Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-04
JOYS OF TRAVELLING BY
AID OF A MAP

spread it out That's what like
about map he said. you never
heed to ask your way. 1t makes you
so much more independent. Doesn't
t, 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
sape at the back 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
map is to find out where you are on it.
Now, as you see, we are here" He
pointed to 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"
Gin 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."
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 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 we'll, it doesn't. Because
that line isn't meant for a road, but
canal
How do you know"
Because it's colored brown"
"It is. 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 minute"-rather angrily
You're quite as wrong as l am. The
brown line means railway"
Its all the same thing. 1 can't
walk on canal and l can't walk on
railway At any rate, l won't.
suppose you want me to be run over"
My dear girl, do be reasonable.
can't ask you to walk on railway
when there isn't any railway"
you said the brown line meant
railway, you know you did"-very
emphatically.
SO it does on the map"
Were not walking on the map.
We're walking on the-er-land."
That's precisely what l 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 map if you don t
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
Pilling.''
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 at one end means the vii.
lage itself, the exact position of it"
Thanks for the information"
wait; there's black spot at each
i H.
mistake. o, see, it's all right. One
of the black spots is smut. Poof!
Now l have 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 a little patience,
should be able to put you right" She
traced with pin. 1--WE left Pilling-
so. Then we turned to the left-so
So we must be just here now" and
she dug her pin triumphantly through
the map at the point, and it went
right through and pricked her knee
and hurt her.
| IL IudL ID oO, llC ooid, navy CAiiJ
one thing to ask. It's not important
of course, but where's the cross
road?"
"In front of you, with 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-well, the other
road?"
Its you who make the confusion
she said, mixing up railcans with
nalways-I mean, Of course, nalrails
with canways-. o, you know what
l meant"
'I'm blessed if l do. ! only know
there's cross-road here, and there's
no cross-road on the map. The maj
can't be wrong"
Then the real road must be- she
replied, bitterly. Get a piece of in
dia-rubber and rub it OUT and make il
fit the map"
There was moments pause, and
then they both happened to look up al