The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-14
TWO AND A MAP.

He unfclded the map carefully and
spread it out. "That's what like about
u map" he said. You never need to
ask your way. 1t makes you so much
more independent. Doesn't it, darling?"
Yes dearest. a gust of wind
swept down and tore tho map-in two
places, as tho auctioncers say.
You should have pasted bit of tape
nc the buck of the folds" he said.
Then it wouldn't have torn"
Il would have done it with pleasure
if you had asked me-
II can't think of everything. How
ever. the first thing to do in using o
map is to find out where you are on it.
Now, as you see, we are here" He
pointed TO n spot on the map with his
pencil
This is the road y7e are now on. and
That is tho crossroad just in front of
us"
"Oh. mol That's all wrong"
in what way wrong?" he asked
coldly.
Because the crossroad is a canal"
II fail to see how crossroad can be
q canal. Besides, you can see tho road
for yourself-ordinary hard highroad,
and no canal about it.
Don't be silly, dear. didn't mean
the crossroad on the-er-earth.
. isn't the crossroad. /"
Very lucid, indeed" he observed
even moro icily.
"When you try to be sarcastic, YOU
only make ugly faces and don t say any
thing really good. Look here You
think that we are ut this point on the
map, don't you? Very we'll. And you
think this line represents the crossroad
i'll front of us, don't you? Very we'll, it
doesn't. Because that limo isn't meant
for road, but n canal"
''How do you know?"
Because it's colored brown.
"It is l hadn't noticed it. ="
81 knew you We're in the wrong, but
you are always so obstinate. Now. as
road isn't q canal
"Wait minute''-rathcr angrily
You're quite as wrong as l am. The
brown line means railway"
cts all the Same thing. can't walk
on canal and can't walk on Il rail
way. At any rate, won't. I suppose
My dear girl, do be reasonable. 1
can't ask you to walk on Il railway
when there isn't any railway"
"You said the brown line meant
railway-you know you did, very en-
phatically.
SO it does on the map
"We'ro not walking on the map
We're walking on the-er-land.
"That is precisely what was trying
to explain to you. There is no railway
i'll er--reality, and therefore we
can't be at the spot where we thought
we were. :"
where you thought we were. 1
knew you were wrong all the time It's
no good having o map if you don't
know how to usa it, Give it to me. -
She took It and screwed her eyes up
examining closely. "I'vc got it!' she
cried i'll triumph. "This is Pilling.''
Z" But we left Pilling an hour ago. -
"Of course. I'm going to trace our
road from there. Now look Here is
the name Pilling. And the little black
spot ut one end means the village itself
the exact position of it. f"
Thanks for the information. -
Wait There's IL black spot at each
end of the name. There must be some
mistake. Oh, | see. It's all right One
of the black spots is Il smut Poof!
Now I've blown away the spot which
wasn't Pilling."
'Go on. Blow away The spot which
is Pilling Blow the whole concern, |
say. I'm sick of it.
If you wouldn't lose your temper
and would have Il little patience, l
should be able to put YOU right She
traced with pin. 1--WE left Pilling-
so. Then we turned to the lcft-so. So
we must be Just here now z" And she
dug her pin triumphantly through the
map at the point, and it went right
through and priclcd her knee and hurt
her.
If that is so, " he said, 81 have only
one thing to ask. It's not important, of
course, but where's the crossroad?"
. In front of You, with white fence
on each side Of it. It's plain enough. -
why do You keep confusing between
the road on the map and the road on
the-er-wcll, the other road?"
Its you who make the confusion, E"
she said, "miXing up railcans with nal
ways-l mean of course, nalrails with
cnways- oh, you know what
meant"
I'm blessed if DO 1 only know
there's Il crossroad here, and there $ no
crossroad on the map. The map can't
10 wrong"
Then tho real road must be-" she
replied bitterly. Get piece of India
rubber and rub it out and make it fit
the map