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Show "The but roee-buah, after all, U not that which ha• the ftweat thorne, but that which beare the fin.eat rolu."-8oLOMON SINI!ILEWITZ: The Life of Adam. A NORWEGIAN HONEYMOON I J T was not all unadulterated sweetness, of course. There were enough difficulties in the way to make it seem desirable; and a few stings of annoyance, now and then, lent piquancy to the adventure. But a good memory, in dealing with the past, has the art of straining out all the beeswax of discomfort, and storing up little jars of pure hydromel. As we look back at our six weeks in Norway, we agree that no period of our partnership in experimental honeymooning has yielded more honey to the same amount of comb. Several considerations led us to the resolve of taking our honeymoon experimentally rather than chronologically. We started from the self-evident proposition that it ought to be the happiest time in married life. "It is perfectly ridiculous," said my lady Gray- 175 |