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She had it carefully boxed, and took it along with her baggage. She got on very well until she reached the city of Grindwell. Here she was stopped, of course, and her baggage examined. Finding nothing contraband, they were about to let her pass, when they came to the box containing the ancient philosopher's head. "What's this?" they asked. "What's in this box, so heavy?" "A bust," said the lady.
Besides lighting the streets and shops, the chief use of fire seems to be for cooking, lighting pipes and cigars, and fireworks to amuse the working classes. Great attention is paid to polishing and beautifying the outer case of the machine, and the outer surface generally of the city of Grindwell.
There are, however, a number of the Grindwell people I can't say how many, for they are afraid to speak who feel more and more that they are living in a stifled and altogether abnormal condition, and wish for an indefinite supply of the light, heat, air, and electricity which they see some of the neighboring cities enjoying. What the result is to be no one can yet tell.
We cannot forget that there are measureless catacombs and caverns yawning beneath the streets and houses of modern Grindwell. Ever since the time of that dyspeptic heathen, Plotinus, the saints have been "ashamed of their bodies." What is worse, they have usually had reason for the shame.
Heavy restrictions are laid on all substances containing electricity, and great care is taken lest this subtile fluid should condense in spots and take the form of lightning. Fortunately, the unclouded sunshine seldom comes into Grindwell, else there would be the same fears with regard to light.
I might allude here to a special department of the machine, which once had great power in overruling the thoughts and consciences of the people, and which is still considered by some as not altogether powerless. I refer to the Ecclesiastic department of the Grindwell works. This was formerly the greatest labor-saving machinery ever invented.
And so it may be that the name Grindwell has originated among us Americans simply from miscalling or misspelling the foreign name of Grandville. I incline to think, however, that there is a better reason for the name.
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