The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-09
Married Life Third Year

"And they evidently think ours bet
ter than theirs. The other side OF the
fence you know"
To Helen It was curiously d:1i.i1-
sionizing to see these American Bill
board signs against background o:
4 English hedges and flower gsrde.1. =
lseemed sort q. cesecration, som.Saow
H But. Warren, / thought the EnSiisa
Sere SO conservative? How can tody
d4sflgure their beautiful country VITA
those signsa"
"Euglistmon are conservative, all
rtght-but not WHARF the AsericAn
dollar is concerned. They're all out foe
| that. Guess they're glad TO have o,.r
pill and pickle signs In their sncss srs.
fields"
At int next station there wore sew
eral tea wagons drawn up on the plat
form beside tho train.
oh, are those .ae English tea
wagons one reads so mach aboat?"
"Thats just what they ara" an
swered Warrsz. Want some tea ~
the thin bread and butter ana tea
cakes that went with it
Only a shilling for sill that. Why,
Warren, thd!'s eogurdly cheap"
Food il cheap In England. Van till
| ta6o you TO one Of the Lez.on rds-
tau-ants. Wen have dinner there
for three shillings that you can't get
In New York for two dollars. Iii a
first-class place, too, with GOOD music,
and the service can't be BEAT. II we
get in on time, I'll take you to place
on Oxford street tonight and give you
for three and sixpence LlIe best dinner
you ever had"
"Ohl' excitedly, will we get there
in time to go out for dinner7"
Don't see why we shouldn't. We've
due there at rs. Ought to have our
traps in the hotel and get washed UP
by 3d.
To Helen the words seemed weighted
with the glamor Of adventure to come.
To dine in London that night London
the very name seemed full Of romance
and tradition.
English Weather.
In the last hour it had been slowly
clouding up, and now a fine mist was
was half doing in the corner reused
himself and closed the window with
a bang.
"Oh. I'm so sorry" .aid Herr re-
gretfully, II didn't want my first
glimpse OF London to be in the rain
Huh, that's the chronic condition
Of the weather there When 10 ISM
raining, it's getting ready to-"
The factories, warehouses and long
rows Of closely-set cottages now
showed the approach Of a great city.
'Oh, Warren, are WEI really almost
there? Are these the suburbs T'
Yes, we're on the outskirts. Twenty
minutes more and we're there"
The railroad approach to any city is
never impressive. and Helen was
vaguely disappolnt& in the rows OF
dull, colorless buildings which seemed
Of no particular character Of interest. |
The woman on the seat opposite be- |
gan to collect her many bundles. War |
rem struggled into his overcoat and
helped Helen into hers. They were !
going through one tunnel after an.
other and at length drew up in a great |
vaulted station.
guard threw open the door and |
helped them out. Thy hurried back to |
the baggage van where porters were |
dragging out trunks and boxes.
Here. this is mine-that one over !
here" Werren pointed out the two |
trunks. Now get them on a taxi. |
quickly as you can"
The porter promptly put them on a
truck and wheeled them down the long |
platform to the line of waiting taxis. |
But how did he know these were /
ours?" insisted Helen. why, dear, it
seems so unsafe. Anyone could have |
claimed them or we could have claimed
anything else"
We'll, you'vegot your trunks haven't |
you? What else did you want? BY jove.
ever satisfies you. Here, this
is our cab-get in there"
In London Streets.
As they started off Warren called
up to the driver. "Hatel Metropolis" A
moment later they were whirling
through the dark. misty streets.
Helen, her heart in her throat, was
sitting tense and eager, gazing out
And this is really London! This is
really Londonr' she kept saying to
wonder that she had thought she
would feel. But in her heart there was
4 dull, sick sense Of disappointment.
The poorly 1T streets and small, sor-
lid shops through which they were
passing seemed obviously without
ylacncr or romance. still she tried to
ASH herself on to some sense of awe
and wonder by continuing to think:
This is Londsu-thess are really Lon
don streetsr'
As so often bapvsns when we have
and that moment comes and
falls pitiably flat, wa refuse to admit
oor disap potnt,nSnt. So now Helen tried
to decisive hsrsslf into believing that
u W0a a woodWful moment and that
this FIRST glimpse OF London was all
that she had dreamt 1t would be.
And wfn Warren asked with cheer
full unconoern: We'll, what do YOU
think 81 NJ she answered, with an
attsmpt at enthusiasm. "Oh, IL think
It's very beautiful city,
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