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Our Holiday Jaunt.
Neither when Ave are on our holiday jaunt should we forget the needful rules of caution and common sense . Many a pleasant journey has been a painful experience , and has left unwelcome memories , because we forget our habitual care in the selection of friends and acquaintances . Some of us Avill recall Bro . Anthony Trollope ' s amusing stories
of a "Ride through Palestine , " and of " The Man who kept his money in a Box , " and will fully grasp the point of the folloAving amusing little bit of pleasant American satire : — A short time ago a Detroiter seated his dear wife in a car on the Michigan Central to make the journey to Chicago alone ; he took a
look around him and said to her : "Now , my love , if you should want the window raised , here are a dozen gentlemen who will break their necks to accommodate you . "
" Yes , my dear , ' she said . " If you feel lonesome , and want some one to talk to you about affairs in Egypt , Noah ' s ark , or the ice period , don't hesitate to call upon any of these gentlemen . " " I understand you , my dear . "
" You won't know enough to leave the car at noon and get your dinner , and you had better ask some of them to accompany you . If they offer to pay for your meal , don ' t be squeamish about it . " " Of couse not , my dear , " " You may want to read to pass away the time . If so , any of these
gentlemen will be only too happy to purchase you a half bushel of the latest books and magazines . Be careful to save ' em for me to read when you get home . They can pay for them . " " I'll be certain , love , to attend to what you say . "
" And you can say to them that we have been married four years ; we do not live happily together ; I am a domestic tyrant ; you have strong thoughts of procuring a divorce ; you feel that you could love the right sort of a husband ; you like oranges and peanuts ; you are innocent and confiding ; you have never travelled ; you are afraid of
getting lost in Chicago , and you Avill be ever so much obliged to anyone who Avill get you a hack , see to your trunk and pay all the expenses . Good-bye , love . " " Good-bye , my darling . " And wasn't it strange that not one single man in that car even spoke
to that lady in a ride of three hundred miles ? A few rules of common sense , a kindly and considerate temper , a good-humoured determination to put up Avith small inconveniences , and an avoidance of a grumbling , querulous and fidgetty temperament , Avill do much and go far to make our holiday jaunt p leasant and ourselves agreeable to the company we meet , and the fellow-travellers
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Our Holiday Jaunt.
Neither when Ave are on our holiday jaunt should we forget the needful rules of caution and common sense . Many a pleasant journey has been a painful experience , and has left unwelcome memories , because we forget our habitual care in the selection of friends and acquaintances . Some of us Avill recall Bro . Anthony Trollope ' s amusing stories
of a "Ride through Palestine , " and of " The Man who kept his money in a Box , " and will fully grasp the point of the folloAving amusing little bit of pleasant American satire : — A short time ago a Detroiter seated his dear wife in a car on the Michigan Central to make the journey to Chicago alone ; he took a
look around him and said to her : "Now , my love , if you should want the window raised , here are a dozen gentlemen who will break their necks to accommodate you . "
" Yes , my dear , ' she said . " If you feel lonesome , and want some one to talk to you about affairs in Egypt , Noah ' s ark , or the ice period , don't hesitate to call upon any of these gentlemen . " " I understand you , my dear . "
" You won't know enough to leave the car at noon and get your dinner , and you had better ask some of them to accompany you . If they offer to pay for your meal , don ' t be squeamish about it . " " Of couse not , my dear , " " You may want to read to pass away the time . If so , any of these
gentlemen will be only too happy to purchase you a half bushel of the latest books and magazines . Be careful to save ' em for me to read when you get home . They can pay for them . " " I'll be certain , love , to attend to what you say . "
" And you can say to them that we have been married four years ; we do not live happily together ; I am a domestic tyrant ; you have strong thoughts of procuring a divorce ; you feel that you could love the right sort of a husband ; you like oranges and peanuts ; you are innocent and confiding ; you have never travelled ; you are afraid of
getting lost in Chicago , and you Avill be ever so much obliged to anyone who Avill get you a hack , see to your trunk and pay all the expenses . Good-bye , love . " " Good-bye , my darling . " And wasn't it strange that not one single man in that car even spoke
to that lady in a ride of three hundred miles ? A few rules of common sense , a kindly and considerate temper , a good-humoured determination to put up Avith small inconveniences , and an avoidance of a grumbling , querulous and fidgetty temperament , Avill do much and go far to make our holiday jaunt p leasant and ourselves agreeable to the company we meet , and the fellow-travellers