The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-11

One of the Things He In Going TO Do When
His Ship Comes In.

One of the Things He II Going TO DO hnen
His Ship Comes In.
eff ever I get rich." said the man OF mod
crate means. "one Of the things that ] shall do
is to travel. do love to travel. should poke
about not only on the highways. but tho by
ways. New York il getting to be a centre OF
world travel. but it's nothing like London and
Liverpool. II l had the money. 1 should go to
those towns and read the Advertisement in
the papers. and look up the shipping guides.
and pick out my trips. From either OF those
ports ships go literally all over the world: not
alone along great routes OF travel, to familiar
though distant lands and cities, but to many
strange and curious and interesting places
that ordinarily one would never even dream OF.
Tho trip across the Atlantic IN a fast
steamer, among a lot Of people. is like n brief
journey in q floating hotel. I'd like to take a
long journey In a fine ship. The very finest
steamers In the world come to this port; but
there are many fine ships running out OF the
Thames aud the Morsey that we never hear OF
at all. running. not on our familiar Atlantic
ferry. but going half round the world and back
at every trim; and l would like to travel on them
all. And then there are long-distance coast
wise trips along strange lands. and trips to dts
tant points to connect with other boats that go
further still to places yet more remote. where
the passenger travel is small and the boats in
frequent and sailing when they get ready.
Think OF loafng under such circumstances
Then back to London or to Liverpool after
2 while, and OF again. ! should travel all the
rs rs SEAPORT towns re worId, over: thst means
business. no hard work anywhere: some dis
comfort. perhaps, but mighty little. and com;
iosanS' With a sauce Of st Strange sights: and
a familiar, knowledge. finally. OF the oarth's
And | want to go more or less on tramp
s ssea%e ehe p oR to taS r ys{aFieS want | to imfbs s me o 6hfs
tim time s. Of swinging up and down 9 the swGlis o,
our turn had come. loafng Of to the next port
And shall, have a look around my own
f s9TadIr IN t az tbs riI ! hH Iinss the 6f b %ssns 81 w ShsIl
the railroads are carrying the people more aud
ali. There are within the Boundaries Of this
tremendous country scores, l suppose hum
by steamboats,: rivers and boats that a man
Hying in one locality never hears Of at all. I'd
pose ,Spe srS would Gn QUITE S@ f have 9u time oG FOR t i%R.
But T "a .bon Mke tot to ttr az ,em all il l could:
Won 'f iRefad SeaE many ny ' rise ms'n sca aa ! ana IN sn al
paris Of the country. And when / read among |
the tn an sdyeEtisements il the local
which 1 might be the notice Of a line OF
boats running up some stream whose name
had never even heard Of since l had
learned II in the geography. in the days Of
youth. and romance. why. 1 should 20 right
straight and take passage on that boat and
stay there till she, got back; and brush along
against the banks and go ashore when she
landed, and so Just wander along this watery
street through the country.
:" love to ride on the cars. 1 never got tired
too long. Every individual car and every To-
motive wherever l may see it interests me. l
like to read the names on the s%leepers; l like
everything about the railroad.
There's nothing in the papers that / like TO
read more than I do the railroad and steam |
ship advertisements, Inever get tired ofthem. |
AS a matter OF fact l suppose 1 read them a
dozen times 6. year: though l read the adver- |
tisements OF the limited and the other long dis
lance trains. and the advertisements of ships 10 |
many ports / love to read 'em and 7 en- going
to all these places, some day"