The Evansville journal., 1867-07-10

will repay you. you. for the trouble of
Indeed! What do you say, Maria?
Do You think you could manage .
little climbing?"
Il should like it above all things.
Ever since | caught sight oft, | have
been wishing to get a better view of
that brilliant white mountain-the
Blumlisalp, think.
Very well, my dear Let us go to
the inn and ask them for guide to
the spot which the gentleman is so
obliging as To-" 30 : ssi1Ht'f 1.at'f
Quite needless, Sir" 1 interposed.
Il was proceeding there when saw
you pass a freak of fancy ordinarily
known as a tib]; and, if you allow me
will lead the way '",,i '.,- :. N 49,
rs it far?''. the papa replied. rs it
steep?'
"Neither one nor the other. To
reach their point ofview we have only
to mount this long covered staircase
by a series of low steps which are
suited almost for children's feet. Is
the young lady beginning to feel
tired?" ''Ii'.i1 ''A'
Not in the least. But if it were,
here is landing place which will give
us minutes breathing. How curl
ousl 1t is the centre of five different
staircases, some running up and some
taking you down." 40 h.sad 1si'<le
This oneis ours Let us follow it.
We have reached the cemetery. and
have no further to climb. We have
only a few steps to take on level
ground; and now. if you please, look
How beautiful" she exclaimed,
after few moments pause; II had no
inca until now that the earth was ca
pable of so much beauty Never,
never shall / forget this, day" After
gazing again at the view she bestowed
on me a look of thankfullness which
was worth all the, compliments in the
world. .as This noble sight, enjoyed in
common, had set its seal on our COM
panionship. We had already grown
almost intimate. 1t was understood
between US two that we were friends,
if not something more. -, Ia
:" Itcertainly is fine, assented the
senior. ''Mr. Howard would describe
it in his most aowrey style. ..I.rsi,. ~
YES" said Maria, "he would in7
deed; for he is not afraid to talk about
what he does not understand. He
eonfounds Romans with Greeks, and,
on being made aware of his mistake,
slips out of it by calling them both
the ancients." - .Yssagas,.J iHn7got
''You are prejudiced against him.
You must try and get over your dis
like. [ wonder, by the way, if he has
arrived. - '' '''-'-'--''
In Swiss travel. there is peculiar
ity which is pleasing or not, according
to circumstances. If you are there on
any social speculation, to marry off
your daughters, to make acquaintances
you would not be likely to pick up at
home, to light upon friends by unex-
pected chances, you can't have bet
ter place of meeting, nora surer rem
devious; but if your real aim is the
beauties of nature, to be enjoyed in
poetic retirement and quiet, you are
liable to Interruption.
The fact is, that, as everybody ex-
cept the. climbers of unclimbed peaks
is pursuing beaten track from
which there is little deviation, if you
meet an individual once you are al
most sure to fall in with him again.
On steamer, in diligence, at glacier
foot, by waterfall, you find faces
which have accompanied you through
out your itenerary IF you do the
Wengern Alp, they go too; if you go
to see the Gissebach illuminated, you
behold these physiognomies which
you have already beheld rejecting
daylight at Lucerne, Berne, or Inter-
lacken. IF you like the faces, well
and good; if you don't, their track
ing your heels so closely becomes
wearisome. The only means of es-
cape from such comrades is tc stop
somewhere and let the stream pass.
The summer current will bring in a
supply fresh from the inexhaustible
springs of British life. ot II
Iu this way, even before they enter
ed Switzerland, my charmer's father
had picked up Mr.. Howard, while
Mr.. Howard had not the least inten-
ton to loose his hold of his new ac-
quaintance Hence their expectation
of meeting each other again at Thun
The slightest possible shade of an
noyance at her parents partiality for
his new found friend, overspread her
face for an instant, and then she
glanced again at the landscape. Turn
ing to me, she asked. : What is that
mountain which stands before as
that dark green pyramid, clothed at
its base with thick festoons of pine
tree forest?'
That's nay mountain-ny beloved
Niesen. Everybody loves the Niesen.
All around the Niesen is toast as
popular here as All around the Wre-