The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-08-16
A FLYING TRIP.
Made by the Manager Of The Free Lance and
His Wife

Man. in his natural state. sometimes
Enjoys Summer trip
To mountain, high. or seashorc. fair.
By rail, steamboat or ship.
-SHORTFELLow
soft was with the Manager of Tns FRrr
LANCE. The rush of business. together
with the oppressive weather had made
nun louS Tor an opportunity to get away
rom the rattle of machinery and the hum
drum of Office life.
Accordingly On the evening of August
9th, accompanied by his good wife. he
wended his way TO the Neems Steam
boat wharf The good ship Essex
which was lying at the dock was not
scne duied to leave until > a. m. on the
9th but Ike most new spaper men We
bad conscientious scruples against ret
ting up at 4 O'ClOck i'm the morning. .hence
through the kindness OF good Captain
Hart we registered at the rursers Office
on the night Of the 9TH
IL was beautiful night and as we sat
on the forward deck and listened
70 the yarns of the steamers crew. our
mind ran back 10 the good old days of
our childhood when we were the captain
al "a yawl boat ON OnancOck River. East
ern Sho'.
! Vt 10 T.. Mwife bade us goodnight and
/ went TO room l6, supposedly our ahid-
ing place for the night however she re-
turned IN a few minutes and reported
ha<sng heard strange noise eminatiur
from room ] 4 and was unable TO sleep
she was unable to say whether the noise
or sound resembled that of a saw mill or
NOT. She thought il did however Upon
investigation, we found that the cause
81 her alarm was nothing more nor less
t.an snoring Baptist preacher. "A
North Carolinian by location ard "A wild
over 10y misfortune. W no was enroute To
iappahannock to visit some friends. IL
Is sufficient TO say that we moved to an
other section oi the boat
At A. NJ. Wednesday. about 100
Frederick sburg Red Men aGd friends
came aboard, enrOute to Lesdstown and
return on an excursion trip.
In "A few minutes. we were off and soon
were enjoying n trip down the beautiful
kappahannock.
trip on this river is n real treat: il is
greater treat when Captain Hart is in
charge lie is "A splendid fellow. Always
anxious to make his passengers feel az
home and ever ready to direct attention
To the points of interest along the route.
Space will not permit us TO enumerate
all oi the happenings Of the trip. The
weather was beautiful and ut each wharf
we were the recipients OF wish YOU
pleasant trip from the many readers of
Tue FREE LANCE.
Had we the time, we would like to tell
oi friends we met at Port Royal. Tappa
hammock, MAYORS. and Urbauna. At the
latter place we met our fellow -townsman
/ Air. T.. Il. Nhitehouse and his charming
daughter. Here. also. We shook the hand
OF Mr.. haydon of he Southside Sentinel.
As the evening shades began to gather.
we imagined ourselves on some LARGE
stock farm for we could hear the cattle
lowing, the sheep "bleating' and the
dear little calves earnestly calling for their
ma All oi these sounds came from the
lower deck.
Al nlghuall in company with n num-
Der of ladies and Capt. Hart we took
our seats on the forward deck and enioy-
ed least of reason and a flow of salt
atmosphere.
We reached baltimore on Thursday
and after visiting some relatives left via
the Queen Anne r. r.. for Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware, on Friday morning.
I By noon we had reached the Oceans side
and after registering at Hotel Henlopen
proceeded to the proverbial board walk
on which we enjoyed a stroll OF several
hours duration.
Upon the setting OF the sun, the crowd
On tue DOaru Walk was greatly increased
by the appearance of millions of mosqui-
toes, OF that pesky, measly, hungry, sas-
sy, little variety. Indeed they were so
thick that all persons venturing in their
company, were compelled to carry smok-
ing sticks or weeds in order to maintain
their equilibrium or retain their religion.
We left Rehoboth, on Saturday. for
Georgetown, Delaware, where we visited
our. parents and brother and sisters.
Bright and early Monday morning we
turned our faces homeward. After spend
ing Tuesday in the Capitol of our Coun-
try, we reached "Ilome Sweet Home" at
OILS p. m. after having spent a week in
'gallavantiDg" over the country. and,
don't you know, we have come TO the
conclusion that Fredericksburg is the
best place after all to spend ones vaca-
! ton. We were met at our door by our
two dogs who gave Us the warmest kind
of welcome, indeed even the chickens in
our back yard 'cackled" us welcome
home but the pIeasantest part of the
whole trip was the warm greetings receiv-
ed from our neighbors and friends giving
evidence that though we are only a very
small part OF the town we were at least
missed. Happy thought.