Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-26

Lon, sAao l, 'iat Ms stop qneffoMnG AM
settle our itinerary We can't got away from
these men while we are aboard shp--we can
elope before Wa reach Liverpool, and-thorei
no parson aboard" 80 We took the map ant
settlsa our itneracy Katie Wainrght posts<
because We would not 90 10 Killarney; and VOW
ed she had . great mind to go anyhow, by her
self; but she WAS overwhelmingly out voted.
It wae determined that We should devote thret
days to London, hunting up ell Mr.: Mills haunts
thence 10 ostend, to Ghent, to Antwerpt Il
far Heidelberg; back to Weisbaden. to Homburg
thence, via Gessen and Marberg TO Gotha, with
day at Wsimar, out Of respect to Goethe
thence to Dresden. still picture hunting; thence
another at Munich 70 Switzerland; five days in
the Alps; then from Basle, to Dijon, from Dijon
70 Lyons; oil this by rail. From Lyons by steam
or down the szrowy Rhine 10 Avignon, the Jeru-
ssr 81 nr , nns isy .sGsS
Zig gag, was economical both Of time and specta-
Gle. Alas the best lad schemes Of mice and
women gang Aft agley But must not Antici-
facts. ' s'"''
The rest Of our voyage was very pleasant,
and, our Zuxotic project having been generally
published-girls arc the leakest vessels I'VE
received 10 much attention from the gentle-
men during the remainder Of the trip that all
the women on board became Jealous Of us, and
some Of them wasted = prodigious amount Of
sneers and insinuAtions upon tho ocean air.
This, however, saved MS from any serious hirta-
that we had not time to devote ourselves to any ny
one in particular. Would you believe it, Miss
Jobson caught q beau dyspeptic merchant
OF Boston, who would only feed upon
nrrSw-,oot arrow 100 md. and wins;whsy and was en-
petite and ostrich.liks digestion 10 much that lie
fell in love with her person, and would have
proposed TO her, only Lille Halle, prompted by
Lou, gave him hint that she was sonoroua in
hur oIo Ls.,I k..s
then you zee we could not very well spare our
dragon.
From Liverpool after viewing the Chamber Of
Commerce, where Mr.. Mill once delivered an
hssteaed to London, aud spent three delightful
days there. General Schenck was not there
unhappy. widower, pursuing. politics in Ohio!
but Mr. Moran treated us in the most complais-
m.as ant way; ~ We put up ,. at Morle{s' and they
not 1t Morley's unde, stand, but In London,
while visiting Mr.. Mills house q hsberdasher
lives there now, who invited us to an evening
party, which We had to decline) that we met Sir
Boynton Rylance. Cambridgshire squire with
au enormous rent roll. He fell in love with the
whole party Of us, and proposed to 70 with ua to
Ayignon, but was informed it was against the
| rules.
| But rulos do not count for much. The even.
ing Of our departure for Ostend, Katie VAIN
wright was missing. Just ~ we were about en-
pioying the police the parcel express brought
me 4 note from her "Dear Jenney, am OF
far Kiarney-with Mr.. Quinn. We take Scot
satisfactorily at st. Georges, Hanover Square.
have telegraphed home. Tell the girls not to
bo uneasy about me, ~ / am happy as sky-lark
Katie W." And when we got to 0stend found
"Just married. Scotch ceremony. 10 simple,
SO romantic. Mrs. Kate Quinn. Thus was our
magic circle broken, and this was the beginning
and forefront Of the trouble, that harrassed tho
remainder Of our pilgrimage.
Sure enough Sir Boyton Rylance followed rs,
and Joined the party at Dusseldorf, while We
were enjoying the pictures there. We tried to
shake him OF, but could not. However, we made
him keep at = respectful distance. At Hedel-
berg, Captain Clute stumbled upon MS. devoted
himself IN the most ridiculous fashion TO Mamie
Boyce, and insisted upon going with us to HON.
burg. Here we met with laughAble adventure.
little Russian, taking the baths there-Lou
SAID he scratched himself in the most suspicious
way-a man with = face like skye terrier, only
about four fsot and half high, Lbs loga bowed
like pair Of hams, fell desperately in love with
Miss Lucinda He was said to be immensely
rich-hls nAme was Poffolowsky-and he threw
himself at onr duenna's feet in a most astonish.
ing way. Our dear old maid laughed, but
noticed she was fattered. He offered her no
end Of palaces in the Ukraine; she vowed she
would not desert us; but her nose grew purple
with emotion and pleasure at receiving such a
substantial compliment.
At Wiemar, Mamie Boyce met the Hopkinson's
who were on route to Austria, and concluded to
join them and leave u.s. As Captain Klute ceased
his pursuit Of us and Joined the Hopkinsons like
wiss, the concatenation Of circumstances was
suspicious. Sure enough, they were married by
MinisterJay in Vienna, in less than three weeks.
Thus two of our pilgrims were lost from the band
on route to Avignon.
do not know what sort of fatality it was that
pursued our camaraderie with such lethal pur-
pose but at jena We stumbled upon blonde
giant of = student, Rupert Won Wachsmsnn with
jacket full OF buttons like Positions. He fol-
lowed us to Dresden, in spite of our frowns and
high dsdain and there, in the palaces, in the
picture gallery, in the yery presence Of the Ma
him squeezing Carrie Webster's hand. We look
cd ut her 10 severely that she became hysterical
and the tall man with the mustache had to pro-
vide cabriolet and escort her to our hotel.
received cards inviting us to call at the apart
ments OF Baron Won Wachsmann, .sHotel de
Prusse." We went out Of curiosity, and found
Carrie there before rs-such romantic scene |
baron, q tall military looking man, with white
mustache, and his wife, = domestic old lady
with lace mitts on, blessing them Lou made
Q grand courtesy to the couple. ''Number
three, she said; But Carrie sprang up: .Grls
for year yet and I'm in for the war I'm 60
ing to make this pilgrimage" The baron, ratl-
or haTghtily, began to say that 'the betrothed
OF 4 Won WAchsmann"-but this provoked me
and would not let him finish, sOur rules do
not permit Ills to have engaged persons along
with US on our pilgrimage, Herr Baron 90 Miss
Webster can make the VOYAGE in other COM
pany" 1t wss finally settled that Carrie was to
remain in the Baron's family until Rupert finish
cd his course at jena and 10 we lost her,
We fed from Dresden in dismay. All four of
us felt forebodinp that the hand NJ Sestinv was
upon us. At Munich. we met 4 very handsome
Dane, a botsnlst, Karl Sonuepbere by name. who
was on his way to botspize in tie high Alma II
fell in love with Lille Hale on sight. and made
no end Of love to her, She resisted like q rock
but he never desisted, aud We couldn't drive the
fellow on, In the mountains. crossing the
Grimsel tile usual catsatrophe took place Ron
penberp went botanizinp nm one n rhe ateen
grades. and. contrary to our ruIes, Lille went
viii him. She ssu soma edslweis orow;no ont
on neriious sheIf Of rock admired n and Son.
nanherg sttemntad n cat n for har II;a loot
alinnad he rolled down a nrecinica vas t,Lan
ont with rones and Isddsrs and mi n had in tha
chalet Nv fha FsIls NJ the Al w;tb = hrnkan
Lao. Lille ayowei ber determinstion IN nnrsa
him. Va staved with her fonr days . At the and
Of that time. without a blnsh. she said to ma
ao ON With rony n;,nr;msee % am mo-. oi oo;,n % sc
Ayiomon." Lon Csvendish fairly bnilsd oyer
WIFI rage isWhst ara vom oo;ny N do tbsn y,
~ am going Ia marry professor sonnenbaru ,o-
morrow " .Ra c.imiy reni;aS ..Wa I..a san.
Tor tho Tm,horsn m;ni.tar s,-o.S. - s,Tna,
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