. Book of the Royal blue . e Bart meanwhilesnapping the public square from the Colon-nade Hotel porch. Next morning we were up betimes, fillingtanks and looking over our Indians to seethat everything was ship-shape. Down theold York and Gettysburg pike we sped,intent on getting a real old countrybreakfast at Hogtown—spelled Hogue-town—which a Yorker whom we had metthe night before declared we should notmiss. And such a breakfast-—and such aconglomeration of smells 1 Beef, mutton,pork—salt and fried—was stewed together ACROSS MARYLAXD ON A MOTOR CYCLE. in a most unsavory-lookinii—and smelliiijr
. Book of the Royal blue . e Bart meanwhilesnapping the public square from the Colon-nade Hotel porch. Next morning we were up betimes, fillingtanks and looking over our Indians to seethat everything was ship-shape. Down theold York and Gettysburg pike we sped,intent on getting a real old countrybreakfast at Hogtown—spelled Hogue-town—which a Yorker whom we had metthe night before declared we should notmiss. And such a breakfast-—and such aconglomeration of smells 1 Beef, mutton,pork—salt and fried—was stewed together ACROSS MARYLAXD ON A MOTOR CYCLE. in a most unsavory-lookinii—and smelliiijr ur liam and eggs, although the coffee was —mess, and dumjjed on a large dish forthe guests to help themselves. With sourpotatoes on the side, sour milk to stillfurther weaken the decrepit coffee and agenerally uninviting table, Bart and I somewhat Hogtownish. Beyond Abbottstown we began to getinto the foothills of the Allegheny, andthe country—and road—becomes rougheras we proceed. It seems to be a great. A STHEET IN HAKlKKS FERUV. looked at eacii other and then at the grub,handed the boniface the iialf-doUar thetwo meals came to—and left without eatinga mouthful. It was a relief to get into theopen air. No more country breakfasts forus ! At Abbottstown the menu was belter,and as the early-morning ride had sharp-ened our appetites to an edge, we enjoyed yellow dog along here, the sharpbark of our exhausts bringing the caninesout of every farm house to greet us. Theusual program of the Lancaster Countyyellow dog is to run alongside of you,snapping and barking; but if you can landa boot-toe on tlie point of his jaw hequickly fades away to the rear. We paid ACRUS.^ MARYLAND ON A MOTOR CYCLE. H our respects in this maimer to quite anumber. A bovine blockade lield us upfor about five minutes just outside of Ab-bottstown, a farmers lad askinff us to waituntil he had stowed his charges safely awayin pasture. A feature of the sign-boards along theroad beyo
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