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and search eagerly for American News. Once in a while they
would learn that Congress had met or another Colored Person had been
burned at the Stake. It cheered them immensely to know that the Land
of the Free was still squirming.

At Rangoon they met a weary Countryman headed in the opposite
direction. He was a hard-faced Customer who was fighting the Climate
with Gin and Bitters, but they fell upon him and wanted to Kiss him
when they learned that he had once met Selena's Uncle at Colorado
Springs.

They told him how to save time in getting across India, and he gave
them a list of Places in China and Japan that might be dodged to
advantage.

Year after year in the months of March and April they continued on
their tedious Way through the burning Tropics.

Sometimes they came to a discouraged belief that the World was one
bluey expanse, disturbed by Flying Fish.

Then they would spend weary Ages along the avenues of white Lime-Kilns,
looking at Countless millions of hungry Brunettes in fluttering
Nighties.

Their principal Occupation, when not setting down Expressions of
Delight on the Post-Cards, was to study Time-Tables and cable ahead
for Reservations.

The Invalid's one desire was to get home and take a regular Bath before
being laid out.

Hong Kong pleased them exceedingly because they learned, by consulting
Mr. Mercator's Projection, that they were on the Home Stretch and, with
Luck in their favor, might live to see another Piece of Huckleberry Pie.

Japan they liked best of all. At Yokohama they received a bundle of
Dailies only six weeks old, giving full Particulars of a Wedding and
telling who was about to run for Mayor.

As soon as they were on the Pacific and headed for a refined Vaudeville
Show, they began to recover the brave Spirit of Travel and blow about
what they had seen.

The Towns and Temples and Tombs and Treasures of Art were all jumbled
together, but, by daily references to Baedeker and Murray, they were
enabled to find out where they had been and what they had seen with
their own eyes and how it impressed them at the time.

Before touching at Honolulu they were real enthusiastic about India.
They advised the awe-stricken Listener who had not been all the Way
around to be sure and take in Penang and Johore and, if necessary, they
would give him Letters of Introduction.

They said it had been a Wonderful Experience. Yes, indeed. And
broadening. Very. Then Edwin would wan