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conycriont opportunity. In after years

convenient Opportunity. In after yosrs
tho comlatants VI! Look buck WITH genuine iond;
to tako place ovor . ,quiot evening pipo whom tho
days work was finished. To tho impartial Bpeo-
tatoE at tto momcnt nothing, In obvious except
noff eF a a'os ns,
irritating and ilrolevant topics. different
phenomenon Is Indeed equally common. We
may frequently observe party which has not
boon formed on tho principle that people who
arc familiar at homo nre likely to mako Tie best
companions abroad. Two Or sl,reo mon Join for
walking tour, who have been hitting opposite
onch othoT evory day for tho last ten months ata
college table, OF ohoying tho voice pf the ramo
Whip during Parliamentary session, or altting
II the same courts, and attending tho same mess.
They aro too familiar, md too tired Of each
things generally lhappens to such comblna-
ily staring Mt each other in pro-
oo to bow into ] lame sos fcobo Of congoss
saton about the wiro-ltat or tho railway time.
table or, II more socially disposed, they once
more chew tho cud Of tho old Rhop :" which
oi fdonas may 10 soon resting during tho ascent
| Of = mountain, md sottllng who 10 to hnvo the
noxt silk gown. or affecting to look at \ poturo-
gallery, while really demonstrating to each other
might havo nltorcti tho fate of ministry. 1t 10
delicate question whether absolute silence or =
recurrence to the very topics from which you
want to clear your brain IL tho moaE painful in
such persons nre probably reaoable Ia tloir OK
ternal dotnoanor. 1t is not to he too hRatily in
ferred that they do not heartily bore each other.
us certain xSs saa s8lsSs for @
themselves AZ III tho smallest State
there arc Conservatives and ladicals, 50 in every
travelling party there IL tho great distinction be-
twoen the punctual aud tho dilatory. II ouly
two men arc travelling together, 1t Ia practically
cortaiu TINT ono Of them will be thrown iuto
fevor Of impatlonco If he IL not at station half
an hour before tho time hxed for tho train;
while the othor, II not systematically late, will,
porhafs, annoy his companion moro etfectually
BY Mwaya contriying to be in tino ut tho very
1T moment. One again yin be seriously y!c1od
II an extra half.frano has been giyon to watters
and another will declare that no economical
measure 10 worth tho Inconvenience which 1t
causes. Ono mau ha8 hn inHane dcsire to SEQ
tlie sun riso on all possible occasions, and THO
extracted BY something like physical COM
thcse differences arc produced by the
t.. faet -. that '.s,, everybody Is disposed to
! qualities, or whether thoy arc developed by a
natural process Of differentiation. A man, for
! example,. becomeR Less puuctual as ho inds that
1'e oau depend upon hia companion, and hts
, nervous than hofore. In any case tloy provide
mntorial for the constant chickering's which anuao
tho cynical observer. It La pleasant-theugh we
do not ssy that the pleasure is precisely moral
to watch the yolfow faceB and diahcyelod con-
l diton Of persons llnding from rough sea-pas-
sage mud auch malignant satisfaction would be
, considerably heightened II one could SEQ how
heartily tue companions who have epant some
Bix weeks together Welcome tho period Of their
delivorance, no that their delight ut being rid oi
each other often sheds factitoua glow OF cord.
. atty ever tho parting.
l Tho moral drawn from such observations by
| IN $1tnf t~n1t I'M
should always go alone. Wo cannot, hoWeyor,
| quito accept the conclusion. A unu may be-
como quito as great boro to himHolf ~ any.
i, body else call be to him. He may have the
happy faculty Of striking temporary acquaint-
ancoship with chauco companions; but, to 60,
nothing Of the unattractivo nature Of many oi
Tho companouH tiua forced upon one, 1t B really
; easier for the member Of . party than for U
y | solitary traveller to mako friends. II throe com
plato strangers arc brought together, 1t ia gen
orally difficult taak for them to discover wha
! may DO thelr common subjects OF iutcrogt. /
two are fompanions they can At any sata star
:, tunity to tho third to join in the con
y moro. quickly effected when Boue OF th
puaop AND N sno Of
{! potty vexationH which ono must expect to auffo
u from one'a bost friends, VIC hold that on til
>. whole it ls wiser to tako companion or two.
y iB true that wo shall find out zach other's woa
= pointa; thnt, unless we arc Of angelic tempel
u Wo shall establish certain mutual laws; =; and thu
,, wo shall likoly be mora quarresomo on tho tat
n day Of the journey than on the first. But v
have always tho satisfaction Of rcmomborin
!: that nothing ia castor than to drop friend whn
10 We are at home again; aud that probably thee,
= tretue abeurdity OF our causeH OF quarrel will al
It pear in humorouR light after q brief period (
y absence, md that We shall then fool that II fe
u lowship in travelling produces Hou1e temporal
'e irritation, it also strengthens some permans1
y bondg OF union.