Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-23
Ihdd really got array al last.


address behind me, so for three blessed
weeks might roam an undisputed lord of
myself. Three weeks were not very many
10 take out of the fifty-two but they were
all could venture 10 give myself; for even
1T that time my practice, If not so lucrative
us l could wish, was large and increasing
one. Having done twelve-months harl
work, l felt that no one in the kingdom
could take his holiday with a conscience
clearer than mine, so lay back in a pc
culiarly ooltented frame of mind, and dis
counted the coming pleasures Of my brief
respite from labor.
There are many ways of passing a holiday
many places at which it may be spent,
but, after ALL If you wish to thoroughly en-
Joy it, there Is but one royal rule to be fol-
lowed. That is, simply to please yourself
90 where you like and mount the innocent
holiday hobby which is dearest to your
heart, let its name be botany. geology, en-
tomology, couchology, venery, piscation, or
what not. Then you shall be happy, and
return well braced up for the battle of life.
! knew a city clerk with literary tastes who
Invariably spent his annual fortnight among
the mustiest tomes of the British museum,
and averred that his health was more bene.
Gted by doing than il he had passed the
time iohaling the freshest sea breezes.
Sketching has always been my favorite holi-
day pursuit Poor my drawings may be,
nevertheless, as l turn them over in my port
folio, they bring, to me at least, vivid re-
membranes of many sweet and picturesque
spots, happy days, and congeIial compan-
ions. 1t is not for me to say anything Of
their actual merits, but they are dear to me
for their associations.
This particular year went to North Wales
and made Bettws Coed my headquarters.
] STAYED at the Royal Oak, that well-known
little inn, dear to many an artists heart, and
teeming with "reminiscences Of famous men
who have sojourned there times without
number 1t was here ! made the acquaint-
ance of the man with whose life the curious
events l am going to narrate are connected.
On the first day after my arrival at
Bettws my appreciation Of my liberty was
20 thorough, my appetite for the enjoyment
Of the beauties Of nature SO keen and insa-
tiable, that went 50 far and saw so much,
that when ] returned to the Royal Oak night
had fallen and the hour Of dinner had long
passed by. l was, when my ow.. meal was
placed on the table, the only occupant of the
coffee-room. Just then young man entered
and ordered something to eat. The waiter
knowing no doubt, something Of the frank
camaraderie which exists, or should exist,
sSs"S~" ''o VI" - ~AS' P'ihehoi Aa1h hAS
cover at my table. The newcomer seated
himself, gave me pleasant smile and nod,
and in five minutes we were in full swing Of
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