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Title: The Argosy
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1850?
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Publisher: London (etc.) R. Bentley (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ading fro-m the station to theinn of the Three Kings, where he seemed quite at home. In amoment the host and hostess bustled out with effusion (they werehonest, straightforward folk), and assured me that a horse and carriage,everything the inn contained, was at my disposal. 48 In the Black Forest. After this wholesale invitation, it seemed almost ungrateful merelyto accept a glass of their country ale and a crust of bread; certainlyit was unremunerative; but I am bound to say that an extensive orderfor ambrosia and nectar could not have been served with more evidenceof goodwill. Whilst the carriage was preparing, I strolled out toreconnoitre the town and take its bearings. It contained nothing remarkable. A small, uninteresting place, ofno form or shape; no sign of fashion, or of anything beyond tradeand very small commerce; nothing old or antiquated about it,except the distant hills; too distant to overshadow the houses orlend them anything of a romantic influence. In a quiet way the
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Wehrathal. people appeared flourishing and industrious. There were no con-spicuous signs of poverty; for the bare-legged children, who playedin the gutters, and arrested their intense enjoyment of wallowing inthe dust of the road to stare after the stranger, were no evidence ofanything but the good habits of the country : bare legs and feet andarms, whereby they grow up stout and hardy for the battle of theworld. Before the mild excitement and resources of Schopfheim wereexhausted, I perceived at the door of the Three Kings an indescrib-able vehicle in readiness. The landlord, a model of patienice andgood humour, was watching over it with evident pride and aflection. On closer inspection, this wonderful machine proved a kind ofBath chair on a large scale, with a narrow seat in front for the driverand a ledge behind for the luggage. But it was not uncomfortable ; In the Black Forest 49 and if the state of the springs made it a matter for re^oicmg that one sbones are not very easily dis

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