Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-21

to companion, .1D4l YOU see hor? she
been beer i perpetrased II 6uld hardly have
shown more mt ;Sflns ;.r Poor ,b lell is
inherent insall daughters of Columbia
that nothing is too good for iree-born
Americans. As we left the buildings Il
policeman called our attention TO Dillon
and O Brion in close conversation the
former Is tall and dark. while the latter
is very short man. with long snow
white beard. II tell you said the Off
Ger Of the Law. since his reprieVe
o Brion keeps pretty quiet; he never
speaks in the House or at any public
meeting.
Three Sundays already in town" cried
one of us on a bright sunny morning.
who votes for fourth In the country
The nogion WAS carried unanimously py
seven and we started for "Itampsted
Heath" Nothing strikes a stranger in
London more forcibly than the utter ah-
seSice OF the vast network % wires over
head. that one is accustomed to see III
nearly every city in America. How Lon
doners with the immense distances to be
travelled teven with the help of the "un-
icrcround'D can patiently travel by nus
and trans, in place OF etectrlcs. We IAN
20 comprehend. Certainly by their use
outside of the most crowded London
streets much time could be saved in
reaching the country resorts. we con-
sumcd three hours of our not too long
day. in going and returning. The ride
was through a rather uninterestinS por-
lion of the city. but the end of the jour
ney amply justified its being undertaken
"a wide eXpanse of country on the top
of Parliament hill Here one gains slo-
rious view of London with the noble
dome of St. Paui's. and beyond are the
green fields with fiocks of nibbling sheep:
graceful Gins shading many ponds, and
the ever present church spire, which al
ways do!ninates an English country
scene. We Wandered down the hillside,
through tall meadow grass. past group
of people listening to socialistic speak
er: we caught the words american
Democrats in tone of scathing sar-
casm. and quietly hurried by. Our way
led us through charming Waterloo
Park and we looked through the door
way of ''Lauderdale house" where poor
Nell Gwynne had lived and doubtless
many times welcomed her pToiligate king
and lover. The air was filled with the
perfume of fruit blossoms and flowers
the sun as warm rs in summer We
strolled slowly through the churchyard
and paused a while to mediate on the
text. Favor is deceitful and beauty Is
vain suggestedto our mindas We read the
epitaph on a tombstone, erected by a be-
reaved husband, Here lies the once
beautiful Eliza" A little further on we
come upon the object of our quest-a
marble shaft a grave with close trimmed
turf and there we read George Eliot.
We civSe puh 'yts " - anu SAiuN """'
the other name and with our mental
vision see around the grave invisible
forms-Fair Romola the lonely Dorothea
Casaubbon, proud and BEAUTIFUL Gwendo-
line. great hearted Maggie. pretty,
wretched Hetty. noble Adam Bede. while
near them Is that tender woman. in
spred preacher. ministerng angel. Dinah
George Elliots eternal creations-and
she is "of those immortal dead vino live
again in minds made better by their pres
encc.'
MRS. HERMANN KOTZSCHMAR.