The daily sentinel., 1909-10-09

r made purchase or settled with i.
+ cabman, we would multiply i.
I. and subtract We would say +.
+ Yes, that is right; the other !.
+ No, that is not right. Then +
+ after standing and looking at +
+ each other for a while, we usu- +
+ ally figured out how much so i.
+ many shillings and pence were +
+ and how much we were to give +
T. and receive as change. Some +
! times Though not often) we !.
+ did not get the right amount +
+ The French money is much eas- +
+ ier to learn. :.
+ + + + - + + j. +
We spent two days in Liverpool.
seeking the parks and riding on the
I two-storied street cars. from where
we had good view of the city ana
the river Mersey where there were
many large and small ships.
We spent one day at Chester an
old walled city fifteen miles from
I Liverpool. Chester was one of tnn
military stations of the Romans in
/ Britain and was completely demolish-
ed by the northern friars and for
centuries was a barren waste. II
was the last city in England to mold
out against William. the Conquefur
/ The walls were repaired and a castle
| built. The walls around the city are
nearly two miles in circuit. and we
had "A fine view of the city and corn
! try. AT the east gate is flight of
steps leading to the promenade. us IT
is now used for that purpose A
/ inscription on a tower bears these
words: King Charles stood on rhIs
tower Sept. "a, 1915, and saw his
army defeated on Rowton Moor
We met soon after descending TO
the street, several passengers from
the Empress of Britain" whose &c
, quaintance we had made. We greated
each other like long lost friends
They asked us to go with them and
see the old house of the Earls of
Derby We found it in very narrow
street. II had been at one time the
old town house. Above the old black
door was the date 1891. There was
a caretaker who conducted us
through the house. II was only two
stories, dark and the floors were
worn and uneven. We were shown
a small room or closet, where one of
the Earls of Derby was confined un-
til he was executed. There were a
few pieces of old furniture and tap
istry, old benches black with age
and great old fire place. but every
where 1t was dark and gloomy Our
guide led us down stairs and opened
a trap door in the floor leading to
an underground passage to the river.
I We went next to the cathedral
where We were in time for service and
heard the fine organ and choir. then
wandered for awhile in the church
yard reading inscriptions on the moss
covered tombs.
The town of Chester has many old
shops and houses with queer names
copied a few: Ye Olde Coach
House, Hopple Hotel. Pied Bull. Ye
Olde Bears Parr. Burton Mild and
Bitter Ales licensed l494. and Weav-
er Street Custom House Inn. 1897.
We bade our friends goodbye and
went back to Liverpool, leaving the
next morning for London. We left
al 10 a. m. on a fast London express
ON the Midland. II was called a
corridor train. There was small
corridor on one side. and compart-
ments which would comfortably hold
eight people. Everything was very
clean hut the seats were not comfort
able.
The country we passed through
II.
The fields divided by hedges or stone
walls so uniform they looked like
checker boards. And the roads we're
even and clean II must be an ideal
country for automobiling We saw
a number of parties, tourists evident
ly during the day. One had a break
down. We arrived in London at 4
p. m.,-on time. We staid In Lon
don nine days Although there was
much rain we did not experience a
London fog and we went sight-seeing
Just the same one bright day we
had lovely trip on the Thames to
see the great observatory at Green
wich from which the time for the
world is taken.
AT Greenwich there is naval col
lege two hundred years old with well
kept lawns and flower beds mu-
scum containing models of all kinds
of ships from every nation: curios
of all kinds from the sea and "A large
arr gallery. the walls of which are
covered with naval and marine views
and portraits of commanders, cap
tains and high officials The trip
on the river was very interesting.
there were so many ships, large and
small, tugs and pleasure boats with
flags Of many nations flying. ! saw
our own good old stars and stripes
among them.
The water front was lined with
warehouses, many of them very old
and green with moss where the water
washed up against them. Here and
there were queer little houses perch
ed mp high on the bank, tiny paned
windows and n little balcony fitting
forward like decrepit old man that
a slight push would send over into
the water. The captain pointed out
places of interest one of which was