Telegram-herald., 1888-12-21


There i tresh tEooels between Cansaz
znd tie CnlDl Is czzae q hxnt IA 1Als
say One 1ay Lzst ~eek SIR George
S~stg, II tns Windsor I-8Esl. laia oossrs
fss f9rty fa1kee r.llrCza pesseDxsr
agsnls ~ho hs1 gooe - AoEtreal - ar
range excugsloa F1tss feE tie coming
carnlssl 10 EA2t city. 4 b. ne4l between
keo aad feo- u Inclusive. 1htodoTe
n Lee, TIE n4nz@-eE of tie American
Ea-k Note co1l l.4lF = r1ls CITY, sas
pFesSal al me o8lAel al1 was called ca
for q speech fie ara With his JAWS 81
sld diLty look IL rs eyes. sd szld.
ga WI excuse Uae. gentlemen On
account of the st AEleful IreaIL1ent ] re-
celysd a. ire threshold y taLs COUNTY
eanLor t4ks zny festive part Ia tbs ILlssl
/ can only stay Hy stomach 2nd AL
n0uace that ~t.ag h2se T. say sh4l y
sid 70 gt.s stale department a. ~ NssbIng-
ton
A pan vs. thrown over the merry
gathering Il soo1 broke ~. aud the
railroad Len aBd reporters ~ - work
O. 1nd 0ui what calamity had strained
TIE relations Of the greatest powers on
earth Nr Lee ~as silent and dignlaed-
The truth did not leak cut until be re
turned 10 New York and arranged the
case he j. T. present AZ Washington.
IL seems thst years ago Ia a western
city Mr. Lee stood under the sign OF a
Monaghan la1ntryulan named Hop
Lee. lee being tie name Of the genial
New Yorker, the railroad men with
whom be was making a tOa the
country nicknamed him Hog e. and
his best friends have enjoyed toe privi-
lege II calling him tAag ever since. IL
seems THAI when he went 10 Montreal
the other day he was n the company OF
George l. Conner. the rOmancist OF the
tal River line; ii Cummings, who owns
the Vermont Central railroad; Charley
Hiboard. sis boss, j. w. BDrdick, the
historian OF the Delaware and Hudson
Canal company road; Ed Richards, OF
Ar Depew stat; Walter Caleb, wild
flower u the Rocky mountains, and "a
bot OF other n0nOpolistlc haronS Mr..
Lee. who has been 10 Paris. had been
kept up late explaining to the railroad
men the Arench words "Aumm" and
$50 tn. appeared on certain glass
ware in the train, and be was JUS. get
ting into Dund and refreshing sleep
when ~ 3 O'Clock in the morning he was
pulled cut % his berth by a man of Cana
| dian mannerS.
Hi, John, said this man, ''you makee
quick atty dollar payee 10 come III Can
| ads"
''Ehy' s2id the slstonished New Yorker.
Come, John" said the custom house
agent, for such be proved 10 be; mo got
time TO makee chin. Hully up, fifty
| dollar license 10 come 10 Canada No
d2nmee foOlinS, John, me velly big
| huily."
My name is not John" said Mr. Lee,
"and I am 20 Internal Chinaman. Great
| guns" (He chanced 10 look at the floor,
and there were his underclothes, railroad
passes. patent medicines and portraits OF
/ his loved ones at home scattered all over
the loor) WHO in thunder has been il
my bag?'
Il beg your pawdon, SIR" said her
malesty's customs man. Isn't this youI
bag?' he lifted up the valise, and there
on the side of 1t was a great white paper
on which was printed the name HOP
Lee"
Yes, that's my bag, but that's not my
name. What does this mean?"
BEG pawdon, sir" said the Britisher
"I was examining baggage here when
came on this piece with 'Hop Lee on it
aud | naturally supposed you were 9
| Cninaman, IN which case the law would
compel me to collect $50 before allowed
you 10 enter her majesty's dominion
don't YOU know
"You shall suffer for this" said NJ
Lee. Your jokes are in poor taste
Sir"
Beg pawdon, SIR" said the customs
man. Il never made joke in my life
don't you know. / carn't even under
stand jokes, don't you see. Don't &
hard on me, sir. was only doing my
Juty, SIR"
Nr. Lee went across the aisle anC
glanced into Charley Hibbards berth
The youth was sleeping with hallowes
calm of innocence on his face. He peereC
into the other berths- ST Cummings wa
talking in his sleep about buying stock
fngs In Boston. George Connor va
dreaming Of new story and laughing a
IL himself. Mr.. Lee could not tel
whether one or all were guilty. II
dressed himself and spent wretche'
time in the country that was the scene o
this indignity.-New York Sun.