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"
It
is
not
one
of
our
stations
,
as
you
perceive
,
"
said
my
companion
"
The
keeper
was
violently
opposed
to
the
railroad
;
and
well
he
might
be
,
as
the
track
left
his
house
of
entertainment
on
one
side
,
and
thus
was
pretty
certain
to
deprive
him
of
all
his
reputable
customers
.
But
the
footpath
still
passes
his
door
,
and
the
old
gentleman
now
and
then
receives
a
call
from
some
simple
traveller
,
and
entertains
him
with
fare
as
old
-
fashioned
as
himself
.
"
Before
our
talk
on
this
subject
came
to
a
conclusion
we
were
rushing
by
the
place
where
Christian
’
s
burden
fell
from
his
shoulders
at
the
sight
of
the
Cross
.
This
served
as
a
theme
for
Mr
.
Smooth
-
it
-
away
,
Mr
.
Livefor
-
the
-
world
,
Mr
.
Hide
-
sin
-
in
-
the
-
heart
,
Mr
.
Scaly
-
conscience
,
and
a
knot
of
gentlemen
from
the
town
of
Shun
-
repentance
,
to
descant
upon
the
inestimable
advantages
resulting
from
the
safety
of
our
baggage
.
Myself
,
and
all
the
passengers
indeed
,
joined
with
great
unanimity
in
this
view
of
the
matter
;
for
our
burdens
were
rich
in
many
things
esteemed
precious
throughout
the
world
;
and
,
especially
,
we
each
of
us
possessed
a
great
variety
of
favorite
Habits
,
which
we
trusted
would
not
be
out
of
fashion
even
in
the
polite
circles
of
the
Celestial
City
.
It
would
have
been
a
sad
spectacle
to
see
such
an
assortment
of
valuable
articles
tumbling
into
the
sepulchre
.
Thus
pleasantly
conversing
on
the
favorable
circumstances
of
our
position
as
compared
with
those
of
past
pilgrims
and
of
narrow
-
minded
ones
at
the
present
day
,
we
soon
found
ourselves
at
the
foot
of
the
Hill
Difficulty
.
Through
the
very
heart
of
this
rocky
mountain
a
tunnel
has
been
constructed
of
most
admirable
architecture
,
with
a
lofty
arch
and
a
spacious
double
track
;
so
that
,
unless
the
earth
and
rocks
should
chance
to
crumble
down
,
it
will
remain
an
eternal
monument
of
the
builder
’
s
skill
and
enterprise
.
It
is
a
great
though
incidental
advantage
that
the
materials
from
the
heart
of
the
Hill
Difficulty
have
been
employed
in
filling
up
the
Valley
of
Humiliation
,
thus
obviating
the
necessity
of
descending
into
that
disagreeable
and
unwholesome
hollow
.
"
This
is
a
wonderful
improvement
,
indeed
,
"
said
I
.
"
Yet
I
should
have
been
glad
of
an
opportunity
to
visit
the
Palace
Beautiful
and
be
introduced
to
the
charming
young
ladies
—
Miss
Prudence
,
Miss
Piety
,
Miss
Charity
,
and
the
rest
—
who
have
the
kindness
to
entertain
pilgrims
there
.
"
"
Young
ladies
!
"
cried
Mr
.
Smooth
-
it
-
away
,
as
soon
as
he
could
speak
for
laughing
.
"
And
charming
young
ladies
!
Why
,
my
dear
fellow
,
they
are
old
maids
,
every
soul
of
them
—
prim
,
starched
,
dry
,
and
angular
;
and
not
one
of
them
,
I
will
venture
to
say
,
has
altered
so
much
as
the
fashion
of
her
gown
since
the
days
of
Christian
’
s
pilgrimage
.
"
"
Ah
,
well
,
"
said
I
,
much
comforted
,
"
then
I
can
very
readily
dispense
with
their
acquaintance
.
"
The
respectable
Apollyon
was
now
putting
on
the
steam
at
a
prodigious
rate
,
anxious
,
perhaps
,
to
get
rid
of
the
unpleasant
reminiscences
connected
with
the
spot
where
he
had
so
disastrously
encountered
Christian
.
Consulting
Mr
.
Bunyan
’
s
road
-
book
,
I
perceived
that
we
must
now
be
within
a
few
miles
of
the
Valley
of
the
Shadow
of
Death
,
into
which
doleful
region
,
at
our
present
speed
,
we
should
plunge
much
sooner
than
seemed
at
all
desirable
.
In
truth
,
I
expected
nothing
better
than
to
find
myself
in
the
ditch
on
one
side
or
the
Quag
on
the
other
;
but
on
communicating
my
apprehensions
to
Mr
.
Smooth
-
it
-
away
,
he
assured
me
that
the
difficulties
of
this
passage
,
even
in
its
worst
condition
,
had
been
vastly
exaggerated
,
and
that
,
in
its
present
state
of
improvement
,
I
might
consider
myself
as
safe
as
on
any
railroad
in
Christendom
.
Even
while
we
were
speaking
the
train
shot
into
the
entrance
of
this
dreaded
Valley
.
Though
I
plead
guilty
to
some
foolish
palpitations
of
the
heart
during
our
headlong
rush
over
the
causeway
here
constructed
,
yet
it
were
unjust
to
withhold
the
highest
encomiums
on
the
boldness
of
its
original
conception
and
the
ingenuity
of
those
who
executed
it
.
It
was
gratifying
,
likewise
,
to
observe
how
much
care
had
been
taken
to
dispel
the
everlasting
gloom
and
supply
the
defect
of
cheerful
sunshine
,
not
a
ray
of
which
has
ever
penetrated
among
these
awful
shadows
.
For
this
purpose
,
the
inflammable
gas
which
exudes
plentifully
from
the
soil
is
collected
by
means
of
pipes
,
and
thence
communicated
to
a
quadruple
row
of
lamps
along
the
whole
extent
of
the
passage
.
Thus
a
radiance
has
been
created
even
out
of
the
fiery
and
sulphurous
curse
that
rests
forever
upon
the
valley
—
a
radiance
hurtful
,
however
,
to
the
eyes
,
and
somewhat
bewildering
,
as
I
discovered
by
the
changes
which
it
wrought
in
the
visages
of
my
companions
.
In
this
respect
,
as
compared
with
natural
daylight
,
there
is
the
same
difference
as
between
truth
and
falsehood
,
but
if
the
reader
have
ever
travelled
through
the
dark
Valley
,
he
will
have
learned
to
be
thankful
for
any
light
that
he
could
get
—
if
not
from
the
sky
above
,
then
from
the
blasted
soil
beneath
.
Such
was
the
red
brilliancy
of
these
lamps
that
they
appeared
to
build
walls
of
fire
on
both
sides
of
the
track
,
between
which
we
held
our
course
at
lightning
speed
,
while
a
reverberating
thunder
filled
the
Valley
with
its
echoes
.
Had
the
engine
run
off
the
track
,
—
a
catastrophe
,
it
is
whispered
,
by
no
means
unprecedented
,
—
the
bottomless
pit
,
if
there
be
any
such
place
,
would
undoubtedly
have
received
us
.
Just
as
some
dismal
fooleries
of
this
nature
had
made
my
heart
quake
there
came
a
tremendous
shriek
,
careering
along
the
valley
as
if
a
thousand
devils
had
burst
their
lungs
to
utter
it
,
but
which
proved
to
be
merely
the
whistle
of
the
engine
on
arriving
at
a
stopping
-
place
.
