The Bottineau pioneer., 1890-03-15
A TEXAN ABROAD.
ALiterarv 6 n'us Doss Up Tsrss Conn.
tries in 0as Snort L,son.
IN lmftation Of tbs - ID 70 Club" Hs Dodgss
the Walters and the Rsgsars. but Pays
KD Way-tmp preston, Of Flying Trip

: 1.
Special Foreign Correspondence.
Abroad alons. Two oninons words
those. E.thnr is su icissnt to frighten
poor timor)u5 soul btc:x into its
shell. But to this snail the trip was
. necessity. Some people you know.
can only learn by q SOFT Of absorption.
Now might have read for dozen
ye,trs closely. Of the history. manners
and customs OF the peoples Of fScotland.
England Franco Switzerland ana Italy.
end should not have gained the
pr cti:al aad accurate information
about them tn It this short tramp has
given me. Then you know some folks
need broadening. Well. such. q trip
as this Is wonderful broadener. He
who reSists the influences of travel In
foreign land and is still narrow. un-
charitable, sell Gsh and proud hos about
ex I'ansteu the means OF reclamation.
Tine following conversation occurred
in IA railroad hotel at Genoa, between
a Icyas traveller and German gentle
n: u. ..,: .s
The Texan rushes in with his lug
gags. sits down 10 Bile and calls
Tor his supper. The German was ut
the same table. -.s..s-
'Do you speak German?' in that
language. 49,. 's's M
NO sir. Do you speak English.
Yes; but you looked like a Ger
man." ~
You are quite complimentary. I
am an American"
Travel you alonee" .~@
"Entirely alone" .- r.
ado you speak Frencl?" -
$50 very little that rarely attempt
It."
How do you make yourself under
stood then?" ..
I'VE |, | get along somehow"
'.Uo not the confusions of the rail-
way stations disconcert your" a -
Mot in the least. bought all my
tickets In London. These L present at
all .ce window. saying not 4 word.
They are stamped, and follow the
crowd. The master at the gate
punches my ticket, points to my train,
AMI go and get in. / have time
t..bles OF NIL thu roads I expect to
pass over, and only go to the
depot In time for every train. es-
chew the assistance 50 oftAn urged
upon me by the army OF boys, walters
ald porter5. / carry my owu baggage,
bl, elk my own shoes. help myself,
wait on myself, and give no gratpi-
ties" =
lido you mean to say that you can
fHo al ffrtx,i ~
chambsrmalds and porters ?"
Yes sir. that is precisely what
moan. ! pay for everything / get, for
every service "rendere |. hut not one
cent ever for nothing. pass the
open palms as If they were not there.
IN quick to recognize an obligation
and to discharge it, but il hal the
whole word against me intend TO
fight against this paying something
for notning. What's the use of having
q tel year old boy to carry a mans
valse. when the man is the stronger,
aud would be better Off for the exer-
else, unless indeed he does it out of
charity for the boy. which is placing
the matter on wholly a different foot
Ing. If man wants to give employ
ment to the boy let him do it ami pay
for it. But do not feel myself able
To go through the world giving en-
pIoyment to the people meet. con-
sider it more in accord with nv feel
ing of Independence to wait on myself.
| despise this waiting and. serving bus
mess anyhow"
well! You surprise me. It Is re-
freshing to find such Independence. Ii
could only be found in an American.
The Texas traveller having finished
his supper and paid for it without Civ
ing the grinning exDectant waiter one
centime, he lifted his hut to his Ger
man companion and passed out A
hundred prOtfers for assistance to car-
ry his valise, his umbrella, his over
coat to snow him the way and to In.
terpret for him were all passed un-
heeded to the great disgust of the
troop OF idle beggars who loitered
around the station when they should
have been in some factory or on some
farm.
SCOTLAND
is superb. What lovely lakes, what
lofty mountains, what limpid rivers,
what peculiar people! Scott has inn
mOrtalized Scotland, and Scotland has
immnrtalized Scott. The great poet
aud novelist saw the natural beauties
of the country and took inspiration
the.efrom. He saw the peculiar SIM
plicity Of Highland character, heard
their Legendary lore and resolved to
combine the whole, the stories, the
scenery. tho people. and weave them
into we're.
Most happily has he succeeded.
III Htuf al Il 1.,Sl t.
the Highlands OF Scotland. 1t was my
good fortune TO view the same grand
sc merry described in that charming
tale. Then ''lhe Abbott" The Mon
asiery." The lie ,rt OF Midiothian''
md other OF his W;lvsr'y Series, all
hld their rise In actrL sccurrances.
or IN legends gensrs4H believed to be
true. and the typograph Of the country
is beautifully and accurately a describ-
ed. His poems partake even more OF
description OF real scenery. and lela-
tion il rhyme of real facts. His Lay
Of the Last Minstrel. with its heart
quivering around that mDst entr nc
5ingly beautiful Of all ruins. Melrose
Abbey. ..The Lady Of the Lake, with
It's v.rp. q true tale, ani its woof o
Ioye.s description OF the widest and
most romantically beautiful place mine
sycs ever beheld the Vrossachs and
4 Loch KatriDe. All these stories and
yerses. tnsi Ia that fascinating style
that Sir M alter knew 80 we'll now to
use, renders these natural beauties of
such world wide fams tllAt thousands
Of travellers aocx every ysar 70 behold
them.
YNGLAHD - ENIREGETIc,
Glrted Ii by tho triumnhant sens.
yitii no room On her island for expan-
SION alle seems determined 70 use
NhHt sInce she has n tho best possible