The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1903-03-11
From Abroad.
KArsERIN MARIA THERESA,
Thursday, Feb. II, 1903.

DEAR JUDGE: Here is about the
spot / had selected to write anoth-
err letter-twelve hundred miles
from the nearest land except the
Shiny seil .h-rcscc milo. ..s..es straight
down under salt water. The deep
blue sea is delightfully."- frolicsome
today, convulsed with the wild
grandeur and alluring beauty Of
y frosted waves that snap and shout
2 and roar, mysteriously vanish an
instant, and leap up again with
white airy crests and twisted forms.
An hour ago one of them sloshed
oyer the upper deck against four
teen ladies reclining on steamer
r chairs in dreamy luxury beneath
wraps and rugs Of various kinds.
Sailors caught them as they rolled
a I helpless terror on the deck, and
conveyed them to their staterooms
to find dry clothing. They will
begin to enjoy this salubrious cpl
sode by to morrow, when l shall
ask them to tell me all about it
and fourteen enthusiasts will speak
at once.
If Marconi succeeds in thrust
ing his daily newspaper upon ocean
-xoyagers. one of the salutary
charms of ocean-life will vanish
Now for whole week the whole
world is shut out as effectu-
allv as if one inhabited a distant
planet. The blue dome of the sky
fits close to the face of the sea in a
perfect circle, the zenith comes
close to the ships lofty mast, the
changeful voices and forms of the
variegated pillows squirt in sun
light and shadow, and over all, the
sweet and solemn silence of the
ss:ss-siili coHspiT5 80 invite forget
fulness of the world, and to lift the
open heart up to the heavens that
seem so near. The unwelcome land
that in few dayslwill rise in the
distant horizon will break the
dreamy spell, and call nae back to
Ahe din and dust and strife of earth.
I love to sail on.
~ know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air
/ only know cannot drirt
Beyond His love and care"
This intense feeling of the pres
ence of the Father who guards us
against every evil, imparts deli
cious flavor to all the pleasures
and hardships of ocean life and
puts the very music of heaven into
the thunders of the widest storm
When boarded the Kaiserin last
Saturday to sail at eleven a. M
l found she had not enough coal
to run twenty-five hours. The
Owners posted notice that the date
OF sailing was postponed to nine
o'clock Monday morning. DR..
Buckner and at once called for
grips and returned to our hotel to
spend Sunday in the city. Prompt
ly at nine clock Monday morning
the gong was sounded and ropes
cast off. Then the old ship swung
out into the stream and was soon
on her way to distant seas. There
were farewell shouts, waving hand.
kerchiefs and falling tears on
pier and ship as we sailed away
Thoughtful friends had sent to DR.
Buckner and myself carnations
) from the winter gardens of Mt
Sterling, and numerous letters, al
of which tended to give us enviablt
standing with the passengers. AS
viigiiS or ten letters We're counted
out to us amid solemn mob OF
letterless letter seekers, l sympa'
thized deeply with their disap
Fpointment and humiliation, ano
would have gladly divided with
them if this GOULD have alleviateo
their grief. However, the delay il
part enabled some of the passen
gers to go and buy flowers, and ad
dress packages to themselves to be
delivered aboard the ship In the
most conspicuous manner to show