“I don’t believe I’m going to care for any,” said Mrs. Brown in a low voice.
That night Sue’s mother was made a trifle ill by the heaving, rocking motion of the Beacon as the ship got farther and farther out on the rolling ocean. She did not want to eat anything, and the next day she was still sick.
Bunny and Sue, however, did not seem to mind the strange motion, and they braved it out with their father, who was not subject to seasickness. Toward the end of the day Mrs. Brown was feeling better. That is a way seasickness has. At first it makes you very ill indeed, and you think you are never going to get better. But it passes and you feel fine again.
“Well, Mr. Brown,” said Captain Ward, as he came into the dining cabin for the evening meal and saw the family at one of the tables, “have your folks found their sea legs yet?”
“Just about getting them on,” laughed Mr. Brown.
“That’s good. Well, things are going to be better from now on, I think. And we’ll soon be in very pleasant waters.”
“What does he mean about finding our sea legs?” whispered Sue to her mother. “I have the same legs I had, haven’t I?”
“Captain Ward means that you are over being seasick,” explained Mr. Brown. “The sailors say, when that happens, that a person has found his ‘sea legs’—that is, he can go about the heaving decks without feeling ill.”
“I feel fine!” cried Bunny Brown. “I’m going to fish to-morrow.”
“Well, don’t catch any more of my sailors’ hats!” laughed Captain Ward as he took his place at the table.