Show old OH ocean ionian no the proverb says sis is a hero to his va vahe ade td chamber certainly no poet no hero no inspired in prophet ever lost a BO much on near a acquaintance aird airi tance as ns the same some mystic old ocean oearl the one ore step from the sublime to the ridie ridiculous lilous is is never taken with such alacrity as in in a it sea voyage in lie the girst first it if ii a melancholy fact but not theles t he less true that ship life I 1 13 not at all ira if rant in short particularly on a steamer there is i a a idi in combination of grease steam onions and dinners in general ither elther t past present or to come corney which floating invisibly in the tile atmosphere mo sphere strongly predisposes to that disgust of existence which chic li in halt an hour after sailing begins to come upon you that dis gut that et range mysterious ineffable sensation which steals teals slowly and inexplicably upon you which hakea every irea frea heaving ving billow every white capped wave the tile ship the he people the sight taste vaund round and smell of everything a mattar matter loathing marn mart ennant utter it it is really amusing to watch the gradual pro friets of orthis this epidemic lo 10 see tee people stepping on board b din in the highest highest possible feather reather alert airy alry nimble le p g tile the deck chatty conver sabi e on ii the tile be best st possible terms with themselves and mankind I 1 generally the treacherous ship meanwhile undulating and heaving in the mot most graceful ribes rices and pauses imaginable like some bome voluptuous wilder wilner and then to sa tee hee one after another yielding to the mysterious spell your poet I 1 lun iun rheB tonii forth full ruil of f Fenti senti sentiment ment as billows iman magnificently on the color of the waves and the glory of the clo clouds u dibut but gradually he be grow grows white while te abo about ut the tile mouth gives sidelong look the th e stairway tair way at last latt with vii iii fione flone one desperate plunge he setsu ati rise no mor I 1 I 1 here sits a stout gentleman who looks as re ra inte inta asan fidan oak oah log these things are much the 1 execl of imagination he tells spots you y a little litt pelf relf control and resolution resolutions etc elc ali ah me it is sio sie ight ful rul when these there peo people pid who are always talking about resolution get caught on shipboard board As the backwoodsman q saia said id to the mis hrs ass api river about the tile steamboat they get metr match I 1 our n sets veto a ta te r ofa ri ii hour upright as a paim palm p tim tree his hia back eitt wirt d a against the rails pretending to be reading 19 a paper but a dismal look of disgust is 13 set sett eting ak raper taper down own about his lips lipsche the old sea and arid his ilia wiil will will are having a pitched battle ah h 41 there thele he goes for fon lon lor the stairway says hla hia he lias has left lah a book in in the cabin I 1 hit bit but hut shoots by willi a most suspicious auspicious velocity you may fancy C chis his fidale fiva le then of course tho re are young bourly ladies charmi charming nr crea creature who ho in boht ten min jsn atea ani ari going to die and are sure they hall thill die and aint dont caro cara if they do whom anxious ap pp pas sok sot ot brothers or lovers consign with all speed aed jo 0 o these dismal lower region regions where the brisk chambermaid who has been expecting them seems to think their agonies and groans a regular part oath play 1 I 1 had come on board boards thinking in city of ofa ora a fortnight to be spent something like the fortnight on a trip to new orleans Or lians liang on one of our floating river palaces that we should sit in our state slate stateroom room rooms read sew few sketch and chat and accordingly I 1 laid in a provi sion sinn in the way of literature and ana diversi divers matters of fancy work with which to while away the time tim eSome tiresome acome last airy air nir touched louches in the way of waki ng p bow boio dis disposing ribbons and bindi bindl binding ug ii hae hai iab tf T been ee n le left lert 1 yf y lo 10 f eese ket vei STI dp hese alje NO ii ieng 9 1 1 1 leisure eisuke ii liours tours as of or an lep eme I 1 I 1 le let t ine lne me w warn a in y you 0 u I 1 f you eyer go t to 0 sap sea y you int itt ont may as well weil 1 omit all an such preparations depara t ions tons D dont I 1 leave eave so arille nuch 1 l as the unlocking ting jing aing or a trunk to be d pone one ahler after saili salil sailing ric tic in the few precious minutes utes when the ship stands standa still before she weighs h I 1 her ier ler an anchor chor set your pu house that js is 6 to 3 V 0 r state slate stateroom room ag as much in prier ils ins as if f you w were re L going to be betian belian tinged ged place eiery edery everything thing in t the h q joost post I 1 convenient position to be seized without at ir trouble orble at a moments noticed notice for he be sure tili half an hour after si sailing tiling an infinite ls ce s per allon alion will seize seize yon 1 in in which the grasshopper r per eer hillve a burden it anything is in ir n your jour trunk it might almost as eif elf be in the s sea a for an any practical probability othur gettine to it mo ceover let iet toll loil elbe be eminently a simple for ron or you will find the time cizmin coming g when to but bul mn lon a arnil arrange n e a fuff ruff w will 11 I 1 b be a a ma matter t ter of absolute despa r you lie disconsolate in in your berth only desiring F tobe le let alone io to d ie ind then if you adu are a re told as you always are th thit you maus raus tnt give way was ay that hat ayou you must rouse yourself and come on deck bonwill yon will appreciate tile the value of simple attire with mth everything in your berth dizzily swinging sw ingine g backward and forward your bonnet youn your cloak our tippet your gloves cloves all present so many discouraging imps impossibilities abili ties knotted strings cannot cann be untied and modes of fastening which seemed curious and convenient when you had to 10 hing elfe to do but fasten them now look ook disgustingly impracticable nevertheless your fate for the whole voyage depends upon your rousing yourself to get upon deck at first to give up lip chent then is to be consigned to the the nades hades odthe of the lower regions for the rest of the voyage but it i t night the beau beauties ties of a night on shipboard down in your berth with the s sea ea hissing and gurgling and booming with in i I 1 n an inch of your ear and then wen th the steward omes comes aiona alona along at twelve and put puts outpour out your c light and there filere you are jonah in the S whale was not barker or more dismal there in profound ignorance and blindness you lie and leel feel yourself rolled tolled upwards and downwards alid sideways and allway always silke like ilke a cork in a tub if water much such audit a sensation ibn as one might suppose ai to he be were one headed up in a barrel and thrown into the sea occasionally a wave comes with a 1 thump against your ear as if a great hammer were knock knocked iid ild on your barrel to see that all within was safe and sound then you begin to think of kraken and sharks shark and porpoises and sea serpents serpent st and all the monstrous slimy cold I 1 hobgoblin brood who perhaps are your next door neighbors and the old blue hilred haired ocean whispers through the planks here nere you are lve ive ive got yo yol yoi your grand ship is my iny play plaything filing I 1 can do what I 1 like with it our cook has specially interested me a tall slender melancholy man with a watery blue evet evel eye a patient dejected visage lik ilk an individual weary of 0 the storms and commotions commo tlona tiona of life and thoroughly impressed with the vanity ol 01 human wishes I 1 sit there hour after hour watching wil wit witching Khing him and it is evident that he performs nii nil his duties in this frame of sad and composure now I 1 see him resignedly stuffing a turkey anon compounding a sauce or mournfully auak ing little ripple rippie in the crust of a tart but all is done under an all evident sense that it is of no use trying many complaints plaints plaines have haire been made 0 bour our coffee since we have been on board which to say fay the truth has been as unsettled as most mos of 0 the social questions of the fhe daiy diy day and perhaps for lor that reison reason re ison lson q alite tilte lite as generally unpalatable but since I 1 have seen our cook I 1 am quite persua aided that the coffee like other works of great ar borrowed it maker 0 mind J 1 think I 1 hear bim him soliloquize oquine over oter over it to what purpose is 3 ponee offee ofsha avail tea thick or clear all Is is passing away a little egg or fish skin tun more orless anress what are they addeo andeo and so we jei get melancholy coffee and tea owing to our pi cook after afen dinner I 1 watch him na ra he washes dished aighes alle he lianes up a whole row offin of in the ship gives a lurch I 1 and krocka them all down he ile looks as s ifft if it w gas was as just as he expected I 1 j such la Is ilfe life re he lie says as he pursues a frisky in one direction and end arrest arresta ff the tile gm g m bols bola of the tadie ladle it in another while the tha wicked fea pea meanwhile with wilh another luren lurch N ig iti upset ting all ail hib his dishwater 11 I 1 can see how these daily trial this performing g of most delicate and complicated gastronomic ic operations iri in the midst of such sueh unsteady unsteady ady unsettled settled circumstances have gradually given this poor soul a despair of living arid and bro brought aim lim into this slate elate of philosophic e melan melar melancholy choly just as maie made a sage of socrates this whisky frisky stormy life has made a sage of 01 U cook conk meanwhile not to do him injustice pur tr t t be recorded that in at au dishes which re I 1 grave c conviction eviction and steady persevera perse verance nce pit ili rather ther than llian hope kope and inspiration impi ration lie is em eminent 1 1 I 1 anent jy iy our dur tale tahle excels in ciari viands d s of a reflective dd arid soli solf mn character mighty lounds of geef vast saddles of mutton and the whole tribe of meats in general come on in a superior style stile english plum pudding pud dine dinc a weighty and serious po performance 13 is exhibited in first rate order the jellies want lightness but that ia 13 to be expected mrs sto stowe e |