| Show 1 I 1 I 1 atal at J I 1 A ft luce r footstep r wu d h W t a monument onu americana ar ars sot lot tha only people who show an undue reverence for a lordly title the author of around and about south A america tells of hi bis Is visit to stanley falkland islands the southernmost town on the globe convinced him that i where an incident i a name sometimes sometime s equals an event the decidedly english expression of the die town is greatly heightened upon going on shore where I 1 land upon a small niall jetty at whose extremity stands and stone bonu 1 a I pyramidal brick nent bearing on a tablet the rather inexpressive communication alfred february 1874 knowing that many nations had at different times claimed pos possession ae s il 0 n of these islands and that several v e r a 1 conflicts had bad resulted it was but na natural t to suppose that this proud pile distinguished 1 i ngui shed the spot where some british l codes had single handed banded re polled the landing cutters of 0 f several french or spanish men of war and that his appreciative c countrymen had thus made the fact known to such of the great world as might by accident tray stray thither the very first citizen I 1 met I 1 begged to t tell me more of this brave this d doughty bugli ty alfred apologizing of co course urse for a memory defective in matters of historical detail and my blood almost mo 4 cong congealed baled within my veins and my heart stood still with awe as I 1 learned that here here on thievery this thi very svery spot a real live lire english prince had bad once set his foot on coming ashore to pay a visit to the governor my aly informer stood solemn and seri serious but there is no use in denying that I 1 w was as profligate enough to laugh |
