The Republican journal., 1902-02-13
IN KING EDWARDS DOMAIN.
Notes of Six Weeks Trip to England and
Scotland.

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| XIV.
Returning to bennington about foul
O'Clock, two of us invested in some
penny buns and repaired to an adjacent
stream which crossed the principal
street and formed one boundary for the
extremely attractive little park nearby.
Here we fed the solitary swan until he
refused to swallow another morsel, and
the half dozen spectators who had been
regarding us with as much curiosity as
they had the bird gave one last curious
look at the two Americans who had
been casting their bread upon the
waters in the most approved style. On
our return to the hotel we were attract
ed by large window full of candies,
displayed in real American style. We
stopped to read the placards and the
alluring nature of Spa and Invalid
toffee drew us into the shop, where we
were waited on bya rosy checked Eng
| fish lassie with a delightful manner.
We added to our purchases pipe of
briar-wood, Or rather candy imita-
tion-silver trimmed, with an amber
mouth piece, which was presented with
due ceremony to the youngest smoker.
1t was found, upon examination, how
ever, that this magnificent bargain for
1t only cost penny was slightly stale,
and it was not used to any great extent.
We spent another coy evening by the
| open fire, realizing with regret that it
would be the last, and rose next morning
to bid a reluctant goodbye to our fam
lily sitting ROOM Before leaving the
hotel few of the gentlemen who had
taken an early walk presented one of
the participants in the Sunday evening
discussion on the subject of lnatrimony
with q. book entitled, How to be
Happy though Married"-a gift which
was greatly appreciated.
We walked to the station where the
derisive cry of a group Of urchins,
"iIere come the \ ankees," had greeted
on our return from StratfOrd the day
before. and boarded train for Chester.
not far distant We arrived in that
city in a driZzling rain and took one
horSe-car, which had no visible driver.
and conductor aged nine The driver
appeared finally and we progressed
very slowly toward Blossoms Hotel
where. soon after arrival, We
lunched. After luncheon we braved
the continuous drizzle and set out
on a tour of exploration. Chester
whose name was derived from the
Latin word castra-camp-Was founded
by the Romans about so b. C. The
two main streets cross each other at
right angles, and We're cut out Of the
rock by the Romans from four to ten
feet below the level of the houses. The
buildings on these streets are curlously
arranged. In front of the second story
is a continuous promenade or covered
gallery, open upon the street, where
there are pillars and steps up from the
sidewalk. The upper stories are occu-
pied as residences, with shops and ware
houses below, and the chief shops of
the town in the second story. This ar
rangement, called rows" together
with the ancient walls, the half timber
ed construction of many of the houses
and the quantity carved ornamental
gables of the sixteenth century, render
Chester perhaps the most picturesque
city in England.
We found the steps leading up to the
city walls and walked for quite a dis
lance on the smooth promenade, about
four feet wide, stopping at King
Charles ToWer-where he witnessed
the victory OF the parliamentary forces
over his oWn-iust outside the city
limits. This little place is now used as a
museum and the interior is filled with a
heterogeneous collection of everything
in the shape of curio. We were
obliged to smile at some pottery labeled
''Amerjcan Indian relics" One piece,
/ in particular, vase Of a brown glazed
ware, and bearing a rude picture in a
/ darker brown shade, reminded us very
forcibly of the souvenir china of today,
The other pieces were quite as impossi-
BILE, and we were willing to assert that
none of it had ever seen America,
much less an Indian. We continued
our walk until the jumping off place"
was reached, and descending ''took in
| the canal before returning to our high
and dry promenade. After short tour
about the town. including walk along
one of the "rows," we returned to the
hotel to dine and spend the evening in
the drawing room before tiny CRATE
ire in company with some very pleas
ant English ladies'
The next morning drive to Eaton
Hall, the residence Of the Duke of
Westminster was in order, but the
sky was threatening and everyone was
predicting rain. 1t was thought
best therefore, not to hurry Our