The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-06-28
Two Innocents Abroad.
[Orlginal,I

. atrd, whom we shall designate as Su
. Sic and Annie, were sightseeing in Al
> ancient British town. There was ;
v twelfth century castle there in toler
a able repair. At any rate, its owner tht
r Duke Of c., lived there that is, whel
: he wasn't somewhere else, which he
u was the principal part of the time fol
he was in politics and spent most Of
a his time at the capital
, The girls sailed forth without escort
t and, dancing along through the narrow
{ streets, their skirts fluttering in the
: wind like pair of yachts going
about" presently found themselves at
the castle entrance. The drawbridgc
was down, and the portcullis was up,
so the two American girls concluded to
storm the castle while the way was
open A man stood at the entrance.
I'VE would like to see the CASTLE if
you please" said Annie, the spokeswo-
man.
'The castle is 10000 He was try.
ing to get out some word beginning
with the letter o, but got stuck.
1--WE won't hurt anything" said the
younger girl, Susie.
81 d-d-d-d'- This time he got stuck
on the letter d.
At that moment a man, with an ak
over his shoulder, passed by within the
Enclosure and seeing two pretty girls,
approached and asked if he could be of
any service
/, :We want to see the castle" said the
spokeswoman. IF we wait till he tells
us whether we can or not I'm afraid it
will be too late"
| The man smiled and said that he
would show them the castle. Leaning
his ak against wall, he put on his
coat, which he had carried on his arm.
and led the way.
Il guess he's in charge when the
dukes away" said the elder girl to the
Junior.
The inference was natural, for the
man opened doors wherever he liked
without knocking and took them ev-
erywhere, explaining as he proceeded.
'This is the square tower" he said.
1T was blown up during the war of
the roses"
Il didn't know roses ever quarreled,"
said the younger girl, with surprise
Were there many of them in the
tower when it was blown up?
quite a number They were red
ones. Their blood stained the walls"
"The perfume must have been de-
licious."
"This is the banquet hail." their
guide continued, opening a door into an
immense apartment around which were
ranged dummies wearing armor. THE
table reached from end to end"
What did they eat in those days"
oxen, hares, calves, deer-anything
they could get They were hard eaters,
hard drinkers and hard fighters"
"You don't mean the dukes and their
families, do your
"Oh, the dukes ate, drank and fought
harder than any one else. They were
an Ignorant set. Scarcely any of them
could read or write"
Good graciousp
'This part" the guide went on, was '
sacked by the roundheads. Here was
the chapel" opening a door. "They '
destroyed the altar and got away with A
the silver service" '
what kind of heads did YOU saw 4
they had?" '
'Round-round as a bullet. Their 4
trousers were always out at the knees" =
How did that happen? A
Praying. They fought, prayed and =
sang psalms, all at the same time" A
"Why did they attack the castle?" :
"The duke was cavalier" A
Il thought cavaliers were very nice" =
They wore beautiful lace collars A
md long curls. if that is nice" '
When the inspection was finished
and they returned to the starting point '
the man picked up his AK and babe the
girls good morning. Annie, who car '
Red small box In her hand, said: 4
DO you think the duke would object ,.
Z took few views?" A
Certainly not"
She proposed TO him to stand with 4
lis ak over his shoulder and be photo. '
sraphed, making a central figure for !
me of the views. He smiled and con.
'ented. Then, with thanks, the friends
departed. The same afternoon they
vent to London and left their plates 4
1t photographer to be developed. On ,.
'alling for the proofs the photographer 4
lsked how they came to get the views =.
md when told offered them ESQ for the A
late containing the ak man. Since this
you'd give them trip into Scotland. 4
hey accepted 1t. y
While they were in Scotland the A
British cabinet was outvoted in the y
ouse Of commons, and new ministry 4
vas formed. One Of the illustrated pa y
ers fell into the girls hands, and 4
lecture in 1t surprised them. 1t was n "
eproductlon Of their photograph Of a
he ak man. Under it was printed In "
APPS, His grace the Duke of G.. the 4
ew prime minister, returning from his "
ally exercise" o.
Annie looked at Susie, and Susie u
'oked at Annie. Then Annie said: -,
Il think we'd better go home and VI
AXE another year at school," .,
FLORENCE GILBERT. ~