The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-11-19
4 LITTLE GIRLS LETTER.

The JacksOnviile, Alabama, Repub-
lican prints the following quaint letter,
written from Cairo, Egypt, L. = little
! daughter Of Colonel =. H. Lockett,
formerly of Louisiana, who .i.S recent
| ~ entered tho service of the khcdivc:
We reached here on the eleventh Of
August, and went to II very large hotel
called the Grand New Hotel. 1t was
very large, and one OF the finest hotels
l ever SAW. 1T belongs to the l<hc-
! dive. Opposite the hotel is IL very
large and beautiful garden. 1t also
belongs to the lIhedive. Well, iu fact
the Khcdivc owns everything here that
is pretty. Our trip was quite pleasant.
Ono of the prcttiest parts was from
Paris to Geneva. We had tho Alps
on both sides of It's nearly all the way,
and you can Imagine how splendid that
was. That was the hardest thing to
realize. ! had often seen pictures of
the Alps, but never thought that l
would bc near enough to climb them.
Geneva was II funny looking old place.
Our trip from Geneva to Alexandria
was quite pleasant. We staNl ut
Naples one night, and half the next
day, but all our party did not so
ashore. Papa did, however, and
top of Mount Ncsuvius. WAS dread
fully sick coming across both the
ocean and the seat. We stuid lit Alex
andria only ono day and one night. Ii
was very cool there in the evening i,
great deal more SO than l expected to
find it. do not find it very warm here
at Cairo in the house, but it is dread
fully warm outdoors. | do not dare to
go out until the sun is down. II gets
very cool late in the evening. We
only staid at the hotel six days, then
pafm found It's II hottSc for which lie
pays $iOo,or $50 II year. Papa is higher
than any American officer here,
except General Stone. lie has gotten
his uniform. The coat is white, and
the pants Il dark navy blue. Officers
have to wear II cap called uaboosi.."
They arc not allowed to go out ON the
streets without their swords. Mamma
does not like Egypt very much. She
is considerably hunicSick, l think. l
am homcsick myself, | sigh all day
long and wish l was back in America.
The dirty Arabs run me distracted. |
can't bear them. 1 hate the very name
Of Arab. Edith is trying to learn to
speak Arabic and French. | studied
French all OF last year, but | can't
speak one word of it now. ! get so
frightened that ! forget what l was
going to say. l am very mitch it,
hopes that by the end of this year
will know how to speak il right well.
J am going to study ut home this year
with Edith and Henry, real hard, 50 |
will not be itotucsick. 1t is too lonely
for any use. Papa goes away early in
the morning and docs not come home
until in the evening. The only thing
we have to laugh at is the donkrys. II
looks perfectly ridicufuttS to 500 great
big men riding on them with their feet
dragging the ground. The Arabs have
,lOukuNS to ride instead Of street cars,
and YOU see them running behind to
get their money and their donkey
when they stop. Every now and then
they have to push them to make them
go faster. Yesterday evening Mrs. !
Stone wrote II note ask ing mamma to
ict one of her little girls go nttt OF the
desert with her children riding. !
went and enjoyed myself very much.
] saw two Of iii" I<hc'livr'- palaces.
They were not pretty, but Miss lIctti-
Stone said they were magnificent
inside. IT is about brcallr, time in
Jacksonville now, while | write, and
il is evening here. We have eaten orr
lunch, aud are ready to cat dinner
when papa comes. He is.just us happy
as can be, and we are 50 glad. lie is
in very good health, and SO are all of
all Of us.'