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Tower Stairs To The Vosges.
down to Coblentz , and until 1 turned in about midnig ht I had the pleasure of being their guest . Captain Wcyer took me to a festal meeting of soldiers in the evening , men of all ranks , on the active list , and retired . It was a most enthusiastic gathering ; how instantly one stood up when they played and sang our " God save the Queen . "
The following afternoon I joined my Rhine boat , homeward bound , and feeling at peace with the countries I had visited , the friends I had met , and—myself , I quietly slept until we reached Bonn , aud then we had a long evening at Cologne , the boat having some extra cargo to receive , giving time to hear a most beautiful service at the Cathedral and to renew acquaintance with that ever charming city . Its splendid railway station always strikes me as one of the finest I liave ever seen—even Euston falls a little short of it .
( Or . TiXE—TIIE CKNTH . U . RAILWAY STATION , ' ¦ Next day we pulled np the arreai'S and reached Rotterdam " on time , " as our American cousins say—3 . 15 p . m . —just right for a good train to Amsterdam , a capital place to end your Continental wanderings at , as they readily take money of any nationality , and give full value for it , too .
Next day it did rain- —quite made up for my long spell of magnificent weather—but they take it quite as a matter of course in the city of canals . Capital value in the evening ; opera bouffe , in Dutch , at the theatre , so well acted that one could have a fair idea of the plot , but when the ballet came on , and the premiere danseuse executed a pas seal , she fairly shock the stage—regular Dutch build .
Next morning was all sunshine after the shower (!) , and I embarked on board the Biltem ( G . S . N . Co . ) , a very comfortable steamer and a good sea boat , and crossed the North Sea in fairly smooth water and in good time . The only delay we had was in the
Thames , from the excessive rummaging of the shi p by the Excise officers , and a close examination by a detective from Scotland Yard , on the look-out for dynamiters—the scare was on then—but , after all , we got up in onr regnlati-in time of five-aud-twenty hours , and disembarked—all well—at the Tower Stairs .
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Tower Stairs To The Vosges.
down to Coblentz , and until 1 turned in about midnig ht I had the pleasure of being their guest . Captain Wcyer took me to a festal meeting of soldiers in the evening , men of all ranks , on the active list , and retired . It was a most enthusiastic gathering ; how instantly one stood up when they played and sang our " God save the Queen . "
The following afternoon I joined my Rhine boat , homeward bound , and feeling at peace with the countries I had visited , the friends I had met , and—myself , I quietly slept until we reached Bonn , aud then we had a long evening at Cologne , the boat having some extra cargo to receive , giving time to hear a most beautiful service at the Cathedral and to renew acquaintance with that ever charming city . Its splendid railway station always strikes me as one of the finest I liave ever seen—even Euston falls a little short of it .
( Or . TiXE—TIIE CKNTH . U . RAILWAY STATION , ' ¦ Next day we pulled np the arreai'S and reached Rotterdam " on time , " as our American cousins say—3 . 15 p . m . —just right for a good train to Amsterdam , a capital place to end your Continental wanderings at , as they readily take money of any nationality , and give full value for it , too .
Next day it did rain- —quite made up for my long spell of magnificent weather—but they take it quite as a matter of course in the city of canals . Capital value in the evening ; opera bouffe , in Dutch , at the theatre , so well acted that one could have a fair idea of the plot , but when the ballet came on , and the premiere danseuse executed a pas seal , she fairly shock the stage—regular Dutch build .
Next morning was all sunshine after the shower (!) , and I embarked on board the Biltem ( G . S . N . Co . ) , a very comfortable steamer and a good sea boat , and crossed the North Sea in fairly smooth water and in good time . The only delay we had was in the
Thames , from the excessive rummaging of the shi p by the Excise officers , and a close examination by a detective from Scotland Yard , on the look-out for dynamiters—the scare was on then—but , after all , we got up in onr regnlati-in time of five-aud-twenty hours , and disembarked—all well—at the Tower Stairs .
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, Second Edition . PRICE Is . POST FREE , Is . Id * ¦ s -- ¦ THE Master Mason s Handbook With Portrait of H . R . H . The PRINCE OF WALES , M . W . G . Master of England . By BRO . FRED . J . W . CROWE , With an Introduction by Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , P . G . D ., && . Dedicated by permission to V . W . Bro . FREDERICK A . PHILBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar , & c , & c . ((¦ MinMHHl ^ Hii ^ HH ^ Bf ^ HH ^ Mi ^ Mnn ^^ nffHMHMMHHilHMHMHHM ^ aMnMBHH ^ M ^ HiaMli ^ HM ^^ iHMMBiH ^ B ^ i ^ HHHM ^^ B ^ MHB ^ i ^ iM
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Just Published . PRICE Is . POST FREE , Is . Id . N _ Scottish Master Mason ' s -5— Handbook , - ^ - With Portrait of Sir CHARLES DALRYMPLE , M . W . Grand Master of Scotland . BY BRO . FRED . J . W . CROWE , With an Introduction by Bro . W . J . HUGHAN , P . G . D ., 8 ? c . Dedicated by permission to Bro . D . MURRAY LYON , Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . Printed and Published by GEORGE KENNING , 16 and 16 a , Great Queen Street ( Opposite Freemasons' Hall ) . London , W . C , 1 , 2 , 3 , 3 A , 3 n , 4 , LITTLE BRITAIN , 105 , 196 , and 197 , ALDERSGATE STREET , E . C ; 2 , MONUMENT PLACE , LIVERPOOL ; 47 , BRIDGE STRKKT , MANCHESTER ; 9 , WEST HOWARD STRKhT , GLASGOW .