Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-21

for you may enjoy eve a porly paint
ed picture if you can't see the real
thing, and in later years these sketch
y notes may help to recall scene that
will be pleasant to mediate upon. So
on with the dance.
Naturally there are many things Of
the most vital interest that | can't
write to you about for reasons that
you will readily appreciate. But these
are many things, that even should they
be read by a German spy, wouldn't
help "hoch der Kaiser" to any great
extent, and these are the ones you
will have to content with until there is
no kaiser to "hock.'
First Of all, and to me most amaz-
ing, ! was not sea-sick, Il imagine
this answers a question that is upper
most in your mind, for no doubt you
were fiendishly planning to hear of
me running a free lunch counter for
the fishes all the way across.)
Amazing is right, for if even a chap
| with a fairly delicate stomach, an
inherent love of cleanliness, and a
representative nose had a good chance
to get seasick, | had the chance, We
went on board just before oon For
a number of days preceding we had
been going on train rations-train ra-
tions aren't calculated to fatten you
up, by the way-and you can imagine
how VIC looked forward to L first
good meal-dinner-on the ship. We
were fed in two shifts, and my usual
luck played me false this trip, for |
drew a second sitting. / thought the
second dinner gong wouldn't ring till
the crack of doom, and l give you my
word of honor that / vas the hungriest
mortal this side the gates ajar wher
| finally sat down at the table, while
the designs | had upon that food woulc
have made a cook pale. But you know
what Burns says about the chest laiC
schemes of mice and men," About fiji.
teen minutes before, we had slippe1
our cable, and by second dinner time
we were just getting out of the ha' Dor
! had swallowed a plate of soup b!
way of warming up, and was just lift
ing a generous chunk of beef to m!
mouth. when all at once the boat seem
ed to give a little side kick and slid
from under me. l put the meat baci
on my plate and looked .ound the tabl'
with what | imagine was a panied spr
of expression on my face. At least
Judge | wore a panied expression, 10
I noticed that every n else did "
tried another bite, and again came tn
playful little kick IN the part OF tn
boat. 1t is the funniest sensation any
one v e experienced. 1t isn't a bl
like a train. On a train n can lee
himself swing from side to side, an
can brace himself against it but on
boat YOU seem to be staying perfect
motionless, when all at once you dis
cover yourself there and the boa
somewhere else. and your stomac
feels all crumpled up, like a toy ba.
loon that the baby has stuck his fin
ger through. After about three NOR
such little antics from the boat, on
of the fellows at u table lald III
knife and fork across his plate silent
Nv, and started up the companionwa!
We didn't know where he was goln
or what his errand was, but we had on
suspicious, and they were not con
forting. My ravenuous appetite ha
somehow slipped away like snow VI
der a warm April rain, and remen
Der wondering why people could
so foolish as to waste time in the ID
otto practice of eating when they coul
be studying the scenery; so | wander
cd. somewhat erratically, | fear, u
, the stairway that led to, the dec
! and fresh air. Here" I thought I
+ myself, "is where young Prof, CAM
= bell, of Mexico, carries off the pril
: for sea-sickness against the who
y field" So l stationed myself over Q
tho lea side of the deck in a quit
spot and awaited orders from the D.
4 partment of the Interior. But som
6 how | stood there watching IL
+ waves and seagulls, and breathing
o the clean sea wind, l forgot about b.
ing sick; and after walking around
bit and learning to let my body swim
o to the motion Of the ship, thus offse
ting that horrible sinking feeling