Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-01-27
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rooms are conducted, depend upon it" he
said to the marker as we left "you might
as well garrotte y, man at once. hat a
city!" he said to me as we turned to the
hotel and thanked him for his good adj
vice o"What a whirlpool of goddess mi
guilty Adulterated bread-a dulterated
wine-adulterated beer adulterated med
cnes--the very adulterating ingredients
themselves adulterated! At every foot
one walks snare in every street pit
fail virtue only vice disguised, and vice
herself as like virtue as if she was her
twin sister; sham everything! When
will the fire descend upon itg When will
the fire descend?"
In the coffee room where we sat talking
for half an hour, expressed my surprise
at the Wears entering a public billiard
room.
"You do not know me-" he said 81
am like Paley am never afraid of hum
bugs. | like to see the devils schemes,
that may counterfeit them. We Church
of-England men know too little of the
world that is why the Belials and the
Asmodei Of cities cheat and fool US so often
and outrageously. I make point, when
visit the metropolis, OF occasionally go
ing to such places. Another night you
might have met me at CremoYne or at the
equally dangerous Alhambra. 1t is my
duty sir, and however unpleasant, l go
everywhere to see sin and folly at their
flood-tde. You will at least admit that
my experience of rascality has been USE
full to you tonight
az owe you thousand thanks" | re.
piled 81 had heard of billiard sharpers,
but had never met any before"
II think III wish you goodnight
now he said, Gas | am accustomed to
early country hours, and begin to feel
what children call the sandman busy at
my eyes, Tomorrow, then, at 7:15, we
meet. Goodnight"
SO wished the Vicar good.nig and
we parted. | was out nearly all day
making calls and transacting business.
| got back to the hotel about half past six,
ordered down my luggage, and asked at
the bar if the Rev Mr.. Atkins was gone.
The porter said he was on the platform
waiting for me. He had just paid his bill
and taken his luggage forward
took my ticket but did not see him. l
got my luggage labeled for Exeter; still
he did not appear; but when the guard
opened the door Of Q rst-class carriage
for me, found plaid and some books
on the opposite seat.
"There's gentleman, sir, clergyman,
taken that seat He's been looking for a
friend. / suppose that's you, sir. If he
don't look sharp he'll miss the train"
The guard had already come for the
tickets. The sharp cry, "Take your
seats p had just gone forth, when the Vi
car came running up, and said "Open
this door, guard" The guard opened the
door, and the Vicar took his place, laugh
ing opposite me. l hardly knew him at
first, for he wore large dark great coat,
and had on travelling cap drawn down
over his eyes, and with flaps over his ears
He had roll Of papers and two maya
zines in his hand.
"How l hate this fuss and hurry" he
said, as he folded his plaid over his legs;
show hate this destruction OF all indi-
viduality When / was young, the
coach. Journey was deliberate, quiet af-
fair-the traveller was recognized indi-
viduality. The coachman and guard
knew you, and chatted the hostler chat
ted the insides and outsides knew you,
and chatted. There was interest in every
village the people came out to see you
pass the inn dinner was amusing. Now
you are mere parcel sent by train. The
pointsman, the signalman, are mere ma
chimes, not cared for by you and not car
ing for you. WIKI, rattle, battle scream,
hiss away you are flashed, and the only
thing to break the journey is the name OF
a station so pronounced as to be unintel-
ligible."
| laughed, and limited at the annoyan-
ces, delays and dangers of the old system
the overladen coaches, the exorbitant
landlords, the endless fees.
"Well," he said, perhaps in future
age of balloons or electric spark expresses,
people will talk of the delight of railway
travelling. The past is always praised in
order to spite the present.
Then we fell to reading. We had
scarcely begun before-whirr the dark
ness of tunnel fell upon us.
at is always so, said my amusing COM
panon. AZ never began to read in a
railway in my life that we did not pass
through tunnel before | had well got
through the first page"
NV travelling companion was an extra
ordinary person. He had been every.
where, and seen everything. No capital
of Europe but he knew intimately.
"You seem surprised" he said, "at my
having travelled so much, but when | was
at Oxford spent all my long vacations
In travelling; and during the little time |
was in tie army, before more serious COZ.
victions induced me to enter the church, |
saw something of the colonies" -.
The Wears information seemed bound
less. He discussed the geology Of Devon.
shire and the mineralogy OF Cornwall.
lie had views on military tactics and artil
lery. He was interested in engineering
and chemistry, and seemed quite CONVEX
SAINT with all the latest discoveries in the
latter science.
al went the other day." he said to me,
as it began to grow dark, "to lecture on