Show I From Southampton to Cape Town The All suture bell had rung for the last time and gathered upon the deck ol the stately Union liner Trojan Tro-jan was a forlorn damp and miserable group of ionic two or three hundred passengers bound for the Ophlr of the nineteenth century and none stood and waved our handkerchief to our dear ones we had left upon the fast reeedin dock the very clouds wept In sympathy Af loon M the old Trojan had parted with her accompanying tug the lettled down to business and teamed down Southampton water at a lively tale Uaiknes coming down And shut tins out the sight of the light little Isle sate lor an occasional light onshore on-shore we began to cultivate each other acquaintance and speculate on the kind of people we were to be penned up with for the next three weeks Yel there wa the usual crowd the Interesting young lady and her mamma traveling for their health the blase globe trotter twenty or thirty young scions from college going out to make their fortune dont chcr know see eraS returninc miners a sprinkling I uf iiewlyfletlged civil M t engineers very drunk wlm ea few nondescript ditto f Of course wo had all been un voyage before Everyone with a big pipe and A knowing air promenaded the hurrl cane deck us If I toe a wager the air being filled with remarks as to there being dirty weather oil the lee strop 5 hers shes doing twenty knou lcl go olio etc etc Ere long a mysteriously sweet calm seemed to pervade the atmosphere and pipes were el laid aside 1 dun know what became of the rest 1 Iu so taken with my own rrllecilons somehow or other I felt as though my diet had consisted con-sisted mainly ol pork chops for the last two weeks with a dish ol strawberries and Ice cream thrown In Why will atcnmshlp boys Invirlabiy feed their patrons on pork chops the first day out Feeling that unless I acted speedily those aloresald chops would gain the I mastery 1 sought my slate t room below I atideinonlum I reigned supreme above the steady beat ol the machinery un all side could be 1J heard J as ic passed along 1 the gangway elcctilc call bells sup i piemcnied with feeble cries of stew aril whilst those blue Coated gentry scuttled around with most hurribly tug Eciihe uttinils In their hands I raew No 76 safety I was In a kind of hurry so asltled by sudden roll of the ship I landed raccfuhy into my cabin on all fours the nun in the lower berth facetiously remarking Mind the step There are some men who will Joker If I going lo a funeral and II was one of llum and as he lay In his berth sandwiching a Joke between each groan I could nut Help but fee > strongly drawn towards him Ue were last chums In no time and half an hour alter my novel Intrusion we were break Ing the rule by lying In our bunks smoking and swapping confidence II I was going out to serve live years In the Cape mounted rifles just lug the fun of It you know and when not loo fatigued l after long days patrol might i t go out before breakfast r with a bucket and pickup I a lea diamonds at a side Issue We lay and talked over our plans until I dropped lo sleep little dreaming that alter knocking around the world I would eventually cast anchor In Utah as a Latterday Saint I woke up nest morning with the machinery stopped and looking out ol rrcl cl port hole saw Ilytnoulh and Mount Ldgecombe across the water and very pretty the town looked In the morning sun Ue lay tiding at anchor wailing for the mill and pusengers bur a couple of rl hours and then dropping I orl ecol pilot we said goodbye lu old England and headed straight lor the llav of lllsoiy The bay was In splendid training can sequently the commissariat was given a rest and the amount uf ohds partaken of rd the entire ship da ol J passenger would not have kept I a decent site chicken ranch for n week Sunday mornings Inspection revealed the crew and stewards to be a fine lot of men as they drew up In a double line on deck In their dress uniforms and bare lcd Haying in perfect unison to the roll of the vcsicl Sunday service on board Is quite an Impressive scene Around the sides ol tho saloon are ranged the crew and stewards the hearty way they echo the responses Is only equalled by the h Itn II lusty way they swoio an hour later In the fo cutlc In the center are grouped the ships officers and f passengers ins more or less faded condition ngXt the head of the saloon elan Is the captain at a table covered wllh the Union Jack with the necessary Ihble and prayer book upon It Ho reads the letsun for the day und thu congregation help him out on the responses Thin hymn was a how I Inn failure The young lady pianist hud a lime oIlIer own when sue 11111 engaged balancing liertUI ujwn the stool 1 he crew ran a very heavy op position whilst the passenger came in with a feeble nattering volley Up till that point we had tell very sedate and religious Just In front alit and I sat a very dignified old gentlemen Inn large easy leather chair II had no more sense than to displace a boll The ellect was I tr1fsl ing the ship gave a long sickening roll with a panes 10 It and away went the chair audits occupant careened ofT the lady pianist to table and Irom thence bore down with evil intentions upon the first engineer en-gineer lite for with Neptune a roll 1 laved to statbuaid the engineers Ills ok gent hot over the back ol the chair under a table the chair was captured Its former occupant pushed from under the table and peace once more restored re-stored liy the time no reached the mouth ol the Tugus the head winds had abated and l wo were beginning to take a solid diet once more and I ohl f how wo did make up for lost time the rive scenery was grand and for three hours we steamed up the lagus with an eve changing 11 panorama ol vineyards cos titi ant monasteries nestling amongst i wooded hills spread out on either side ofiM When Hum u tight of Ubon I a small boat pulled alongside II of us and the quarantine and customs olhcert stepped on board Neither of then was five feet high but how they du h hJ swell themselves I c old hardly credi that those two little swarthy lellow with their tierce bustling mustache were only public olhcials and not the king of 1ortugal and hla prime l minister Alter showing a chess bill of health we were graciously dw v1Ihl to proceed on our way and within half an hour were r SIng S-ing at anchor on the historical city III Lisbon There was a great scramble and alter haggling with and beating the boatmen down 500 percent we pulled f oil In boat loads of twenty for a five hours run on shore The first three hours the oun bloods owned the town the subsequent hour being spent In dodging and persuading lisban with many prayer and cold cash not to ownfihem Alter gelling sickened at a bull fight I went on a tour ol discovery What a quaint old city Is Lisbon with Its nirrow street gaudily painted houses public square crowded with peddlers and beggars oxen drawing carts wllh solid wouden wheel 1 loaded with wine pollen with terrible I loads on their backs and everyone every-one smoking the everlasting cigarette One street In particular t attracted t my at eftler iJti tension I It being a long street almost entirely composed of jewelers stores Ilit Portuguese tidies are very pretty and petite 1 r and smile upon one wlm those wondrous black eyes In a way that soon made one retllte why 10 many jewelery stores were necessary The Portuguese struck me as being a very free and easygoing people and cigarettes cigar-ettes seem to be their Ii manufacture A locomotive I saw bore a German firms mine Their drugs were manu lacturcd In England and trance I and even the grating outside the store was cast In England When they I don use a sharpened lUck lor a plough I was Inv formed they use the American one every time and lu they give us oil a show Their coinage conlsts I of copper twenty tubs pieces mot which are equal to about two cents It U quite a shuck for I one to stroll Into a store and buy a couple of lundkerchlcls and a lie and find the bill loots up bona rein Hut I guest one can get used loll Our ret uurant bill for five of us came to 35000 vela We gave him an Lngllih gold sovereign n despair and lot I we re celved enough change to start store keeping We left quaint old LUbon with many regrets that we could not stay longer and once more were out on the bound lets I ocean The net evening the see and saloon gave a very creditable minstrel show followed the evening after with ad nice on the quarter 1 deck for the first saloon the ball I room being very eflectlvely gotten up with flags and colored lanterns hung around the but walks Ofcourse we had the Inevitable alea dll t h I amateur theatricals and for five or six days we were bundled unceremonously around the ship to make room lor re icarsais aO could nick out the com lany at a glance I Iliat pained I ex iresslon of countenance those ever moving lips together with a manuscript hat never left their hand denoted he deadly stage lever was amongst us Ono would be doting coinlortably over II book dleamln mabe or bon ant country dear to be rudely called bark 10 earth or rather later with a bloodcurdling blood-curdling voice sating I will 1 defend this t ackage with me lifes I blood 1 Of course we all attended the performance and voted a great histrionic hit The h vjdn fully devoted two colunms of favorable criticism to the ellorl Yes we even mass paper I on board II It was lred manuscript it was racy and well nJfr1 tl3 l trl nibbled This Is a sample I ol one of the dveitlsements Just out a new work m hygiene How toskep In the I Ira plcs wlllt your tllo on The sign ol i I he ditty lellow stale room 74 Then again we were entertained with a mock trial In which genuine lawyers I lartlcipaled the defendant being a young lieutenant of the llrlllh army with a weakness lor the gentle sex on trial for II breach of promise I rJhgrl cross elimination I ol the plaintiff bringing down the house On this fifth day we sighted land once more and dodged In and out amongst bare desolate looking island Soon there appeared a null cloud on the liorUon which grew bigger and grad wally l took the I form of a large Island Then we knew we were approaching the far famed Madeira the land ol wives the Mecca of the wealthy con sumptives I higher M higher It rose out of the I ocean a beautiful green moon tain with snow covered summit little white houses nestling amongst the foliage the whole forming a picture never to be forgotten As we approached approach-ed the principal city Tuneful hundreds your 01 small boat put oil from the shore I and old pinto stories tan not In my brain ai the boat loads of swearing perspiring i tr tiring II Iortugese raced far the ships Iiratet 1 are a mere clrcumslance lo these fruit fewelry wickerware embroidery and jewelry peddlers They swarmed up the tides and look possession In three minutes the deck ol the steamer was one l huge bsur every man vicing with his brother to bilk the unsophisticated unsophisti-cated stranger I veiy one hat heard 1 of the Madeira diving bo > tl del How they do fight and scramble under water for any coin thrown 1 to them and then bob up serenely and ask for morel Any of r them will r under the ship for n shilling and when they have to dive down twenty two feet clear the ship and come up about no feet from where they started blow the water from their nostrils and throw you In a tweet seductive smile gratis one thinks they have earned the monev Ue lay oil hunchil six hours coiling consequently there was a huge scramble lo get ashore On landing I on the beach amid the turf jl screams of the ladles where were the hacks There were none for the simple reason the streets resemble the fools of houses only not quite as smooth Wo had the dunce ol oxen drawing teds I or hammocks ham-mocks swung on polen with a sweating Iorlucueie at each end All the young men chartered the II hammocks the I girls I wouldnt look at them and then began a mad race up lawn How I the bearers managed to keep their feet was a mystery tonic for the streets save the rJ gear rocs vell with beautiful round cobble rocks I would cheerfully wear light shoes all day before I would pronunade Madeira avenues in ihtlr soled shoes for a single hour Ue visited 1 the cathedrals store prison and oilier cheerful places and at last landed at tho European hotel where we found several people who could talk ngllth I the guide said he could but ho lied Hi e proprietor 1 Mr I Jones tfrom Wales I believe put 111 up a splendid luncheon and the way we played I havoc with the lauds brought Ie tri lean Into the eyes of the consumptive boarders On returning to the ship the boat men laid on their oar and flatly refused to put us on board until on env lea toll of sixpence per capita had been paid we argued 1 and threatened to no avail One ol our boys produced a gun and the four boatmen handled about 30 feet ol cold steel Finally with a little gentle persuasion the sons uf Portugal voted it a good joke and handed 111 over to the captain keeping once more Uo left Madeira with much sorrow and out with little our loose old lends change I the and albatrostva steamed and Hying full again The majority or board teemed to have the gambling lt mania nothing but cards cards they say every year has lu mesh crop 01 fools That i car mot of them were on the Tr11 AI lIe end of the voyage the nIn owned hall the cash nn bOard And hurbos landed In Cape Town 6 oar mile Iron hume an overcrowded I over-crowded city withoul a red cent to their name They played all the week Sunday made no difference They I would bet on the run o jn the vessel f Miss M i nut victim which foot the steward would mount the companion first with etc Ir al seats very muh like thai on shore How the boys do flirt and the Indies talk scandal r and split up Into little clique And w we would jog alone with some new topic to break the days monotony I i I dont Warn Napoleon lot dying on St Helena s especially 1ITel went up and i I I down J laiob ladder with Itsfrw stens e nl jjbl eJ1 rl el like I did he had a good excuse for I 1 I dying Ue visited the pot where he was first burled and brought away a spray of willow from the grave Given n bare rock Inhabited by two or three hundred llrltlih soldiers and a lew half castes a fort teethed on top guns and big cannon brllhng I from unexpected quarters a crack running throw h the aloresald 1 rock with a little soil at the bottom a lew houses and date palms sprinkled on top of same connect the toil wllh the fort above by a nearly perpendicular ladder and a brassy sky anil no In shade and you have St Helena There Is nne grand thing about ItIt bats the Keeley curefor nOd no-d dare get drunk and go home vIa the aerial I I route as It Is r IFo Die ea since we had crossed the line had resembled a mill pond of a beautiful beauti-ful violet color At night under Ihe southern cross and Ihe moon It exhibited exhib-ited a peculiar phosphorescence calculated calcul-ated to stir up romance In any brent and nuke young folks very sentimental MI much so that on reaihlng Cape Town four hearts were made as two We arrived eventually at our destination destina-tion After having spent nineteen plea I ant days together It almost seemed like breaking up a big family as we shook hands and adjusted little difficulties be fore scattering out to our various Ildo radon We all wanted to gel rich so fast that we could hardly wait until the slow goln customs officers had cleared us On our way uptown I did not observe ob-serve much gold or diamonds lying around save on the ears and noses ol the gaily attired I Msla > SaT e were plenty of dusky diamonds though In the shape ol grinning and yelllmr Kaflirs Hottentots and Zulusan 1 endless procession pro-cession In glaring colors and costumes from the unobtrusive I and airy gunny sack will a hole for the i head and two lor the arms lo the full Hedged nigger parson In silk hat and white choker Gao R CAKMNTirt |