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take more space than can give today,
but I must tell you Of one, FloriGa
sunset, that $4,000 was paid for. II is
beautiful far off or close at hand, but
when twilight shadows are falling m
that vast room IL seems a slice out or
a veritable sunset. One of a scene IN
Turkey is worth studying because the
strip OF red carpet, flower-strewn'
seems to follow you, move where you
may. The eyes in portraits have a way
of looking at one the same way. Three
Of us moved to different places in the
room, but to each the strip or carpet
made a straight line.
We sat on the piazza and listened to
sweet music as we rested, then looked
at the gold fish in the fountain, adj
mired the palms and flowers and then
went across to he Alcazar. There we
saw all sorts of foreign things to toll
the money out OF ones pocket, bought a
few postcards and began the tour or
the shops. They are one Of the feats
not OF be missed. For boundless wealth
as well as limited means are catered 10.
and never have seen people more
courteous nor more reasonable. It's an
education just to sec the pretty things
displayed.
We went through the park. past the
slave market, and into a quiet little
i
we got very nice meal for 35 cents;
all but Louise, she insisted that she
wanted broiled Spanish mackerel in hon
or of those early settlers, griddle cakes
because she wanted to see how they
would look in st. Augustine, and ice
cream because she never could resist
it. Think Of the combination-and she
is living yet.
After that dinner we took one moro
I 60
trains were so accommodating she had
to leave at 2 or miss a class she has
at $50.
Mrs. Dee and I then started for the
fort. I'VE walked the sea wall of course
and enjoyed the breeze and sunshine.
And now comes the hardest part of all
How can tell you in such limited space
of that wonderful fortress a nation
spent I91 years building, and it cost that
Spanish government over $4,000, 600?
The castle has never been taken by a
besieging enemy. 1t requires 100 can
non and 1000 men to defend it, ana
since it came into the hands of the
United States it has been Strengthened
by a water battery which is very for
midable.
Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, a brave
military chief, was appointed by his king
on condition that he should drive the
/ French from the soil already claimed by
Spain and plant a colony for Spain.
September he landed at what was an
Indian village and named the place st.
Augustine, in honor of the saint whose
birthday fell on August 2S. the day they
sighted the harbor. The first line of de-
tense was an octogon. The men used
their hands as well as any implement
| they possessed to dig the bitches and
throw up the ramparts. Earth and wood
were the only material to be found then.
Menendez knew that he was planting a
colony for all time and extended his lines
so as to protect his camp. They landed
/ 50 cannon from the ships and in those
days a cannon was formidable looking as
well as death-dealing, the lightest of the
50 weighed 1850 pounds. The fort in
a named an de
Pinas, and only came into the present
name, Fort Marion, for the Revolution
airy hero, when Florida became part of
the United States.
Think of all tho-s legends and the real
tragedies enacted on that spot. For so
years the Appalachian Indians were held
In slavery and compelled to aid in its
erection. Thing OF the crude implements
used in those days, of the hundreds Of
men working in quarries after they