The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-10
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The young man laughed.
"Jove: You're as good as a guide
book!" ne said,
His wife merely murmured-
Perhaps you are right Anyhow,
the cathedrals of Spain were lovely"
The maiden woman's interest be-
gan to revive.
ooh, tell me about some of those
glorious piles. What treasures many
of them contain!"
81 don't know-oh! yes, of course,
I'm sure they do" replied the young
er woman. dreamily. But they were
so altogether lovely. So solemn and
gloomy. You could hardly see a
thing"
The enthusiasm faded from the
maiden woman's face. She changed
the subject.
Tell me, from what side was the
leonine aspect of Gibraltar clear to
you?" she asked Most say that
the lion faces south; some others
that he lies with his head toward
Spain. OF course, it all depends upon
WudL view VI tle loCh OHS SSCS, ooCo
MT it?"
Eyes, certainly" the wife remark
ed, after a moment, Gibraltar is the
lion couchant. But ! don't remember
that it was particularly different from
different sides. The town itself was
dreadful"
"Oh, SO strongly military" assent
ed her husband. Guards at every
point. And do you remember the day
when we tried to ascend the rock to
the Moorish Castle and the galleries?
First we were ordered back for pa
pers and passes, and at almost every
step that afternoon a sentry would
pop up and demand To inspect these.
They seemed to regard US with the
greatest suspicion"
mo wonder!" exclaimed his wife,
looking up at him with pout which
was half smile. You know very
well, you insisted on my wearing
your hat, and you perched mine on
the side of your head IN the most
ridiculous fashion!"
The woman on the other side of
the table plainly could not tell just
what to think. 1t seemed as though
they might really have been to Glib
raltar, and yet-that speech about
the rock appearing the same from all
points of view!
Venice was lovely, though" said
the young woman, smiling up at her.
THE gondolas were charming, espe-
cially at night. You glide over the
dark waters, with myriad lights
! cleaning along the banks, and some
times the gondoliers would sing"
Eyes," said the maiden woman, Il
rode in the gondolas at Earl's Court
and the gondoliors sang, and it was
delightful. But st. Marks, now"
Oh! horrible!" said the other
woman with a shudder.
The maiden woman seemed petri-
fed. Then her face cleared.
"Ah! yes, have heard that they
have been ignorant enough to restore
the mosaics, and scrape the marbles,
destroying the beautiful"
"Oh! / didn't mean the building"
Interrupted IuC youASOi WoihuA.
mean the people. They torment OLE
So"
THE guides and beggars and ped
dlers, you know" her husband ex-
planned. "One cannot stand in st.
Marks square for moment without
being surrounded by swarm of jab-
boring idiots"
Then you didn't see the cathedral
a. all?" faltered the maiden woman.
ooh! of course we saw it. And it
is grand-glorious-isn't it, my dear?
But give me any time one of the SUI
perb views of the Riviera, which one
can enjoy in peace and quiet"
81 see. It's nature-scenery-
you care for, isn't it," said the maid
en- woman. almost desperately.
what treat Naples must have been
to you, with its unsurpassed beauty
of situation, and Vesuvius looming
up. grand and terrible, in the dis
lancet"
The young people seemed to con-
slider.
YES" said the husband, slowly, as
though trying to assure himself of
something; Yes. of course. Vesuvius
Is right outside of Naples"
That was too much for the maiden
woman She rose, hastily, and swept
from the table with barely civil
good morning to the couple. AS she
! proceeded toward the door she no.
ticed that the crusty looking cid man
had risen also, ana was walking from
the room with her. He looked up
and caught her eye with grim smile
that was almost affable.
Sheer nonsense and waste of mon
ey for young people to go abroad like
that" he said. Jus. place them
alone out in field somewhere, and
they would derive as much pleasure
and benefit from it,"
well, as far as those two are con-
cerned, | quite agree with you," re-
piled the maiden woman.