The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-07
country, or when he shrank from the
questioning of some distrustful Of


Questioning Of some distrustful Of
fetal.
Is,w his qnivering lip and distend-
ed nostril when, after some Of the
close questioning Of an Austrian Of.
ficer. he sank buck in his seat, NUT
tering:
IL trust all to the good American
After dinner. / stood on the door.
step of my hotel. and was accosted by
ap ,Iice agent, asking me about nv
passport.
Il have never been in Austria be-
fore" said ''but in France | have
given a gendarme a couple of france
to take my papers to the bureau of
police"
1.-The same may here be DONE" the
official politely answered.
Happy to be rid Of the journey. /
submit ell the document. lie hurried
of. after 'mparing the description.
After Emil, VINO Was greatly fati-
gued. retired, | started to the Grand
Opera house. and gave myself up Ia
the Enjoyment of the splendid music.
presume | had been there half AN
hour when tap on the shoulder
called my attention.
Your passport
explained matters. but to no pur-
pose. The official was obdurate. !
must GO to the police bureau and nc
count for myself. Going around with
him to the hotel. | learned that the
paper had not vet been returned.
Well" | thought, lit will he all
right. can explain matters to the
chief"
In vain l pleaded the unprotected
condition of my charge To prison !
must go. Once inside the bars, felt
how often | had been instrumental in
placing others there. WAS mad rs a
hornet-mad enough to bite a nail in
TWO. / have often slice thought of
the proverb, "What is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander," but it
did not occur to me then.
When morning came I found nv
anger rising high. / demanded TO
be taken before the American cOu-
sui.
/ When We Qor the police had me
sill in stow reached the emb ,ssy.
began to feel improved in spirits. AS |
thought of the American eagle. the
stars and stripes, and olher inspiring
thoughts
| meant to give our proud bird
chance to soar little. and strike off
i'm q second the Austrian chains.
An emaciated. spindlv youth. with
eyeglasses WAS present, scanning the
Herald. The exquisite never turned
a hair at my entrance He went on
reading, giving an occasional yawn.
| ventured a delicate little cough as
Il signal that | WAS anxious to inter
view one of the tail-feathers Of the
American eagle
Not a culver in the attitude of the
dandy.
WAS not accustomed To such i'm.
pertinence. SD | let out little plain
Yankee talk
Down went the newspaper; the
gold eyeglasses were directed toward
M; a drawing voice informed me-
that the chief of the embassy Was
away.
The old Adam in me grew as big as
a circus tent. ana | yelle.i:
You are placed here Ivy the Amer
lean government to AFFORD protection
to American subjects
Lard. my good man. cawn't do
nawthingl"
You were placed here either 70.
use or ornament. you little whipper-
snapperl but you are a dog-gasted
failure in either capacity y
The now frightened clerk drawled
out again:
Here. Sam-muel, show this paw
son the door"
Out | rushed. followed by the be-
wildered Austrian.
/ need not tell Of four hours addi-
tional labor. the result Of which was
my release. however. I was driven
1" INV hotel My heart WA I'm my
mouth when l learned that Emil Was
not there.
1 visited every hospital and
police station in Vienna. All i'm vain.
My heart bled for the poor Hungar-
ian boy-the gentle lad who WAS
doubrless langui-hing down deep in
al Austrian prison.
A day ar two If fruitless labor and
anxi-tv followed. until WAS com.
PEELED to c"nfess myself beaten-I. a
Yankee detective.
The p'"r. trusting youth. with his