2,S^ Four-in-Ha7id in Britain. 



tug is off in one direction and we in another. Some one 

 broke the momentary silence and brought the last round 

 of cheers with the talismanic call ** Skid, Joe ! Right, 

 Perry ! " That touched all hearts with remembrance of 

 the happy, happy days, the happiest of our lives. So 

 parted the two branches of the Gay Charioteers. 



At Queenstown we received the Irish contingent, 

 who had enjoyed their week in the Emerald Isle. Very 

 nice indeed was the report, but with this quite unneces- 

 sary addenda, " But, of course, nothing to coaching." 

 That goes without saying in our ranks. 



The Algeria was a great ship in her day ; now she 

 is sold to a freight line. But when she does not give a 

 good account of herself in a hurricane do not pin your 

 faith in any iron ship. You may still, however, believe 

 that one of steel like the Servia will stand anything. 

 She has at least double the strength of any iron 

 steamer afloat. When she does not outride the tempest, 

 you may give up in earnest and decide, like Mrs. Part^ 

 ington at sea, *' never to trust yourself so far out of the 

 reach of Providence again." 



On Wednesday morning, August 24th, the party 

 reached New York again, and were finally disbanded. 

 Two or three of the most miserable hours I ever spent 

 were those at the St. Nicholas Hotel, where the Queen 

 Dowager, Ben, and I lunched alone before starting for 

 Cresson. Even Ben had to take an earlier train for 

 Pittsburgh, and I exclaimed : " All our family gone ! I 



