The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-12-05
INTERESTING LETTER RECEIVED BY WAYNE
COUNTEAN TELLING OF TRIP TO ENGLAND

interest. On CTlp between new
York and Hamburg, the Imperator
spends $4,000 in provisions alone.
The Emperor Wilhelm of Germany
was a guest on the boat for three
days. He was attended by sixty Off
GERS. Peaches, costing $500 each
were served to them, and strawber-
ries with leaf and stem attached,
were served, the latter having been
! secured at fifty cents each. Through
the efforts of our friend, Mrs. Ada
Corning Atwater, we also learned
that 10000 letters were delivered
aboard during our trip. 1 am proud
to say that my share numbered
| twenty-one.
One morning 1 suddenly awoke to
| the realization that we would land at
Plymouth in a few hours" and the
next thing l knew, / was on a rock
ing tender, gazing wistfully at my
beloved ship; my arm linked with
that of an Englishman, who looked
strangely like my father, talking to
lady who appeared to be my moth
er, and boy, who claimed to be my
brother. The next moment / was
defiantly facing the English customs
only to discover that one of my
trunks (wise baggage) had gone on
to Hamburg.
Gladly would 1 have followed in
its wake, but instead am INDUCING
in English life as viewed from q
turnpike. We reside in stone cot.
tage at least a hundred years old
where we eat Cornish pasties and
triangular scones and drink English
tea. We travel with "cob and jim.
gle" by day, and dream of America
by night. We go to see the mos
picturesque towns imaginable, with
curly streets and beautiful lanes. As
you reach the approach to the town
the lane loses itself, and you emerge
into the main street between roman
tic old UNCOVERED walls, and in each
town is a wonderful old church ant
one or two stuffy shops, so odd ant
funny, with an astonishing capacity
for all staple articles, not to mention
old-fashioned crockery and othel
nameless objects of uncertain value
Some Towns
In England.
A great deal of the picturesquenes'
of the towns lies in their names. In
stead of Honesdale, Rileyville ant
Siko, there is Belovely, Trethosa
Tregonatha, Enniscaven, Tolskiddy
Lostwitchiel, Mevagissy, Trezaddern
and scores of others. There are
some of the towns l have visited b!
Jingle" where the funny Cornisl
people, unconscious of the surround
ing beauty of their country, live il
simplicity in their stone cottages
and have the tiny shops in the crook
ed streets.
At the end of this week, however
my cousin and 1 are going up t.
! Exeter Ga town of $4,000 inhabi
tants) as guests of an old dealer il
antiques, where we shall be carried
perforce back to the old ElizabethaI
period. We shall go to Mols Coffee
House, used before the reign o
Queen Elizabeth as a Gentleman
Club, where such of the Old Sci
Dogs as Sir Francis Drake, Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raj
eigh held forth and eventually play
ed so important a part in that bril-
liant period of English History. Be
sides the historical part of the town
we shall revel in old-fashioned jew
elry shops and century-old cathe
drals.
Further than Exeter, L really d
not know. The most alluring par
of my trip is the uncertainty of il
, Fortunately / had a grand-fathe
who lived and died here at Popula
Cottage on the Moars, and with ou
headquarters in this fascinating spot
we delve here and there as suits ou
varied fancies. After seeing tn
southern part of England, we shall
of course, go to London. By the tim
that is over, we shall know what W
, want to do next. We are going leis
urely, and have my camera with me
l want to take a picture every tim
/ turn a corner. Why! l want
picture of every cow and BULLOCK
: every hedge and hillock in England
} To-day is Bank Holiday, and a
| Cornwall is on the move. My father
uncles and cousins have gone dow
to Newquay to ''see the wrestling.
, Tonight they will come home full {
} twists and turns, and all we sha
hear of till Monday week any'ow
is "the wrestling"
! The country is beautiful, the cl
! mate is conducive to fine spirits, S
! if you feel respondent, or dissatisfie
in any way with Dyberry, come O
; over, and we will try and show you
. good time.
With love and best wishes to all,
Y Your Niece,
i MIRIAM L. STEPHENS.