The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-10
. DUNNO as Mrs. Gray would have
h gone to Blenheim if it hadn't
4 been for the Snickses. They're
~ the kim of folks It have question

the KIN, OF 1OlkS t nave question
r. marks for tongues, an they
'ncourage a guide to tell more'n he other
wise would, which is 'nough for anybody.
Mrs. Gray wen thru one church here at
Oxford TIL 'em an when she came home
she wen right TO bed an says for me to
lock her up if she was ever so foolish as
to go out TIL a couple Of sponges again.
I'm satisfied 'th the history Of a buildin','
says she, an I don't care to hear the
story of ev'ry stone an piece of wood in
it, says she. I came to Europe to be
amused, an not to study g'logy,' says she.
'.An' so, when Mrs. Snicks asted her
would she go TIL them to Chris college
yesterday afternoon, she says she was
sorry but she was *goin' out to Blenheim.
ideas you never had. = Mrs. Gray won't
hurt folks feelins an couldn't kill a fly,
but she can put STICKY fypaper roun' an
I dunno but that's worse, an as told
her when she was talkin' to me t the
Snickses ought to- be toll their faults, else
how were they goin' to Greet 'em. She
says they never could for eternity isn't
a actual period in this worl', but I dunno
but what S she's prejudiced.
Anyway we went to the college in the
mornin' an they were to go in the after
noon. Seems if Billie IL have to have as
many lives as cat to go thru all the
schools his mas picked out for him, for
II
Chris college fore she was wonderin' how
he'd like it there. I hope education III
come easier to Billie N plannin' It does
to Mrs. Gray. Seems If he could get jes'
as much in his own country, but Mrs.
Gray says It that don't coun' SO much as
'vironmen', but I dunno but what there's
some Of that in 'Merica too, by now"
Seems II I never realized how times
h11rr io1 hv aS 7 n VIII wa in
college kitchen an the cook showed us the
roasters an the ovens they've used for
hundreds Of years. That cooks got a way
of markin his pies It ought to make him
frien's 'th the students an it hangs on the
wall TIL the other rules. The apple tarts
are jes plain all the way roun' an the
gooesberry has a couple of scallops in
each en- an the plum s marked on the
sides, an they've been made that way as
long as they've had pies there.
eve don't wan to disappoint the stu
denis when they come for a pie at night
says the cook, says he, TIL a pleasn'
smile. If a man has yearnin' for plum,
he won't like it when he gets to his
room an fins he's got gooseberry. BY
KNOWN, the rule, he can tell as quick
as he gets his fingers on the crus' what
he has an act accordin'. There's dis
appointments 'nough in the worl for mos
folks, says he, sadly, 'thout givin' 'em
the wrong pies. There was one Of the
students who stood the loss of his family
an his money, but when it came to get
tin a apple stead of curran' pie, he
gave UP an tried to drown himself ii,
the fountain says he, AN there's the
fountain says he, a-pointin' to the gar
den.
II was that interested in the cook an
the pies t we nearly missed the train
goin' out to Blenhein. but we didn't, an
SO long as there's ice to freeze the cream
what diff renee does it make il there
| isn't any lef'? All the way out Mrs. Gray
an talked as to whether we'd like to be
duchesses or not but we didn't fully make
up our min till we were comm home.
WED seen the rem the duke pays for his
| place. It's a, white satin banner a-hangin
in Win'sor palace hall an a new one has
to be there ev'ry Easter Monday by /:
O'Clock. Seems if it Id be easier on hin
if ne could pay it once a month, for Mrs
Gray an / could both think up times wher
it mightn't be convenient for the duke t
leave HON TIL his banner He might be
d'lirious TIL typhoid fever or the duchess
might forget to have the new one made
but the guide at Win sor says It they were
aIys on time. Indeed says he, they're
generally a little early says he.
ANYBODY can go to Blenheim who's go
a shillin' to pay for a ticket at the lodge
gate, tho they haven't got a turnstile ther,
the way they have at Win'sor castle. IT.
|jes' like goin' to a state fair to go to some
Of the English homes an the owners don
think any thin Of lettin' folks in to Sc,
4 what they've got an the money goes t,
i charity. At leas' that's what they say
but there was a cab driver at Chester :
i tor US It the Duke Of Yves minister. who
{Igot two turnstiIes in his house, neve
spen' a cen Of the gate money las yea
4 on anythin, but new fxin's for his stables
Z didn't hear that bout the Marlb rough
an s'ppose the other duke thought Their
4 was home as well as foreign missions, an
Fit was better to see t his own pantry wa
4 full fore he sent a basket into the neigh
4 boris. The p'licernan says t at Win'so
4 Castle King Edward made 5000 poun's i
Il shillings from 'Merican tourists las year
|so it seems as IL the wear an tear on car
sIpets is paid for, especially as they cove
i 'em all up. He toll us too, It the Earl o
4 Warwick Is made stock company outer