Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-12
ON THE SEA.
A Letter That Will Inter-
est You-Relatives in
Mexico.

Ed. g. ID. Edwards. written at
mid.0ccan to her parents. Mr.. aud
Mrs. II. p. Moore, both the latter
we'll known in Mexico aud in this
county, Mrs. Moore being daugh-
ter OF Mr.. T. j. Clendenin of this
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards are
returned missionaries from Homo
lulu, aud are now visiting at Per.
ry:
Old Ocean. Aug. 2Sth, 1907. -
My DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER {:
Well, we have been on the water
thirteen days. lacking a few hours,
and we are still on top and sailing
on. Barring the first four or fve
days the water has been 80 smooth
and the weather so fine that it has
constantly seemed to me that we
were in a magical ship sailing o'er
a magical sea. There wasn't any
thing magical. however, about the
first part of the trip. 1t was all
stern reality. The waves ran high
aud we were sea-sick and rocked
aud tortured terribly until it seemed
to me that heaven must be a hard,
steady, firm piece of terra irma.
After three days we were able to
drag out on deck where we lay
aquivering. aching bundle of mis- :
cry. The next two days were
spent on deck sleeping aud aching
and longing for something that we
could eat. Sunday we were able
to go to dinner-a pretty long fast
from Tuesday nOou TO Sund ay
n0on--and since then have been
we'll aud able to take three meals Q
day aud enjoy what In SONS ways
is very wonderful trip. This age
Of steam and electricity is too swift
for sailing ships SO It's only a
matter Of ten or fifteen years un.
til n saiIiug ship will be a thing
of the past aud then | fancy well
be mighty glad that we had this
trip. Ia fact we are are not sorry
now. I'm learning the ship lingo,
so when come home I'll talk
about the jib boom, the spanker
boom, the mizzen mast, etc., aud
sound quite nautical. The captain
is a quiet, gentlemanly, courteous
man and in some respects quite q
disappointment for we had expect
cd the swearing. tearing. volat lie
type that we usually picture the
sea captain to be. There are sew.
enteeu men in the crew aud fve
passengees including COrwiue, aud
Pm the only female on board uu.
less a measly little dog Rags"
is counted.
can't conceive of better place
in the world for a woman to rest
than on board a sailing ship. This
is one place where Everybody
Works bat Mother" All the work
Is mems work and I sit around
and enjoy the prospect. have
read Hve books aud countless mag
aEines. have slept len hours al
night and an hour each day and
still iiud plenty OF time undisposed
OF. C0rwine takes about every
step the Captain does so he's pref
ty busy and Mr.. Edwards. o sad
te say, uses bis typewriter. You
see see that time is such a plenti'
ful commodity that we are con
stantly trying to get up an excite,
ment TO help pass it away. One
night We got up at three o'clock t.
see a comet, which was rather |
failure. One day We fished fol
goneys and landed three on deck
GOneys are birds two thirds th,
ska oi turkeys which follow thl
lship When It is comparatively
calm they swim along behind th
ship and a piece Of bacon on
hook soon lands them. The,
can't rise and iiy from a IA
board till thrown over agaIn. Tn
lllele dor. Raas. has been bikla