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Show H' HMkRMMai ni-i ' ' " ' .U . I Seeing France with I Uncle John H I By ANNE WARNER I YVONNE to Her MOTHER "' Uup jrltlbt, D tbo Iniui7 Cu. H Vlro. H Donr Mnmmii: Wo nro ntlll horo In H Vlro, mid wo cannot go on fur It la H mining awfully. It rained nil ycBtar- H day, ntid wo liad moro fun. About ton H In Uiu morning an nutomobllo arrived H with a lady Loo known named Mm. H Hrower and throe mon, and about 12 H imothor nulomjobllo arrived with Clara H and Emily Klngnloy and their aunt H Clara Emily and Ellsworth Grimm H and Jim Froomnu and a chauffeur, and H about half-pant ono a runabout auto- B mobile cnino In with tho two Trlppn. H Wo nro lllto a big hoimo-party, and Mr. H Potcm playn pokor with uuelo overy H minute, ho wo can all lmvo no end of H j a good tlmo. H Mlsn Clara Emily naked after ovory H ono In our family, oven Aunt Jnno. H Of courno I told lior that Aunt Jane H had boon dead two yearn, and you H ought to have booh her Jump and look H at tinolo. Sho naked mo If uncle lived H atono In the Iiouho, nnd nhq looked no H reflective that I folt quite uncom- H I don't know what Mm. H row or In, H but tho mon Hint camo In tho nutoino- H bllo with her aro jiiHt devoted to hor. 1 and nho mnkoa ovory ono lmvo a Rood m i time. Wo playod enrdn and conno- H ipioncoH all tho nftornoon, and Mm. 1 Hrowor told our fortunon from ten HL, loavon In tho evening She told undo to beware of n long, iiolutod none H which iiliu naw In hln cup, and MIhh H Clara Emily didn't know whothor to H bo mad or glad. M- I had tho room between uncle and H( tho two Trlppn, and tho two Trlpps H l calculated their money for threo solid 1 bourn, I do bellovo, trying to neo 1 whether thoy'd lmvo to draw on PnrlH Kj behind them or could watt for London m j ahead. Tho big Tripp Bald Mr. I'etorn 1 Imd a hard row to hoe and tho little K Tripp nald Leo had a noft snap, and HH'ij then thoy added and nubtracted and 2' divided for another hour. I wan almont HF, ' Innnno when finally the little Tripp H j i said: "Tell mo what 15 tlmoa nlno In, .V y y pad tlion I'll go to sloop," and nonio Hffcr-. . , gj4t.icroHH tho linll hollered: "In iVe7" CAVin'o, nnmo toll him what 1C tlmcH n - '!&y&lf M wo'n n)l t0 Hloop." H 1 K Tlier?vw d'oadly silence after that. Hi $3jB Vlro (noxt day). Hp Donro8tvMrainu: You boo, wo nro' H still hero nnd It la Htlll ruining. Uvery H ono tologrnphcd for mall yontorday H and overy ono got It today. 1 bad your H letters ami ono from Edna nnd ono H from Mru, Clary. Thoy aro going on H a couching trip with tho man who H wanu't a dulco, and Edna has bought B three now hnta. Mra. Clary ytyn 1 nm H. an angel nnd that nho and Edna think H It right out of heaven tho way Leo H ban turned up. I had threo lottorn H from Mr. Edgar, and ho Bayn ho Ih H thinking of making a trip Into Hrlt- H tnuy nnd Joining ub. I told Leo, and H ' ioo saya bo Isn't thinking anything of H tho kind, not In his Ufo. I don't really L think that Mr. Edgar and Loo would H got on very well together. I fool al B moat siro that thoy wouldn't llko each H other, lndoed, I fool nulto suro. H When Wo wuut dovvu-HtntrH, Mr. Pc H torn and undo woro playing poker nnd H MIbs Clara Emily wau sitting by thorn H "9 vui.-. fuo, H. ' "fJlaa Clara Emily la Getting Very Muoh In Earnest." M looking rapt. Houvous! 1 do hope It M will stop raining and lot uh get away H soon, for uuelo told mo this noon that B Bho was moro uullko Aunt Juno than H any woman that bo bad soon In years. M Dnulo is vury uood-iompered, and bus m won over ICO francs from Mr. IV M tors at pokor Mr. rotors says ho's H played poker for years wltbqut moot- H iug uuob a rattling winner as unolo, M nnd unolo believes him. Tho two H Trlpps want to go on. too, bocnuso M thoy decided to wait for thoir monoy M ut Loudon, ami they aro afraid thoy H are going to run short. Mr. hrowor M wants to go. too. because he has tin- M Isttud his German book. 1 think wo H all want to go, booauHO two days Is a H long while to spend In Vlro. Undo camo Into my room this afternoon aft-ernoon nnd nald tho moro bo naw of Europo tho better ho liked It, and that Mr. I'etorn wan tho sort of friend that wan worth making. Ho said bo had decided to go On with thorn to Mont St. Michel, becnuso thoy woro so urgent ur-gent that bo couldn't woll get out of It. Ho nayn ho bopen I won't consider that bo ban changed bin .opinion of Leo becnuno bo haBn't, but that bo will nay thin much, and that In, that tho fact that a mun llko Mr. I'otcrn will call Leo bin friend proven that ho must havo nomo good In him noma whore. Undo nald tho Klngsleyn neom to bo nlco girls, and then ho coughed, but I didn't nay anything, bo he dropped tho subject, t must toll you, though, that Mlsn Clara Emily In got-ling got-ling very muoh In earnest, and ovory one In noticing it, and Undo seems plcnnod. Vlro (8 a. m. noxt day), .hint a lino to nay that tho nun ban come out, and that wo nro all going on by train, except Jim Kroemnn nnd tho chauffeur. Bomo ono dashed all tho automobile tlrcn last night Isn't that awful? UNCLE JOHN AND MONT-8AINT-MICHEL. "Woll, thin Ih a groat change from tho nutomobllo eh, I'etorn? Of all tho outrageoiiH, haatbenlsb notions, that cutting of automobile tiros wan tho wornt. Every mon at that hotol ought to ho hung up nnd high-strung and quartered liuuco an oxamplo of tho whole wit (It I must nay, though, In Mont-Salnt-Mlchel. that 1 blamo Freomnn a good deal myself. Ho says ho folt anxious, and yet ho never had that chauffeur Bit tip to W.Uch. Foolish, very foollBh; but ho'll pny tho ponnlty, having to stay thoro and wait for tho tiros from Caon. "Woll, Peters, nnd bo bere wo nro off for Dol. Dol seems to bo tho only way to get In or out of llrlttany, nnd It muBt have boon so always, for In Matilda's tapestry Bho'B got William-and William-and Harold on their way to Dol as a beginning to making things hot for tho lord of llrlttany. Very Interesting study, that tapestry, Peters. "So wo aro off Tor Mont-Salnt-Mlchel, bless her old heart or Is Michel a him? 1 must say, I'm deeply lntorost-ed lntorost-ed In to-day's expedition. Wasn't some English Henry shut up on Mont-Salut-Mlehel and fed by ravens thoro, or something llko that? Yos; I know there's some such legend, and now wo'ro going to boo tho spot. How do wo got from Dol to tho mont? By Pontorson, oh? And thon dlllgonco tho rest. Well, I must Bay It sounds llko quite an undertaking; but then, if you leave tho beaten path, you must always pay tho price, and I must say I enjoy these little Jaunts with a con-gonial con-gonial party. Too bad tho Klngsloys couldn't havo continued with us. Nlco puoplo. tho Klngsloys very Interesting Interest-ing girls. What did you say? Oh, yos, of course tho aunt was Interesting, Interest-ing, too; but what did you say? Non-souse, Non-souse, nonsense! hut I will say ono thing. Potors. and that Is that It pays to trnvol around whon It brings ono in contact with people such as yourself your-self and Miss Klngsloy. "So this Is Pontorson! Do wo get down bore? Is that the- diligence? Do we get up there? Groat Scott! how can wo? And U looks to bo about full already. Do you moan that wo have got to climb thnt llttlo laddor? I don't believe Yvoune can. I don't bo-liovo bo-liovo sho ought to. even If sho can. Can't wo go to Mont-Snlnt-Mlehol somo other way? Potors, I'd llko to slay with my own hauds that wrotch that Bloahod our nutomoblo. Will you think of the difference ho Is making in our comfort those days? "Well, why don't wo start? That's tho worst of Europo, Peters no push, t no energy. Perfectly content to nit on a dlllgcnco nrtd stagnate. Lot mo look at my watch. Eleven. Woll, I'm not at all nurprlned. I wouldn't bo surprised at anything thnt might occur oc-cur In thin vicinity. I toll you, Po-tern, Po-tern, it will be a glad day for mo whon I set my foot down bard on a Now York nteamer pier once more. I can't but fed "Ah, bo wo aro to get under way at last! Lumbering old concern ch, Peters? Pe-ters? Great contrast to tho automobile automo-bile "What's that ant-hill out at sea? It Isn't tho Bca, though, Is It? It's land; gray nand, I vow. And bo that Is Mont-8nlnt-Mlcbol7 Curious. Used to boon bo-on land, ch, nnd then got to be on sea? It appears to mo that wo havo qui to a drive beforo us yet. Looks to mo to bo threo or four miles. What do you say, Peters? Of course I don't know, how big tho mont Is, so I have nothing noth-ing to Judgo tho distance by; but I should sny threo miles at least. "Groat ScnLt! bow hot tho sun Is, nnd no mnttcr how gayly wo lumber along, tho mont looks to bo equally distant. What Is this road wo'ro on, anyway? Seems to bo a highway In tho most literal sense of tho word. Dike, eh? Built on purpose for tour- iBtn, I suppose tho American tourists beforo nil, I'll bet. "Well, bo that Is tho mont close to. Appcnrs to Just comfortably cover up tho wholo iBland. Curious collection of houses and staircases topped off by a church. However, my main caro at this moment Isn't whnt we'vo come to sec, but bow In thunder wo'ro to get down to seo It. Woll, tho people lino up pretty thick, nndMiey havo tho additional ad-ditional Joy of knowftg thnt ovory last ono of us Is a tourist That's ono good thing about America, Potom, you can travel thoro without being n tourist. tour-ist. 'You pay a stiff price for very little, lit-tle, but that Utile's goocft and tho gnmo ends with It. "Well, Yvonne, I think you'd bettor go down first You go noxt, Leo. You nnd I, Potors, will wnlt and tnko our tlmo. I vow, I'm not very koon on tljln descent. Just hold my hat, will you 7 Hero, you, down there, hold this Inddor steady. Petorn, I whoro'n tho bottom? I vow I "Safe at lantl quaint old plnco old wall with 'a gato In It, oh! Fishing-rodn Fishing-rodn nnd oars all about; when does tho tldo como In? Faster than a horso can gallop, eh? Woll, that must bo snd for tho horso. Anyhow, I didn't ask how fast It camo In; I asked whon It would como In noxt. Well, ask somo ono. An hour nftor wo leavo, oh? Interesting. But como on; lot's go up to Mmo. Poulnrd Alno and eat tho omelet, and thon wo can climb around somo. You walk on, Yvonne, nnd order tho luncheon, and Mr. Po-torn Po-torn and I will como leisurely after. "And bo this Is tho famous omelet-plnco. omelet-plnco. Woll, In wo go. Qunlnt very qunlnt. Look- nt tho chickens turning on tho spit and dripping In n trough. My, but thoy look good! Mmo. Poulnrd Pou-lnrd borsolf, Isn't It? Good day, ma'am; bon Jour bon Jour. Glory, what a smile, storcoscoped nnd Illum inated! Makes mo think of tho china cat's bend that wo used to put a can-dlo can-dlo Insldo of when I was n kid. Do wo go upstairs? Eat up there, eh? Quaint very qunlnt. Every follow did whnt ho pleased to tbcBO walls, evidently. Woll, Potors, let's sit down." "And bo wo now set out to climb Mont-Salnt-Mlchel. Picturesque flight of stops, No, I don't mind climbing good oxorclso. Cdrlous llttlo winding wind-ing walk; old woman with baskets to sell. No, wo don't want any; go 'way, go 'way. Torrlblo nuisance such peo-plo. peo-plo. Hero's another with yellow flowers. flow-ers. No, no, go wny, you and another an-other with matches. No, no, go 'way. Well, that'3 a protty tall flight of steps, Isn't It, Peters? But I guess wo can mnko It Where's Yvonno? Ahead, oh? Woll, 1 prosumo those two fellows can look out for hor. Let's stop nnd look at tho vlow. Find view! As 1 was saying, Peters, it Was too bad tho way wo broko up at Vlro. I really folt mean over leaving as wo did, What did you say? Noa-son8o; Noa-son8o; none of thnt, Peters, nouo of that. But I will say ono thing for her: She certainly was a woman of great perception always thoughtful for others. Did you notice how sho usod to push tho nsh-rocelvor toward mo? It's things llko thnt that make a man comfortable Astonishing thnt such a woman should never marry. Woll, lot's go on. Not more than 00 moro steps and two flower women to get over, Potors, have you obsorvod bow many stairs thoro aro In Europe? It fairly bristles with them. Wo go protty nearly stalr-freo with us, and over hero It's stairs from dawn till "Groat Scott, will you look at them! Oh, I novor can go up thoro, never! Wo may aB well go back. If you want to. you can go up; but I couldn't possibly pos-sibly soe anything that would com-ponsnte com-ponsnte mo for thoso steps. I'll bet thoro are 10,000, and llko as not there aro moro beyond I'm going back and sit with Mmo. Poulard Alne till It's tlmo to go. You go on alone. Just toll him wo won't want any of thoso osystor-sholl pincushions first, will you? Then you go on by yourself, your-self, Potors, I've had uough." |