Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-05-28
Finding the WLornlettes.v

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On coming into town from Utrecht |
leaned out of the window on approach
ing Amsterdam, my curiosity excited by
the tall white towers of the exhibition,
and rs i gazed on the apparition my
Eyeglasses fell of my nose and fell out
side the track. rapidly took my bear
ings. We were within mile of the
depot, near railroad bridge
AT night when ready TO go back to
Utrecht reached the station an hour
too early for the train and resolved to
go out and hunt up my lost "specs, Z"
which offset my optical delinquency bet
ter than | could hope from any new
pair, applied TO the director at
the station and, with few words and
many gestures, told him my desire. He
assigned To me man i'm uniform to
take care of me, and we walked out to
the bridge and began the search. When
we had walked up and down for u
few minutes | noticed that we had n re-
cruit. a lounger by the roadside had
fallen in our wake and joined MS in the
search. In two minutes more a woman
came out of house and bent her ener-
gies also To the task. Presently two
children came running across the fields
and reinforced us, so. that there were
six people thoughtfully bent, hunting
for one poor pair of eye-glasses-or
"lornicttes, "as they called them,
Ten minutes later | gave il up and
turned back with the embroidered guard.
As we approached the station a boy
came running towards us from that di-
recton, shouting joyously and tapping
his arms: 1--WE hcbben der lornietto
gloomen! We hebbcn gloomen!'
The boy was all out of breath, and no
could only say in Dutch, "Ask him that
up the ladder' pointing to man in q
little box elevated by the side of tho
track, at which convergcd telegraph
wires. The man himself now came to
the window and shouted enthusiastical-
ly in turn, and shook n bit of paper in
his hand.
Telegraph dispatch, | guess" said
my Dutch escort, and ran forward and
climbed the ladder, and brought it down.
II read: 'Wiz hcbber do lorniette
gloomen! ~ with two exclamation
points after it.
| handed the operator half u gulden--
twenty ccnts-and gave the boy, who
ran to announce ii, four cents. A cloud
Of dust now rose in the rear, and |
heard clamor of joyous voices. Be.
fore we could regain the shelter of the
depot they were upon us. A little girl,
red-faced and breathlcss, was ahead,
who curtsied and held out her hand
bashfully and said: Thank YOU, sir.
My father found it," My guard and
guide looked piteously at me, and gave
The long petticoated herald two cents.
Thank you, sr!n said the next two
breathless ones, eve were looking for
it,! Trying to get the hang of what
they said, in moment of inadycrtencc
gave the rascals couple Of sixpences.
woman whom had seen before; ''thank
you, sir, thank you" ! had learned
"dank L, by this time, so that / knew
il when | saw it,
Very well, y said, in bad mixture
of French, Dutch, American and Ger.
man, "Ou list der lorniettc, confound i
allr'
Present it to the gentleman, IN,
daughter said she, pushing forwar,
another long petticoated infant, wh'
did actually lay the Eyeglasses in m,
hand. set them on my nose and gaze,
at her. She bore the scrutiny withou
fiinching, but softly piped 'dank U!'
gave the woman n gulden Qorty-tw'
cents and the ]. p. infant still softl.
sighed "dank u and held out he
hand. put some pence in il and tn
grateful couple Withdrew.
\ stout youth now came forward am
said Thank you, sir! | carried tn
dispatch to the man up to 'tothcr end.
The guide told me what he said. CAV
him half a gulden and started for tn
station. a woman with big bonnet o
hind side before intercepted me, sal
thank you, and addressed me a lon
and earnest speech in high Dutch.
didn't know what she said, but il mus
have been something awful Interim
that one of her babies had been run owe
by the engine while looking for m
property, hastily handed her the valu
Of it, seven cents, and fled to the trail
just in time to get aboard. Imcntio
this incident in detail because il is chan
acteristic of all Europe. -AmStertla,
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