The innocents abroad; . ice, the frantic hail .theysent after the ship that was speeding by. It was a toilers of the sea ran in and beached their barque. Jojsat upon every countenance. How much ?—ask him how much, Ferguson!—how muchto take us all—eight of us, and you—to Bethsaida, yonder, WHY WE DID NOT SAIL ON GALILEE. 497 and to the mouth of Jordan, and to the place where the swineran down into the sea—quick !—and Ave want to coast aroundevery where—every where!—all day long !—/ could sail a yearin these waters !—and tell him well stop at Magdala and fin-ish at Tiberias !—ask him
The innocents abroad; . ice, the frantic hail .theysent after the ship that was speeding by. It was a toilers of the sea ran in and beached their barque. Jojsat upon every countenance. How much ?—ask him how much, Ferguson!—how muchto take us all—eight of us, and you—to Bethsaida, yonder, WHY WE DID NOT SAIL ON GALILEE. 497 and to the mouth of Jordan, and to the place where the swineran down into the sea—quick !—and Ave want to coast aroundevery where—every where!—all day long !—/ could sail a yearin these waters !—and tell him well stop at Magdala and fin-ish at Tiberias !—ask him how much ?—any thing—any thingwhatever !—tell him we dont care what the expense is ! [Isaid to myself, I knew how it would be,] Ferguson—(interpreting)— He says two Napoleons—eightdollars. One or two countenances fell. Then a pause. Too much !—well give him one ! I never shall know hoM^ it was—I shudder yet when I thinkhow the place is given to miracles—but in a single instant of. FARE TOO HIGH. time, as it seemed to me, that ship was twenty paces from theshore, and speeding away like a frightened thing! Eight crest-fallen creatures stood upon the shore, and O, to think of it!this—this—after all that overmastering ecstacy ! Oh, shame-ful, shameful ending, after such unseemly boasting ! It was S9, 498 WHY WE DID NOT SAIL ON GALILEE. too mucli like Ho! let me at him ! followed by a prudent Two of you hold him—one can hold me! Instantly there was wailing and gnashing of teeth in thecamp. The two ISTapoleons were offered—more if necessary—•and pilgrims and dragoman shouted themselves hoarse withpleadings to the retreating boatmen to come back. But theysailed serenely away and paid no further heed to pilgrims whohad dreamed all their lives of some day skimming over thesacred waters of Galilee and listening to its hallowed story inthe whisperings of its waves, and had journeyed countlessleagues to do it, and—and then concluded th
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