The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
FROM THE FAR EAST.
Extrass from nn InterrstinE Letter
written by Former Abbevtlee
Lady while JOurueying 10 the
Philippine Islands.
Red Sea March -. lsrl..

Red Sea, March -. l"2.
My Dear Mama:
.uup,s. YOU " III be disappointed that you
did not get u letter from Port said. but ! was
NO dreadfulIy sick after | left Malta that 1
could hot hold up my head. Every body on
/ have decided that I'll never be a good sailor.
The heaIthiest people have been the sickest
On this trip. Some ladies that were always
We stopped at Malta three days. Rem wick
and spent one day ashUre. II has been The
most Interesting place We have stopped al yet.
Snch n quaint old place, up hill anu down MI
w. got carriage and guide as soon A. We
reached shore and we went To nee 81. john \
church. II In Nd beautiful hardly know how
to describe H.. II was built by The Roman
Kuiybls, The floor IL made OF marble slabs |:
uder each slab one OF the knights Is buried.
The walls are all beautiful pictures: all MO.
saic work. Gold candiesticks, ana Kuilded
columns aud queer little Confessional boxes
are NIL around The walls. IL was a great cur.
osity TO me To see them couutiDg their beads
and crouchiDg In the confessional box.
Then We went 10 the Palace oi Bones. lnis
IL u room, m course, down In cellar; pain ted
black. Here are the bones OF the knlghis.
Along one row In heads, another row back
popes another arm bones, etc. IL ID 30 artis.
tiuuiiy arranged that II Is really pretty.
would never have believed that bones OF the
dead could have been made TO look any way
but scarry, but you forget that thsy are bone.
garden to the Armory. saw Napoleons char.
riot, and quite u lot OF old tapestry, old arms,
etc BY that time WAS com mpleteiy worn out,
10 We made the driver tase as over the city.
We stopped Rt sOfue Of tue stores anu
| bought us some little keep-.akes. The stores
are all small. none any larger than Mr.. Cassa-
dy's at home. But they are all pretty; have
| 40 many pretty cntnn and silver tiicks that
II had never heard Il before. l ike TO go
through The stores about ~ we'll nm nnything
else, never wanted lots Of money ~ bad In
| In my Iif-. so many pr.tty things and all
hnn ~ Hrt
every thing hus bJrn cheaper thap at nome.
We b., ugni 90 ,enls bHile OF Olives Tor Is cts.
Every thing seems 10 be- cheap. :
We were RwIui.y disappointed mat we did
NOT get 10 The Catac0mbs or -. Paula bay.
| hat they were both quite n lille distance from
| the city. and my crippled feet would not per.
nit such u journey.
m well NJ the women fairly went crazy over
the MaIte-se lace. You cnp get "A real pretty
| handkerchief tor - cents, and collars in all
cha pes from 10 10 SO 10. Or courre every
woman on the ship bought sptDething. got
a real pretty collar. ahd we bnngnt babe
and Annie each u SILK ,cnrf We won't tell
them VIVA! We gave ior 'hr'n hr .sey 10, 'sm, en-,
q Maltese handkerchief, but decided I'd whit
TIL got TO CDlumbo.
We cnIy stayed one day In Port Said. There
WAS not much TO De hern - We uid tOt SO
Ashore. The psddiers were there In iull i0rcs
To tempt the people. but they did not have as
many pretty things M al the other places.
Alter we lett IOTt SAlu VIC "etO oay ehS
night cruising the Suez Canal. The scenery
most OF the way WAS AN barren AS & desert,
with nothing but curious looking little sig
nal station about every three or iour inlies
We passed one little dug out town. and Snw
We veral cameIa crossing the desert With wagon
loads On their backs.
I forgot TO tell about the goats In Malta.
Goat milk IN all the milk they have. aud all
along the streets you Eee droves OF goats.
take the goat 70 your door and milk ~ In
your yard. SO you are sure 10 get iTesh MIX.
The goats are grazed on the streets.
They don't have any mules mere, Jusi Ittie
little donkey bitched 10 two wheeled carl
with a W wagon load on the cart ana the don-
Keys back. The driver stops at the marke
buys loaf Of bread. cuts it In hall. stnus IL
With scraps OF meat, then he lakes bite 70
see II IL 10 all right, then he gives the donkey
bite. and IL 10 bite and bite about IL goes I'LL
We had 10 20 90 slow through the canal that
none OF us were sick. Out Of the canal we
were one day in the gulf; this was easy sail
Ing too, 80 We were 10 sight OF land for two
days.
pose IL WAS, or u con unuatiOu Of the range.
To-day we are on The ked sea and u mas
been pretty smooth 30 nave had three peace.
ful days. Several days before that u l drank
one lass OF beef tea four come up. This weni
ON 10 many days after we leIt Malta That
didn't care whether lived or died.
II has Teen exactly four wseks since hurt
NY foot, ahd I am hot walking yet. l can
put Just the least bit OF weight on H. ! sup
pose that means that will walk some day.
Afiectionately, MAE l.. u.