Ruth and I went to Nevis at Easter-time in 1979. Nevis and its larger neighbor St. Kitts make up a nation. Nevis is only 36 square miles in area and has a population of only 12,000. Its capital (and only town) is Charlestown. This is the tiny ariport, served by 9-passenger DeHaviland Otter aircraft for commercial flights. Alexander Hamilton was born on Nevis. So was the actress Cicely Tyson. And after winning a battle and seizing some French ships off Nevis, Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson, hero of Trafalgar, married the Nevis resident widow Fanny Nesbit in Nevis.