Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-10-27
ACROSS TIE SEA.
Incidents of "a Recent Trip from England
to the United States.

AS look back on the incidents of
the past few weeks the fact forces it,
self convincingly on my mind that
seem to have been between two contend
ing forces, no less powerful because
unseen. intangible. Anxious to accept
my brothers kind offer to visit his
home in the far west of Uncle Sans
territory; and desirous to become more
intimately acquainted with the country,
the life. the cities of mighty nation,
destined by "Union of hearts" with
the parent stock to rule the worlds
destiny, | have found every obstacle
possible placed in my way in so mark
ed manner as to seem more than mere
accident; and yet it has been met by
power which "Through waves and
clouds and storms has gently cleared the
way," and pay tribute to Shakespear's
divine inspiration when he wrote:
'.'rlcrs is n divinity that shapes our ends
Rough hew them as we may
On Sept. Doth at midnight left Pad
dington for Liverpool, expecting to go
straight on board the S. S. "Lake
Huron" and start the same day for
Montreal; but after waiting and hearing
various excuses about "the strike" ""the
machinery was out of order" it had got
"stuck in the sand" "the tides We're not
high enough to float it out of dock"
and such like yarns with which naut-
ical folks delight to entertain "land-
lubber," it ended in having to wait TIL
Saturday for the S. S. "Lake Ontario"
We started away after several hours
delay at G:30 p. m, tired of ''kicking
our heels OUT about Liverpool; un-
fortunately had got into a damp bed
room ashore at the hotel and contract
ed II chill, and when on Sunday
morning seasicllness supervened L
found myself suffering from complica-
tions arising from the two causes, and
for n week I had wretched time of it,;
on Wednesday the doctor a very good
fellow, honored me with three visits.
The incidents on board which were
daily reported to me as / lay in my
of a cheerful nature. Two men had
come aboard after drinking carousal
and one of them while suffering from
sDelirum Tremens" cut his throat,
fingered day or two, but in spite of
all attention died in pitiful condi-
ton, and was hastily buried when the
passengers were at breakfast. Next
morning child of 3 Ia Finn was com
y mitted to the deep, it died of dysentery
and what made it especially sad was
the fact that it was being brought over
by an aunt to it's parents in America
who had sent for it. \ fireman, poor
fellow, who had been drinking to eX
cess, was seized with frightful agonie
of cramp. tried to make away will
himself and was more than four mel
could hold down. Morphia was inject
ed, he was put in the hospital and in
few days he was back at work. Hi
case shows how extremes meet, ant
was in direct contrast to the other. 70
his drinking consisted entirely of ic
cold water
y quartermaster was seized wit
paralysis from the stomach downward
while on duty; quite young fellow
= be stricken down so early in life.
A lady returning from five month
wedding tour was SO i'll that she W.
not expected to live, but was impro'
ing as we got into smooth water, an
was taken ashore at Quebec in an an
bulance.
We had fair amount of pitchin
and tossing during the week from DC
LIST to Sth, and the Sunday morning Il
we were approaching the treachero,
straits of Belle Island the outloo
was very dirty, rain, mist, etc.
AT IL a. M. we were half way throus
divine service conducted in the salo
by Rev. Mark Cristian IIayford from til
gpld coast, West Africa, and were stan
ifg singing that favorite hymn .'Lea
'. 4ih6ly light amid the encircling gloom
when / noticed some hurried NOV
ments on deck and the ship gave
peculiar turn, but as it was so rous
generally, did not think anythir
81 more of it.
Our first hymn had been for tho
in peril on the sea- =" Eternal Fathe
strong to save.' and we concluded OF
simple but impressive service wi
/. ssRock of Ages
It was then we ascertained hi
terribly near we had just been to su
\ aad certain destruction, while singi
our second hymn. Let me say I h
heard Gil along the highest confiien
's6n;r~ed repeatedly in our Captain
bnderfully fortunate in all
and the finest navigator
hdian route.
y we're making the dangero
.. land straits close to where t