The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06

at It's highest point, word was passed
along the deck from the captain that
us off at Vile Franche-a little fish
ing village tust on the French side
of the border,
American Inconsistency.
For a moment. Indignation was
changed to universal glory. and then
-alas-for the Inconsistency OF the
American traveller! II Emerson
spoke. truly when he said. Con
sistency is the hobGobltn of little
minds" what great minded nation
we must have. for those who. had
clamored the loudest about being
landed in an infected country. now
began TO ask II we weren't going to
land In Genoa. too. and thought 1t
very strange, since we had paid our
choice about our landing place, The
Cooks" and especially the Cook
esses" began to bemoan the fact that
they had lost money. since their lead
@ers had agreed TO take them through
Italy and had been paid for 1t, and
even the president of the cholera
club was glad the steamer was un
der contract to coal at Naples, for
he was going there TO see for him
self what the conditions were. But
the captain smiled placidly through
IT all and obeyed orders. Those or
ders were to stop at Vile Franche
and not at Genoa, apd this he did,
packed: tips paid. complaints made
and Eood-byes said all In one short
hour. and imagine the scramble In
the sleepy little French town when,
at one hours notice, It was called
upon to land and care for the pas
sengers of big ocean liner
We anchored about one-half mile
from shore Uhere was no dock there
fn, rta.. ,.,A a L. -
utes, the sea between US and the
town was dotted with little row.
boats, each with crimson Cow
cred seat and gaily dressed rover,
pulling across the water ready TO
receive tho unexpected guests, Each
boat held only eight people and there
were $50 to be taken across so each
oarsman hoped 10 make several trips.
and the water was soon lively with
the splashIng of oars. the calling Of
tentiou,' as they ran Into each 9TH
er. and the chattering of the ex-
cited passengers. There was no
donot aSn ynae 'ne ead ihhah,tan.s fn OF the ~
coming, but necessity compelled them
TO speed the parting guest. for our
oarsman told us that there wasn't
a hotel in town,
Chance for smugglers.
We went through the formality Of
customs on the little wharf, with
crowds OF native children staring at
US and chatterlng like magpies from
the top OF the covered wall
built to keep the sea from washing
the town away. We were supposed
to( carry In no cigarettes or tobacco:
but, II we had known what our OPP
Portunity was going to be. we might
in the forbidden luxuries, for none
of the natives could speak English,
and our passengers couldn't or
gage was hurried through the gate
on the shoulders OF merry French
men with never glance at the con-
tents and often without even the ap-
proving chalk mark on the outside,
tionable than the cholera might land
us unexpectedly In some little New
England coast village on our return,
when our trunks may be filled with
forbidden Parislan gloves and lacesl
Passengers off for Ride.
Well. from this wharf our fellow
passengers scattered and many of us
the hospitality denied us In Vile
Franche could be furnished In abun-
dance. II Is q winter resort near
Monte Carlo and many Of the hotels
were received by the proprietors as
a blessing sent down from the skies
to eke out their summer Income
We who had set our hearts on
Italy had hopes that. although she
closed her front door TO us, we might
slip I'm the back way. that Ia, go TO
the Italian lakes and then ON possibly
TO Milan and Florence, we found II
would be easy TO slip In nj the back
door. but not so easy to slip out
again. for all who had tried 1t had
had the discomforts of border quar-
antine. We recalled the Vergil of our
school days "Facilis descensus Av-
erno.. sed reyorcare vestigla. hIc est
labor and since the entrance 10
VergiIs Avenus Is near Rome. the
poets injunction seemed especially to
apply to our case. and we decided not
10 make the descent where Il would
be so hard to rctrace our footsteps, II
was rather interesting 90 note that
this cholera of the twentieth century
had appeared TO verify the poets fan
cifuI words OF two thousand years
ago,
Now, from our safe retreat on the
French shore. with the solid gray