The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-06-30

about its looks. My driver set me
down al q house on an alley thought
but II turned out to be St. George
street, one OF the most pteIentions
streets Of the city, In that house
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps passed q win
ter and though she did not write
"Gates Ajar" there she wrote a pretty
poem In the room just opposite mine +;
"a Lost Winter Here n day q
mysterious lady came and rented the
home to "keep boarder." 1t Is an
uupretenious home owned BY a maiden
lady, and she was taken aback at the
the ways Of the "boards," They came
at night aud kept away in the day time.
They road In carriages and drank
champagne for water. The women
wore diamonds and silks. One day
they all decamped: it was Boss Tweed
and his crowd. He bid over on
Anastasia Island in the day till be could
get away for the West Indies and
Spain. The Ponce de Leon hotel there
is a marvel Of beauty and safety from
fire. There is a good deal OF old
Spanish and Minorcan and new Cuban
blood here. The narrow streets are
cool and the over. hanging balconies
where the people sit make shade for
the twenty-lOot street below. The
streets are paved in modern style with
fre-briek. The gate posts OF the
anclept city still stand, and the Old
Spanish fort now Fort Marion is a use
less Tor defence as for offence. The
old Spanish coat OF arms Is still over
the main entrance. Here | stood and
looked out into the channel to the sea
where bold st. Francis Drake came
with his feet ana tried, but failed to
reduce the Spanish fort. THIS morn
ing at Sea Breeze l got up 800 after
four and saw the sun come up out OF
the ocean There were just clouds
enough to make such a glorious sun
rise as only Turner could paint. | was
q mile from the nearest home, no one
was awake and | could say with Monte
Cristo, ''the world Is mine" Prepar-
ing for q bath in the tepid surf just as
the u burst out | put up both hands
to cover his light and 1t reminded me
Of q picture l haveiseen Of 4 native In
the time Of Columbus standing on the
shore and raising his hands sin
prayer to the SUM- as was supposed. l
suspect that in reality the squaw was
doing Just what I wss-keeping the
sun out Of her eyes, Daytona just
east OF here across the Halifax river is
. lovely place, looking as # the whole
town has been built under trees from
which Spanish o hangs thickly and
protectlngly. As set at Sea Breeze
10 q pleasant breeze iron spice lies
In the south" the unending lashing Of
waves that put me to sleep last night
aud waked me this morning Is still
keeping me company. Why can not
more, why must so few OF the millions
in the interior get to the seashore for
rest and revivalP Why do not most
p ,ople get so little pleasure out Of this
beautiful world3 The fault Is with
economic legislation. Million Of work
ers are steaming and sweating, and
their children dwar6Dg in the brick
tenenents OF the cities. Ii they could
but have 80 days at the seashore! But
the one thing that would free them
il rightly used-the American ballot
they pay little attention 10 or use
under bad advice, and waste their
energies on those two imported
European failures, the strike and the
boycott. Instead Of railroads carry
what they do would it not pay them
to carry ten times as many at
one-ffth the pricsP But greed learns
rom no teacher but force.
GEORGE WILSON.