. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . CONVENT OF LA RABIDA. We were entertained during and after the Peace Congress at Rome, bymembers of the Italian Peace Society. Its president was Signor RugurioBonghi, an ex-minister, philosopher, and author, whose masterly works on theconduct of national affairs have greatly interested statesmen and humanitariansof many lands. The flag has begun a new era of the achievements of Columbus,said Mr. Marlowe. It leads what in old Rome would be called anew Seculum. The history of this incident will live and grow. Letus
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . CONVENT OF LA RABIDA. We were entertained during and after the Peace Congress at Rome, bymembers of the Italian Peace Society. Its president was Signor RugurioBonghi, an ex-minister, philosopher, and author, whose masterly works on theconduct of national affairs have greatly interested statesmen and humanitariansof many lands. The flag has begun a new era of the achievements of Columbus,said Mr. Marlowe. It leads what in old Rome would be called anew Seculum. The history of this incident will live and grow. Letus go to La Rabida! The trio pressed through the crowds, and found their way to the 182 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE WHITE CARAVAL SANTA MARIA. reproduction of the old Spanish convent, where Columbus had founda friend in Father Perez. Here was the original Commission ofColumbus, and the supposed anchor of the Santa Maria. Theyrested in the court of the convent, amid the cool air of the Lake, andwere grateful to the genius of Mr. Ober, which had caused this mostrealistic Columbian Museum to be erected. Here, amid the relics of a long historic past, they talked over theevents of the day. Sundown found them there. As the shadows ofevening fell, all the White City thrilled with electric light, and shonein outlines of unimagined splendor. It was at the convent that rep-licas of the ships of Columbus came to be exhibited, and afterwardsthe Viking, or the Northmens ship. THE GRANDEST SCENE OF ALL. 183 The hour of nine found the city, the Lake, and the air a livingglory. The Court of Honor blazed, and the many-colored fountainthrew its rainbows into the air. Then if ever the trio felt the force of the great disco
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