1 6 A SPORTSMAN'S EDEN. 



LETTEK II, 



Saratoga, 



Sept. 15, 1887. 

 DEAR LENA, 



We have been having what our Ameri- 

 can friends would call a very breezy time of it 

 since I last wrote to you. The men at one time 

 got quite ' out of hand,' and at Plattsburg poor 

 Mrs. W.'s popularity as guide went down a long 

 way below par. Now I am glad to say it is up 

 again to some fabulous point to which my know- 

 ledge of Stock Exchange terms cannot attain. 

 Forgive me these phrases, Lena, but what can 

 you expect of a woman who has been living in 

 hotels in which the favourite lounge is like the 

 waiting-room of some gorgeous railway-station, 

 with a bookstall, telegraph office, and ' the latest 

 Stock reports ' all within reach of her rocking- 

 chair ? Now that I am beginning to get used to 

 the ways of this very New World, I am im- 

 mensely interested, and would gladly stay longer, 



