The Argosy — page 137: what you’re looking at

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ABOWTF NHOREW AY: By CHARLES W. WOOD. Ste eo ee ip aL Pee Tee OT OING through Nor- I | way is, in one re- spect, very different from travelling in more fre- == , wi. quented countries, where, 222. ff \ in most cases, if you wish = to reach a certain spot or place, there is no doubt as to the route to be fol- lowed. Indecision—that most uncomfortable state of mind, whether in the choice of a wife or a waistcoat—cannot arise. There, on the map, is the direct road or rail lead- ing to your destination, es | and it must be taken. eee It is not so in Norway. ——#|/)—41 ||| Often it seemed that eeree2| twenty different roads would conduct you to a SS Se ERG Oe NOSE j desired goal, and at CHURCH OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY. length after twenty con- flicting opinions, you were in danger of falling into a state of mind such as that described by an old friend some years ago. ‘“‘I never,’’ she observed on that occasion, ‘‘ have to decide which of two roads I shall take, or in which of two investments I shall put my superfluous dividends, but I feel as if I should lose my senses.” Dear Miss Sophia! She has not lost them yet, but this doubtful state makes her somewhat of a ‘“ trial” to her friends, who, however, would not have otherwise that embodiment of all that is excellent in woman. Anxious to make the most of our time, and to see as much as could be seen between Christiania and Bergen, one of our first duties on arriving at the capital was to call on Mr. Bennett, without whom, in Norway, the English would be lost. It became sometimes almost ludicrous to hear during the course of one day in our travels in how many different ways people made use of Mr. Bennett. Exclamations such as the following were almost as numerous as the travellers :— ay i °—. aS o. | t-~4> afore o a ‘ LO om te os » Fa, » Pr en + aor = 46, 2 = —~ CORNIELIOOKS (E() m