The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
HER TRIP
TO EUROPE.
Mrs. Brown Wanted Very Much to
Hear About It,

Mrs. Black had just returned from
that most delightful Of all excursions,
her first trip to Europe, and while she
was still bubbling over with the expe-
rience of travel and longing to pour
them into some willing, listening ear,
she met her friend Mrs. Brown just
outside of that lady's door, and was
promptly seized upon and carried
within for a cup of tea and a good,
long talk.
Il want you," said Mrs Brown, en-
Enthusiastically, ito begin at the very
beginning of your trip, fDm the mo.
ment you stepped onto the steamer
that took you over, and tell me every
thing that happened up to the moment
you stepped off Of the steamer that
brought you home. Let me make you
perfectly comfortable in this big chair
and put this cushion at your back be,
fore ring for tea"
Mrs. Black thrilled with her first
real opportunity to tell anybody any.
thing about Europe. She had always
seemed such novice before when the
conversation turned on trips abroad
and she realized that she was about
the only person in the world who
hadn't been over half a dozen times +;
but here was kindly Mrs. Brown, who
had never been over at all, and who
was perfectly willing to take a second.
hand tour personally conducted by her
friend
AS soon as the tea arrived and the
two ladies began to sip that innocent
beverage before the cheeriest of fires
Mrs. Brown turned to her friend
Now, begin at the very beginning
mind you" she said, and don't skip
an incident till you come to the end.
Mrs. Black cleared her throat expect.
antly Il shan't weary you with the de
tails OF preparation for the voyage,
she began, just like a story book. but
come at once to the time when Jim
and | looked down from the upper
deck TO the pier, which for few mo-
ments looked like a brisk handker.
chief sale on bargain day. Everybody
was fiuttering his or her bit OF cam
brio, hats were being hoisted on sticks
and waves Of hearty good-byes swept
over us till we We're out of hear.
ing
Yes" interrupted her friend, Mrs
Brown, sympathetically Il know just
how it looked. You know, VIII and !
went to Atlantic City this summer on
Wits new Catboat, and the whole fam.
lily came down to the wharf to see us
OFF You would really have thought
that we were going to cross the ocean
they made such tremendous fuss
about 1t.
VIII got the idea from the trip that
Jack London and his wife are taking
only, OF course, they crossed the ocean
while we stuck pretty close to shore
but ii was no end of a lark VIII says
II p. 4 z. goes up, and It's pretty Ger
tain TO go. he's going TO have a small
schooner next summer with room for
that you and jim are to go cruising
with us II you can be content with
American waters after your European
experience.
20. but you are not telling me any
thing about your trip. That's always
the way with people who come from
Europe. You cant get anything out OF
them about what they've seen or done
It's really downright selfish of them,
think, not TO talk about their travels
TO the poor souls who have only q
chance OF seeing Europe through other
peoples eyes. | am quite sure If even
went over | should have plenty to tel
about it when | came back.
But then as VIII says, | am natu
rally very observant. Why. often his
sister Jane and | go down town to
gether for mornings shopping, and
when we come home | can tell VIII
about a hundred things that I've seen
and while she sits perfectly quiet
and silent. | don't mean that she s
stupid, my dear. Far from II. being
a graduate OF Vassar, and all that
mobservant sort.
Why, when she came from Atlantic
City in the spring she scarcely told us
anything about her trip except to say
that she was very tired and spent mos,
OF her time In rolling chair looking
out at the ocean. Fancy going to At
lantic City to look out at the ocean
when there Is 50 much to see on the
boardwalk.
Il like to study life, as | so often
had to tell VIII when he refused to be
dragged into those fascinating shops
And speaking OF shops, got these
very tea cups at one OF those distract
Ing Japanese places on the boardwalk
Aren't they frail and delicate looking
But they were really quite bargain
my dear. There were very few people
at the auction that morning, aud &c
they We're knocked down to mo ut the
most absurd price imaginable. I'm
ashamed to tell you how little | paid
for them. We brought them all the
way home In the catboat, too. without
80 much as chipping one OF them. 1t
saved the expense OF express to shin
themselves. as VIII said. He's
bound to have his joke. you know
What! You're not going already
Now, think that's most unkind oil
you, when | am so eager to know all
about your trip to Europe. | wouldn',
have believed 1t OF you that you could
be as silent about It as all Europeau
travellers are. But ! suppose that IA