, 1907-02-05
JOYS OF TRkV5l IAG BY
AID OF A Mp

He unfolded the map carefully. and
spread it out. That's what / like
about a map" he said. you never
need to ask your way. 1t makes you
so much more Independent. Doesn't
1t, darling?"
Yes, dearest" A gust of wind
swept down and tore the map-in two
pieces, as the autioneers say.
You should have pasted a bit OF
tape at the back of the folds he said.
Then it wouldn't have torn"
81 would have done it with pleasure,
II you had asked me-"
Il can't think of everything. How
ever, the first thing to do in using a
map is to find out where you are On 1t.
Now, as you see, we are here" He
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 u.s."
20, no! That's all wrong"
TN what way wrong?" he asked.
coldly.
Because the cross-road is a canal"
Il 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." I
Don't be silly, dear. didn't mean
the crossroad on the-er-earth. l
meant the crossroad on the map that
Isn't the cr~ossroad."
VERY lucid, indeed" he observed,
even more icily.
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
on the map, don't you? Very we'll.
And you think this line represents
the crossroad in front of us, don't
you? Very well, it doesn't. Because
that line isn't meant for a road, but
a canal"
"How do you know"
Because it's colored brown"
1T is. l hadn't noticed it,
II knew you were in the wrong. but
you are always SO obstinate. Now, as
a road isn't a canal"
wait a minute'-rather angrily.
You're quite as wrong as 1 am. The
brown line means a railway"
Its all the same thing. l can't
walk on a canal and l can't walk on
a railway. At any rate, l won't. I
suppose you want me to be run over"
MY dear girl, do be reasonable. I
can't ask you to walk On a railway
when there isn't any railway"
"Yo2 said the brown line meant
a railway, you know you did"-very
emphatically.
$50 it does on the map"
We're lot walking on the map.
We're walking on the-er-land."
That's precisely what I was try.
ing to explain to you. There is no
railway in the-er-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 a map If you don't
know how to use it. Give 1t to me-"
She took 1t and screwed her eyes
up, examining closely. "Tve got it,"
she cried, with triumph. This is
Pilling.''
But we left Pilling an hour ago."
"Of course, I'm going to trace oul
road from there. Now, look. Here is
The name Pilling. And the little
black spot at one end mean the vii
age itself, the exact position of it."
Thanks for the information"
wait; there's a black spot at each
end of the name. There must be some
mistake. o. l see. it's all right. One
If the black spots is a smut. Poof!
Now l haze 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,
md would have a little patience. l
should be able to put you right" She
with a pin. 1--WE left Filling-
so. Then we turned to the left-so.
So we must be Just here now" and
she dug her pin triumDhantly through
he map at the point, and it went
light through and pricked her knee
and hurt her.
IF that is 3d." he said, Il have only
one thing to ask. It's not important,
course, but where's the cross
"In front of you, with a white fence
Oh each side of 1t. It's plain enough"
why do you keep confusing be-
.ween the road on the map and the
-oad on the-er-well. the other
It's you who make the confusion"
she said, mixing up raiicans with
aalways-I mean. of course, nalrails
with canways-. o. you know what
meant"
I'm blessed II l do. only know