Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

| SOHiHS 6OWn w do AWFUL
old castle Enclosures are all SO big.
This one contains a college at one
end, and then there is quite a wood
| which you must walk through before
| you come to the castle itself at the
| other end.
The castle Is wonderful. 1t is splen-
Norman. 1t is built out of the red
rock, and it has oubliettes and wells
and pits and towers and everything of
the kind that heart could wish to see.
We saw the room where Prince Ar
thur was imprisoned for seven years
and the room where William the Con-
queror was born. It's a very little
room in which to have had such a
wonderful thing happen.
Uncle enjoyed the castle immense
ly; he took the deepest interest in
every inch Of it, and when the con-
cierge showed us the window from
which Robert the Devil first saw Ar
lette, he planted himself firmly inside
in and / almost thought he was going
to stay there forever. My feet ached
so that / was glad enough to lean up
anywhere for minute, and honestly
believe that it was ten before he
moved. Then he gave himself little
shake and said: well, to think Of
owning this place, and being able to
stand in window as high up as that
one, and then to look down as far as
that well is, and then only to need to
say, Bring her up! and to know
she'd got to come! Great Scott! No
wonder their son conquered England
I'm only surprised that he didn't wipe
Europe off the face of the continent"
Then he shook his head for a quite a
little while, and we got under way
again and went to Talbot's Tower.
It's high, and uncle wanted to climb
it. / didn't mind his climbing 1t, but
he wanted me to climb it, too, and
some one was ringing the bell, so the
concierge had to leave us and go back
before anything was settled. Uncle
said it was rather hard when he was
doing so much to try and finish me
up Che meant Finish me off," think,
for me to be so lukewarm about being
finished so started in to climb, al
though my knees felt like crumpled
tissue-paper. The steps were so worn
that 1t was awful work and uncle
would go up as far as any one could.
He had the umbrella and / had the |
candle and often we had to step two
and even three steps at once. When |
we came to the place where the steps |
ended, he stood and peeked out of a |
window Imagining himself Lord Tai
bot, / reckon and then we started |
back The coming down was awful |
was honestly frightened. Uncle went |
first and stepped on his coat twice |
and split candle-grease on his hat. |
Uncle found it easier coming down |
than going up, and it wasn't until we
reached the bottom that we discover
ed that the reason why was because |
he had left the umbrella behind and
so had two hands to hold on by. l /
said, Never mind, 1t only cost 60 |
cents" but he was not to be COM
forted, and said bitterly, you forget
the franc that l gave her baby"
would have gone back for it, but felt
so hot and tired.
We came to Caen this noon, and
went to bed, and l don't believe we
shall ever get up again. Uncle said
that with my kind permission he
would suggest that I should not dis
turb him, and heaven knows that ]
have no desire to.
: l never was so near dead in all my
life; but you mustn't think for q
minute that I'm not having lovely
time. for l am, and it was so kind Of
uncle to bring me. Now good,5y, and
with much love, Yours,
YVONNE