Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1919-06-06
"A Little Visit To Tours

II beautiful In the sunlight with IA
white stone walls, tiled roofs end
vines creeping helter and Skelter from
window TO door.
Here at the Rochecarbon Il another
interesting old relic, the Lantern" I'll
that Is left of the Chateau Of Robert
of ROches, built in 1895 TO serve a.
signal tower with Amboise. This was
one Of the objects that brought me 10
this particular spot.
II one could but see the hands that
built the tower stone by stone, or II
, Griffith could stage the spectacles in
faithful detail that that tower has
looked down upon, indeed 1t would be
q weird picture to see.
A few minutes ride further on ID
the village Of Vouvray. It is from
this town that comes the famous
white wine that is sold in the best
cafes in France.
But to come back where we left OF,
we crossed the river and took the car
running down the left side Of the
stream. The first town we came to
was st. Cyr. We didn't stop here but
went on further down the stream to q
town called 'Luynes," and here we
found some American sights, such as
the old ruins Of the Chateau OF
'Euynes," and the particular view we
caught sight of it was coming down
the river called "The Slaves" Just
why they called It "The Slaves" is
more than am able to tell.
In the lower foreground can be seen
the outlet Of what is called the "Sub-
terranean Passage" always was of
the opinion that the old castles secret
staircases and underground passages
were the exclusive property Of George
Barr McCutchin, but Truxton King,
Graustark, Beverly of Grustark, or the
Prisoner of Zenda, any Of these or all,
for all know, might have taken place
in such places as these many old cha
taux in the vicinity of Tours.
Now pause for a moment and think
of the Twentieth Century with its up
to date engineering outfits tunneling
and boring under mountains and un-
der the Hudson, laying a mighty pipe
line from the heart Of the Catskill
Mountains to the heart of New York;
then look, if you will, at the Roman
acqueducts in the vicinity Of Luynes.
/ tell you when you stand beside one
of these famous old massive stone
pillars and place your hands on the
very stones that were laid there over
three centuries ago, Caesar no longer
seems q hero of mythology, but be-
comes flesh and blood and takes his
legitimate place in the span Of ages.
There is something awesome in this
semi-ruin and something symbolic, for
not only do these arches reach from
pier to pier, spanning the distance and
forming q continuous waterway, but
remaining as they do, semi-intact,
they span the ages like a mighty
bridge making a pathway for the mind
to travel from q world Of reality thru
the pages of history back to the ages
gone. l can no longer conceive those
things have been told about, and
therefore l am thoroughly convinced
that it is now the truth. Now just
take it from me that the whole story
is the truth.
Then after leaving that wonderful
place we took the trolley back and
spent the remainder Of the day in the
city of Tours, itself. We visited the
Tower of Charlemagne that evening
and will give you a little history OF
it. This tower was built in the year
of 800, over the tomb Of Luitgarde,
wife Of Emperor Charlemagne, Al
though not so old by q century, per-
hans no the amaduck huilt hv the