“T TOLD YOU SO” 363 
the other. I did not find fault with her, but 
neither could I understand her; so I fretted and 
fumed and smoked, and walked the deck and 
_ bet on everything in sight and out of sight, until 
_ the soothing influence of the sea took hold of me, 
and then I drifted like the rest of them. 
| _No, I will not say “like the rest of them,” for 
_ I could not forgive this waste of space given over 
_ to water. In other crossings I had not noted 
_ the conspicuous waste with any feeling of loss 
or regret; but other crossings had been made 
before I knew the value of land. I could not get 
away from the thought that it would add much 
to the wealth of the world if the mountains were 
removed and cast into the sea. Not only that, 
but it would curb to some extent the ragings of 
this same turbulent sea, which was rolling and 
tossing us about for no really good reason that I 
could discover. The Atlantic had lost much of 
its romance and mystery for me, and I wondered 
if I had ever felt the enthusiasm which I heard 
expressed on all sides. 
«“ There she spouts!’ came from a dozen voices, 
and the whole passenger list crowded the port 
rail, just to see a cow whale throwing up streams 
of water, not immensely larger than the streams 
of milk which my cow Holsteins throw down. 
_ The crowd seemed to take great pleasure in this 
sight, but to me it was profitless. 
I have known the day when I could watch 
the graceful leaps and dives of a school of por- 
