The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-02
Impressions Of a Traveller.
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Concluded from last week. J

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well STAYED on deck to admire the sea
and the stars and almost anything
tried to walk, but walking isn't the most
pleasant thing in the world when the
deck seems to come up and hit fellow
In the stomach. The sea and the stars
and everything else soon lost Their
charm over me and | wished myself in
some old fence-corner where the weeds
grow high and the wires are not too far
apart. Oh, how many such lovely
places | could recall to my mind, beck.
oning me back TO Oregon and home bdt
the die was cast-and so were a good
many other things. Presently wifs
came on deck, growing like democratic
rooster before election. She and have
never quarreled, but when she came
and asked how felt and told about the
good things she had had to eat and that
she sympathized with me and finally
suggested that | had better 60 to bed
and save my boots, even my wrath be-
gan to rise, but what could do but try
to swallow wrath and all, and | rushed
down with noise like that OF many
waters. After getting to bed had the
satisfaction OF seeing SOME one else sue
cumb to the inevitable. But there is
an end to everything here on earth and
by and by we fell asleep, rocked in the
cradle of the deep. The following day
we spent in our cabin, never moving
more than was absolutely necessary,
thus cheating the voracious old Atlantic
OF his customary toll. Monday morn
ing, the wind having changed from east
to southwest and the sea being smooth
er, we again yentured on deck, though
in somewhat staggering manner. That
old hackneyed saw, Hmisery loves COM
pany' is, dare say, never more appro-
priately applied than when a seasick
person sees a lot OF others in the same
painful situation; and so when | came
on deck this morning and was comfort
ably ensconced in my steamer chair, in
haling in deep breaths the pure, fresh
sea air, it was with an almost fendish
satisfaction noticed the large number
OF pale, haggard faces, all wearing that
sickly, foolish grin which one accustom-
ed to travelling instantly recognizes as
the mark of nausea. The many good
things on the breakfast table held out
no temptations to us and we felt fully
satisfied to be simply "on-lookers." AL
though the white-caps were in evidence
yet the good ship 'Lucania" bowled
along smoothly enough. Oh, she is
beauty; long and slender and supple as
a Diana, she fairly worms her way
through the sea. One can feel her shake
and quiver and twist and squirm as she
parts the dark green liquid at the rate
OF "a miles an hour. She is 620 feet long
with t2 foot beam; Of 1880 tons bur-
den, 10000 horse power and has accom-
modations for 800 passengers.
At dinner time we both went down
but did not feel as though / could
afford to eat anything to speak of; wife
on the other hand did full justice to the
meal and from this time on was steady
and appreciative boarder, never missing
a meal. l, however, did not feel like
gormandizing until about Thursday
evening, when | ate two suppers and
still felt like eating more. | also
smoked cigar, the first one since leav-
ing New York, and you can understand
that then felt first rate. It is a won.
der what an amount OF pleasure and
contentment there is wrapped up in
bundle of sinking weed, after having
been deprived of it for four days. FRI
day morning when we came on deck a
pleasant sight greeted our vision; "Owld
Ireland" the greenest gem in the Brit
ish crown, lay before us, and the sight
of her had the same effect on some OF us
weakened mortals as has the appica-
tion of raw beef to a bruised eye. When
first sighted nothing was visible but a
'fow-lying; rocky and inhospitable coast,
with here and there lighthouse, rails
ing, as it were, a warning finger to the
sea-worn mariner bidding him not to
course too near; but this menacing and
rocky barrenness gradually disappeared
and green fields, divided by nicely trim
med hawthorn hedges, the snow-white
farmhouses and here and there the ruin
of an old castle, took its place in the
passing panorama. 1t is pleasant voya-
ging, this, along the coast Of the
Emerald Isle.
About noon Queenstown hove in sight
and two small steamboats, came out in
the narrow bay to meet us, and on these
the mail and passengers destined for
Ireland were unloaded Our stay here
was short and soon we were again plow-
ing the briny deep. The surroundings
of Queenstown are delightful both from
an artistic and material and, so far as
could see, also ethical standpoint. 1t
therefore occurred to me that this would
be nice place to live in and proposed
to wife that we settle down here and go
into the strawberry business. We could
also keep COW, few chickens and
lastly--it should be frstly--a couple OF
pigs. Further, we could raise potatoes
and some garden truck and ii we in
vested small sum of money in boat, |
know | could make money by fishing
and wife could attend to the farm. Be
tween spells, when fishing was slack
and the retail business didn't need our
immediate attention, we could sail over
to America and help Tom to wrench the
Challenge cup from the Yankees. But
wife is sort OF set in her ways and
wouldn't listen to my arguments, al
though ! am sure they were well deliv-
cred and very convincing from busi-
ness standpoint. We hear great deal
nowadays about the American woman's
business ability, how they have better
foresight than we men, etc, ett., but
here is an instance which plainly shows
the lallacy of all such weak newspaper
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women's rights advocates really are |
know that right here fortune slipped
out of my grasp and that the challenge
cup is now forever lost to Tom. 1t was
therefore with sad regrets and heavy
heart saw Queenstown grow DINNER
and DINNER and finally vanish before
my tear-iilled eyes, After again reach
ing the channel we set straight course
for the English coast, and about p. m.
the last Pickering lights of the only
snakeless country in the world sank be-
hind the now darkening horizon. About
9 O'Clock some lights were discernable
on our starboard how, and these / cor
rectly surmised to be on the English
coast, the land OF the angels.
That night we retired to our cabin
with the pleasant expectation that when
old Sol with his life giving light and
warmth again spanned the space be-
tween himself and mother earth We
would be in the city of Liverpool. We