Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-10-17

sword or iron stab knife. which adds some
dignity to his otherwise apologetic appear
ance.
Some will say that I am severe to the
French police. but, reply not so severe as
he has been on me. What right has an Off
Ger to arrest me in a language which | do
not pretend to understand and herald my
name all through Europe without paying
the slightest attention to the remarks
which made in the purest English OF which
was master? l say. and say it in stem
torian tones. that no country except
America can hope to be great which
makes up her entire police force of for
eigners.
In Ireland the police are also foreigners.
but they speak very good English. l was
not arrested in Ireland. 1 bought sprig
Of shamrock. however. and brought it home
in little fiower-pot. l sat up nights TO
keep 1t alive. and watered it with my tears
while i'll on the ocean. But thank heaven
it pulled through at last and is alive and
growing on my country seat.
But it is not Shamrock.
| 1t is Glover.
| And Mighty poor clover at thatl
II the Irish relief fund is not so large
this year as usual, the public will underI
stand why it is thus.
Our jaunting car driver was an Irishman.
He was an extremely entertaining one also.i
Very polite and good singer. He had the
stars and stripes tied TO his whip. and sol
| he had a good many American dollars at
the end of the year which he puts into
| pounds, shillings and pence. He told me-
all about Ireland, so l know more about
the matter than 1 ever did before. be-
| lieve.
Then tried to get even by telling him
about our glorious country. l spoke of the,
marvellous growth and wealth of the rel
public; also of our cordiaity toward for
| eigners who desired to come here and vote
our way as soon as possible.
Then l told him about the great agricul7
tural resources Of our country and the
mighty cyclone OF the West, which is abla
to pull an artesian well wrong side out likd
the finger OF a glove. and leave it sticking
nine hundred feet up into space like sore
thumb. 1 then spoke briefly but feelinglH
OF the far West: the gold and silver and
canned goods. wild animals and daspera-
does. the high mountains. the wealth OF
timber, the rarity OF the atmospheric
which enables one to easily see ac oss an
entire State. and which makes the bore OF
an ordinary revolver look like the Hoosad
Tunnel. All these told him about as we
rode gayly along in our russell coored
jaunting car. with Maud S. doing the pull
Maud g. is bay mare of about middle
age, with a green grass style of emponpoint,
as we say in France. which prevents hei
attaining great velocity without training
down good deal
After / had told the driver all 1 could
think of he yawned little, I thought and
said: Yes. | am always interested iI
Ameriky. and shall be all my loif. for lived
in Montany eight years mesifl" /
| then spoke OF the scenery through
| which we were passing. George w. Floyd
bought small flask Of Irish whisky whild
we were on the old sod. drank some OF it
on the way over here. now see why Ire-
land feels that she has been grievously
wronged. That is exactly the way felt.
We also bought several shillalahs. some-
times called the original Home. They arc
made OF black thorn. with protuberance
on the top. out of the root of the thorn!
This mob rebounds from the head with
| great elasticity. so as to give several blows
with only one propulsion. SO to speak.
| This. combined with the popular beverage.
seems to offer the best facilities in Ireland
TO spirited and earnest controversies ovel'
anything which may present itself. But
seriously. the Emerald Isle seems to bd
more hopeful of peace and prosperity than,
for many years past. according to the au-i
| thority of the best-read lrishmen, and es-
pecially of the clergy. among them the very
Rev. james Hegarty. who was fellow pas
senger. and who talked very cheerfully oil
the Irish situation at present. feeling. as he,
| said, that 1t must very lsoon, and without
serious disturbance. adjust itself to the
satisfaction of everyone, with the exception,
OF those. Ierhaps, whose opinions are not
valuable.
Next to the policeman. the railway guard
OF the old country interests me. Having
been accustomed to the clear, resonant and
elocutionary elevated railway guard and
his bright, crisp remarks about the stations
as we pass along, was il-prepared to be-
fastened into railway carriage by myself.
| with no conductor to converse with, no
brakeman to bore a hole into the effete at
mosphere with his cork-screw voice. no
| peanutter to come and lean q whole circu-
lating library on my bosom or show me the
scenery as he pointed out the beauties of
our latest and most successful smutty novel
fresh from the hands OF its bright young
schoolgirl author.
| TInf ie erthrr II ta1 OF MI TOW,
and instead OF Liverpool turned up at
Scotland Yard once. and at another time. I'M
| gazing up the Thames, I found myself. after
| u little nap, at station called Chester
| Several times | was carried to the end of
the road when I had intended to stop on
the way. and would have lost good deal
OF time only that one can only 90 far enough
away from London so that he will be able to
get back in halS an hour. II one should go
farther than that he would drown.