New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-25
INcIDENTS OF SWISS TRAVEL

pRIGANDs WITH GOVERNMENT LICENSES
o., ro DEAL WITH BEINGS OF THE GENUS TX
,,r,. MIRA LIEN THAT CLUNG CLOSER THAN
BROTHER.
=, rax REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIRUNE.l
pe..,,,-, Sept 25.-fae one fixed resolution had
with respect 20 my Swiss JUurneylngs
. .oulI not sleep again in Yiege knew very
49,, howeycr. that my landlord there had made Mp
" oind | should, and that be was fall OF IN
;,, devices to enforce his own view OF the
-. stratageus which, very likely, should no'
'.S.oxer when ! fell victim TO them.
Or as figures went, nothing could BE- clearer
.s.n the perfect feasibility os getting to VcEe and
va w, away from Il the same afternoon. The
-, from Vicge TO Lausanne left at 8. aud knew
MI myself arrive at Vlege from Zarnatt long
80 thst Much rejecting tins subject at lei
".tary,ls q seemed 90 me that if he had any hold
"a me II must be through ms portwaoieau. and
Sa,,fed betimes nc the IoTm8tt Post Office about
=. d,s,stch OF tuat importanr piece OF luggage.
- .x,...sian on the face OF the amiabic post
distress when pat the question showed tnat had
.,,,ck ore of the strong points IN the enemys hue.
"a. besrtatcd a mOmeut--yOu must remember she
-, S,yS~--agd then spoke ont frankly: GU
~, .rpf vour portmauteau at Vege before the
W. s,,rrs upicss Won send it the day before"
~. WHY The post from Zermatt is due az 1, and
~ tran does moi start TIL - surely there is tine;
- V,.oe Pos once ~ only "a minutes walk fr0m the
-, s.r rt." Yes answered she. " but the
ss.,,i,o - the lists. and tie copying If them,
o,i the checking OF the parcels, and the making out
- ~. d,lIyer,-lists and the sorting Of the letters
a,ich 20 out before the parcels, take great deal
s,,oes TINS excellent woman. saw, MAS divided
t,',,eon be. visa to he Of service TO me aGd her
s.,,r,l e.r. 70 screen the Shortcomings OF the de
l, ie S.ry nj %
-, .hs WAS an ornament l reelected for
80 ami tlen observed: q" forget which of the
-, ,l-..a,e, vDu Sait was a cousin of the post
4tl.rs % SHE. Ial Il 1lushed aud aalt laughed, and
5,,rl she would not nave words put into hcr
,,,nfh IKE tll,. aud wound up by say M - Aou
- v,ad help goa II 1 could, bur If You want
,,- r,rt,pantesu 90 Yege You must SEMI 1t the day
c,,o yam leave hcra'-which meant two days be-
60 sioes the post gles out a. m, and the office
aio.a. for the purpose If registering parcels at
~. ,r.v,,is evening. l thanked her. thanked
,csin when she OF ed 20 take nv p0rruanteau.
ifIv,.i ID a hurry, al any time before $. and went
1,s r, the hotel wondering how long Il would be
tf,rs these wor' r Swiss would discover that they
,r. uniting too iue point on tier varegatcd IL
dastr.es.
Id, not troa1e you with one "a ten OF my discov-
cries Of ia s,r., they are all very much alike, and
the SWISS tac.- Aay. las characteristic ia common
HEY are extremely simple whoG You have found
them ont bu- racy are very likely 10 answer their
rurro.e be.or. you end them out This Last
scheme OF Oh. VteIc con,p rlto Nas basel on the
bsfsfrnaf -ae traveller would not trouble himself
toa,k an 1t sending on his Iurcage. or would not
ask nj. u vas TOO late. Having asked, nothing Is
easier .lau TO b.fla the enemy. Yoa may
dispatch your luggage two DAYS before
taad though that il nconrenieut. ~ You
nag direct i-. not % Vlece bur 10 your des-
taauoa beyond or YOU may take ir w'.a sou to st.
Nuias. and thence lire az eX "a horse. II sou DO
the first v1u ii have 10 make sure. s-iii further,
thttlspl boreau OF Viegs as open between the
hour of Your arriv8, and the hour ot the TRAM The
chance ave that IL Wi 1901 be- Ny curiosity led me
T. see She matter through al is stages. and adj
dressed ul y portuanteaU Thursday night by D0s'
10 Veg. where expected To arrive Saturday after
niou. Ifa second exp -dltiOu up the klh-l de-
layed me. 20 that only Quilted AcrmatJ at on
Saturday, IN time to reach 81. Nicolas that
r,r1f q. ; This would, however, make It the more
certain that should get away from Fiegc, fo1r
honrs beyond s., Nicolas, the next d7y, and hy the
lporuingIsin at II instead Of by the afternoon tram
al g.
A DISAPPOINTED TRIBUTE GATlIEuER.
did. 10 fact, reach Yiele Sunday morning be-
fore 10 went 20 the post office and found 10 shut.
not 10 open I'll tine IL o'clock tram bad gone. ]
had the pleasure of seeing the postmaster, who lives
over hls den. VINO smbngly watched M arrival,
aid made sure that should 20 least have % break
f,.- with bi, COUSIN. the ilukeep.r Had I fallen
IL with tni7 view should very likely have missed
me afternoon opening Of the Office. which would
have closed again two hours before the afternoon
tram departed and So, after al, have GlAec
and slept once more where had vowel would not
Bur Il happened that wa not anX ous 10 have my
purmanteau / vas going % stop an hOur al
Lausanne and thence straight TO Geneva and it was
more convenient to .et nay property complete Us
Journey by itself 10 tto auaz nenc OF tie most
ulss er rode away witnou al I'll rt 10 recover Do
found my friend b, porter, who had served me be-
fara. AZ the station. gave him my Geneva ADDRESS
and a fr nc. AMI at one minute past II departed
from V,eee Tao enemy had given me
few minutes tro1be. ard some amusement;
bur Lo was vanqaished. l reached Geneva
that night: my porlmAnteau, whicn the post
master had 30 longer any excu use OF
reason for OBTAINING. came along next morning.
CONSPIRACY BROUGHT TO GRIEF.
One more srocl0te. aud [ shalt have done wit
this courers talk Half hour after leaving ~
Nicola. Sunday morning | noticed that the porter
who was carving Iny drsssiag-b,g and wraps had
rot nv urnnr~lla which [ had seen put MO ms
hand. before starring. Inrerrogated, he denied all
knowl-le. of IT, and was thereupon ordered back 20
st. Nicolas 10 fetch IT, just then, round tarn III
TIE road appeared Swiss patriot on horseback and
be rode uo saw he had he missing umbrella The
thing was clearly plot; the umbrella ha1 been
left by the porter in order that his friend might
bring it after us aud get a couple Of francs from
the innocent foreigner for MS obliping attention
sDd 50 ho would have but fOI one thing y small
conspiracy Of this sort If not worth contending
agans-; adhere to my rule that Ii IS better TO
pay even when y0u know YOU are imposed OF. Bdt
the messengers guilty. conscience spolt his game.
He was so well aware OF beng IN tine wrong ana OF
being seen to be. that he haited - e heard my re-
rs-l, 4t -: -,s the uuturalia and