The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-06-03

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPON-
DENT, DR.. w. A. CROFFUT
PLYMOUTH, ENG, April az
Dear rcader-reader As dear as a
very brief acquaintance can justify
where are you gong this Summer
Are you Going anywhere ,
Why don't you bravely put your
loot in III. rod ,
Why don't you tuck yoar wife un-
der your arm ami come to Europe /.
1t isn't &c impossible thing you
imagine-not at all. What will 1t
cost in time, money and effort
Come, sit down; let us talk it over
Measure the conditions and find out
il it is even difficult,
Here we are in a stupendous ship.
One OF those which is a mastodon
and greyhound in one, floating and
painting opposite the great Eddy
stone Lighthouse that has furnished
the world for generations with nara
tives Of tragedy and disaster, and per
sistently held up its cleaning torch
10 light the imperiled to safety We
are a little less than six days from
New York Before night we shall
be gently spilled overheard and car
ried TO Plymouth-old Plymouth
revered Plymouth Grandmother
ymouth-whence the MayAower
set sail for Boston Harbor on Sep
TENDER 8, I62o. Here William Orange
landed and was first proclaimed king
Here the English fleet started to en-
counter the Invincible Armada, and
Spain was done to turn. Here was
witnessed the departure OF Sir Fran
els brakes expeditions Of discovery
and piracy. This is Devonshire, where
browse the red droves of comely cat
tie Drake seems to have been a
merry rover, for where he lived he
was nicknamed the fellow-traveIer Of
the SUM- whep he started ont from
the mouth Of the Plyn.
love to travel, and it is wholly
harmonious with my mood that
have been commissioned by you to
make comprehensive tour OF Eur
ope, and report to you how cheaply
and comfortably it can be done. /
say comfortably because the mann
moth proportions of our latest
steamers enable them TO sit upon the
waves without rocking or pitching,
and the passenger need not be sea
sick unless ne declines the service of
bromide prophylatic, which any
prudent physician can prescribe.
| need not say that there are dead
loads of fun on the passage over, for
in a week close and valuable acquan-
tances are made and a good many OF
the passengers act like boys just let
out of school | went on deck this
morning. and found that the betting /
mania which had manifested itself |
strongly for four days had grown IN
TO a frenzy of finance. A score OF
passengers were seated n circle |
on deck holly vociferously discussing |
the contingencies of landing, In the |
luxurious smoking-room were other |
groups gathered about tables in a
cloud of smoke watching piles OF |
gold and silver andsomething they
called chips" in the center OF each |
table, uttering strange mystic cries
solemnly dealing more cards and oc-
casionally raking in the little piles OF
exposed specie. Their faces were
white and unsu!lied by the sun. Bat
the group on the deck wore upon
their noses the hectic flush of solar
and each one >waS
shedding enough skin to make pocN
etbook When a stranger lands II
is not difficult to guess the differ
ent diversions OF the passengers. bt
cause each ardent poker player bears !
aloft a blanched and undecorated |
brow
But there are other ways. Here SIT !
the ruby jewellers on deck--staid folks
from New York, Boston, Vicksburg
and Oshkosh railroad men, mer
chants. doctors. ministers, drum
Iners, professors. fighting time with a
new diversion. Most of them have
English money in their pockets.