Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-07-01

stateroom OF friend, lawyer of this
city, who, with his wife and three chill
oren, one boy and two girls, is going to
japan and other oriental ports; he to re-
cuperate himself from falling health:
they to bear him company, and for the
pleasure OF the trip. "How are you.u I
asked.
"we're in a terrible mess, all sick -
he says.
He means all who are In the stateroom
except himself, for his boy, who mas an
investigative turn OF mind, has not vet
come In from his explorations of the
snip. My friend, seeing that appear to
DC all ~. k.", asks me to go and find
his son and bring him In.
II will gladly do So" say, and turn
TO go. But just now feel very un.
pleasant sensation within, and there
seems to be a bunion or a big toe or
something or other trying to ascend my
a'imentary canal which has a tre-
mendous push behind 1t. / hurry to
quarters, and before can hardly realize
what is going on, Neptune has the first
'nstallment Of his dues from me, and 1
still retain my loose ivory.
find myself too weak to stand alone,
and so l crawl into my berth with all sail
set, except my boots, and here lie all
night rocked in this great big, iron cradle
upon these very restless waters.
wonder why Magellan ever named this
ocean the Pacific. Probably 1t was ON
some calm, bright day when the ocean was
In one OF her best moods, and SO she
charmed him; for now she plays with
the great hull of this ship as though it
were an eggshell.
am told, to day, that not more than
half dozen passengers were at dinner
last night, and that at least eighty per
cent. OF them are sick. see very few on
deck; and the steamer chair Of my friend
has been vacant all day, except as some
strsggler came along aud dropped into it
to rest bit, in order to get new bearings
for another attempt In the use OF his I'M
certain limbs.
occupy my chair all day long, with my
appetite away in some foreign parts, and
amuse myself watching sea gulls that
follow the ship so easily although she is
under full speed. 1t is time, and SO l go
to my stateroom for what | hope will
prove to be a night OF rest and refreshing
sleep.
April 6. Morning dawns, sea is
smoother, and am out In good time and
feeling first rate. Sailors (Japs and
Chinamen) are scrubbing and washing
down decks. AS the hours go by, passen-
gers begin to show themselves. The gong
sounds; go to breakfast, my second meal
on board. The tables are about a third
filled. With me Orchard is himself
again..
Later. am on deck with other passen-
gers who are getting used to their sea-
legs. My friends chair is filled by its
owner. The lawyer, aforementioned, and
his family are around all right. Some are
playing games, such as shuttle board,
quoits, etc. Our genial captain is taking
his daily exercise, briskly walking around
the ship, lap after lap until he has made
several miles, and as he passes by, he
says "good morning" or "good day" to
passengers he meets.
April 7. Now our deck chairs are well
filled, aud added to yesterdays recrea-
tions Is the reading of books from the
ships library. Now we have pleasant
sailing, and are getting acquainted with
our fellow passengers, so that we feel to
be at home in one great family. l was
glad to meet Fred Simpson, OF Boston
who was born in Sullivan.
Now the days come and go In about
the same monotonous way. Sea gulls
have left us; storm petrels take their
place. All passengers now seem to be
greatly enjoying themselves, and hurry
to the ia bles at meal time.
So on and on we sail until Saturday
morning, April IL, dawns and tinds us at
anchor in Honolulu harbor, with the
at the foot of high hills, in full view, with
the extinct volcano crater, Punch Bowl,
in good position for Notification site +;
Diamond Head crater and light at our
right; two or three miles away, and in
between near the shore, tall cocoanut
palm trees lit tutt tops high above their
surroundings; while on our left, on low
land, stretch rice fields and sugar cane
plantations until they are lost in the dis
tant gray or haze and touch Kalacoa or
Bar ber's Point. p. g. WOOSTER.