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Few things in this world come up to expectation, especially those things of which one has been led to expect much, and about which one has heard a good deal. With this philosophy running in my head, I was prepared to find the Rhine a much over rated river. FEW THINGS IN THIS WORLD COME UP TO EXPECTATION ESPECIALLY THOSE THINGS OF WHICH ONE HAS BEEN LED TO EXPECT MUCH AND ABOUT WHICH ONE HAS HEARD A GOOD DEAL WITH THIS PHILOSOPHY RUNNING IN MY HEAD I WAS PREPARED TO FIND THE RHINE A MUCH OVERRATED RIVER
kets.--We Diffuse Comfort and Joy Wherever We Go, Gladdening the Weary, and Bringing Smiles to Them that Weep.--"Tickets, Please."--Hunting Experiences.--A Natural Mistake.--Free Acrobatic Performance by the Guard.--The Railway Authorities' Little Joke.--Why We Should Think of the Sorrows of Others. We returned to the station just in time to secure comfortable seats, and at 5.10 steamed out upon our fifteen hours' run to Munich. From Bonn to Mayence the line keeps by the side of the Rhine nearly the whole of the way, and we had a splendid view of the river, with the old-world towns and villages that cluster round its bank, the misty mountains that make early twilight upon its swiftly rolling waves, the castled crags and precipices that rise up sheer and majestic from its margin, the wooded rocks that hang with threatening frown above its sombre depths, the ruined towers and turrets that cap each point along its shores, the pleasant isles that stud like gems its broad expanse of waters. RAILWAY GUARD HIS PASSION FOR TICKETS WE DIFFUSE COMFORT AND JOY WHEREVER WE GO GLADDENING THE WEARY AND BRINGING SMILES TO THEM THAT WEEP TICKETS PLEASE HUNTING EXPERIENCES A NATURAL MISTAKE FREE ACROBATIC PERFORMANCE BY THE GUARD THE RAILWAY AUTHORITY'S LITTLE JOKE WHY WE SHOULD THINK OF THE SORROWS OF OTHERS WE RETURNED TO THE STATION JUST IN TIME TO SECURE COMFORTABLE SEATS AND AT FIVE TEN STEAMED OUT UPON OUR FIFTEEN HOURS RUN TO MUNICH FROM BON TO MAS THE LINE KEEPS BY THE SIDE OF THE RHINE NEARLY THE WHOLE OF THE WAY AND WE HAD A SPLENDID VIEW OF THE RIVER WITH THE OLD WORLD TOWNS AND VILLAGES THAT CLUSTER ROUND ITS BANK THE MISTY MOUNTAINS THAT MAKE EARLY TWILIGHT UPON ITS SWIFTLY ROLLING WAVES THE CASTLED CRAGS AND PRECIPICES THAT RISE UP SHEER AND MAJESTIC FROM ITS MARGIN THE WOODED ROCKS THAT HANG WITH THREATENING FROWN ABOVE ITS SOMBRE DEPTHS THE RUINED TOWERS AND TURRETS THAT CAP EACH POINT ALONG ITS SHORES THE PLEASANT ISLES THAT STUD LIKE GEMS ITS BROAD EXPANSE OF WATERS
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