. Three weeks in the British Isles . silk hat with his sleeve, his celluloidcuff embarrasses him by popping out. He is afine, gentle-looking old priest with thin, whitelocks and spare frame. If his fight against theworld and the devil has been as successful as thatagainst flesh, he is assured of paradise. The scenery after Kilmora is wooded and Listowel we take on a poor insane woman incharge of two officers. They are taking her tothe asylum at Killarney. There is a good deal ofdrunkenness at this station, but that may be dueto the fact that it is market day. One wild-look-ing young m
. Three weeks in the British Isles . silk hat with his sleeve, his celluloidcuff embarrasses him by popping out. He is afine, gentle-looking old priest with thin, whitelocks and spare frame. If his fight against theworld and the devil has been as successful as thatagainst flesh, he is assured of paradise. The scenery after Kilmora is wooded and Listowel we take on a poor insane woman incharge of two officers. They are taking her tothe asylum at Killarney. There is a good deal ofdrunkenness at this station, but that may be dueto the fact that it is market day. One wild-look-ing young man, the worse for liquor, lurched intoa first-class compartment and rode to the nexttown, where he was dislodged by the some of the heavy penalties for ridingwithout a railroad ticket will be imposed in hiscase. We change cars at Tralee about half-past could have reached Killarney on time, butwaited for five minutes outside the town. Thestation agent has a weak heart and any unusualoccurrence might prove THE TREATY STflNE Killarney 263 D XXV Killarney HE train finally pulls into the station be-tween hills dripping with mist. It is abeautiful picture, but baffling to who paints with Sols rays. Themost welcome sight to our eyes is a low, rakish-looking building with the sign displayed GreatSouthern Laundry. It is an adjunct of the Rail-way Hotel. We often wonder what travelers didfor comforts in Ireland before the railroads builttheir big hotels. Of course the answer is, theydid without them. And the country did withouttravelers to a large extent. We almost went to the wrong hotel. The rail-road conducts two establishments at New Hotel is liess expensive and caters moreto family trade and permanent boarders. It isclean and comfortable and less showy than theGreat Southern Hotel. We selected the latterbecause of our short stay and the need for somerapid fire laundry work. Our room is only twodollars a day and the appointments
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