The National tribune., 1909-11-04
SEEKING THE
MIDNIGHT sun.
One of The National Tribune
People Touring to the Far
North.
VIII.
Letters From a "Sailor Aunt"

Molde. Norway, July 20, 1SO9.-Dear
.sFayorite Niece" 1t seems absurd to
be writing you again so soon-iny last
letter was only mailed this morning
but things are happening right along
now, and if ] do not acquaint you with
them at once l am afraid you will not
get the whole story of this delightful
trip of ours.
After finishing my effusion to you
yesterday. went and asked the purser
to allow us to leave the ship the toi-
lowing day as early in the morning as
possible, for to tell the truth, we did
not care to have our departure Wit
nessed-as was the Duchess of RoX-
burghe's-by that long line of men ana
women hanging over the deck rail as
We tripped down the gangway ladder
| for the last time. Neither did we want
| to go off with the AmaZonians, VINO
were TO have the day in Molde, as that
would mean our remaining on the snip
till 10 O'Clock or after. The purser of
whom Elizabeth always speaks as your
friend" because he has been exceeding
| ly nice to me-for some reason l have
been the one to interview the ships
officers from the firSt-waS as kind as
usual on this occasion, and said ne
would arrange TO have us leave the
Amazon at O'Clock in the morning. L
also asked him to change our checks
| into American money, with which re-
quest he most graciouSly complied. Be
fore leaving home | had put the money
l intended using for this trip into
American Express checks, which had
been strongly recommended to me-
They are received in every country,
| even in the shops OF quite small places,
and are fixed mp for you at your bank
! in a nice little iIat book with clasp.
| You write Nour name at the head OF
each check before your banker hands
| the book over to you, and when you
want to use one all you have TO do is
| TO sign your name at the bottom OF
the check and tear it out. Mine were
| all in $40 values. Elizabeth had. be-
| side her letter of credit-she was too
old a globe trotter to give that up
Isome kind of a travellers check issued
by her bank. The purser was perfectly
willing to receive both these, and gave
me for one Of mine, which was all l
wished to have caShed then, Sc krone
J70 ore. Norwegian money is so simple
and easy to understand. 1t is divided
INTO krone and ore. A krone is a little
more than % cents in our money, and
an ore is a hundredth part of a krone;
that is it takes 100 ore to make a
KRONE. The ore are divided up into
lpieces of different value, and are made
lof some metal as is also the single
Ikrone. For larger amounts a small
ipaper bill is used. The money does not
iseem to have nearly the value ours
docs, somehow; the bills are so small
land light and the krone and ore pieces
so tiny. ] felt quite rich with this pile
of bills and all these pieces rattling
laround opulently in my bag, and after
thanking the purser in my very incest
way for his kindness, praising the ANA
iZon and everything connected with ii
way up to the skies, l went off to find
Elizabeth and report to her the sue
cess of my mission.
The Amazon reached Molde and came
to anchor some time during the night.
land Elizabeth and / rose early, about
Is o'clock, had our breakfast in sol tary
grandeur almost, hunted up Royal. Mrs.
Jones and the others and gave them
their fees, and then went on deck to
lawait the summons for our departure.
The tickle sun was shining and Molde
Hooked lovely from distance. Prompt
IIy at s O'Clock one of the young officers
approached us and told us the boat
was ready TO take us off, Only the
jruddy-faced Scotchman, who has tried
iso hard to be nice to Elizabeth, but
whose advances she had cruelty re-
pulsed was on deck as we walked
idown the gangway ladder, and breathed
la mental good-by to the good ship
Amazon. This man has an awfully
pheasant, honest face, and, somehow, all
during this cruise, whenever We have
had to get in or out of boat, there he
has stood, ready to help Elizabeth.
Then he would stroll past us on the
ideck, and give Elizabeth an appealing
look, as much as to say, please be
kind, and ask me to stop and talk
Iawhile:" but she was adamant, for she
, Ibid not like his clothes nor his figure,
and if Elizabeth doesn't like the looks
of a man his fate is settled, as far as
she is concerned. 1 do not mean by
that that she demands that they shall
be the glass of fashion and the mold of
form by any means; that isn't il, but
lsbe has very decided ideas as to how
they must look and act, and the fun of