The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-09-30
Three HAPPY TRAVELLERS,
Waited Patiently for Their Time of
Enjoyment to Come, and
It Came.

Miss Adeline and Miss Medora! All
Henley is stirred. Her citizens have
enjoyed foreign travel before-wealthy
people, young couples on their honey
moons, aspiring teachers, students
bound for German universities. or to
acquire continental languages, or to
study art or music. But one expects
it of the younger generation, and of the
moneyed, and of the money-makers;
one does not expect it of Miss Eliza
Miss Adeline and Miss Medora, says
Youths Companion.
For 80 years they have been the pill
lars of the church, managers Of local
charities and tranquil owners of the
many-gabled house, oldest on the VIII
lage street. When they were young,
they never expected to cross the ocean;
nobody did so then, for pleasure, ex-
cept the very rich, and-in the case of
single ladies-the madly and reprehen-
sibly adventurous. But times have
changed and the sisters have received a
little legacy, and they are really going
to sail next week.
They are deeply happy at the pros
pect; one feels the happiness even
though the unexcited, pleasant voices
and the almost apologize smiles; for
at first they are little shy at talking
of the great plan; it is so tremendous
thing, so audacious, so positively
breath-taking that they feel almost as
If caught enjoying some sportive pas
time unbef1tting their years. But the
shyness wears away, and the enthusi-
asm of their friends fast kindles their
own.
Everybody offers to help So many
people look up diaries and make out
itineraries that if the sisters followed
them all, their trip would be as endless
as that of the Wandering Jew. They
have lists of lodgings, and of shops,
and of points of view, and of things
they must do whatever else they don't,
and of things that they mustn't what
ever else they do.
They have to promise to cable as
soon as they arrive; and their letters
are to pass from hand to hand in pre-
arranged order; and they are to collect
views for the magic lantern of the Sun
day school, and buy Fra Angelica an
gels for the minister's parlor, and pre-
pare pressed English wild flowers for
the botany class, and gather souvenirs
from literary shrines for the Book, club.
They ask permission to do commissions
for folks, it will keep them from being
homesick. They will feel themselves
in touch with Henley all the time.
On the day they said Henley party
of score or more is there to see them
off, and no cabin is fuller of flowers
than theirs and no steamer mail more
replete with tempting packages and fat
letters, one for each day, of the vog-
age and several over; and nobody's
friends linger longer, or wave heartier
farewells from the dock.
AS the last scarlet glimmer of Dea-
con Smiths bandana fades finally from
sight, and the three happy spinsters
slip below to put their cabin in order
and cry a little for pure joy, many
strange eyes. friendly already, follow
them as they go.
Bless the sweet old dears!" MUIR
murs one lady of many voyages, in ten
der envy, to her companion. isn't it
beautiful to see people at the: age that's
beyond dreaming, with their dreams
coming true?"