Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-01

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tians-Ths Gorge de Fisr-savoyard
Guides.
Correspondence to the GLoBE- REPUBLIC.
LES VoIRoNs, Oct l2.-From Brides
LES Balm | was to go to les Vorons, in
Haute Savoio, a journey it would have
been easy to make In short day any where
save in S,voia Not 80 here. To begin
with, Brides Is twenty four milos from
Albertvi le, the nearest railway st alton,
ana tn pIacr where ! was 10 pass the
night, and tn journey must be mnde by
diligence, unles, you choose to take, at
some frightful opst, n private carriaga I
arranged to leave Brii,s At Q y. IN or
course 1t was 2:3O b,forc we fairly got
Off, but wo arrived q, Mou;iars our first
stopping place only to- son, sin a. Il . cor
responding diligence Tor Altertvule was
not expected to depart until SO clock From
S;l5 til was long enough with nothing to
do in the empty hours
II seemed to me that evory third house
in Mouters wns q safe, but ore cannot
drink cotfee forever. and there vas literally
nothing else to do, save t. follow the KAN
pie of Ziokel. in Lowell's "Courtin." who
-'stood awhile on one foot, fust
Then stood awhile on to- her,
And on which ue he felt the wust
lie coulln'ta odd ye, nuther.'
or course the 90 clock diligence did not
start till 5i5, and then there were twenty
miles between us and supper. The driver
assumed an air Of brea thle4s haste Just as
II he had not been standing about and gos-
sipng with his pals for three quarters
of an hour after he should have been under
way. However, he was n very good fellow,
as found, for took my seat beside him,
the better to soc the view. And what
lovely view it was-beautiful enough to
make up for all small discomforts. The road
leads through velley, ani on either side
the high mountains climb towards heaven
and lose their tops In the sky; and all the
way beside yourushes on the swiftly flo wing
lsere, n strong turbulent, fas Gin ating river,
full of res less energy.
How it hurries!' said to the driver.
Yes, Mad anne, 1t go,s all the way to
Grenoble," as IL that were reason enough
for its haste. And SO on we drove beside
1t, on its way to Grcnob'e The quaintest
little peasant children came out and stood
by the way side to watch us--gravc little
women, with their gray gowns as long as
grown-up person :, and the drollest gray
caps on their heads. They had seriou,
faces-and, unlike the children in italy,
none of them begg,l. They seemed AZ
solidly Independent aud respectable as
their peasant fathers and mothers, whom
we saw working in the hay fields as We
drove blythe women quite as busiy as
the mon.
"The women work harl in Savoie," my
driver said, as he saw IN, watching them.
II believe they don't work ,nt of doors, the
women in your countryf
NO" Ianswerei.
II suppose the summers are too hot" he
suggested. as ii no other poss BILE reason had
iawned upon his mind. And then he
added, with innocent pride, "Wo have
good wives in Savoie."
Had he ever been to Parisi askeI him.
No, he had never had the tim. But he
had been to Gen va As Gene va is but a
short distance away, his travels had not
been extensive.
! made my appearance at the bureau OF
the diligence in good tins. had been toe
the night before that it would start at $50,
but OF course 1t was o'clock before we
finally got away, and then We had not
reached the other enl Of little Albcr,ville
before the driver di,mo united for glass of
beer at a cafe where some Of his friends
were drinking at round table, in the opcn
air. He and ] and my luggage hal the
little diligence to ourselves, and, like most
OF the Savoie drivers, he turned out very
we'll when once he had satisfied his thirst
lie would be hard, iudesl to please
whom the lovely Lake Of Annecy should not
ielght It's shores have not the rugged
grandeur of outline that surround some Of
the Swiss and Italian lakes; but hey are
charming to the last degree Soft hills
which the green tfees clmb-felds smiling
in the nshne-bonny little vilayes-here
and tLers grand chateau looking down
from some lovely height and bet ween these
sunny shores the lake winding like a river,
so that sometimes TIE very path seemed
closed before You. All, it is a delightful
hour and half that one spends in voya aging
from Doussard TO Anntc,!
Annecy IS a pretty town where il one
we're French should think one might live
happily. Unlike the smaller towns in
Savoie, it is fresh and bright and clean.
Its position Is lovely on the borders Of the
beautiful lake, with the mountains watch
ing over it like sentinels, and that gay
little river. tn, Fier, wand ring away from
1t through peaceful mead ws-one could
not ask for a spot more smilingly pic
turesque. Aud yet an hour drive into the