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doors. Then, when anythiHg is out
, Of order IL the house Spragne re
. pairs It, 80 YOU see he is very i'm.
! purtant individual st the Elliot !
l forgot To mention that hs also keeps
I sidewalks free from snow. Yet
Spragus, Notwithstanding his rsspon.
sibiIies, perhaps it is on account o.
/ them, wears very melancholy as
pect. He too had a weak back, |
am told. The landlord and his wife
have both weak backs, which is ratt-
/ er odd, is it nOt-so many people in
one hotel being afflicted in the same
manner? | think the name shoud be
changed from Eliot to the hotel des
lnvalids,
From the little | have told you
can be seen what All EASY, comfort
able, agreeable way Of living this is
for family wishing to keep house
and yet not requiring ss much room
AS there would be in a city house.
And ! am sure should you ind your
self waited ipto one of these suits on
a cold, winters day you would i'm
aginc yourself somewhere in the
sunny south, for with the windows
filed with fresh green plants, g:lded
cages of canary birds chanting me-
lodiousl Y to one another and the top
ical atmosphere generated by the
steam heat diffused around, it is al
most the tropics reproduced on a
small scale. This hotel is three miles
distant from the centre of the city,
where are situated the principal
places of public amusement but a
fine line of horse cars runs by it and
to all the principal theaters, churches
and musical halls, so all that one has
to do is to step from the hotel into
comfortable car and in half an hour
are at your place of destination. But
before you bid goodbye to the hotel
Eliot, come with me to the house-top
and let us examine and admire to-.
gether the fine view we have
OF the great metropolis of New
England. 1t is very true that
| have ne snow. clad mountains
TO show to you nor any majestic for
esrs whose "slender tops seem close
againt the sky," but nevertheless,
without these glorious objects the
scene is besutiful and extensive
one.
The time we select for our sight
seeing is sunset--l would say sun.
rise, but / know only too well that
neither the guide For the visitors
would be up in time to see Aurora
usher in the day. And now having
ascended the rather steep stairway
which conducts to the roof we stop
an IN slant tc take breath, and then
you exclaim las | knew you would
for everybody does who sees the
view for the first tine.) "Oh! what
a magnificent prospect! l should
think you would spend half of your
time up here p" Immediately 10
the north, and three miles distant is
seen the gilded dome Of the State
house, which almost rivals the sun
itselfin gorgsousness. Between it
and us are the innumsrsble tops Of
buildings, with tall church spires
arising above thOm here and Athere.
Cambridge, Longwood, Brookline,
Dorchester, aud other towns which
cluster around the city proper, spread
their network Of buildings as far as
the eye can reach. In the north
west the Charles river flows langnid-
ly down towards the sea, and this, in
the glorious light OF the dying day,
looks clear, brilliant blue, formi ng
a beautiful contrast to the varied
shades Of crimson and gold OF the
sky above it,. From every dwelling
smoke, like incense, is curling up.
ward and we feel impressed by the
grandeur Of the universe.
Perhaps, as is SO often the case in
this world, where the great and little
are SO mysteriously, yet SO harmoni-
ously blended together, our some.
what sober thoughts are diperssd by
the sound Of hand organ playing
some air from "Pinafore." Drawing
near to the edge OF the hotel We peep
cautiously down into the narrow
street below. There we see some
seven or eight children, who are sur
rounding ths organ player, and are
watching, with the utmost interest, a
monkey, who is performing all sorts