Dora Says They Should Serve High Tea in Tombstone

Dear Readers,

They should serve high tea in Tombstone. It would make the afternoons go by more quickly to have crisp cucumber sandwiches and trays of savouries with hot tea and milk to look forward to. It would give you a reason to stroll down Allen Street or Toughnut Street and enter the Longhorn Restaurant. It would give you a reason to ignore all the hordes of tourists and the honky-tonk atmosphere.

After all, nothing really happened here. So what if there was a gunfight in 1881? Just think how many more guns were fired during the Great War! Edward saw far more fire power at Gallipoli and when he rode with Lawrence of Arabia. I daresay I saw more guns firing aboard the Lusitania when it was sinking and the saboteur tied Michael and I up in the engine room.

So, Tombstone, Arizona, give up your cans of Coke and your pizza joints. Savor the experience of tea at five o'clock in the afternoon.

Sincerely yours,

Dora Benley