The Republican journal., 1896-06-18
Results of a Deep-Sea Fishing Trip.
He vas SeaSiCk and then Coincidence Got In Its
Work.

He vas Seasick and then Coincidence Got In Its
Work.
He was such a perfect type of human
misery that the old citizen rather hesitat
ed about addressing him, although they
had met every day ON Commercial street
for years, but rejecting that he might
commit suicide, he walked up to him and
said: II m sorry 10 see that there's sick
ness III your family"
Every one of EN- is as strong as a
moose, and eat like bears in the spring."
replied the dismal looking man.
Now if l can be OF any assistance to
you in business let me know and l will
help you gladly
My business is all right, in fact I'd
rather have my run of luck for the last
year than license to steal.'
My friend you are taking the course of
political events too much at heart. The
Democratic party
will be out of power l hope for the
next thousand years. I'm an original Re-
publican, but that don make the least
bit OF difference with a man who is recov-
ering from sea sickness"
You We been sea sick then?'
"Who said | had? No haven t. I've
just been playing sea sick. I've been
throwing up my vital organs, and my re-
ligious principles just to encourage
others.
How did you happen to go outsider
said the old citizen, thinking that it would
be good thing TO lead the sick man to
talk and in that way to draw his mind
from his troubles.
'HOW did l come to go outside? Be
cause it was the misfortune of my parents
thar OF III
world without good common horse sense;
because he came mighty close to being a
blamed idiot. My twin brother John
who gave every promise OF being a credit
to the family died, while | lived Oh to dis
grace my friends and to make a holy show
Of myself generally
Il went outside because one of my
friends said that deep sea fishing was the
GROWING dissipation of the ages. He told
me what fun it was looking down over the
side OF your schooner and drawing up the
fish, He Informed ME that there was more
soul cheering enjoyment in taking the
prize for the biggest fish than in captur-
ing dozen jack pots, and believed him.
Nothing but the watchful care of a pro
tecting Providence ever steered me down
to the present time without my throwing
my substance away on green goods men,
and the fellows with bogus cheeks
Don't take this too much at heart, -
Interrupted the old citizen. ave all
make more or less Mistakes
II went out, said the other, not heed
ing his words,'' with skipper and the
rest of the crowd We began to feel sick
soon after we left port, but it wasn't then
but little later that we threw overheard
the blooming idiot VINO would insist on
singing IA Life on the Ocean Wave. -
He's gone and ] i'll glad of it. The thought
that | assisted i'll sending him to iced the
fishes will comfort my last hours
And for such tritie as that?'
''Tntie? | guess not. My conscience
will trouble me as long as | live because
We didn't reserve him for worse fate,
and one in some degree worthy of his
crime. Then we grew sicker, and began
TO give mp things, to simply throw them
away as 1t were. You've heard of the
primitive church,
''of course.
WELL we beat any set of primitive
churches you ever heard of in giving up
things. | only saved my bank account be
cause it was past bank hours. | was for
tunate in another respect that | saved my
immortal soul, because at one time | near
ly threw it up. l knew ! retained it be-
cause l feel the tortures of conscience
every time think how lightly we let that
young idiot Off | was a good deal more
fortunate than some others OF the party.
Ihe1e was one Young man"
Ibid he lose lis soul?' asked the old
citizen, thoroughly Mortified
No, but he threw up a 81. 300 situation
before We anchored. We anchored after
awhile q, yes. We anchored but that
was only another name for saying that we
got in position where We could look
down into the depths below and envy the
early martyrs who were fed to the lions
What did they have to complain of any
way? y lion would just give a roar
shake himself, and then the sign was out
For This Particular Martyr Please En-
quire Within They didn' as rule suf-
fer over three seconds, while we had three
hours of it,.
You'll feel better for it in the long
run, said the old citizen, consolingly.
maybe | shall, but think what it will
cost me. ! distinctly recollect when |
threw up NY organs of digestion, and of
course IN have to have IA fresh set, and
that will cost money. | can count up
eleven organs all highly useful, and most
OF them absolutely necessary to my well
being that | m shy of, and a thorough and
scientific examination will probably show
grand total OF bakers dozen at the
very least. You mean we'll, but mine is a
case where comfort don t work in worth a
cent, Eve got to suffer it out alone -
Portland Press