A Yankee bachelor abroad; a "wee bit" of wit and fun and some sober facts gathered during my fourteen months' sojourn in the British isles and some parts of the continent . emarked to the lads. One of them said: Sure, they tell me they eat horsemeat in Paris and I think this is a piece of animal thatsdone a bit of hard work. My suspicion was strong enough for me to leavemost of the piece of the old nag for the proprietorto utilize for hash. When I bade the Irish lads good-bye they said:You may see us in America some time. Come along, boys; there is lots of room for such asyou, I replied. I hav
A Yankee bachelor abroad; a "wee bit" of wit and fun and some sober facts gathered during my fourteen months' sojourn in the British isles and some parts of the continent . emarked to the lads. One of them said: Sure, they tell me they eat horsemeat in Paris and I think this is a piece of animal thatsdone a bit of hard work. My suspicion was strong enough for me to leavemost of the piece of the old nag for the proprietorto utilize for hash. When I bade the Irish lads good-bye they said:You may see us in America some time. Come along, boys; there is lots of room for such asyou, I replied. I have so often heard of the gaiety of Paris by gaslight, but one can never know until he walks its streetsand sees the great multitude of people whose sole ob-ject seems to be to find the gay side of life. In frontof the cafes are little gardens in which can be seen menand women sitting around the tables sipping wineand other strong drinks. I saw very little drunken-ness though, in the parts of the city I passed throughon my way to the station. There were many places ofinterest in Paris I desired to visit but was obliged tohasten back to London. Among the most interest-. RUINS OF A FRENCH by Chas K. Wood, of Island Heights, N. J„ in 1897, 352 A YANiKEE BACHELOR ABROAD ing was Notre Dame, the cathedral of the Archbishopof Paris, built in 1163. It is 417 feet long, 156 feetwide, no feet high. In the revolution in 1793 thechurch was converted into a Temple of place was Palisade Justice and the prison ofthe Conciergerie where Marie Antoinette and so manyother victims of the revolution were imprisoned. ThePalais du Luxembourg, built 1615, and Palais Royaland also Bois de Boulogne, which is the chief park inParis. It comprises a tract of 2250 acres. I also re-gretted not to be able to take one of the many steam-ers that run to points along the River Seine. On myreturn from Dieppe to New Haven, I found the chan-nel had calmed down and treated me very kindl
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