Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-01
BELOW THE EQUATOR, Beginning an 18,OOO Mile Cruise
 Around South America.

1 last two land days backward and for
 ward A westerner bounced on my | Times of the 2lst. observed, An cient history, but better than nothing"
 Why, it is the neU's of only yester- day. he answered in response. AIre1cy we are thankful for small favors. and ! really it seemed full Of interesting things, that paper. far more interest ' ing thar in New York. where we have
 so much that we are easily spoiiec
 Such a lovely day and less than for ' weight hours from New York. and { we are pointing south. 90 Gar thls vov-
 zgr is Dcyvhd compare, and We ar, ! pointed south Now it is Ike June.
 ' Jan. 2A-With all the ailaro,ncnt "s ! travel-and in ail the wiGe rorl there cannot be a more anur.ns day tha1 I this. with its impeccahie seq and sky and air like AIay-there is nothing liss home. Where can you find t-Vcc ! hearts. a deeper consideration. then under your oen roofuee2 Cpealns f1r ! the first time a collection pf books, ocs ! of one of -hem dropped sea ej en- eelope which I supposed contair.a Some notice from the ships cowr1ny Ioye-lookcd amidst tle confusion of l--- ! barking. But no. it was much oeU- fer than that a cry of adecti1n which ] brought the wet e my eyes as read 1 the kind lines far out at sea. When ever you open this little note heaps o' ! love meet you from Anna and Paul. ! We think of yog an the time. We are already waiting to hear your welcome ! footsteps. as we long to hear them when you are gone only for a few | for os,F F.s-r
 v-e win try Co do our best-do much work. take good care of the master,
 which we know wil please you most . Wishing you a pl-esant journey. with all pleasure that this world can give. ! Lovingly. Anna and Paul"
 ] Anna is a Swede who has been with me thirteen years. the much valued prop of the household. Could the best
 literary artist express himself with ' greater force. with a finer simplicity? It is always thus where the heart ! speaks. particularly from the depths of ! reserve But Anna is more than most. ] for she can embroider beautifully, play the guitar and sing ike the lark though she has abundance of domestic virtue besides. Paul is a wonderful ! Maltese cat Even the veterinary says ! this who treated him a short time ago [ for gastritis. The doctor said he hated ! to have anything to do with such cats. ' but that this one took his olive oil and medicine like a human being and after | a weeks severe illness. when two dis tracted woms2 hung over hirc day afAaR ? aas Cne nso ceieDTateo .Nev IS Years pro- -aly al some too kind neigh e bor's) responded in two hours to sci l- entihc treatment and for the first tims e in seven days purred and purred. Suci g, a cat is So wonderful in many ways g that you understand the regard roi l. them of the ancient Egyptians and yot a take more vivid interest In the inter. e esting oriental belief of reincarnation l. Even John, though he is mere man i- Is fond of Paul He says he has two IT great virtues not so common in this Il world. He can't talk, and he minds his e own business. Besides that he smiles s and understands all you say. and he O has handsome thick dark gray coat - which fits him perfectly and did he tire
 of it would command a price.
 y Jan. 26.-The first land since New 4 York-St. Christopher, named by Co., e lumbus in 1892 and nicknamed SL l. Kitts by the English when they came t into final possession. Basse Terre. the @ principal port. was plainly visible as '. the ship passed. Then came Nevis, as - ] perfect as Vesuvius in form and line. e and not so unlike, $500 feet high oncs ' a famous watering place, with it's sul- O phur bsth= and extinct volcano. and t also famous for the marriage of Ho- y ratio Nelson on Its soil and the birth s of our own Alexander Hamilton We e are gradually entering or that stately [ row at Leeward islands. the Lesser D Antilles, which follows US 10 Barea- N does Already beautiful Nevis is fad O ing into a dream. Redonda. with only r a hundred or SO inhabitants to work .l the phosphate from the alumiua mines. a about 1000 tons of which goes to the n United States. raises its stony head - above the waves to 1000 feet and Q falls behind. then Montserrat discov- D cred on the second voyage of COlum- r. bus in 14s3 and named by him for the - mountain in northern Spain which s Wagner with "Parsifal" has mads s known to the least well informed Q comes into view two-thirds of it's sur o face a wild forest. the rest a garden a of lines. ''Montssrrat lime juice" be-
 ing known throughout the world and r lfterwsrd s5efore lay me down to 9 sleep, Guadeioupe, a French islan with
 
 f sea- with its great volcano SoufTiere Q casting completely into the shade it's e more or less extinct neighbor. the f Soufriere of Montserrat. and after this 5 Dominica paradise of nature with its E ! high woods and aboriginal Carlos. ' mountainous. wild and lovely. and we e hope if the ship can make it. for a D daytime view of Martinique's dead ! world with meaacing Pelee.
 3 Even the names of these strange isles n guarding the Caribbean in a graceful . crescent from the violence of the At- . lsntic on the east are inspiring Long { have wished to know them, and it is 8 aggravating to pass them by with only a a panoramic view. But thiz is South t American cruise, not a Ns est Indian. a except for the necessities of coal and the ike. so we must submit Lafcadi0 ! Hearn spent two years in these waters ? happily Gertrude Atherton wrote q
 novel about Nevis. and 1t is 10 be hoped
 that one may some time return. No v rr,ore noxv however as fha novice ga "a