Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-24
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Why He Dian't Agree With HE Friena Of
the Subject OF Vacations.

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Why he Dsan't Agree With His Fstena % |
the Subject OF Vacations.
4 little bunch Of well known business |
men were gathered By chance in front Of |
the Lindell hotel. They stood there Cor |
some time discussing politics and enjoy
about to separate. one OF tho group mo-
ticel that tho overcoat pocket of his WIS.,
avid was cranimed with railway maps.
stcanaers' guides and ti,nc tables.
II cay, Charlie" ho said, why arc you
collecting Gil that rubbish: Planning
vacation
eyes" he answered. Same old thing
every year. Go sonsewhere-go some
where. I think sometimes I'd rather
take my family ont here on the Marauec,
live in tent and fish. But no, it's FASH
ionabic to hurry away on long and te-
dious journeys, stop 1T stuffy hotels.
rush through a maze Of nonsense and
then rush homo dead tired. weary, half
sick and altogether fcotsore. The very
contemplation of it tires me-"
"Why don't you stop it them" said
the Guestioner.
Rather 4 difficult thing to do. I
should judge-when your family plans
the campaign"
do as l did. 1t Just took me three
years to accomplish it. and now live in
peace. On our first summer vacation,
which was by rail, I devoted my spare
time to reading aloud the statistics, and
descriptions Of horrible accidents on rail-
roads. At the hotel brushed mp on all
| the hotel CONGREGATIONS since watering
places were invented and mentioned
them in detail upon all possible occa-
sions. 1t was q most exasperating and
uncomfortable experience for all con-
cerned. I can tell you, but it worked.
Next summer. when the vacation bust
ness came up, merely asked if we were
going over the same route as before ard
was met with most unanimous and
emphatic chorus of noes. They were
afraid of railroads and hotels, and SO
they compromised on long trip by
steamboat up and down the river. be-
cause it would he entirely safe.
Il prepared myself again. and when
the boat moved out had in my state
room g couple cf books which portrayed
in the most heartrcnding manner the
final blowing up Of almost every steam
Goat that ever ran the river. These
dragged out and read with much JUNCTION
and deep pathos. In the holy calm of
the summer evenings, in the glorious
hush of the sunlit mornings. l read 'e1n
aloud until we were all afraid we would
never get home alive. Well, sih it was
awful! The horrors of those days and
nights are with Us yet. Next summer
suggested the beauties Of river trip,
but nobody seconded the motion. and j
soon learned that we were to spend a
few months at q small inland resort not
many miles distant from St. Louis.
This was an unexpected flank move.
ment, but loaded mp with statistics,
and on clocdy evenings would lie an
the hammock Of the resort and tell my
family how cyclones are formed and
show them how they rush mp the valley
and sweep resorts from the face of the
earth. was compelled to manufacture
q few facts in order to prove that cy
. clones had a special fondncss for sum
'. ,ner boardcrs, but the scheme worked
like q charm. We came home a mon
in advance and have never gone any
where since. Say. old man. you dom
: know how enjoy life now with weel
or two in the woods with my fishing am
hunting club. It's a great scheme"
And the ugly man laughed harsh
discordant, exasperating laugh.
Nobody said anything for some time
: The group was thinking.
Eyes. stree. Its great scheme, /" re
: sumed the ugly man. Don't you thinl
so. tDhn:''
mo, DON'T" said John, land I'll tel
you why. fused to have your notion
. of good time, and in consequence tn
summer outings of myself and fa,nil,
were anything but pleasant. But tn
. little woman is lying out yonder in Belle
fontaine now, and when these beauti
, ful days come along feel as though
= would give the universe for one NOR
chance to do something for the confor
. and pleasure Of one who deserved s
q much and got SO little. That's why"
y And John and Charlie and the ugl,
!. man turned away without another word
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