The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-10

She would eat three big meals every
day. In the morning she was sitting
on the hurricane deck but there was
a. far away look in her eyes. 1t was
difficult to tell whether she was in
love or seasick. A jolly Portlander
who was going to Frisco on a vaca-
ton, was determined to find out the
dame. So when her face expressed
Woe passing description, he ap-
preached
Going to breakfasts"
NO was the suappish reply.
1--WE had the incest breakfast, the
latest bacon man could wish, cab
bage cooked in any style, sausage
fried brown, and here is a big biscuit
for you" All this the Portlander said,
while smiling blandly.
Up rose the young woman's ire. She
flung the biscuit far out ait sea- Let
the sharks devour that" said she.
Then she dubbed this Portlander 1.-The
man who eaGs," and by this sobriquet
he will hereafter be known. THE
man who eats" insisted that the young
woman was seasick, but she would not
admit the fact. He also laid down
this rule, ITO keep a woman from
getinng real seasfck, who is on the
ragged-edge, rouse her anger and it
will be q better remedy than lemons
The principal diversions were find
ing out how many persons went to
their meals; how many were laid out
in their berths, and how many were
wishing that some well-ineaning in
dividual would throw them overheard.
ITO be or not to be- is seriously de-
bated on a sea voyage, and the lean
ing is generally toward mot to be-"
Those who were well transformed
themselves into machines OF perpetual
motion
The Philadelphia, a handsome gun
boat, was passed and saluted. This
boat rolled SO much that the woe be-
gone young woman wondered whether
the United States mariners felt as
unhappy as she did.
Our Saint looked at everything
which was open to inspection. He
visited the steerage and found the men
there disposed to joke and enjoy life.
The women, however, considered his
visit an intrusion. One of them de-
manded to know whom he wished to
see. When told that he was merely
looking over the vessel, she replied:
You must find this an interesting
sight. 1t must be nice to look at us as
if We were Gagged UP in a menagerie. y
She would have continued in this
Strain for some time if fat woman
had not interrupted to point out that
the butter. which was in a
melting condition ON the table, was
bad. Then followed chorus of COM
plants about the food. But the spokes-
woman, who resembled Madame La
Fargo i'm the Tale of Two Cities
commanded silence, and Immediately
a hush fell on the talkative creatures
The Saint was glad 20 leave these
close quarters and again get breath
of fresh air.
A sunset at sea is a glorious sight,
and if nothing else of interest is to be
seen ON a voyage this repays one for
all the fatigue or seasickness likely to
ensue.
At first the sun appears to be a
great ball of fire with its rays radiat-
ing in adj directions Soon purple
disks appear and then a purple belt
is formed. The sun slowly sinks be-
meath this belt until but half of it can
be seen, then only a quarter and at
last it dips into the water, forming a.
FURNISHED sheet of gold
The fog horns played their melan-
chody ditties as soon as the steamer
came within thirty miles of Frisco
The lights of the city seemed to rise
tier upon tier, and looked beautiful
from the vessels deck.
1t took two cables to anchor the
State of California The first broke
and caused a great deal of swearing
among the navvies.
The return trip was made on the
Columbia, a handsome vessel which
was refitted at a cost of 100000. The
boat carried just enough passengers to
be comfortable. The only thing that
narred the voyage was the sad re-
Election caused on seeing Alcatraz, the
military prison. 1t is situated on a
solitary rock, water, water every
'chere, and there is no prospect of es-
cape; this makes one realize that the
way of the transgressor is hard.
The Saint is glad to be back in sunny
Zion, and is now ready to rest con-
tentedly under his own fig tree.