New-York tribune., 1884-11-02

po.ition might have been wholly different. bnt
here in Ncw-York he was cngirt by a dreary 'h''S'
bic solitude not to be measured by any incchahicai
nroccss and vet as wide rs the Atlantic ocean
which he had never crossed. Subsequent ques-
tioning of Josiah resulted in the most narrowing
disclosures. Naturally of avery honest turn ho
had been tempted by mdurdise honie INTO palhiui
hypocrsies lie very much ashamed OF theni'
but he had employed them. none the less. Moro
than once he had concealed for whole evening thc
fact of his never having been abroad when the per
son with whom he talked had evidently contrary
| idea and had several times clearly indicated as
mnch by distinct statcmcnts as. for example ny
saying during the narration of some story whlch
dealt with Paris: Z" You remember how the Io"ic.
| ward des Capncincs runs close by the AladclincT
or Yon of course rccocct. Mr.. Spcer. how dry
one can keep ones self under those arcadrs oi Inc
| Paais ROYAL OH rainy day :" And to remar"s ike
these poor Josiah owned that hc had more than
onco responded with papahle yes feit the
situation to be damning of course
90 N.Y." Josiah now went on. " The worst part
of il Mark is that nv remorse will not prevent me
| from doing il again.
"That is absolutely horrible, Josiah, Il said under
NV moustacho al don't know what ought to he
done with YOU. think | shall get little pacard
aud pin it secretly upon you behind. Ihe pacard
shall read: This young Eman has never been
abroad and if he SAYS that he has been, people are
warned against him rs IA shameful ictonist"
40 NV" said Josiah. with a shudder. as if he
really expected me to carry ont tins threat. "bnt
| mgat 90, Mark" he continued. II don't see Just
how can manage it. at present. bnt must GO
He did manage il. however, the next spring Ills
employers granted him n vacation, and his past
economies granted him a five -hundred-dollar tonr
with Cooks tickets everywhere. burst INTO an If
rcprcssble laugh when he told me abOut the Cooks
tickets. knowing Josiahs afabillty and compan-
onabty as did, it WAS so easy to imagine nm Oh
terms of expansive intimacy with about twenty
shabby -gcntcc tourists flying over the continent III
their company, and perhaps beng Willingly I'M
| posed upon and made commodity OF by All their
feminine members. | Thought regretfnlly of how
pleasant it would be to take him deccntly through
Europe, and hear his enthusiastic 80 Mys" III
Trafalgar Square the Place de la Concorde. or on
the PIazzo San Marco. But as 1t WAS, | knew inst
what fato lay in store for him. He would be
| whired through Antwerp, scarcely getting his
breath before he had done" the tomb OF Rubens
and the Descent from the Cross" then he would
be wilircd again through Brussels, till the lovely
Saintc Gululc, with its pillars and clostcrs and
traccry. ali sculDturcsquc blur to him. and the
Wicrtz gallery and the MuSec Royal were pictorial
shadows And then he would perhaps dash through
Switzerland, seeing Chamouny for two hours. Inter
laken for one. lucrrns for fifty minutes, and
various other charming spots for periods OF lesser
duration. That is what would happen to poor little
Josiah Tor that is the way the Cook tourists usu
ally rush things ] am not writing anything
against them as an idea. an enterprise, civllizng
factor and think il much better to 90 that way
than not to 90 at ALL But there are superior ways
of going and felt sorry enough that JOSIAH could
not have xptrienced one of these.
His method Of travel was diyulged to me as a pro-
dieious secret 40 My Mark. he said on the eve
Of his departure dPnt tell sGge p e., so1 NH or will
soul respected little Josiahs secret as though it
were the precious cnjoinder of dying knsinan.
His absence lasted nearly till autumn. and wnen
ANYBODY asked he concerning HIM SAID "Dh,
Josiahs gone abroad. you know, with as grand an
air as if he had had the captains satcroom the
Alaska all to himself, and two body-servantS on tho
same steamer besides. -
1t was delightful TO consider that the POOR ttle
fellows woes would soon bc over-that all his pa
thetc embarrassments ana cthlceaments ana make
shifts would shortly terminate i'll a calm conscious
ness of having been abroad" llenceiorth the
thorn to be removed from his flesh. the ranking
dart from his bosom. He would have been abroad
when he returned to MS. II people spoke to him
about Norway and the midnight sun, he could shake
hs head and answer. with Respectable fran kness
"No a.. didn't get rs FIR as that If they |
tried to hlnd him with the sands of Egypt. M prod
him with tie toe of the Italian boot. he cond can
didly adm their right to do either. But London |
Paris. even Switzerland these were to make him |
proof against their poteyet CALLING surprise forever
lie returned in early September. and was almost
the s, to snahG h's sl soo tt'" na@d WsGm
rent re- 'aa ''si'. Mys T''. showed %S' f' the %
packet of photographs the Strasbourg Cathedral
and the .Inngtrau. and the Arc de 'lromphe. re
parded them all with religious interest. and dd not
say ANYTHING about their bc'ng purchasablc IN
broadway, OF even Sxtb-avc was genuinely glad
at Josiahs eladncss. and thank iul that the weight
Of bls distress had been removed "" showed me on
the map OF Europe the course they had taken,
and ronicsa that this portion oi the map has mover
seemed TO me quite tnc sam" Tmcc IL "a, has awayS
bccn ircscocd from niyc,p"cl ''rc"'""S'y to f"'"'
il nrne the next winter Josiah md often met
lIo quite unchanged IN hs pretty cN lliieS, his
miniature knight crrantrrs He gave himself no
airs because he had been abroad llc had been
passionate pilgrim, but l." made no parade OF his
enthusiasms. lc handed ices and he held fans
with the same Loyalty, agility ana dec"rnn as OF
old And vet clearly perceived. after awhile. that
little Josiah was not happy.
/ observed HIM | watched him. aud finally. de-
termincn to pierce the root OF his new dssatisac
ton. | roundly questioned him. one evening con
aJoslai" said. solcmny. something weighs on
vour mind Are you N loyc' Can It be that you
are in ove' If 50, tell me the worst" st. oo -, ii.
street. 1t was late hour of the night we had
been to proracted dance at .le Macdongnls o, IN
always had t. look up at me when We stood to-
gethcr-startledy IN the obscure lamplight. ~,
it's not that. But what makes you-you think It's
II certainly do think it's something JOSIAH" was
my reply. HIS own had prlckcd curiosity. little
while ogo YOU were wretched because you'd never
been abroad. And now
lie suddenly IaH HIS manu- upon nN arm nc
looked up into my eyes with What in nybcdy else
| should have considered a terrible gravity.
"And nor. Mark" he murmurcd. 1" feel that /
have been only oace"
'Ony once I" repeated. confusedly "Of course
you have Well. what Of it' Who said you had
beon twice Z"
Josiah had drooped his head end he som
brely shook it. "Ihe fact is, Mark that thought
If Id been I'd been, and there would be an end. But
nothing of the sort Always before, people were
tormenting me with their amazement that ! hadn't
been But now they're torlnenting me with their
amazcment that Pye been only once. q My. it's
too dreadful / thought ] could talk about Pic
cadillv and the view from the Rig. and the Avenue
de rOpera. to my hearts content. But there's some
thing 1 don't know what il is that makes
.I..... uI.rn,.s nsk aiter I've snnken INST few