. c., about 10 O'Clock
that night. so ] remained up to see tho
city by night, and was richly repaid fol
my waiting. Shortly after dark the sky
blackcned and rain began to fall. BY tn,
time we were alongside the bar, off Char
I L. 1. l., 4.