. . er a man bravely held out against it, the sicker he was whenit did tackle him. The picture of MajorOrlow Smith arises beforeme as vividly distinct as Isaw it then. The majorstarted in as one of the val-iant. He promenaded thedeck and cabin, staggeringin the effort to get his seaon, cheerily chatter-ing to the boys, givingthem fatherly advice, andrallying the sick ones ontheir weakness. T dont mean to bepersonal/1 he said, but aman is a fool to be hes got to do is to justbrace up and have a littlesand, and there wont b
. . er a man bravely held out against it, the sicker he was whenit did tackle him. The picture of MajorOrlow Smith arises beforeme as vividly distinct as Isaw it then. The majorstarted in as one of the val-iant. He promenaded thedeck and cabin, staggeringin the effort to get his seaon, cheerily chatter-ing to the boys, givingthem fatherly advice, andrallying the sick ones ontheir weakness. T dont mean to bepersonal/1 he said, but aman is a fool to be hes got to do is to justbrace up and have a littlesand, and there wont beany trouble. Exercise yourwillpower, i do, and youll go through all right. Ive been on the wa1 re, and 1 was never seasick. Its a sure sign of a feeble intellect! Then he would circulate around, poking everybody underthe short ribs and laughing in his hearty way at the miseries ofthose who were lying about, in all stages of the prevalent distem-per. When a fresh victim made a break for the rail, the majorwould nag him in a way that was wildly exasperating. Of. WILLIAM CHRIS 1 CRTH. i865.] MAJOR . I course, everybody had a consuming de- the malady strike the major, and they wanted him hit hard. The universalwish was abundantly gratified. After a while it was noticed that Major Smith wasnt quiteso chipper as he had been. The color left his face and he took onthe appearance of a ghost. He made a bold bluff by trying tokeep up the fire of jobbut there was a ghastlinessabout them that plainlytold of the effort they costhim. The boys were quickto observe the change thatwas creeping over him, butthey didnt say a word;they wanted to wait untilthe thing got ripe, and theyknew it wouldnt be 1:Pretty soon the major start-ed on a double-quick. Hereached the rail, leaned farover, and gazed down intothe deep, blue sea. Thenthe boys broke loose ; There it comes, now Steady, Company G 41 Brace up, brace dp,Major ! 11 All youve got to do,Major, is just to have a lit-tle sand : seasickness is a
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