New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24
SOME WAYS'OF THE WORLD.
"a SUMMERS EXPERIENCE BICYCLING
THROUGH CANADA

WHAT HAPPENED TO TWO YOUNG WOMEN WHO
MADE THE TOUR UNATTENDED.
MANY and weird are the stories couple Of young
women tell OF their adventures while on olcycle
trip in the French settlements along the ~. Law
rAnce River last summer. Some Of these their
friends are inclined 10 take with grain OF SAT-
although the fair tourists VOW and declare that
they are literally true One experience especla4-
w. which according their account. came near
hov,n- q fatal result was most thrilling. Scorning
masculine companionship on their projected trip
they however. agreed that bicycle boy-their own
buttons" in fact !rcog, as It were. and without
his insignia OF ofEce-wou,d be most convenient
attendant, and In certain sense protection ana
comfort.
He could go for the doctore said one.
Eyes. and blow UP our tires or shoe the cows
away" added the other
So to his unqualified delight the youth in question
was provided with hired wheel and the party pro-
ceeded by rail ST. Johns. whence they started on
their trip. which was TO last a couple Of weeks.
Each member OF the expedition provided with
pistol. In case OF attack the young women
agreeing. for the sake OF mutual safety. TO keep
them loaded with blank cartridges only. and for
fear Of being shot in the back by their protector
that the boy should always ride ahead. How that
young person proved be a bittcr disappointment
and unspeakabe trial. and how they finally got
rid Of him. ard II has already been said met
with adventures. queer and manifold. would take
TOO long to tell. Suffice II TO say that nearing the
end OF their Journey they arrived evening at an
un!nviting and not clean-looking little inn
where they obliged 70 stop for the night. It
was kept by couple who appeared to be Ike their
compatriots. half French and half Indian and
tremely dirty looking. but, unlike the inhabitants
OF the settlements. who almost invariably cour-
teous and oblisins. these persons were surly In
their manner and most repellant in their appear
ance.
81 sure that woman would not onlv hava
counted the heads that were cut off by the guio-
tine II she had been Of those terrible trco
but che would have scalped them afterward." said
the younger cyclst. Jane. did you notice how she
looked at your watch when you took IT out to see
the time? 1t was mos, imprudent OF you"
Yes" said her companion, nervousy 81 thought
30 myself after did II. especially when happened
TO look UP and saw that dreadful husband Of hers
looking over her shoulder. Oh. what a pity We
sent off the boy. He was trying. but am sure he
was brave" This was said apprehensively. while
younger and plucker girl tried to reassure her
companion but without much success as she felt
anything but comfortable herself After their unap-
petzing and scarcely tasted supper had been served
the woman told them ungraciously In her patois du
pays. that their bedroom ready that she and
her husband worked too hard to ait up pour faire
plaisir'' TO every chance conner and that she would
be obliged TO them II they would retire. Not daring
70 demonstrate. ana. in truth. glad be left alone.
the travellers readily acquesced. Giving them a
short bit Of candle the virago ushered them into a
neighboring room. saying. II in mockery. "Bonne
mutt" and leaving them TO their rest. or. rather.
unrest for they both declared they fright
'ened 10 sleep.
The bed low and broad. like a chd's trucke
bed. Finding TO their CONSERVATION there was no
way OF boiling or locking the door they decided
not 10 undress. but 10 lie down In their clothing
and wait until morning However. notwithstand-
ing their nervousness. their talk gradually grew
moro disconnected and despite efforts-for they
were exceedingly tired--they gradually dropped of
to sleep
"Jane." suddenly screamed out her companion,
waking the former from grewsome nightmare In
which eho being clutched around the throat by
the dreadful old Frenchwoman. What was this
sense Of oppression and sufocation? Ths blankets
were being pressed down upon them and over their
faces.
Murder! Help! Help" they shrieked. tearing
wildly at the bed clothes.
Still they felt the horrible pressure. which became
heavier every instant
Help! they screamed again in agonized accents
Hurried steps were heard and excited voices
"Murder MURDER Their voices mufiied
now. they felt an awful OF sufocation and |
then there cracking noise like the grating Of
rusty iron-the weight slowly lifted and they |
saw bending them by the light OF candle the
saturn.so inEecpcr and mis- witch OF wife. both |
INDUCING in what seemed 10 the terrified girls most
unhoy mirth
"c'ea lie 1T Americain." explained the woman.
'zare is no danger mo-" added the man. II hav'
Il we'll cloue." and rendered really civil by the fright
Of susss e s ,a 2s d thew
sYsd away the next morning Il would not stay |
there afotner night for kingdom Now that that
dsath she VII! certainly make the experiment"
THE SPIRIT OF WAR.
The dominant note. OF course. in matters social a.
weu as matters political just now IS war" Women |
s-Ae@s husbands. sons. brothers or lovers belong to