14000 MILES 



CHAPTER I. 



SUMMER TRAVELS IN A PHAETON. 



"We were a jolly pair, we two, and ladies at that ; and 

 we had decided to go, amid the protestations of the 

 towns-people and the remarks of Madam Grundy that it 

 was not proper, and that there were so many tramps it 

 was not prudent for two ladies to take a trip with their 

 horse and carriage along the North Shore. Nevertheless, 

 we take our lives in our hands, and 'do the trip' in a 

 large comfortable, roomy buggy," etc. 



A letter in the Boston Evening Transcript, under the 

 heading "Along the North Shore," from which the para- 

 graph above is taken, so aptly describes a part of one of 

 our journeys, that we cannot resist the temptation to 

 tell you something of our travels, which our friends no 

 longer consider daring and experimental, but a thor- 

 oughly sensible and delightful way of combining rest and 

 pleasure. 



In the summer of 1872, "we two, and ladies at that," 

 made our trial trip, with the consent and approval of 

 family friends for our encouragement, and the misgiv- 

 ings and fears of those outside to inspire us with caution. 

 Tramps were not in fashion, and I have forgotten what 

 was the terror of those days. Like the "other two," we 

 were equipped with a pet horse — safe, but with no lack 



