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JOHANNESSEN-LE (BENSON. --

On May 27, 1922, at the Union

Church, Shanghai, the Rev. A

N. Rowland oficiating, Jobanner:

berg, Norwayto Mrs. Luba

•Leabenson of Earbin.

ENGLAND-NIELSEN-O Bay

THE CHINA MAIL.

is

SATURDAY, JUNE :3

1922

Done with indoor coms booking. Next Sunday, she remark-not so old as it looks. The place military, Bat's few months more It is understood then, that you are!

plaints, Ebracies, quernloused, among many other things, was a grew round a castle built by a Bishop and the plain was to change its sp to have no description, topographical,

criticians

day when people went to Stanehenge in the reign of the first Henry. But pearance to one much more populous sociological, statistical, anything

Strong and content I travel the" to see the sunrise." Aha! thought for me it was marele a turning off and walike. The lads who drilled there would hardly know my youplessical, about the beautiful city

L some survival of an old rite. Then place to adventère. of Bath. It is a beautiful city set on

open road."

I had asked a pair of prewar wildemes. At Amesbury, A jumble of hazy Early to bed and early to rise we too will make for Stonehenge A high hills.

Iglance at the map showed that we SALIRURY krampe, who had, they where er whereabouts I rejoined recollections of Beau Brummel and was my habit that summer,

often out by four. which should go on to Devizes, and there

PLAIN. said, just crossed it, if the London road, there was rezeta- other frequenters of old-time Bath was

the

there was water to betion again. Trees on the plain were time to Bet things. turn off to the southward.... doated lightly across my mind as I

One morning, quiet, trying to

Now the road from got in Salisbury Plain. The older few and stunted. The festure of approached it. I saw and admited

Bath to Landou, be said yes, plenty; the younger said wodd interest, however, for which I its early Georgian architecture, its think of a change in breakfasts, I saw

MELKSHAM for it comes to there was none, and that if ever he was hurting. is Stonehenge, or the hilly bar spacious thoroughfares, its a weasel creep out close to my tent.

Devices, wriggles crossed the adjectival place again, | so-called Druid's Circle. There is an six-mile length of tramways, its and snuff the air with enquiring nose. romantic ravines, but I made baste to Another time a dissipated

through a town called Melksham, which he would be permanently inner herse shoe the opening of which go through it, for I have no stomach lolloping along to his "form", almost town not big enough to make us feel obliterated, if he ever did, he would isces directly the sunrise at the for towns. I should not be surprised ran into me. Where bloc brookline bashful and mitting, though it has carry & supply, as a wash was almost rammer solstice. I arrived a day too to learn that our meteoric (if a meteor grows, and forget-me-nots, I have seen its factories. One tall chimneystack as good as a drink to him. Sincerity early for that, and so camped (outside ever condescended to a three mile sa the pretty little animais called voles, had the words, Avon Rubber Co. seemed to be on the side of youth, and a little away from the stones) to hour gait) passage from aw. n.e. of which Richard Jefferies was at such Ltd." painted on it. On the right as bat the weight of rehement assertion wait, meanwhile making friends with we trudged was a honse dated 1704. was with set after all, for the older the policeman atationed there pro the city of many spires and more pains to distinguish from rats, though, hospitals was not for some days the the ordinary man lamps them all as The good faith of that date, on that man snarled at the younger, and tem. Visitors were expected, and he

'water rati" "Now, Mase, let's

house, cannot be called in question. shouted, with a wet month, things waa" there he told me) to te subject af all the town talk." La

sitg of tats" declaimed the would-be I believe, with a faith unshakable, to the contrary. 3y tobacco (that that ther took so liberties with these

ancient reliés, as others had done. Dachesee outstand

poet Grainger at a party at Sir that it is genuine. I estimated that had paid the Crown no duty) was Jhus Reynolds. We could feel the roof had been last repaired in wasted on such

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the

doorstep, so speak, archin

hare;

a violent te

He had tabie her back and objurgating the

familiar bastle, so that a band of like singing of rats? A rat is a 1710; or possibly the eady part perament. But for the forbearance sex woestress when they came? They were of some males, zot all infantile, marched with voleur, perhape; bat it is acts Vole of 1711. Of Melksham, however, of the younger, I think there had us two paces ahead, twisting their At sunsetione evening, as I scoked our chiefest memory is of a little been something like a fight. It occurencky set of sun-worshippers," it necks, to ogle her. At one place, my last pip, I saw Mister Reynard roadside assembly. A strict-minded red to me that they had come by seemned, and they wore Druidical where trams, motors, carriages, carte, sarak forth very leisurely, looking policeman would have said we different routes. They had. As I roles, and adversation whiskers, snd bout him as hegent. Several makes caused a crowd"; but an impartial went by still another, I am unable to long hair. They went through seme cycles, and all the traffic of

business centre" seemed to be Ire ember seeingart all dead and witness would testify to six or seven say how far each was strict. "Person ritual, or tried to, but the policewan focussed, or entangled, or engaged is mangled, by the fear and men standing round us, listening to ally, I saw no potable water, and was interfered, and there was a row. The a sort of "scrum,” with white gloved hatred of counts do not our words of wisdom, and offering glad I had stored it to my fell caus-chief Drtid even struggled with him - I think they wished to light a fire en policemen wang their arms like how the harmlessness English advice. One, for example, gave me ing capacity.

full details of er different ways of All men my brothers? Nay, the altar, as part of their ritual, and amaphores, I realized somewhat of the feelings of royalty going throughgh quite honest with

going to Stonehenge, and was trying thack Heaven, (writes Henry Rye that he would not permit. It was a crowded streets. There were no my customary endeavoar, the dawn to remember a seventh, scratching his craft" whose spiritual development silly business, and the original huzzas, but for two and a half thrilling meant other things tog times ear, as we came away. Another was very similar to mine) that they worshippers in 1650 B.C. (thirty six moments the traced two important I have fit kathe eary soth, and mouthed the word "scenery" ofter, are not: I will do harm, if I can centuries ago) would bave heem thoroughfares,say nothing of called the dawn drab address: lovingly, lingeringly, as if it were help it, to no one; I will with good to shocked to it.

Haring done the sext various tributary and conduent shivering over my saucepan and spirit something to eat. He knew that the all; but I will make no pretence of Kindlime-a where. in

ANOTHER stretch of country in a streets, was blocked by a cotton glove, lamp; ampak in paychology gentry always went in search of it. persons!

APUNT rature of things, it cannot

previous walk, I hurried to let us pass. Sotto voce, behind will be interes learn that in His opinion was that we had made's the

I bave grimaced

ints HampelireTO S that hage glove, with discretion, the those hours te eres accounted great mistake in not seeing the pebble be felt. stalwart officer said," I see you've got the country distasteful, and my beach at Portland, "one of the sights smile and pattered unmeaning words place I knew of by a canal sear Gager with you." The Duchess was wanderings the worst of follies of the world, all pebbles." Clearly it to many a person whom I despised or Farnborough, and here I loafed quite an sabam sort of est, but "ginger" Then breakfast became the magician was our daty to go back and gather from whom in heart I shrank; I did while, in balcyon weather, to the was not "is met juste" in her case. to change all that: warned and fed it in. Another man, who had stood, so because I had not courage to do great joy of the Duchess, who loved

I could feel myself and moving along, may bloss courted looking and Estening better dressed otherwise I do so because it is the camp among the reels. I BLUEK Blashing a rare event to a more gential rhythm and when than any of them, suddenly said: "pleasanter on the whole to see them

see you have gaitre." with me, and I can there was no one about (lo: 1 am

"Rab it with rosemary and chive recall nothing of the hectic rush above all a humane sort of man) I

oil" he said, "and take lots of olive now made for a mile or two. I am would sing as I walked.

oil internally." ashamed of that shame because there was nothing to be ashamed of.

"All places that the eve oli!

heaven visite

Are to the wise man ports and

happy haven."

NO FIXED

-DESTINATION

By this time Ila.) sed down to the Eight mood, eschew ing all plan whatso ever, determined to go only where whim might direct.

3

The peculiar cry of the morhens, trying to imitate the smile than to swimming and diving among the observe their habitual scowls, frowns, waterweeds, excited her, young a

worried faces the was. Instinct is a wonderful and retful or plesssztes, I mean, for me. In the thing. She had not yet rasted mest, Then he nodded, and hastened sway fascinating book just quoted, Gisslag but she seemed to know. To see ber The others told me !e was a local is unjust to English inns. There are crouched, tense, immovable, as a doctor so I was a prescription to the many of the kind te mentions, where water vole played about perhaps six the host or hostess is ungracious. feet from her nose, was to see some

attendance perfunctory or thing that suggested experience. Yet good

the

Bren now we had not exhausted

As Zangwill has pointed out in one the possibilities of the place. Resting uncivil, the food poor, the appoint she never saw such a thing before. I The eye celestial visited, just after that insane spurt of mine, an ima of his witty essays, Somewhere else is at the top of the hill there is always ments mean; but I am happy to be was pretending to fish. I'm afraid I about six miles out of Bath, where the nicest possible place to go to. No a hill out of an English town a mile able to announce that in that year of reglected my cat a good desi; but two London roads compel the tossing matter how pleasant the spot you or 83 out, a poth, I meant to say 1914, a dozen seare alter Gissing after all, it is not so much the fish at with old-fashioned kindly I catch the beauty born of murmur- of a coin by the unhurried traveller. have chosen or achieved, it is always a stoutish party in a black straw hat wrote, I found plenty of old-fashioned the fling" that I ever care about people who took the old-fashioneding so the faint whisper of I wish I had noted its name that it pleasanter at-Some where else. So and a linen dog collar stopped along ones,

"Touring. eh? Unusual vehicle, interest in their guests (in one any Pan'e pipe among the weeds. might be permanently blessed, for far as mere mileage roncerned, I side and asid amiably:

(was), and who applied the old-

"Much for my sport I cannot say, there were many carios from foreign am not concerned to brag. I iras

cared of that, at the end of my first very. Where from !"

I was in the best of tempers. There fashioned ments at the old time

But 4. Mike the fun; parts, two pleasant waitresses, a land

Here can I sit the Irelong day lady like the one where "Mr. Polly" hundred miles, (pushing or pull-

Without extracting one." learned to spell " omlets", a comforting, remember, a load that weighed was something that irked me in his charges. Gissing had often heard able basket chair, a plate of cream for 2 cut. lat. 10 lbs) by the rewark of patronizing air; but, I repeat, I was it said that the touring cycliet had la Duchesse, a taskeard for me, and an innkeeper who asked me how far feeling at peace with all men. Taking cazzed the revival of wayside inna. presently a delicious tes-all together I'd come. I pronounced the name of my topee, with w Gil Blas sweep, Curious. I happen to know, from The roach is a fan that prefers the impoverishing us by less than a shil- slowly, watching his face, waiting, I said unto that reverend gentleman: personal observation, that the torting darper pools, is very shy, and very "Sir, s az Richard Withington cyclist evoked a lot of very inferior artful. I am something of a salmon ling. That's a fact recorded in the with pleasurable expectation, for

distend- and his cat, turg again to London"tablishments, catering for bis weird and trout fisher, and can "throw s incredulous He frowned. He raid it was sinful sods-and-milk tastes, and reducing"; but I maintain that there is diary. Pre-war prices! They seem the dropped jaw, the

ed *TE, unbelievable pow.

"Never" But his honest face re-to tell lies, "even în fan." And he the "eixpenny tes" to a something more real skill required to get out a beyond language in the way of roach. Whether the bait be worm," I had caused pain to a good man ultimate anworthinese. I will not maggot, or paste, it must be canning. ained passive, bis eye lustreless passed on "A", said he, drawlingly. "Minds me 'o a chap came through here last with my nonsense. I fest I often do-name institutions, but there were ly pat on to a very small hook, and summer, all the way from Lancashire, I apologise, and return to the two organizations part of whose duty it the whole art is in the delicacy of in Wiltshire. Here I remembered who had no legs. He rode in a little mile long hill that I had to scale to was to negotiate for special tarifis for touch and observation that teacher "ip" given me long ago by a box on wheele, pushing hisself along Devizes. professional brother of the road, and

wi' two sticks." soaped my feet, having developed my first blister. Boots barden in much rain, and mina, comfortable at the start, row seemed to chafe in several places.

Our camp that night, by grudging permission of a farmer, was in a Eid Commanding a fine view (recorded in

our sketch book) of the village of Box

into it, but always they debouched on some main road that went in. It seems to me now that a little reflect- ion then should have convinced me of the lopdessness of these efforts. Those who made our English roads had no such requirements as mine in mind. They contemplated people hedgerows. Read Richard Jefferies for wanting to go into towns, sad pro that, especially his "Pageant.” bably also people wacting to go out

to dusk--and about

PICTURES.

the

man called

:1

DEVIZEA.

Devizes..." For one who (urgh) poor at lies is Might surpass all steep surmises. And, short of (puff, puff) disguises, Sweat (ungh!) the top quite near

the skies is..

men

I

their members. It is not dificals to just when and how to "strike.”- Most of that two miles I guess what innkeeper thought of Perch and pike are easier, but there was putting my back them, and of their members. I did are few of those now in the Hampshire Who had no legs!

into it, and chanting, not guess it: I ascertain did I was a waters. Overfished in the past, I May God pardon me the vanity of

poor as any cyclist who ever scorched suppose The patient small achievement; I, who have s panting, ranting stoff like this pair of walking instruments as sound How lorg the (puff) road that risee up to a door for his sixpennorth of talked with, after the customary in- and sturdy as heart could wish for, Two long miles (phew!) up to dyspepsia. I could not afford to troduction, "ány lack,-?" told me fing "vails" about any more than that reach are to be caught more How easily I could write to feel like Jack Horner over a triffing

young De Quincey could. But easily in the winter. Bat I would SHALL I gushingly about the tramp of fifteen miles a day, when a

cheerful, confident demeanour, and not want to fish in wintertime, nor Нож- Jusa scenery I was then in poor fellow with no legs

the simple trick of asking for the after the blackberries are ripe. At typical southern England, ever, the thing speaks for itself.

right things, without showing such a season my preference would All one night it rained

suspicion or fear of imposition, stood be for a smart walk along the tow- thrilling with bird music from dawn our unique

and it blew, and in - CHINESE

fear for the stability And so on, steady plodding and put me in better stead (carious phrase!; path, observing and relishing autumn of my shelter I slepting, arms stif, back bent, for I wish than any guild. Of bedrooms and tints. Where the canals broaden out of towns, but never eccentrics desiring Nature, the great Artist, makes bat ill. I decided to reward myself ed to leave this main road for the chambermaids I can, of course, testify into a lake like expause, as they do, ride road before camping. At the nothing from the trip I am telling of, the natives call its flash," a pretty o circumvent them. Rand London her common flowers in the common with an inn breakfast, for a treat top. was the county jail, past which I but only two or three years before name. Whether it alludes to sunshine Martinius Johannessen of Tots it was even worse, as I shall tell when view; no word in human language Another "inconsistency", to carry tiptoed, for there is no sense in run- Gisting condemned the inns so sweer or not, I leave to the philologists. In willing to change my name from I come to that part. A man coming can express the marvel and the love cooking gear and then to go to an inn.

first opportunity, marked by one of pleasant than unpleasant."

Vistor to Piscator. **Quite so. We are out of Buffolk and desiring to reach liness even of what we call the vul- Part of the game, my dear fellowsing needless risks. Then at the very ingly as rampling more that were such surroundings I was never un-

the rare Lower is All part of the game. Stopping only these beautiful works of art called

If I say "have a Southampton by the shortest zoute garest weed...

DIGRESSION。 not even yet in

HAVE ONE "drink, few men Salisbury Pixis. 29, 1922, at the British Consplate, may not avoid very urban steas. If shaped apart, in places secret, in the to warm some milk for my companim, signboards, I surrounded a pint af

quarrel with me. I Shanghai, before C. P. Carin he try, he will find himself behavingArtist's mbiler mood". Aye, poor I set off about six to look for animale, brown ale, bitter ale, English ale, }

rather like a meth about a lamp It Gissing; but not too seret for the at the first, the folk were not yet four ale, nectarian sis. Say Doesn't That is an area to be entered, with sli

deliberation more than I gave it at offer what I enjoy myself Why Esq., H. M. Acting Consul General, and afterwarde at the starts an orbit, but keeps bumping leerely tramp. the literary loster. satir, so I pushed on. The name of it make you feel homsick? Union Church, 11e Rev. A. N. itself against the glass. So it was Had it been a clump of them, the landlord of the next one wat

(Full of faith in Jonah's whale)

in as and when it mita me "have a bit of Gissing" 1 Here it is Bowland A, isting Walter now in the environs of Bath, s city might not have thought of Keen" and that put me off. I will Though the Pesce folk tell their tale the time--and I shall insist on going therefore, abonid I not invite you to Though at war they love to rail think it to loiter and talk:Not by deliberate effort of thought (Think of Nelson's torty esil) -

inns, you may be does a man grow wise. The truths William England, G., to which, containing 19,839 people liable but one solitary Marguerite nod nut. breakfast with a

to jeer at my sinusual outât, I had ding by the wayside, anseen and "Kean", though I might not boggle

And within this tearful vale

wary sure I shall loiter and talk of of life are not discovered by us. At Lily Nielsen.

hoped to get round. Had I goze ispred of motorista, made me think at Keane." The third I found by

George may tax'em on the nail.

inns. What more suitable for talk ? moments unforeseer, some gracious boldly to some neban inn, and parked of Gising's words. Like im, I sms village called Afford, and eureka! my carspace in its back yard, I could no botanist. I do not know the Itazame was the "Golden Fliese".

Though encount ring many a gale Especially talk in their defence 1 infoence descends upon the soul, (Threatened by the Daily Mail" found many in which Gissing, instead touching it to an emotion which, we have gone sight-seeing, and told you names of a tithe of the pink and white Asif further to brighten my odyssey,

know not how, the mind transmates. Not a loyalist need pals

of "piping his eye." might com about the Norman churches and and yellow. and blus things that le box the rain stopped. Into the Golden

Nor an Englishman need quail

placently hava syed his pupa. I do into thought. This can happen only the Roman remains; but my Dieu ischioned and tinted to make Fleece", then fure, I marched as one one ides was to get cut into the happier this pilgrimage of mine. Yet saared of happy fortune, the cat For car glory cannot fail.

not know, but I fear poor Gawing was in a calm of the senses, a surrender of the whole being to passionless con- While aid England has her ale. a cigarette smoker,

templation." country again as quickly as I could. I saw and noticed them all, with a upon my shoulder, rubbish her fank

Balisbury Plain is a bleak may warn you at once that these notes gladness Fhatwould mean bathos were upon my ear. There was excellent are not of the gaide book species and I to try to communicate it to my nofire, hot milk, fresh eggs, crisp The real difference between four

THE PLAIN pase, but it is not a Reverie tobacco still English some degenerate citizens suppose. It

deant. The Long Valley evening How often I felt the truth will lot contain much information reades by this trick of pen and type rashers, and clean na pery. Upon one le" and "six ale" is not a penny, es about places. The respectable and Walt Whitmen with his curiously wall I espied a little Chinese painting.

Aldershot, cut up and betrodden of that idea. Once I was moved to in the sede, the flags, pipe- I daresay "virtuous people who fascinating tongue-twisters suggests three figures, framed. I spoke to is an esthetic, difference having to compile those useful and sometimes something of ali I fait..

Texas, etc. All The leaves and fowars of the com offchance) that it was Very Valuable, of "four make the hedges look the true deserts I have seen, in He interesting works shall not have their

that I recall of the long two day trek: Hivelihood trespassed upon by this mcnet weeds, the mõis: fresh sti Iness A ter all it well might be, for it greener and fresher two af

looked old and was neat work. I was, make the rind conver and undu

Between Devices on the north of it amateur tramp and tumpike salile of the woods,

Fand

on the south quiser. I always did regard statistice The exquisite smell of the earth at I said, myself from Chins, and intering, I discoverd this...

sting stretch of in the attitude of well, daybreak, and all though the forested in such thin. She maid it was spacious fourn

rich in BT2 her by a friend who had zela architecture quite distin The humorous reader of the Dochies toward, my pipe DOOD

tions in China-no doubt I had met the noblest muket “ rest Informatia found. And again: will abarve,

Afoot and Eight-herried Ltake them and she looked at the picture seen in England. - Umite be considers Trsten zed, that it was – bereiú mest

to the open rORE.

with an obviously new repega de la Concorde,

It is m. Wandre, 19 De character for to have "crept i fike error into

For a day newspapers. You know when the Healthy, (as never before] free, stood chatting, smoothing her apron

in that petty way one country know, and on a bary gandered on #gb-editor doth blush to find it

The long long road before me women have, and looked passed at land. There are anci CIDENTONÍN #Janes their pomized fame sweet are the uses of in-

leading wherever I chooses ho lead me

itions going advertency

DEATH.

·GATRELL OD May 29, 1922, at the Istation Hospital, Shanghai, Falen Kelvina Gatrell, aged 48

years.

The China Mail,

QUIN, SUSTICE, PULLED SURVICE"

swakoway Barokday, Just 3, 1922

SVOIDING FATH

ADVERSARIA,

tramp to evold Baz and a part o

the world before me, a

about

mine hostess of it, telling her (on the do with colour and form. Two finta by military manoeuvres, is more like and grauses,

blasted beath-but

tinal life. 1 camped

ya fax came quite close in the

wantning, loping off zapaža

up to get a better views Truman life wers

bed the road I followed to

it and watch reflected clouds- flost by

In liquid depths where liquid lightTM

memes

A bineness that is biner than the

Chance Zephyrs slightly corrogate:

The dragon fros are poursă abor

the Boating wee (Continues on Past