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He sardonically congratulated me on having gone into "the lecture field," and then he said: "I know where you are now. You are in hell." It was this perdition which he re-entered when he undertook that round-the-world lecturing tour for the payment of the debts left to him by the bankruptcy of his firm in the publishing business.
All-red routes of round-the-globe steam ships were established; all-red round-the-world cables were laid. The quickened pulse was Canada's passing from hobble-de-hoy adolescence with a chip on the shoulder and a tremor in the throat to big strong, silent, self-confident manhood. John Bull is a curious and dour foster father in some of his moods.
"I will do that! And if Mr. Bluebeard Svengali, the Strangler of Paris person, won't take me in as a patient, we'll come back with a couple of axes and BREAK in. But we'll try the nervous breakdown first, and we'll try it now. I will be a naval officer," declared Ford. "I made the round-the-world cruise with our fleet as a correspondent, and I know enough sea slang to fool a medical man.
Stevenson: "This is to tell you that our famous round-the-world trip has been curtailed to a modest little excursion Samoa-wards and back, or mebbe we get as far as Sydney. We will make the first payment on Quien Sabe before October 1st $250. Will you ask Lloyd to let us know or I mean to bear us in mind if he hears of a horse for sale so we could buy the beast when we come up next February.
"You should not ask confusing questions, Richard," reprimanded Lady Jane, with mock severity. "Well, we'll try it over again to-morrow," decided Quentin, doggedly. "Do you expect me to let you kill every horse I own?" demanded Lord Bob. "They can't stand these round-the-world pleasure trips every day, don't you know. Glad to oblige you, my boy, but I must be humane."
Tom and Bud donned flippers and belt, and helped each other strap on his ion-drive jet. "Down we go, into the wilds of sharks!" Bud chortled lustily. "Watch your step, Tom." "Just make sure you come up again in one piece," Zimby said with a grin. "Also, don't get carried away with that ion squirt gun and take off on a round-the-world underwater cruise." "Who knows?" Tom joked.
He sardonically congratulated me on having gone into "the lecture field," and then he said: "I know where you are now. You are in hell." It was this perdition which he re-entered when he undertook that round-the-world lecturing tour for the payment of the debts left to him by the bankruptcy of his firm in the publishing business.
It should have been termed a "Go-As-You-Please Derby." Not a single one of these contestants accomplished the girdle by airplane alone; every winner took a steamship across the Pacific. Here's hoping that when another 'round-the-world contest is pulled off it will be tagged with a title which fits.
In fact, he had spent six weeks there on a stop-over ticket of a round-the-world 635 dollar steamship pilgrimage; and he knew the whole country from Jehumbapore in Bhootal to Jehumbalabad in the Carnatic. So he was looked upon as a great authority on India, China, Mongolia, and all such places, by the ladies of Plutoria Avenue. Next in importance was Mrs.
I travelled at that time, but strictly for myself and with a moderation unknown in our days of round-the-world tickets. I even travelled with a purpose. As a matter of fact, I am "Ha, ha, ha! a desperate butterfly-slayer. Ha, ha, ha!" This was the tone in which Mr. Harry Gee, the manager of the cattle station, alluded to my pursuits. He seemed to consider me the greatest absurdity in the world.
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