The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-05-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE TRAvELER,S JOURNEY.

DA SAANLES DlChENS.
Once upon a time, good many years
ago, there was traveller, and he set out
upon journey. 1t was u magic journey
and was to seem very long when he began
it, and very short when he got half way
through.
He travelled along very dark path for
some little time, without meeting anything,
until at last he came to a beautiful child-
SO he said to the child, "What do you do
here ~
And the child said, 81 am always at play.
Come and play with me-"
SO he played with that child the whole
day long, and they were very merry. The
sky was SO blue, the sun was so bright, thc
waler was So sparkling, the leaves were $.
green, the flowers Were so lovely, and they
heard such singing birds and so many hut
tcrflics that everything was beautiful. This
was in fiae weather. When it raincd, they
loved to watch the falling drops, and to
smell the sweet scents. When it blew, it
was delightful to listen to the wind, and
fancy what it said, as it came rushing from
its home-where was that, they wondered
-whistling and bowling, driving the cloud
before it, bending the trees, rumbling in the
chimneys, shaking the house, and making
the sea roar in fury. But when it showed,
that was the best of all; for they liked moth
ing so we'll as to look up at the white flakes
falling fast and thick, like down from the
breasts Of million of white birds; and to
see how smooth and deep the drift was !;
and te listen to the hush upon the paths
and roads.
They had plenty Of the finest toys in the
world, and the most astonishing picture
books; all about cimeters, and slippers, and
turbans. and dwarfS, and giants, and geni.
and fairies, and blue boards, and bean stalks,
and riches, and caverns, and forests, and
Valentines, and Orsons; and all new and
all true.
But one day, Of sudden, the travel r
lost the child He called to him over and
over again, but go: no answer. So he went
upon the road, and went on for little
while without meeting anything, until at
last he came to handsome boy. So h.
said to the boy, "What do you do here p
And the boy said, II am always learning
Come and learn with me-"
So he learned with that boy about Ju-
piter and Juno, and the Greeks and Ro-
mans, and | know not what, and learned
moro tilau Couiu leii, VI uo CisHC's IOA ue
soon forgot great deal Of it. But they
were not always learning; they had the
merriest games that ever were played
They rowed upon the river in summer, and
skated on the ice in winter; were active on
foot, and active on horseback; at cricket
and all games at ball; at prisoners base,
hare and hounds, follow my leader, and
more sports than can think Of; they had
holidays, too, had Twelfth cakes, and par
ties, where they danced to midnight, and
real theatres, where they saw palaces OF
real gold and silver ris, ont Of the real
earth, and saw all the wonders Of the world
at once. AS to friends-thcy had such dear
friends, and So many Of them, that want
the time to reckon them up. They were all
young Ike the handsome boy, and were
never to be strange to one another all their
lives through.
Still one day, in the midst of all the pleas
ures, the traveller lost the boy as he had
lost the child, and, after calling to him in
vain, went on upon his journey. So he
went on for little while without seeing
any thing. until at last he came to a young
man. So he said to the young man: "What
do you do here ?" And the young man
said, 81 am always in love; come and love
with me-"
SO he went away with that young man,
and presently they came to one Of the pref
tiest girls that ever was seen-jnst like
Fanny in the corner there-and she had
eyes like Fanny, and hair like Fanny, and
dimplcs like Fanny's, and she laughed and
colorcd just as Fanny does while l am talk
ing about her. So the young man fell in
love immediately-jus as Somebody,
won't mention the first time he came here.
did with Fanny. Well! he was teased
sometimes-just as somebody used to be by
Fanny; and they quarrelled sometimes