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KILLARNEY, DUBLIN, AND A WAKE. Martin said that he wouldn’t for the world have folks ask him if he had visited the Lakes of Killarney, and have to say no. And I believe that thought kep’ him up throu…
JOSIAH AS A BANSHEE. Wall, Martin said that he should probble be asked if he had visited the Giant’s Causeway, so he thought we had better proceed to it to once. So we went directly from Dublin to Po…
ROBERT BURNS AND HIGHLAND MARY. Wall, from here we took some excursions to places of interest in the vicinity. One of heart-thrillin’ interest wuz to Ayr, and lasted two days, for Martin said he want…
EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet a…
MEMORIES OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. And one excursion I took part in with the greatest delight and one small satchel—for we wuz to stay one night—wuz to Melrose Abbey and Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter…
OLD YORK AND ITS CATHEDRAL. Wall, as we got back to Edinburgh it was on the first edge of the evenin’, and I had the chance of hearin’ a real Scotch ministrel; not one of them bagpipes of theirn, whi…
EDENSOR AND THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. So anon we found ourselves in the smoky, grimy, dirty city. A heavy black cloud seemed to hang overhead, seemin’ to shade the hull spot; but then I didn’t want to …
JOSIAH HAS AN ADVENTURE. Wall, Martin, who sometimes changes his mind, but don’t think he duz, always a-sayin’ that it shows weak-mindedness and is a trait belongin’ to wimmen (which I never feel lik…
SHOTTERY AND WARWICK CASTLE. Wall, the next mornin’ we sot out bright and early for Shottery, Josiah feelin’ as peart as you please, and the two children’s faces lookin’ like roses. Al Faizi’s eyes w…
THE LAKE DISTRICT AND ITS POETS. We went to Windermere, and from there took the omnibus for Bowness— One of the charmin’est little villages I ever sot my eyes on, as clean as my kitchen is when I git…
