The Harris-Ingram Experiment

istle furled the sails snugly to every spar, leaving the sailors little time or spirit for their usual song, as barometer-like they too sen

aptain Morgan and an officer paced the bridge with eyes alert. Heavy clouds of smoke from the triple stacks revealed that a hundred glowing furnaces were being f

company. Before ten o'clock most of the passengers were glad of the good-night excuse for retiring. The smoking room, however, was crowded with devotees t

wonder that a club man of New York, making his first trip to Europe, inqu

witness. Besides, the enlarged opportunities offered in a new and growing country present attractive prizes in the commercial, political, social, and religious world. To attain these the Anglo-Saxon blood rushes through

aturally infer that the use of tobacco shor

In his discourse he had reached the climax of his argument, proving as he thought that tobacco shortened life

e lecturer, 'give

uthwest of here, a man nearly a hundred years old and he

od, and began asking questions. 'Stranger, won't you stand up again so that the audience can see you?

known him for ov

favoring schools or churc

aid the

here this evening, that tobacco shortens life. This Castalia centenarian is dead to all the demands of society and

of tobacco prolongs life, but I am half inclined myself to feel that the less tobacco active Amer

nced the midnight hour; the steward was left alone. He had been unusually busy all the evening furnishing ale, porter, and beer, a few only tak

undland. The strong winds were westerly and fast increasing to a moderate gale. The

earer his pretty cottage in the suburbs of Liverpool. Captain Morgan had dropped asleep on the lounge in his cozy room just back of the wheel. Most of the passenge

and Gertrude back to Harrisville and perhaps to trouble and poverty. While Mrs. Harris knew that her husband was wealthy, she was constantly troubled with fears lest she and her family should sometime

heroic struggle, that her husband and family might gain a footing in the world. The comforts of her early childhood in Ireland had given her a kee

ing her hand over upon Lucille, and satisfied that she was there by her side and asleep, she too became drowsy and finally unconscious. Al

er like swift platoons in a cavalry charge. The "Majestic," conscious of an enemy on her flank, sought earnestly to outstrip the winds of ?olus. When Captain Morgan reached t

d the fastenings of the life-boats. The firemen too were busy dropping cinders astern. Fires in the c

she fell back into her berth, saying, "Stewardess

plied, "I will return with beef te

chair in the library. Alfonso and Leo, who were both members of a yacht club in New York, came to the library from a short walk on the deck

ds spoken so encouragingly by Captain Morgan that Lucill

ce a storm of bullets on the land than a storm at sea; yo

rs? What say you to this? Let us test who of our party shall lose the fewes

thinking it would help to kee

ount for a meal?"

ought Leo's idea a capital one. It was agreed that the contest should commence wit

with French fried potatoes were being served, when suddenly the color left her face. Another lurch of the steamer sent

l; let me lie down. Oh dear! I wish

dess, where are you? Why don't you hurry when I ring? Go for the docto

qualities. His education had been received in London and Vienna, and he had joined the service of the "Majestic" that he might enlarge his experiences as

es to be. Therefore stateroom No. -- was entered both professionally and inquisitively. The doctor was half glad that the Harrises were ill, as he had seen the family at Captain Morgan's table and desired to meet them. Capta

the doctor as he entered, "

a full week. My daughter, Lucille, and I are suffering terribly. How awful the storm! Last night,

wind is only brisk; most people suffer a littl

errible seasickness, doctor,

rvous exhaustion. Most people waste vital forces by too much talking or by over-exertion. Americans, especially, overcheck their deposits of vitality,

id Mrs. Harris, "but how a

ughter of bankrupts and doubtl

n't you do somet

first let me feel

out the storm or affairs at home. Our vessel is built of steel, and Captain Morgan always outrides the storms. Ladies, I want you to take this p

depended, and without it his medicine was worthless. The White Star panacea prescribed was harmless, as his powders merely inclined the patient to sleep and

as elated, for he thought that the fiercer the wind blew behind the vessel, the faster the steamer would be driven forward. How little some of us really know! The cyclone a

prow to stern, from deck to top mast. The lightning's blue flame plays with the steel masts, and overhead thunders drown the

give to the ship a complex motion so difficult, even for old sailors, to anticipate. Tidal wave follows tidal wave in rapid success

ompasses, and the throbbing engines below. Dangers have now aroused the man and his courage grows ap

ed hatches imprison below a regiment of souls, some suffering the torments of stomachs in open rebellion, others

ching at the mercy of mighty torrents in a mid-ocean cyclone. Mephistopheles, seeking severest punishment for the damned, displ

rths, some suffering with chills and others with burning heat. Some, Mrs. Harris and daughter among them, lay for

d miles an hour hit him with the force of a club. When he went below to see Alfonso, his face was pale, and his voice trembled as he said, "Harris, before morning w