The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-22
WHERE THERE IS NO NIGHT.
At Midnight . Word, Subdued Axht,
Bright e cough to Read BY.

At Midnight . Word, Subdued Lixht,
Bright cough to Read BY.
There is no night in Norway during
June, July and August Consequently
Is it was early in June we should have
prepared for what after all was a real
surprise, daylight at midnight. or rather
weird, subdued light, quite bright
enough to read by. 1t was at Stavan-
ger we first noticed it. This town, one
If the most ancient in Norway, was the
first part of that country we touched.
From the North sea we entered a
oranch of the Bukken ford and an
:hored at Stavanger, the quaintest town
Imaginable, with queer wooden houses,
ind SO quiet it seemed every one must
Oe dead. None of the hustle and activ-
.ty that accompany the landing of YES
sells in other countries, no matter at
what hour.
As we peered out over the vessels side
we saw people gathering about the
.anding If they spoke it was so low it
sounded like whispering. All about
we're rocky, bleak mountains, almost
shutting in, it seemed, the small space
;he town was built in. Overhead, fall
ng down upon the houses and people,
vas that strange midnight light Were
we after all only dreaming. or was this
really an old Rip Van Wrinkle sort of
own? A party of us decided to spend
little time providing through the
sown. The spell of quietness all about
Tell upon us and we moved silently,
speaking in low tones.
We found ourselves at a. m. stand
:ng before an old cathedral built in the
eleventh century, and founded by the
famous Bishop Reinold. 1t had been
burnt century or two later, afterward
:ebuilt, and fully restored still later:
The sun was just rising, flashing
beautiful coloring on the old building;
FAR up on the mountain tops feecy
clouds rested, still higher up was the
beautiful, pale, blue Norwegian sky
When we returned to the vessel it was
o'clock, and the sun was an hour
high. We slept profoundly for hours,
ind when we again found ourselves on
ieck we were steaming along through
IN inland sea, or rather we were inside
The celebrated rocky island barrier that
extends along the west coast of Nor
way. The water was almost entirely
smooth as the continuity of protecting
.slets and massive rocks was only broken
Tor short stretches and so formed a
great natural oreakwater
For the first time since leaving Pitts
ourgh a Sense ": almost loneliness took
possession of us. We felt that we were
:eally going into foreign land. All
about us was frowning blackness of
coast. And yet in the very bleakness
was strange sort of fascination. On
either side stood great mountains of
enormous rocks piled with prodigal
orofusion one above the other, and
stands formed of rocks; as we moved
m and on still higher mountains. their
;op, covered with glistening snow that
sometimes extended far down the sides.
only here and there were bits of ver-
ture, looking very much out of place,
md whcl ever that occurred little ham,
cts nestled in the midst, and one won
Tered if the inhabitants ever left their
onely homes, for all about the noun
;ains seemed impossible, and almost
straight down, thousands of feet, was
The sea. But we knew that, in some
way. they did, for down on the sea, in
every direction, were the fathers, broth
ers and husbands tossing about in little
fishing craft-stern, quiet men, so in
tent on their work they scarcely noticed
us.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.