The evening world., 1888-05-01
THAR ENAEFRE RFMS aMRR. IlEREEN.
Col. Shepard Learns Something About His
Candidate for President.

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In his speech at the Federal Club in which
he nominated Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew for
President, Col. Shepard told a story about
Mr.. Depew once having obliged an old can
noneer whom he met at the Castle of Edin-
burgh by bringing over to a relative in this
city a basket full of presents from the Old
man.
Mr.. Depew thinks hat Col. Shepard's YER
sion of the story does not do him justice, and
he gave an EVENING WORLD reporter an ex-
act account of the incident.
When | was visiting Edinburgh about
-four years ago. says Mr.. Depew, " I natu-
rally wanted to take in the Castle among the
sights of the town. So | started out III the
afternoon, but when / arrived there I found
that the hour for visitors was past, and the
last of the guides, whose business IT is to
show strangers around this interesting old
structure, was preparing to leave the place
and had already taken of his badge.
80 You can't go in to-day he said : you
ought to have come before. It's all closed
But I have come all the way from Amer
lea to see the Castle l said, and l must
leave town early Tomorrow
"'I can't help that he replied in O surly
tone. you can't go in
But / demonstrated Il want to see the
yard and go up on the ramparts and view the
town,
1nere'B no nee0 OF n guide Tor tnat.'
"'And I must see the crown jewels and
all the other curiosities.'
- Not all the powers in heaven and earth
could make me open the door
- Not even this ? I asked, showing him a
sovereign.
The sight of the gold seemed to dazzle
him. for | don't suppose he ever thought of
getting more than a shilling, and sixpence is
considered a very good tip.
1.-THE half of it, sir y he exclaimed, throw
inc III his hands and the navt niptta he u,nc
trotting across the yard for the KEYS, making
better time than l would ever have believed
him capable of.
well, the long and short of it was that he
treated me like one of the royal family.
showed me everything that was to be seen,
and told me more blood-curdling stories
about the place than l could remember in a
month.
quite familiar and told me among other
things that he had O sister living in New
York that he had not seen for twenty five
years. From what he said ] inferred that she
must be a housekeeper or a domestic of some
kind.
He wanted to know If I had ever met her
and told me where she lived. l was COM
PEELED to admit that | had not, and then he
asked me if ! would mind taking a little re-
membrance to her.
81 told him / would do 80 if it was not too
large to carry, and l would see that she got
it, and also gave him my card with the adj
dress OF my motel upon II. In the even n he
brought around a little box which | could
easily put in my pocket, and when l got back
to New York | took il to my Office and sent
one of the boys around with it. He found
the old lady, and she was delighted, l under
stand, with the present.
1T seems that the old fellow kept my
card, however, with an eye to business for
which Scotchmen and Yankees are famous.
and whenever any American tourists visited
the Castle and the guides would crowd around
to offer their services, he would simply flash
the bit of pasteboard on them with the re-
mark. DO you know this gentleman He
always employs me when lie comes to the
Castle The scheme worked 80 we'll that he
usually got the job, where Americans were
concerned, for they all knew ME, you see,"
added the genial post prandial orator, with
a wink.
~ know this is so, because several of my
friends, who have been over, met him and
had the racket played on them. When
Shepard visited the Castle the same dodge
was tried on him. Just as he was about to
close a bargain with another guide the old
man stepped up and said:
''Excuse me. sir. but Americans usually
employ me. Not long ago l had the pleasure
of escorting one of the most eminent divines
of New York all over the CASTLE
What was his name p = inquired Shepard;
i know all the ministers in New York.
"'Chauncey NJ. Depew, sir p
shepard didn't have anything more to
say, but he thought q great deal"