IN THE EAST INDIES. Zk 
City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. 
R. M. S. Leinster, October 14, 1906. 
Dear Mother: 
I finished my letter to Pa just a few minutes 
ago while we were on the train coming from Lisburn 
to Kingston. Now here we are on the boat, nearly 
ready to start for London. We did have such a good 
time visiting; the Barbour places here are really 
lovely and splendidly kept up. There are servants, 
butlers, maids, ete., without end. My dresses were 
so admired, especially the Pompadour. At night I 
wore every jewel I possessed, even Mis. Gay’s dia- 
monds, which she gave me, and I felt as if I owned 
all the decent jewels in the world. Sis Barbour is 
a peach and she and J got along finely. She made 
a most charming hostess. Uncle James Barbour al- 
so is very nice; he reminded me a little of Uncle 
Charles Higginson; his wife I liked immensely. Frank 
Zarbour and I had quite a flirtation. He is an out 
and out bachelor from the word Go, but he told Aunt 
Maria Gordon that if he could find another Rosamond 
he would no longer live in single blessedness. Today 
we received a wedding present from him, $250. It 
will come in very handy I am sure in London. We 
did not have a single second to get any Irish lace 
here, but I obtained the name of a most excellent 
firm in London and I shall try and go there with my 
maid. You would go perfectly mad about the flow- 
ers, and the country here. There are fields and 
fields of red poppies and then fields of some yellow 
flowers. The old-fashioned silver shops are wonder- 
ful. Tell Nora that I tried in both Dublin and 
Queenstown to get some postal cards of Cork, but that 
