, 1870-06-26

doct. Two days afse1Mzd I took fourth
clsas, that Is deck pssazEn on the French
ctezme1. sailing down the Mediterranean from
Ieghdzn- I stayed weak II Rorne, and czne
very neH staring much longer: It waa IN.
the Eternal City. had not money enough to
pay the PonbdcA ta1 on departing travellers.
It Ia too long ! story to tell here, but I
alipped through the fnsrrs Of tho po-
lice, and, a17irins It LeSho,n again, I
had not the 10 cents to pay the boat
nan 10 take me ashore from she steamcz. Ny
trunk, By the way, had lef, At Leghnsn before
ttAttinE for Home so that was ont Of danger
and came properly to hand afte1~Arl. A my
lucky star would have it, Au American bark was
lying At anchor In the bar- II waa the Erat
time I hid seen the "ssas s-spansled Dauuar"
1:disected the boatmsn to take me to the
American ahip. Standing in tho bow Of the
smaller c1aft u soou IS she reached the great
er one sprang up the side, md the boa.rn1n
sprang after ma. He detsined half OF my coat,
but reached the deck, where I kept him
shp vas Toased fos i ~.s esry | y I lie NJ NOM. s
ing. The ten cents were paid over to tho
ellmorpns italian by hearty tar, who Was
moved to zee IN American IN dis1ess, with
his masnsa1l car1ied Away"-I think that il the
way the tar phrased II.
Tho Captain oF tho ship was E1rm-he2rted
old fellow from down In Maine. He offered
to take me home before asked him. I had i
boy1ah love Of Independence, and proposed to
work. He sud Be wouldn't be bothered
with me; he would take me as his only
passenger. We settled the matter At
him afsy doll ms II !" grcssnbseks." s oar YES res
sei Wa about twenty Years old, and 1aden With
rsgs and great blocks Of marble We had 4
terrible storm in the Mediterranean, In which
we meneal going down. The olacraft seemed,
however, to have some secret understanding
With fate: fof, having shifted her cargo, she
doated, we'll nigh on Ter beam-ends, the rest Of
that deeol1te ten weeks through the Hedite.-
ranean and acToes tho Atlantic. arrived At
Boston, finally. without cent. hal directed
TINT my lettsrs should be forwarded from my
address 1t Forente TO the carr Of the uer-
chant to whom our ship WAS consigned. What
Was my surprise, then, to be handed by
that gentleman M cnvelopo incloaing draft
on London. in pay for the Almost-forgotteu
article, which had sent in aheer desperation,
il not in comprehensive revenge, to that Edin-
bufgh Magazine! Greenbacks were then At
their heaviest discount, and English exchange
at It's highest premium. And thus it happened
that sold my draft for American money
enough to pay tho good d-hearted Captsin and
the patriotic tar, and to take me back to Iole-
| do. my starting place, after Al absancs Of
oScF tTo yeo,s, At tho total expense Of , little
!
and Of this narrative, whilo I an dSuratiyeiv
taking Oh my sandal shoon and bsuging up
nv pilgrim stan, let me- SAY thai, Although
! did not set out with any higher purpose than
to tell just such story "a might tell under
cath, still think discern in these adyentuse,,
what may term an ez post Jf1cso moral. Let
| not the reader. however, practise and anusa
his ingenuity br attempting 10 detect hi. Ii
| tie pilgrim himself for, personals, be feels
- frce from moral "a any pilgrim he has ever
! seen has been free from supc1duous linen,
Wlilc, Therefore, he would not sdvise Any
Young man to follow directly in his footsteps,
! yet hs hopos he has shown that their
are means and noles Of travel unknown "a
the guide books; that there are cheap wayt
for the student and man of limited means IL
zee aud 1caru much for little money. The
sight Of sunrise from The Aghi i. certainly
more than compensation for putting up Will
poor breaEfAst. And the candid traveller
however Light his purse, needs nerer retur1
| dyspeptic or uisAnthropic- Pure air an6
hearty exercise in the Alps and on the Danub,
cannot f.il TO do him ply ical good; while b.
Will hsd in the human nature With which III
comes IN contact in every land the sum Of. tht
good Invariably prepondersting over that q
! the etlL- RALPH kEEIB.