The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
OF THR SRASICK FOLKS.
GEE SHEY'S SURGEON TELLS. OF
THEIR CRANKY WAYS.

Touches Thom On Their Pride-The
VIII Of n DlSgusted Philadelphian
It's queer how reluctant tbeso veteran
oyaRe are to admit that it's possible
for them TO get soasick,' said . ships sur
xson attached 10 . big Atlantic liner. I
had one Of them on this Last westward
trip. Hos an elderly man well known
around the New York clubs. He'd been
across the Atlantic from New York twenty
seven times-six Of the round trips with
ms on this ship-and had made two com-
pIete ours Of tho world on yachts without
ever suffering once from seasickness. All
OF that made him belisve. naturally enough,
I suppose, that he wa immune. But no
body 10 absolutely immune from It, and l
could ofsr hundreds Of instances in proof
OF this contention.
w had a bad second day out this trip
and tho sensitive old gentleman, To his
ACCOMPLISHMENT, chagTin M actual griefs
was compelled to turn In with Q wretchsd
oass Of Seasiokness. He rolled around
In his bunk In great misery for twenty
four hours before hs would allow the stow
ard to call mo. He hated TO have me know
that he was seasick. for hs bad often boasted
10 mo in his pleasant way Of his immunity
from se~asiokness.
Just q little case Of disordered stomach.
DOCTOR hs said TO me when I dropped In
upon him, although he was groaning in his
distress.
Eyes, yes I said, with what gravity I
could, for ] was more than willing TO lilo
him. to believe hat I didn't even suspect
hs was suffering from se~sickness. Prob
ably some little indiscretion in eating
q erHk.kl- RAD 4. ~-al.g-n.A -at.kun At-na.lN
up In his bunk and resting on an elbow.
Il knew internally we'll that I should never
have eaten that confounded herring and
cucumber salad In Stockholm
s'Stoohholmf' / couldn't help buo say In
my surprise. why: whom were you In
eeockholml'
s'Stx weelus ago; blame Il ALP the kindly
Old boy uoaned. and Of course I had to
look the other way to hide my grin. He
was on deck q couple OF days later, looking
pretty paIlid.
First bilious attack Two had In twenty
years hS said to me, SoBemnly. Man
can't be too careful Of what he eats In these
European oites-suoh internal messos a.
some OF US do tackle
Il have no doubt thaA hs believes yet
and I 4 hope be does-that I didn't suspect
be was seasick.
Il had another case Of that curious ssssiok
sensitivenoss . few eastward trips back.
The victim was another GfYable old boy
who'd made eighteen round trips on the
Atlantic, some Of them with mo, without
ever having 20 turn In on account Of sea-
Edckness. I suppose tbers was nothing
En this AmiAble oldigentlsman's life Of which
he was moro proud than that. with all Of
his voya&ing, he had never been seasick.
sOn this Last voyage Of his he was accom-
psnied BY ono Of his old cronies who bad
never crossed the ocean before. I heard
No immune Dragging 20 his crony while
ws gtided down the bay Of tho freedom
from seasiclness that he'd always enjoyed,
and be was extremely solicitous about his
companion In that respect.
You're bound 70 get it; old man. I
heard him say, but you DONE want TO take
n TO heart too much; and the doctorll
6x you up all right
But suggested his crony; why am I
bound to get 1t II you never got ltP
oh, I'm one out of the million In that
respect replied the kindly old chap, some
what grandiloquently. My case Is OK
EraordinArily exceptional. Now, when you
feel it coming on you-yOum probably feel
II shortly after we swing by the Hook
you want to just turn In a quick as o
can, and take It easy and he went ahead
with an elaboste bunch Of explanations as
20 what his friend should do when he felt
the s~essickness gripping him.
W stepped into a nasty squat that
Kicked up a cross-sea shortly after rounding
the Hook. and presently the steward sum-
monded me to the seasoned old ~voyager's
cabin, which communicated with that
OF his crony.
The old boy was as white as q napkin
and stretched out on his bunk. His friend
sat beside him, and when 1 entered the
cabin the crony slyly bestowed upon me
one OF the most significant and meaningful
winks l evcr saw.
Doctor the seasick old gentleman
blurted out as soon a. he saw me-, this
~Sooundrelly whiffet OF a rui1an here, point
ing to his crony, is trying to poison me.
I can't imagine what in blazes his object
is, but that's what he's trying to do. He
gave me one Of those dad gummed bottled
cocktails that he carries around with him
a few minutes ago, and here l am knocked
into a cooked hat and poisoned II ever a
Maybe said 1, giving his crony the
Office, y GU drank the cocktail too soon
after your breakfast
well, IL may be that, said the OLD gen
tleman, somewhat Modified when he thought
be saw that I didn't suspect what really
allied him. But W hatever il is I'm so in
formally sick at the sto mach that ! can
hardly see out OF my eyes, and IL there's
anything you an
IT s'pose it can't be- put In his crony
at hat point, giving me another OF
those shrewd winks, that you're seasick,
john
"'Seasickl' beloved the i'll old gentle
man. 'Seasickl Doctor, throw him out Of
the room for me, will your Seasickl Me
seasick, after all the years I've been crossing
this duck pond with never a symptom OF
seasickness, and never likely to have one
doctor, il you dom throw hin out III ring
for my steward and have him fetch a couple
Of coal heavens up here to throw him out.
Me seSsickl' and then he was obliged TO
fOrego any further conversation on the
subject for reasons which I could not, with
delicacy, give in detail.
He was a sad looking old gentleman
when l got him out on deck three days
later, and l think the fact that his crony
hadn't missed a meal served to increase his
sadness.
well, I'll have to alter my tour this
summer, now, he said to me with great