Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-08-04
Bnrdette on Spring Travelling.

"'NeeeN VA 'bpt iuS AIdSttiuys
IL IS IN the merry spring time that
the Jester ariseth up and remarketh:
Il will grid up my loins and shawl strap
and 20 forth and eat my bread in the
sweat of my chin"
And it is so that they of his house.
told say unto him: I've will 60 with
,hee." And he fain would say them
Nay" but when he would speak he
'alleih it YEA" for he cannot frame
us tongue to pronounce it.
Aud they hail him with great joy and
say: 'Since you insist upon it, we will
llost assuredly GO"
And for many days there is, as it
. 'ere. sound in the house as of a
mighty packing of uanv yalises acd
two-story trunks. and the shawl-strap
after his kind, and the one-handled grip
after his kind, and the handbag and
the band-box, which is a snare, and the
paper bundle which is delusion, and
the paper bag which is fraud.
For the handbook. which is a snare.
and is like unto 4 base drum for size,
cOntaiReth no band. nor any part
thereof, but only bud of bonnet not
so big as polo cap, and the Princess
unto whom it belongeth saye:h that no
one ever heard of smaller band-box.
Moreover. she says. whittier she goeth,
that band-bOx gOeth, or else the train
stayeth.
And the paper bundle which is oe-
!usion containeth ali things so-over that
are found to be omitted after the trunks
are packed, and the ellipsis is greater
than the sentence. And the bundle is
carefully wrought and shapen by wo-
manly hands inSOmuch that it passeth
itself of for lunch box. until such
time as the string breaketh. which is
the first time it is taken from the rack.
And when
The odd slipper. and
The bottle of Jamaica ginger.
And three lemons; and
A kid mitten; and
Two linen collars; and
A spoon; and
A ball of string; and
A bundle of cigars; and
Apaper of pins; and
An India rubber ball; and
A plunder store assortment of odds
and ends too numerous to mention, fall
out on the seat, there is excitement in
the court and the Jester speaketh words
that are sarcastic with wrath.
And the paper bag, which is delu-
sion. is filled even unto the dormer win
dow with apples and oranges and ba-
nanas, for refrcshment. and to the end
that the antique fruits of the train boy
may be eschewed. And it cometh to
pass that rs the Jester holdeth the pa
per bag by the neck and passeth across
the platform from the fast express on
the Slap-up d Kick Over short line to
take the sleeper on the Jimjam & Neu-
rnlgia broad gauge. that the bottom OF
that bag splitteth asunder even as an
hotel sheet. and the apples and oranges
roll in rs many different directions as
there are boys on the platform, and the
patient jester pursueth after them in
vain. ''Lo, here 10 therer' and the
boys remain. but the apples and oranges
are not. And for the hand of bananas.
it is trOdden under foot by new Jer.
sey farmer, inasmuch as it resembleth
a sample of yellow cardboard, and is
no longer titten for table use. And
people who come down to take the
night train and skate across that map
Of the banana line" and pound the
platform with their reluctant persons.
and pick up unlimited samples of sliv
ers. think of the man who cast away
that fruit.
Now when the caravan was ready and
the camels were laden even unto the
cabin deck. with trunks and valises
and straps and bundles and bags and
pasteboard boxes and things. he thought
of the usual equipagc of the lecture
route, and his heart was glad and he
made merry and ratified the baggage
checks that linod every pocket in his
clothes and he said: "Now. this is some
kind of way to travel"
For he was glad, and thought with
in himself that of verify people would
think that was all his own personal bag
gage, and he couldn't get along fifteen
minutes without every ounce of it.
1t is pleasant time of the year to
travel. There is no dust on any road.
The cars are warm, but the mir is too
cool to tempt the heated lunaiic who
always opens car window in your
face or Oil your back.
There is no rush of summer travel
ers, and the cheerful debris of the fam
ilv lunch box does not varniSh the
seats with grandma's jellies. nor bur
den the air with the pleasant odor of
doubtful cheese and positive sausage
and dunquestioDable ham.
There is delightful uncertainty
about what to leave out of the trunks
in the morning; whether the gossamar
or the fur-lined cloak or the linen dus-
tel. darlington HaWkeye.