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began to roll considerably. The wind whistled and howled. Sometimes it blew so hard that it seemed to be bringing the tender to a standstill. Th

ort in the travellers. Again and again, as if uncertain what course to pursue, the boat stopped and emitted its shrill whistle, which was so stifled in the wild commotion of the waters that it seemed nothing but the helpless breathing

tion; all the more so since the water's tricks seem so incalculable to the landman that he sees danger where there actually is none. Another thing hard for the man accustomed to unhampered movement to bear is the close confinement. All at once he loses his illusion of freedom of will. Activity, the thing that in the eyes

ion. Life was straining him to her breast more closel

ne tremendous adventure, or life is

ed as if in great fear, once, twice-Frederick counted seven times-and started off at its utmost speed, as if to

an greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale. He had always belonged to that class of men-a class which is not small-whose senses are open to life's varied abundance. Only on the rarest occasions he found

he black waters, that tremendous fa?ade, with its endless rows of round port-holes streaming out light upon a foaming field of waves protected from the wind. In comparison with this produc

His state of exaltation continued, even while everybody in the tender's saloon, including himself, suddenly seized with haste, grasped his or her hand luggage and stood in readiness. In the presence of that improbability, that Titan of venturesomeness, that

nd struck up a lively, resolute march in a martial yet resigned strain, such as leads soldiers to battle-to victory or to death. An orchestra li

mid souls with courage and tide them over certain horrors attendant upon the moment. Beyond lay the infinite ocean. In the situation, on

der, upward from a deep bass, a monstrous call, a roar, a thunder, o

low that's a match for the ocean." With that he set foot on the gangway-ladder

was astonished and delighted to behold so many confidence-inspiring masculine figures. It was an assemblage of magnificent specimens of manhood, all, from the first mate down to the stewards, tall, picked men, with bold, simple, intelligent, honest features. Moved by a sense at once of pr

rseshoe-shaped table in the dining-room. The service was excellent, and the few passengers from the tender ate and drank; but it was not very lively. The

ass. Frederick had made his first sea voyage when a lad of eighteen as the only passenger on a merchantman going from Hamburg to Naples. The thirteen years since had considerably weakened the i

edness, which pressed upon him so healthily and imperatively that he felt almost sure of a refreshing night's sleep. He even made the firm resolution-in his condition scarcely

akfast in the dining-room, he asked for the passenger list, and with a wild leap of his hea