The National tribune., 1909-11-04

distance from the back of the Grand
Hotel, and we were bat feW minutes
in reaching the ianduf piece. The !
Young officer who vent over sEBh us
kindly had his men carry all fr lug
cage up to the very. door "f tltf hotel,
which saved us a lot OF noitls and
some expense, and as we thanked him
and said good-by. thus breaking, prob
ably forever all connection with the
Amazon, we felt that we had no word OF
criticism to make of the splendid ship
so finely officered, which had peeh our
home for the previous L. days
The Grand Hotel in Moldc is beauti-
fully situated right on the fJord with
snow-topped mountains all around.
These rocks are not quite 50 high, per-
hans, as those we have seen recently,
but the scenery is very beautiful never
theless AS we followed the men of the
Amazon, who were carrying up our
trunks, etc. I was somewhat reminded
Of the approach to the ia;tmi Hotel, in
Kyoto, where, you remember. we
stopped when in Japan. You will re-
call, of course, that that was on a slight
emnence, and that VIC climbed up to
the front of the hotel thru a garden, 1t
typical Japanese garden. The back of
the Grand Hotel at Medic is much like
this. 1t stands up Well above the wa
ter, and the path leading to it from
this side is n narrow. winding one thru
a garden quite similar to hat at Kyoto.
On the front the hotel, which is quite
large and rather plain. is perfectly con
ventional, and stands near to the street.
We found our rooms, engaged In ad-
vance, large and comfortable ana, what
was even better, scrupulouSly clean
Elizabeth's looked ont on the water and
in full sight of the Amazon, and we
c,n it.fC. &c
being filed up to take The people OIL
for their day in Molde. After unpack-
ing somewhat we decided we would go
out ourselves and look the town over.
1t had then begun to rain, which was
certainly n discouraginG beginning to
this opening chapter % our new en-
perence. for If we ever needed pleasant
weather in our business rs the saying
goes, II was at this time when we We're
about to start on our driving trip. 'Oh.
lear said Elizabeth 10 me, as We sal
lied forth with our umbrellas, what
shall we do if 1t rains all the time now
It was bad enough, goodness knows
while we were on the Amazon, but then
most of our sightseeing was done from
THE deck of the steamer, ana except Tor
the mean trick old Sol played on us at
The North Cape he wasn't able to spoil
hngs utterly for us. But, now, ! don't
Inow what we can do if It rains. fer
those stolkjaerre things that we are
going to drive in are all open, you
know, and we would get soaking wet if
caught out in the rain i'll one. Ii does
seem rs If the fates were against us,
and 1 think we had better give this
Irving trip up if it rains Tomorrow"
Now, Elizabeth l replied, lit isn't
going to keep this up. I'll be willing to
bet penny. The heavens must be
Snueezed Dretty nearly dry and yOu
have seen for yourself how changcable
Norway weather can be and know that
il is perfectly capable OF clearing up
and being lovely every day we are driy-
ing. Remember how glorious it was ut
Lyugen after the beastIy weather at
IEammerfest and North Cape. You do
not want to miss this experience, which
am certa is going 10 be awfully in
teresting. Beautiful as the scenery has