The sun., 1919-11-02
OUT IN JERSEYS HILLS.
A Cycling Adventurer Hears the Fate
OF William of Normandy.


enthusiastic accounts of the hills of
northern New Jersey. That was not
news. The Sussex county hills were
famous before their beiated report. The
remarkable fact that they had unearthed
was the existence of hotel, hid like a
nugget in the heart OF a chromatic
countryside. where person could eat
and sleep for the modest sum of SO a
day. The journey, 1t was reported
could be made with ease ~ an auto
mobile. If a person didn't happen to
be journeyman plumber or similar
industrial potentatn re could even make
It In the daylight 90 an autumn day If
his legs and wind were sound. So.
adopting the antedlluvian mode of travel
afoot and astrlde two wheeled horse.
started across Morris county to find
this Mecca OF ecUhomy.
From Summit to Netcong the journey
is pleasant one over rolling country.
Nothing mars its serenity to the man
afoot but the frequent signs that ad-
monsh him TO go slow At Netcong
darkness compelled me to act on the
suggestion AMI let tie Railroad Admin
istration make the rest of the haul
and bring me here by train on a be-
lated schedule.
A man who rides n bicycle on a jour
ney of any considerable distance to-day
10 as much an object OF silent derision
and suspicion to the occupants of tin
lizzies and such that whz past him as
was the lone Bolshnv'st I mct--too lazy
to work and too Indifferent to wash
munching an apple and a chunk of
bread as he :rudgAd over the highway
He even stopped TO pour on me some.
thing like superior C!sdain as he looked
at me- l found tie prize-there are
several hotels in the town and it is not
necessary to specify. The smiling young
man at the dcsk--he had topknot OF
red hair hanging ove- his eyes that was
as picturesque as the berries of the
dogwood bushes on the roadside-looled
at me appraisingly when l asked for
room.
only to sleep7'
Dinners over? I'll have to wait
for breakfast. How muchY'
lodgings and breakfast? One seventy
five"
This is a three dollar house, l have
been told Lunch and dinner at s125
is all right The cther half is dispro-
portionate." However. l scIibbled my
name on the register and was assigned
a room.
Country !Iotels arc much alike. 1
drew a chair to a window at which
lean. brown yisaged man sat His feet
peared to be cogltating as ne looked
across the street. I had broken the
thread of his revere and he glanced at
me casually.
"Travelling7"
The fact was not obvious / paid an
unspoken compliment to mis- discern
ment,
yes"
Automobile or airplane?" He asked
the question in a measured. matter of
fact way.
Neither. Wheeling and walking"
He looked arouna this time with curl
Gus interest.
You must be spending your own
moneX,' he said d-hy.
I sheepishv admitted that was sug-
gesting that It was pleasanter to spend
from a public budtet, as you are as
sured of better treatment by the fellow
who is putting 1t over He sat for a
moment silently watching the leaves
swirl in the wind in the square like
jewellers at y barn danes
You're not a rat In the granary.
them" he said, keeping a steady gaze
or the mad dance of the leaves.
I told him that I didn't quite get his
point.
'Know ANYTHING bout farming? Rats
in granaries are ravenous pests. You
know that they are fattening On your
toll and you know that they are hard
to catch. That's thu world to-day, son."
he said with fiattering JUNCTION, for there
was some disparity Of age. l reflected.
had first Thought this man a sphinx.
I now concluded that he was a seer
"Where'd you cone from?' he asked.
New York--someiimes."
81 used to go to town when ! could
make the Journey by rail and ferry.
don't like whizzing through foul smell
ing catacombs undr.' water. and I can't
swim. So I stay home." There was no
trace Of Jest In his speech
THE railroads thai are dependent on
the ferries are in bad way" as
sented with emphasis.
You're putting tie cart before the
horse. The people who are depending
on the railroads are in a bad way The
rats in the corncrbs are eating the yell
low kernels and forgetting that they
are getting down to the cob"
"Oh, but the universal brotherhood
that is in the heart of the world will
cure all that" I Gaii hopefully.
THE universal Brotherhood in the
heart of the world ISN'T spending its own
money. son." he said, presupposing my
youth by my buoyancy.
But We are unfortunately laborlng
under disadvantage for the moment.
When the doctors let the President get
to running things again all that will be
| was hopefully trying to
make this dour man see the dawning of
a brighter day.
YES" he assented laconically
you really believe that, them"
asked sangulpely. lie paid no atten-
tion, but in steady monotcne, like
boy coming a school task, said:
"Williams unvarylng success was
troubled by an outbreak OF the barons
He swore grimly: will go to mass in
Philips land and bring rich Offering
TO my churching. Flaming brands shall
they be and steel snail glitter over the
fire that they make At harvesttide
town and hamlet fiaring into ashes full
filled the vow. But as the King rode