Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-07

 row one could not walk with a raised umbrella when a trolley car was pass ing. They soon arrived at the wharf and paused awhile to glance over the harbor with it's cosmopolitan shipping i The harbOr extends into a magnificent bay two and one-half miles wide, and mas sea room for a thousand ships The trip across the bay was of short duration and offered many novel i and interesting sights to the tourists. The guide pointed out the spot where the Maine was sunk, La Fuerza. Ha- vanas oldest fort. with it's bronze In dian maid. facing the sea, and La | Punta Park, and fortress entrance to Havana harbor as Morro Castle guards the left hand side of the en- trance.
 Tn olden days" said the guide. | chains were stretched across this space to keep out invaders. but that was long before tourists used to come. How interesting and quaint that sounds said Dorothy l.. 'I can hard ly realize that this old world city so suggestive of Spain is only ninety miles from the southernmost point of | Florida"
 Here the boats reached Morro and the tourists disembarked. They were l immediately beSieged by a crowd of native children, who were in various stages of undress and who clamored for centavos (pennies).
 The ascent to the entrance is by an inclined road shaded by royal Poincianas and Laurel and there are 1 thick hedges of cactus above which ! tower the massive moss grown walls. Fuss scampered up to the Hilltop | and Spring Chicken followed as fast as she could The rest of the party, | however, found it strenuous walking. 1 Morro Castle is an irregular fortress 1 in part hewn out of rock and partly | built on rock It is one hundred and i twenty feet above sea level, and is 1 surrounded by wonderfully deep moa ts, 1 one Of which is crossed by a draw 1 bridge.
 T can hardly imagine" said Aunt ! Abby, as she vigorously famed herself l that week ago I was in Connecti- 1 cut trying hard to keep warm. l wish 1 Married and Happy could have come ! with us she continued.
 So do l." said several of the tour
 ists.
 Here they entered the fortress. All
 around were prison-like roofs. Bitch
 ensL magazines (bomb- proof. dun i geOns with grated embrasures, vault l ed roofs and dark receSses and mar | TOW, deep stairways descending into interior depths, utterly devoid of light and ventilation, where prisoners were l confined previous to execution. It was 1 far from a cheerful place l Gertrude and Alicia clung close to E more inviting paths that led up to the ramparts. The view they beheld from this point was well worth the trip Harbor, town and gulf presented .
 dazzling and beautiful picture in the | sunshine.
 Iris Joan. Vicolia and Rosieleigf took snap shots of the fortress while | the tourists rested on the rampartS
 and gazed at Havana across the bay | On the seaward side of the fortress II waters of the sea and discern sharks | swimming around
 1 A stone chute is built in the sea
 ward wall through which waste wa: thrown when MOrro was formerly oc- Cupied by a garrison. and the guide related the tradition that politica prisoners condemned to death wer,
 cast down this same chute and were
 instantly devoured by the sharks. Azalea's eyes were as big as saul
 cers," while the guide was relating
 this grewsome tale, and il was a re
 go to the harbor side where the light
 house and signal service station wa: 1 located.
 1 Interested Reader. Olin and Tedd!
 found the semaphore with it's numer l Ous flags and signals. announcing t'
 the town the approach of ships bound
 to this port. interesting in the extreme | The semaphOre also receives ant l sends messages to passing vessels
 Prudence and Patience found thu lighthouse with it's big Fresnel len ! more to their taste. It shows whit
 light flashing every half minute an,
 is visible eighteen miles out to sea
 At the present time Morro Castle i
 used as a training school for the Gu
 ban cadets and is to Cuba what Wes
 Point is to the United States
 Much to the delight Of Agnes Web
 ster, Blue Eyes and Lorraine. the
 witnessed the cadets go through thei
 military tactics before leaving tn l fortress.
 The tourists re-embarked for thei
 return trip across the bay and the
 found the coaches ready to transpor them back to the hotel They spen
 three never r-tn-be-forgotten days i sightseeing. then with feelings of pro
 found regret they turned their back O the Pearl of the Antilles and sailed fo | the United States. carrying with ther pleasant memories of their midwinte
 outing ENID. 3 | feet that friD- Wasn't if about Hun