The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-11-17
JOYS OF TRAVELLING By
AID OF A MAP

lie unrolded the map carefully and
spread Il out That's what | like
about map" he said. You never
need TO ASA your way, 1t makes you
50 much more independent Doesn't
ii. darling
Yes, dearest" A gust OF wind
swept down and tore the map-~in two
pieces. as the mtioneers say.
"You should have pasted bit Of
tape at she back Of the folds he said.
Then il wouldn't have torn"
"l would have done 1t with pleasure,
If you had asked me.
81 can't think OF everything How.
ever the first thing to DO IN using
map is to find out where you are on it.
Now. as you see We are here. lie
pointed to a spot on the map with his
pencil
This is the road we are now on.
and that is the cross-road just in front
of us"
80, no. That's all wrong"
In what way wrong" he asked,
coldly.
Because the cross,road is a canal"
II fail to SEE how a cross-road can
/ be a canal Besides. you can see
( the road for yourself-Ordinary hard
/ high road, and no canal about it,.
Don't be silly, dear. | didn't mean
the crossroad on the-er-earth |
/ meant the crossroad on the map that
/ isn't the crossroad
/ Very lucid, indeed" he observed,
even more Jelly.
/ when you Try TO be sarcastic, YOU
only make ugly faces. and don't say
anything really good. Look here,
! You think that we are at this point
IN the map. don't You? Very Wen.
And you think this line represents
/ the crossroad in front OF us. don't
you2 Very well. it doesn't Because
that line isn't meant for road, but
/ a canal"
How do YOU know?"
I Because it's colored brown"
lr is. hadn't noticed IT,"
az knew you We're in the wrong but
/ You are always so obstinate. Now az
a road isn't canal
"Wait a minute rather angrily.
( You're quite as wrong as | am. The
/ brown line means a railway"
ITS all the same thing. / can't
walk on a canal and Z cant walk on
a railway. At any rate I wont. l
suppose you want me to be run over
My dear girl. do be reasonable !
cant ask you to walk on a railway
when there isn't any railway
You said the brown line meant
railway. YOU know You did,-Fery
emphatically
so it does on the map
"We're not walking on the map
We're walking on the-er-land :
That's precisely what / was try
ing to explain ia YOU. There Is ~
r4rrway hi tIe-ef-reality. and.
/ therefore. we can't be at the spot
where we thought we were
Where you thought we were. I
/ knew YOU were wrong all the time.
/ IT'S no good having map if you don't
I know how to use It. Give it to me.
She took it and screwed her eyes
up, examining closely. i've got it,
/ She cried. with triumph. This is
/ Phling."
But we left Pilling an hour ago. "
"Of course, I'm going to trace our
/ road from there. Now, look Here is
! the name Piling. And the little
! black spot at one end means the VII
/ lace itself. the exact position Of It..
Thanks for the information.
"Wait, there's a black spot at each
I end OF the name. There must be some
/ mistake. 0. see. it's all right one
Of the black spots is a smut. Peol.
Now | have blown away the spot
which wasn't Pilling.
Go on. Blow away the spot which
is Pnung. Blow the whole concern
f. I say I'm sick of it,
"If YOU wouldn't lose your temper,
and would have a little patience. /
should be able TO put you right She
traced with a pin. We left Pilliag -
SO. Then we turned to the Ieit--so.
So we must be Just here now and
she dug her pin triumphantly through
the map AZ Lie PN'"'' 80"
right through and prlcked her knee
and hurt her
If that Is so. he said, Il have only
one thing 10 ask It's not important
OF course. but where's the cross
road"
an front of you, with a white fence
on each side of IT, It's plain enough.
why DO you keep confusing be-
tween the road on the map and the
road on the-er-weIl, The other
road?
IT'S You who make the confusion,
she said. mixing up railcans Win
nalways-I mean, OF course, na!rM.s
with canways--. o, You know what
mani