Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-26

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peeled like Rn onion.
when / left the beach 1 went as 1877
as New London BY boat, The day
was bright and clear but the sun was
perfectly fierce out on the water ana
/ ioolishly rode on the upper DECK,
Right here was where got burned.
You could almost smell the smoke oy
the time / reiched New London. ln
a few days my face. arms and shout
ders gave up their lobster shade and
took on that hideous brown that ! had
so earnestly avoided. ] still have u
or q part it. Came from New Lon
don to Norwich, a distance Of fourteen
miles by trolley. I enjoyed nothing
more while there than this ride. The
country with its numerous lakes,
brooks, coves and valleys is wonder
fully beautiful. Then 1t was up nlli
and down-oh, such fun!
Two days later | went with my
sister out to Gardeners Lake where
nv nephew was camping alone. This
lake is several miles long and nearly
as wide and is surrounded by heavy
woodland. Boys from New York
make this camping ground during
their summer vacations. All sorts Of
fish are found here; most OF them new
to me.
After eating regular camp dinner
we went out ON the lake In row boat
and actually caught four dsh-my
very first. Out on the water with Q
bright sun shining did not take away
any Of my tan. We fished for several
hours when we went to a neighboring
farm house to answer a phone call.
Here 1 saw the interior Of one OF those
old.fashioned New England farm
houses that we read about. The ire
place was great and OF course. the
small-paned windows and broad
boarded floors were new to me. These
old homes are made Of such good sub
stantial material no wonder they
stand so long. We returned home In
the cool Of the evening and we had
fish next morning for breakfast, a
bass, three perch and pumpkin-seed.
The following Tuesday evening Q
party Of us went ten miles down the
Thames river in a gasoline launch.
We passed Yale Ferry where the Yale
and Harvard baat houses are stationed.
1t is there that the famous Yale and
Harvard races begin every year. !
doubt very much whether the scenery
along this river can be surpassed by
many others in the United States.
Being on the water at night is the
ielliest sport on earth.
One day we took the excursion
steamer Block Island and went to
Ocean Beach. Swell folks spend their
summer there and some Of the cot
tages are great. Some Of New York's
millionaires have spent thousands OF
dollars on summer homes In that vi.
entity.
One morning, Sunday, we started
for Watch Hill, R. l., by boat. 1t
rained Of course. We went in bathing
aud never laughed SO much at any
one time in my life. 1t was raining,
the surf was rather rough and SC, cold.
Hundreds of people were in the water
90 1t did not make any difference how
much you laughed nor now FOOLISH
you acted. Our teeth began to chat
ter so we had to seek warmer quar-
ters. Ittook several hours for me to
get warm and I'll never 60 in the
water again when it is SO cold. Next
came a shore dinner. l don't know
whether can tell all we had or not.
First came clam chowder, then clam
fritters, fried fish, brown bread, boiled
potatoes, corn on the cob and cucum-
bers. Next we had Holsters in the
half shell and about peck Of clans,
Last, watermelon which was not good.
We walked over to the lighthouse and
life-saving station and then along the