The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-05

WI WOULD MOUNT M IuE TOE OF AN o.
NBUA
born and al the rest Of that ct in the
court of sessions. and when I passed out.
and little Miss Elite at the door begged me
IN thin, quavcring voice to buy bcuton-
Mere. il give me quite . turn, don't Jon
know"
went then to 81. Giles and the Seven
Dials. Covent Garden market and Blooms
bury square. Bow street police court and
Piccadilly Circus. to Whitechapel, Charing
Cross, the West End. the famous docks
and moro places Of minor note than could
be named in this column. Every morning
rose ''fresh as the lark that scars and
sings, and shakes the dewdrop from his
WINGS q the poets say, and every night
went TO bed a. tired n . Covent market
donkey and swearing I would be more
moderate next day, but next morning l re-
membered fifty more places really must
see. Work was cut Of the question.
taking notes" would have been wcari-
ness, aud as to having any system" the
very thought was abhorrent. / couldn't
70 amiss, and the more ran NJ random
the more delightful surprises did enjoy.
Finally, however, found At the Victoria
hotel the rest Of the ''gang'-meaning the
temporarily ''single gentlemen" who bad
| formed such pleasant group or the Steam
er coming Overland thereafter we took Il
more systematically and with less walking
| q we learned the omnibus routes. One
| time We would mount to the top Of bus
| and 20 out the Great Western road, by Sc.
James' park, Hyde park and Buckingham
palace lin the distance). through the ele-
1 giant squares beyond the parks, along
| Hammersmith road and across the upper
| Thames TO South Kcnsingtou; At another
A. FAR In the opposite direction, through
| the swarming alleys and streets Of White
chapel, and then 70 Greenwich and all the
noted parks In turn.
| Our favorite walk, however, In the few
hours Of sunshine was along the Thames
Embankment, 90 called, that beautiful
promenade where the stream n walled by
solid white masonry. Through all the up
Der part OF the city the Thames at low tide
y surprisingly narrow. but 1t high tide
Il spreads over considerably more mud,
save in the middle section, where Il u
walled In a. aforesaid. Below the Tower
II widens aud decpcns into regular estu-
ary, and there are the famous docks. In
the natural order Of things London, like
most early cities, was located ~ the head
OF navigation, and hence the rather odd e.
feet that above the city tho Thames II only
. clear, swiftly lowing and picturesque
country creek; In part Of the city It y =
deep and narrow channel, while below that
lit Is an arm Of the Sea- Above II IL clear
a. spring water; below Westminster
bridge - dirty as sewer. Just westward
, Of the city river and country together
! make . scene Of remarkable beauty, and
one hates 70 think Of the day when Macsu.
lays Oft quoted New Zcalander shall hit
J on the ruins Of London bridge, and muse
. on the decline and fall Of the British en-.
lpirc."
Hut this b depression. Our hilarious
Americans are mot In the mood TO muse
lon anything, but those who try 70 find
their own way IN . hurry are greatly
tempted to swear q the peculiar system Of
! numbering the houses on street and the
lingepiously complex want Of system In the
courses and Names Of the streets. The
! numbers begin at the foot Of street and
,, run continuously on one aide TO the head
of the aame, THO cross over and run back