The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-09-07


ago; 1 think little travel would do
you good Gubbs was right. Near
~ four months of continuous work
had made me wish for holidy; be-
sides, everybody who was anybody
was departing from Paris; so |
thought | would just take a run into
Switzerland; dash through the noun
tains; dive in the Lakes; take peep
at the big Stratsburg clock; float
down the Rhine; get sniff at Colo
gne;see BrusselS;run over to London;
drop in at Edinburg and Glasgow;
take sight at the Highlands and
Lochs; ;whip across the Channel; take
IN Giants Causeway and the Lakes
OF Killarney; and then, with light
heart and a lighter pocket, return to
my post at the Exposition, and stay
there eontentedly till the curtain
rang down on the last day of Octo-
Der. My preparations were brief.
Gubbs was not troubled with much
baggage; neither was l. 1t is true,
| had started life in Paris, a few
short months before, with a respect
able stock of collars, handkerchiefs,
socks, shirts and such small gear,
bat the fraudulent returns of the av-
erage French blanchisseuse had
gradually sapped the foundation of
my supplies, SO that what was once
considered respectable stuffi1g tor a
moderate sized valIse, was now cas-
lily disposed Of in the pockets of my
overcoat, in addition Of small par
Gel iniprovised in the crown of my
hat. Shaking the dust Of the Expo
sition from my feet, AMI commend
ing my foreign correspondence to
the care fthe good angcls-that is,
ifthe good angels ever have any
thing to do with 'Onr Own CORES
pondent'-I jumped on the early
train, and started for Switzerland.
Fontainebleau lay in my way, SO
Gubbs aud | cot off | was disap-
pointed. The appearance of this
celebrated place, seen from the out
side, is anything but impressive.
1t has a dirty, neglected sort of an
air, like a place that has been aban-
doned to the bats and the owls.
Once inside however, everything is
changed. The rooms are furnished
with lavish magnifcence that the
eyes ache to look at. Gold, silks,
velyets, trescoes, tapestries, pain
tingS, carvings, statuary, mosaics,
and costly articles Of Ueru and or
nament are around you everywhere.
They are beautiful, very beautiful;
and yet these things were gathered
together to feed the ostentatious
pomp and vanity Of a single man,
and they were wrung from the toll,
aud the sweat, and the tears and
the blood of millions and millions
of men and women and children,
through ages and ages untold. The
wicked extravaganza of the past
told the cause Of the terrible Revo-
luton; and it was with feeling Of
relief that the progress Of the pres
enfage had made recurrence of
this thing impossible, that | turned
my back on the palace of Fontain
ebleau, and proceeded on my way
TO the hills.
High noon brought us to the fine
old city of Dion, where a halt was
made for dinner III ever heard
any thing in my life, l distinctly
heard the guard sing out-'Forty
for refreshments, 1t is
true, it was not III my mother ven
acular, but in substance it was as
plain as a pike staff. Now forty
minutes is more than | allow N.Y.
self under the most favorable cir
so | sat down to that
restaurant table and called for nv
Bologny and Schweizer with feel
ing of beatitude rarely experienced
by travellers in foreign lands. Sew
eral whistles blew, a number of bells
rung, but | quietly consulted my
and went for my Bologny.
1t was excellent. The donkey OF
which this was compounded, | re-
tiected, must have penshed in his
youth. The Schweizer, too, was
much above the average; and finally
pulling a cigar from my pocket, |
lay back in nay chair with a feeling
of..b!iss which made me imagine
Paradise was not far off For the
irst tine ] noticed that there was