Arizona republican., 1907-09-22

had tn top wan. TIL lower wan was
already occupied by a gintleman that
had started to feel onaisy on tn way
down I'm London an was now pre-
pared fr tn worst. | left him to his
grief an whit up on TIL roof ~ tn
ship. Ii was gay scene f'r tn boat
had started. Long rows Of ladies' were
stretched on invalid chairs with shawls
over thin. pretendin' to rade an takin'
deep smells at little green bottles.
Three or four hundherd men had be-
gun to walk around tn ship with their
hands folded behind thin. A poker
game between four rale poker players
an a man that didn't know tn game
but had sharp finger nails was already
started in tn smokin' room. About
that time | begun to have a quare SEN
sation. haven't been able to find
OLeary. | wasn't sea-sick. mind We.
I'm a good sailor. But ! had a funny
feelin' in the forehead between me
eyes. 1t wasn't a headache exactly
but a kind iv a sthrange sinsation like
used to have whin | was a boy an
thried to look cross eyed. | suppose
it was tn sthrong light. l didn't have
amy aversion to food. Not at all. But
somehow didn't like tn smell " food.
II was disagreeable to me an IL SEEM
ed to make tn place in me head worse.
Sivral times / wint to tn dining room
intindin' to jine TIL jovyal comp'ny
there but quit at tn dure. 1t was
very sthrange. | don't know how to
account fr IL. Very few people were
sea sick on tn voyage. but sivral humid
herd who were injyin' paddlin' a spoon
in a cup " beef tea on deck spoke iv
havin' tn same sinsation. / didn't
speak Nv it to TIL ships doctor. I'd as
lave carry me ailments to a harness
maker as to a ships doctor. But there
it was AN firm me pint iv view il was
tn most important ivint iv tn passage.
Next to that tn most excitin' thing
was thryin' 10 find anybody that wud
take money firm me. It's a tur-rble
awkward thing to have to force money
on an Englishman in a uniform like an
admiral's an talkin' with an accent
that NANNY iv tn finest people on tn
deck were thryin' to initiate. but 1
schooled mesilf to it, An sthrange to
say they niver rayfused They were
even DtllIltT IHlH llldt- Il was ldNlH
III ship whin tn fellow that pulled tn
plug out ~ tn other mans bath f'r
me touched me on tn shoulder. /
turned an see a frindly CLEAN in his
eye that made me wondher If he had
a knife. give him what they call five
hobs over there. which is wan dollar
an twinty cints iv our money. He
touched his cap an says Cue" | was
greatly moved. / have now as large n
collection ~ cues as Jake Schaeffer
an more expansive. But it's done wan
thing fr me. It's made me competint
FIR amy office connected with tn legal
departmint iv sthreet railway. Be
hivins. / cud hand n piece ~ change to
judge iv tn supreem coort. / hear
tn Conyard line has passed a divi-
dend. They ought to make a berger
with tn head stoort.' says he.
An there ye ARE. A boats boat
even whin it looks like a hotel. But
it's wonderful that amy man cud
cross tn Atlantic i'm anything TIL
Atlantic ocean is a fine body iv wat
her just tn same. 1t wasn't intinded
to be travelled on. Ye cud put ye'er
foot through it anywhere. It's sloppy
goin' at best TIL on'y time a human
being can float in II Is afther he's dead.