Outing . estion,which my wheel soon answered in thenegative by getting punctured. My husband decided at once that weneeded a rest anyway; so down underone of the Dukes grand old trees wesat, while he got out the repair kit andfixed what proved to be our first andlast puncture. John is a born philos-opher, and he smoothed all the roughplaces by his imperturbable good hu- to make anything intelligible from thepeculiar replies we received. Our ques-tions had to be repeated over and over,before the slow country folk seemed tounderstand. From the surprise whichwe two modest cyclists occasioned inso
Outing . estion,which my wheel soon answered in thenegative by getting punctured. My husband decided at once that weneeded a rest anyway; so down underone of the Dukes grand old trees wesat, while he got out the repair kit andfixed what proved to be our first andlast puncture. John is a born philos-opher, and he smoothed all the roughplaces by his imperturbable good hu- to make anything intelligible from thepeculiar replies we received. Our ques-tions had to be repeated over and over,before the slow country folk seemed tounderstand. From the surprise whichwe two modest cyclists occasioned insome of the little villages and hamletsthrough which we passed, we judged thatbut few of the wheelmen from the citieshad been seen in them. Beeston Castle can be seen for milesaway. It is a ruin on the top of a pict-uresque hill outlined against the being visitors day, we were toldat the lodge we couldnt go into thegrounds, and, to tell the truth, I wasvery thankful to have an excuse not toclimb KENILWORTH CASTLE. mor, and, as in this instance, made lightof what might have been thought agreat hardship. When the cement wasdry we walked carefully on the grass,to save our feet and our wheels, untilat last the good road began again ; andmounting, we were soon on our way toBeeston Castle. We had to inquire the way frequently,and had many a good laugh trying tomake our English understood, as well as We stopped at the Beeston Castle Tnnfor lunch and rest. In the homelikelittle dining-room were a number ofhunting pictures and portraits of theseveral masters of the hounds. Woman-like I looked at everything, and enjoyedthe old English style of the inn as muchas we did the good lunch they set be-fore us. We chatted with our pleasantEnglish hostess, the daughter of theinnkeeper, and found her a nice, cheery 234 OUTING FOR DECEMBER.
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