The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-06-20

OF warm gratitude. A close friendship
sprang up between tie two, which was
more elose.y cepiented during thsubot
Dickinson county fight. The two
travelled together going and returning
from the Upper Peninsula, and in al.
dition to occupying adjoining seats TO-
gether in places OF resort. When Mr..
Doyle was III with la grippe for several
days during the winter, the grateful
Scandinavian was nnceasing In his at
tert'ons, and ~ tempt the patients
appetite made lavish purchases OF such
de'icacics as the Lansing market affords.
A number Of weeks ago Mr.. Doyle K
hibited proudly to The News,
and TO many people with whom he
came in contact, pretty pin, with
small dimond setting. which Mrs.
Munthe had purchased for HIM as a
souvenir in Chicago. That the Iron
wood member, ms further slight evid-
ence OF his gatitude and good feeling,
presented llis Sault Ste. Marie
colleague and friend with purse
OF $50 is openly and boldly admitted
by both gentlemen. The circum-
stances in detail OF the gift are related
by them MS follows: Mr.. Doyle, who
has the Irish generosity in money
matters, was going mp street with
Munthe one evening when, feeling in
his pockets. he discovered that he had
spent nearly all his change. 4I'm
busted, Muntbe," lie said; "lend me
little money!" He was handed
bill and, turning up one corner of it
as he put it in his pocket, discovered it
was $50 bill.
Why. this is 80, LOUIS he said
in surprise. Its too much"
"You keep that" said Munthe, in
his broken English. "Nevah pay it
back; what you done for me is worth
much more than that"
It is perhaps far ttosay TINT good
ly portion of the $50 was spent in Nun
the's company, for Doyle insisted on
doing the honors for some days after
wards. and betrayed the chief expense
of both on their next visit home.
There are divers legitimate expenses
which, while not absolutely necessary,
it is proper to incur rs matter of sec
tional pride or individual desire for
in getting local bills
through. The Detroiters who got
through the bill extending the city limits
and who bcclme noted for the
variety of Inequalities they dispensed
here will, perhaps, appreciate how
short way really considerable sum
devoted to strictly legitimate ends will
go in Lansing. AS to the charge that he
ever insisted that it would be necessary
to raise $50 or any other sam to get the
Ironwood bill through tho house, Mr..
Munthe enters specific denial. He
declared emphaticilly that lie never
even limited or thought that he should be
provided with funds to pay for clerical
help on the bill or the expense of
conducting correspondence with his
on the subject until it was
suggested to him after the bill passed
the senate by certain Ironwood officers
who were here looking after the measure.
Then he admitted that he would lie
glad il he was remembered for possible
expenses which lie might incur on the bill
rs lie could then afford before the session
was over to make Doyle n present
Of $50 or 80 in return for his services
10 him. He does not know
what impression Ills imperfect conf
nand OF English and blunt way of speak
ing NAV have given rs to his motive in
N king the present but insists That
his intention WI. all right. However,,
be said nothing to Doyle on tho subject
md several days after the hi ]. passed
when applied to for small loan, en-
raced the opportune occasion to make
lin gift of $50.
Two weeks later Mr.. Muntha says he
-ecived draft for the sun, 800,
which had been voted him by the Iron
wood council. He had it cashed and
tept the money.