after the revolution. We saw in the q a bust of Marie Antoinette. This had when a mob went through the villa, bu ward restored. In another room was a little dolphin. In the park belonging Trianon are a number of small houses hamlet, the farm, the dairy, the kitcher where the queen and her ladies played at Now all is bare and deserted, but nev a lovely spot, being quite picturesque with ing over the house and framing the latti From here we returned to the hotel.

Monday, October 10. We spent the to our final shopping and packing, as London in the morning. We have our ti of Calais, that being the shortest and across the channel. Miss Fisher dined evening. She has just returned from a out in the country and said she had some returning, as a number of roads are str general strike is feared. She thinks poss have trouble in getting away if this oc strike has for some time been threatened. may be fortunate enough to escape before

Tuesday, October II. We were up ea ready to start, when Miss Fisher came in t strike was on, and no cars were running we expected to take. Our only chance now one other road, and our tickets would hav changed. The time was short and Gusty r

to the American Express office to see what could be done, while I anxiously awaited the result. She succeeded in making the exchange, and we were soon seated in the car, having bade Miss Fisher good-by, and we were off. We reached the station in time for our train and to secure seats. Idle workmen were standing all about through the station. Gusty said it looked as if this road might strike also, but as it belonged to the government she hardly thought it would. We said good-by to Gaston, and his eyes looked wet, but he smiled when he saw I was wearing the bunch of violets he had presented to me that morning. He is a fine chauffeur and a practical mechanician. I have his address and he promised, if I sent for him, he would come to the United States. We were not long in reaching our destination, Dieppe, and getting on board our boat.

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We had a comfortable passage over, an London late in the afternoon, we heard had come on, out of Paris, went on a str we left, and ours was the last train out. again at Morly's Hotel. It rained all hoped to find it clear in the morning, as to go to Frome, our ancestral town. FROME

Wednesday, October 12. It rained ha and was still pouring down, but, being my tunity for seeing Frome, we will go. It hundred miles from London, and, had sooner, we could have stopped there on our land. The rain was still coming down when we reached Frome. We took a c drove directly to the parish church of S Baptist. My ancestor, Captain John C sented the bell which hangs in the belfrey. has greatly changed and improved since his now modern and beautiful. I saw the made inquiry regarding the family. A name still live here, and I would surely try if it was not raining so hard. We retur carriage and drove about the little old tow at a book shop where I bought some books

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and post-cards; chatted with the little old proprietor, hoping to gain some information of the Cockey family, but did not. Then we drove to the station and took the first train for London, lunching on the train. It was late afternoon when we arrived and reached our hotel, but we were thankful to be housed again out of the wet. But I am glad we made the trip.

Thursday, October 13. We spent the day shopping and getting ready to leave in the morning for Liverpool. I have been trying all through our trip to persuade Gusty to return home with me, as I had promised her mother to bring her back, if possible. She says she is not ready yet, but will come over next spring.

LIVERPOOL

Friday, October 14. We took a morning train for Liverpool, and on arriving went direct to the Northwestern Hotel, located, then took a carriage and drove to the White Star Line office to make my final arrangements for sailing on the good ship Baltic to-morrow.

RETURN VOYAGE

Saturday, October 15. We drove down to the steamer this morning, Gusty going on board with me to see that I was perfectly comfortable and well situated. She is not at all well, having contracted a fearful cold, I am afraid, from being in the rain Thursday.

I told her to take it easy, and remain the strike was over, and she felt well en Then she bade me good-by and returne ing, standing on the dock and waving steamer drew farther and farther away but a mere speck in the distance.

Then I went to my stateroom, unpa week on board, made myself generally and went on deck, sitting in my chair t afternoon; going down to dinner that eve

Sunday, October 16. I went to breakfa ing, then sat on deck in my chair till noo commenced rolling about this time. I room, and had hard work getting there, dizzy. From that time on until we lar York I spent in my stateroom, between couch, just as I had done on my first cr spring. Everything I ate disagreed with n this time on oatmeal gruel and cracked ice rough passage, just as we had in the spri times a heavy fog settled down and the horn kept sounding forth at short interval day till it lifted. By Saturday, October 22 ing much better, so finished my packing an for the customs officers, then went up on in my chair for a while.

Sunday, October 23, it was cold and I my stateroom in preference to going on chair had been taken with my trunks to land