FROM SYDNEY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 3

FROM SYDNEY.

, HEARD IN THE RAIN. He stood on tho promenade deck,of the- • Marama, and. gazed through a'veil of mistthat -is classed usually as Scotch, towards Oriental Bay "as the liner felt her way up to the Queen's Wharf. He, looked lilco a three-week tripper -trying ■ to; pass as experienced globe-trotter, but the latter, is, a class unto himself,- and is difficult to imitate. Travel —years ■of it in various countries —can alono give one that air of reposeful' interestwhich . makes-.' for a calm, ■unruffled , front , in. 1 the '.face of;:the.-,most;.un-tbward' incident ■ and a . slight:' suggestion; :of contempt. in the presence of the most' inag- ; nificent scenery. , ,Globe T trottihg. seasons One exactly. ,aS it puts :the .hallmark r.of ;.e?ii.n'%t i s Respectability oh: 'the »»lfcs 'teISC rther trunk, -which 1 '; says^ijuite.loudly,7 'that hit has done- sefvice 'in f:Ci£iro; Jsffk,,"'Budapest; Irkutsk,,.and Cardiff; ;. This our visi- ; '.tor •lacked; and,: perhaps unconscious' of ; the keennesV'of' others'' observation,:' attempted weakly to cover the' defect into- cheap" isrh. '• ' •■;':;. -'■: "There's -quite a -lot of • rain- about v,- ; tlie scenery here,"' he. babbled to a iniicH-travel-: led; acquaintance. '"'Pearß to me if it rained much -:harder .it ■ would wash, 'those houses into' ,the sea.' ■ A'- cba'ppie : told'.- '. toe■ never to ; leave'go-my-hat inWellington— he must" have house. "Look, at '/that . red' beggar jjarclied, on -the., cliff I ' Why, it's-: tumbling, Dear me, I thought it was:ovor.". -•■'■' Looks rather picturesque, -thatl" said tho other. . : •

; "Picturesque,! good heavens, and you just from Sydney. There's a harbour for you if you like!" -- "Yes, I heard' quite a lot: about''it when I ■was'there, s but you haven't .got such a lfihe' sweep of water as this. ■ Plenty, of room-,hore for .-the, big: boats—Sydney's;'an ideal' 'place for yachting." - -' - ; -■ ; "Look at .those.' hquses oh the top of that .mountain I" 'said the tripper excitedly."How |on earth ~do . they! g^t..up there?",' . This, remark; was', directed at 'K.elburhe, which had fust emerged, through a",mist of rain.. . ■ "Walk, I-s'poso!" - _ i . -J. '."Great" Scott k''we' ; :oSjeet !'to ,'th'ev wait - up the Williarh; Street ;riseMvHat "would - they say -at climbing home'..on their' hands ' aud -knees!" :.; -'■ - ■ " ■ "H&e's laconic'.' VSoV'it : ,wetv;;^hat, 'a 'rotten';,ol'd' 'place ,VJ this .'.-the next boat!" ' X\''' \ , \ t'My good,'chap,"- said :the.other; 1 "when iijee ? "tlio ' Sights '.this v little''coun-' :try can;^6^\yb,ui\:.ybu''-frill';have;:othfcr?ia&lß. : 'f' hope; -TOii'; wbri't /So'Xb/c^V' ! l^bas^if^p^' i , ■ideas'iwill'change' wifn the:weather.'''i, -.With' tljat..the' man. of: experience;, feltfor. ;a<half. : crbwri'fdr .the Bfewara, and 'edged towards the .gangway. , ' l;.