New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
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THE GRAND TOUR
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN sAxUr, prpv,

Cnger through the Golden Gar
Park, very beautiful, and full Of manv
plants and flowers such as had ney.,
before seen. With MS are come lIarry
Wilson the tayle-writcr and pre,,,
! Mistress Helen; and we did have A.,
merry time, Harry taking me 70 ,h,
| Cliff House, saying: Now, II YOU p
home saying YOU have not seen tn,
seals ! shall know you for a liar. and
50 bruit it about To the Expos,tior
in the afternoon. and ! gazcd al hrr.
dreds OF exhibits Of this and that br
outdoors was the greatest beauty BIZ
the Tower Of Jewels, which an D.
aver 70 be 50 marvellous. ! deem 4
have too many things upon, to b,
IoverAuent. Which, Heaven help M,
is what architects might think q
mine own simple Tower so | did not
Iblcat out my unknowIng opinion. To
the inn. and searched for Herber
| Reed. the sporting Scriycncr. whom /
lett Yesterday in vine exhibit, bar
could not find him, 50 to ny room and
/ Ito-bed.
| 2l-Up and by ferry to Oakland.
and thence BY train to Portland, and
saw Mount I,assen in eruption, and
many fair meadows. green and warn
in the yellow sunlight And ! DID
see a thousand places methough, I
should like to live in. But that, |
hold. is but within myself. iorasmuch
a, when am in high spirits and at
peace and content at home, | do find
New York the most alluring OF fairy
lands
22-At Portland, and did walk
about the city: and make visit upon
| I. Piper the gazetteer, and he bad,
|mc give his love to Jimmy Montagu,
the poet. to whom he was first TO gy,
employment. To a railroad Office, to
adjust nv ticket. and the man thu.
looked at it told me I might save 4
hours by going by way OF Portal IN
stead OF Winnipeg. and SAID, BIT
ought | not see Winnipeg, and he
said. Well. it is big, live town, o.
more than 10000 people, and | said
BIG. live towns are no treat 10 ne
Whercupon he said, You wouldn
,av that If you had to 1--we here AM
ne added. Believe me; which | dn
TO Seattle thence. by train; and We
came there late at night, and Sne"
not which inn to make for. Md there
was but one omnibus At the station
and on il was painted Hotel Diller,
$50 7 did ask the driver whether II was
quiet inn. and he told ne it was; Sc
we did resolve TO go there. And
did ask the clerk for a quiet room
and he sad he would give us one
I And the room. 10 say sooth. was que
enough. but the Changing cars tha
passed all night beneath our windows
made the most horrendous din ever
heard. so that we could not sleep a
Iall My wife. poor wretch, was b
ginning 10 upbraid me, but told he,
1T was not my fault that we had touha
so poor an inn; and, as we were IN
suffrage state, why had she not tod
|mc of better one Which silenct'
her querulousness, and put her IN
merry humour besides.
23-By water TO Vancouver an
Iwc stopped an hour at Victoria
disappearing town. My wIie va
/ for tarrying longer, but | did reiu%
and at Vancouver. too, albeit shou''
like to stay a fortnight in each 'o"n
INhercsocver. SO to the tram AM
early to-bcd.
24-All day upon the PIa'io"
gazing at the great mountains a'
thrilling they seemed, too, but 'a.
cruel. And at each bridge there we''
TWO British sentries. to guard again.
mishap to the track. Six carloads .
soldiers from Vancouver lett win u
and they are going to Montreal aD'
thence to Europe, to fight Tor INC
/ King. \ merry lot they seemed SD'
/ .I.... %, .bo .-t~ taos, - hid tnefl ldiN