Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-20

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On the thrill ii sent TO the hearts Of
some of those around me Our young
friends from Philadelphia were green
with envy and, turning away as she
passed TO her room. they walkeu To
the other end of the ship. II was not
long before she was on deck and in
our midst, and entered into the spirit
of the occasion. tor we all felt now
that we We're of one family destined
to dwell together under one habitation
for the next seven or eight days. She
was tall and graceful, vivacious and
emotional. OF light complexion. plump
face, small mouth and piercing black
eyes. She was as God had OWNED her
to be, queen among men" She
was girl of the period in every
sense of the word and soon attracted
the admiration of all. Il can vouch
for the male portion of the passengers
onlyD When dinner was announced,
we went in and | found that | had
been seated nearly opposite to her
One of the Hon. Knights" from the
Clafiins had drawn the coveted prize
of being her left hand companion. As
her heart is located on the left side it
brought him very near TO it. Pretty
lucky youth was that 1t is often bet
ter to be born lucky than rich Dur
ing the dinner hour our conversation
was of general character in which
all took part in predicting the future
of its many joys and pleasures in store
for us, was not slow in becoming
infatuated with her charms, whose
merry twinkle of the eye would move
the heart of an adamant When din
ner was nearly over. she left her seat
and passing down the long luxuriant
hall to the rear of the saloon, she
seated herself upon a lounge, and
seemed to be in deep meditation.
soon joined her and learned that she
was from San Antonio, Texas, and had
been to New York upon an eight
months visit to an uncle, That she
had gone by rail and had intended re-
turning that way, but upon the urgent
solicitation of her parents she had con
sented to take this trip She had had
forebodings of her ability to stand the
sea roll, and now the worst was fear
ed. | could see that the conflict was
on, the battle was raging, and soon
she must fall victim of that sickness,
to me the most horrible of all to
which the human flesh ia heir to.
advised her to retire to i.er room and
retire for the night; that perhaps she
could ward off pending danger and in
the morning she would feel much re.
freshed and better ablI to cope with
her adversary. She was game to the
last and repeled my opportunities,
and stood her ground
Hiccoughs were now choking her
throat. and it was with greatest ef-
fort she endeavored to subdue her
emotions. The sea was rolling high
and our boat was being tossed about
as though it were a cork upon the
briny deep. She gave a scream, fell
forward and would have reached the
floor, but | caught her in my arms
and gently laid her down. The maid
came quickly to my assistance, and we
helped her to her room. Many werc
the sighs of sorrow and tender eApres-
sions OF sympathy that Wen; up from
those who had gathered acounl her,
for we all felt that our queen had
been taken from us. | could enumer-
ate others, but suffice it. we had a
pleasant party aboard and much
pleasure was anticipated. Saturday
night the sea continued to roll and
o'clock | was apprehensive of my own
abilities to weather the storm and as
a safeguard | retired. BY lying on
my back | could take some rest and
comfort and to some degree ward OF
danger.
Sunday morning arose early, and ii
was with the greatest effort that was
able to complete my toilet. | went
out on the forward deck to get some
fresh air in the hope that it would re.
vive me had remained there but a
short time when breakfast was an
nounced and | went in to get a little
fruit, but my stomach repelled all sucn
tokens of friendship and ! was com
PEELED to go to my room and lie down.
II was then that it most vividly oc-
Cured to me that the party who
wrote:
'Oh, for life on the ocean wave"
must have been either d crank or
he had never been to sea and endured
what ! was enduring. If here, one
hour of my suffering would cause him
to change his mind. 1t was now 3
O'Clock. and our friend, Miss Marie,
was still in her room, and | learned had
spent most uncomfortable night. /
could hear her retching and | knew
that she was in great agony. Three
fourths of all those who met last night
at dinner were knocked out and the
dining room, | was told, looked like a
banquet hall deserted" Noon came
and my friend from Heverill and the
captain We're the only two for lunch
con. All through the afternoon the
sea rolled higher and higher and our
boat tossed more and more and we be
came sicker and sicker. We were off
from the shore about thirty miles and
we knew that We were approaching
Hatteras. We expected to reach it by
. o'clock and to be safely through by
the following morning
Man proposes, but God disposes.
His will. not ours, be done. By s
O'Clock the wind had increased to