Evening journal., 1907-07-22
Two Innocents Abroad.
IoriEinaLl

Push is indigenous to the Yankee
race. That is what has made 1t the
most prosperous race today on the face
Of the earth, The trait descends from
father to son and from mother to
daughter. Singularly enough, our Brit
ish cousins who carefu keep within
the limits Of their own c.asses. seem to
like us-that is. the men do. The wo-
men consider our girls who go over
there unblushlngly forward.
Two American girls recently gradu-
ated, whom we shall designate as SUI |
sic and Annie. were sightseeing in an
ancient British town. There was a
twelfth century castle there In toler-
able repair At any rate its owner, tho
Duke Of G.. lived there-that is, when
he wasn't somewhere else. which he
was the principal part Of the time. FOR
he was in politics and spent most OF
his time at the capital.
The girls sailed forth without escort
and, dancing along through the narrow
streets, their skirts huttering IN the
wind like a pair OF yachts "going
about" presently found themselves at
the castle entrance. The drawbrldge
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 Mt the entrance.
1--WE would like to see the castle n
you please" said Annie. the spokeswo-
man.
"The castle is o-o-o-o''- lie was try
ing to get out some word beginning
with the letter o, but got stuck.
I'VE won't hurt anything" said the
younger girl. Susie.
"I 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
inclosure and, seeing two pretty girls.
approached and asked II he could be Of
any service.
1--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 a wall, he put ON his
coat which he had carried on his arm.
and led the way
"I 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 upT'
"Qulte a number. They were red
ones. Their blood stained the walls"
"The perfume must have been de
licious"
''This Is the banquet hail." theii
guide continued, opening a door into an
immense apartment around which were
ranged dummies wearing armOr. "Ths
table reached from end 10 end"
'What did they eat in those daysT
"Oxen, hares, calves, deer-anythine
they could get. They were hard eaters
hard drinkers and hard fighters"
'You don't mean the dukes and theiI
families, do your
"Oh, the dukes ate, drank and fought
harder than any one else. They were
an ignorant set. Scarcely any Of then
could read or write"
"Good graclous|
''This part" the guide went on. "wai
sacked by the roundheads. Here wai
the chapel" opening a door. "Thel
destroyed the altar and got away witt
the silver service"
"What kind Of heads did you sa!
they had?"
"Round-round as a bullet Thei
trousers were always out at the knees.
''How did that happenT
'Praying. They fought, prayed an
sang psalms, all at the same time"
"Why did they attack the castleP
1.-THE duke was a cavalier"
Il thought cavaliers were very nice.
'They wore beautiful lace collar
and long curls, II that is nice"
When the inspection was finishe
and they returned to the starting poin
the man picked up his ak and bade th
girls good morning Annie, who cal
ried a small box In her hand, said:
"Do you think the duke would objec
If took n few viewsT
Certainly not"
She proposed to him to stand wit
his ak over his shoulder and be photo
graphed, making a central figure fo
one of the views. He smiled and cor
sented Then. with thanks, the friend
departed. The same afternoon the
went to London and left their plate
at a photographer to be developed. o
calling for she proofs the Photographic
asked how they came to get the view
and when told offered them ESQ for III
plate containing the ak man. Since tn
would give them a trip into Scotlan'
they accepted IT,
While thev were in Scotland II