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fair, he took to his heels, and pushed
onward at his utmost speed after
the colonel.
When the fort was invested by
the enemy a few days afterwards,
and Butler found it untenable. he
managed to escape therefrom, and
started for the army to bring relief
to the garrison.
London Letter.
London, Aug. Goth, 1879.
England is par excellence the land
of liberty-by which | don't mean
political liberty, but liberty of move.
ment. In France, under the regime
Of monopoly and the barrier, we see
functionaries everywhere. The
Frenchman is under tutelage; he is
protected at every step. He is for
hidden to 60 about, for fear lest he
should break his neck, as if he were
an idiot. He is not supposed to
have sufficient intelligence Of his
own to guard himself against acct.
dents to avoid inconvenient COLI.
sions, to save himself from being
plucked by sharpers. In all public
places, on the railways for example,
he is placed, chambered, made to
maneuvre between barriers, his
way measured out for him, his foot.
steps directed. From the moment
you plant your foot in England you
are free. You are not warned by
placards of the perils you may run;
it is taken for granted that you will
not be such a fool as to throw your.
self under the locomotives, or in
sheer light.heartedness offer your
watch to the pickpockets of the
United Kingdom. A friend once
described the doings of the honora.
BILE gentleman who rob you Of your
money in a railway carriage by
means Of three-card trick. This
trick is never successfully played on
the South. Eastern Railway, the
only one by which the French trav-
Ell. It is too we'll known that no.
body will be found ON it green e.
nough to be taken in. In short, the
independence of movement enjoyed
is completes independence itself.
At first sight 1t may have its encour-
agement, but these are far outweigh
ed by the numerous advantages. In
London one must observe and learn
before finding out the way to enjoy
all the comfort Of English life. The
Englishman is astonished at moth
ing, knows everything, never makes
mistakes, never questions anybody,
avoids being run over by the public
vehicles which go about as they like,
and never needs to consult police
man, where the police is respected,
precisely because It never interteres
with you. Every living soul there,
including the animals, is penetrated
by this grand feeling of indepen.
dence and personality. The very
sheep which, in France, fly in terror
at the approach of a railway train,
range themselves here against the
palings to see the screeching engine
60 by, and seem proud of this wit
ness of the nations industry. One
might really imagine them to be all
railway shareholders.
But though one may study, and
learn, and see many things that are
new in London, one must not ex.
pect to amuse oneself there. Gloom
reigns there as much as Queen Vic
toria herself even more. The food
must be the cause of this depression
it is succulent, it is good, it is abun-
dant; but it is as heavy and as in.
digestible as syrup. Salmon and
potatoes, roast beef in enormous
quantities, plum buildings like for
tresses, the whole washed down with
''half.and-half,'' that is to say, Of
ale and stout, which introduces an
unquenchable thirst into your stom.
ach. The English slake their thirst
with port or sherry, highly charged
with alcohol, which is as good as
throwing oil upon fire. It must be
added in their behalf that they make
only one good meal day to which
they give themselves up heartily.
In the morning the working people
take a tea and bread. and. butter; at
noon they hurriedly go to a bar,
where they are served, by young
girls who wait at the counter, with
sandwich and a glass Of sherry,
which they swallow rapidly. Some
Of them seat themselves in front OF
the bar, and silently gaze at the
young ladies who serve them. This
contemplation is INDUCED in for ten
minutes at a stretch; the ]ounger
eats half his sandwich, then falls to
gazing again, completes his refec.
tion, takes a last fond look, then sud.
denly hurries off without word Of
lcave-taking. Five minutes later
ne may be seen mounted upon an
omnibus. beside the driver-the
place Of honor.
A good deal has been said about
the London omnibuses, but too
much can never be said. The Lon.
don omnibus driver is, above all, i'm
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