The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-15
An Ambassador annoyed.

81 never hear about the sacredness that
hedges about an ambassador" said a
much-traveled Chicagoan to Post re-
porter, that l do not think of an Incl
dent to which l was an unobserved witness
You all remember the broad blaze Of glory that
marked the path Of that great diplomatic, the
gallant Gen. Winston, when he made his famous
"trip from Chicago to Persia, cha ced one
day, about five years ago, to be standing in q
| railroad station-I forget the name-just within
the French border. A train from the other
| side came rolling in, and from one of the apart
ments stepped most distinguished looking
gentleman, his strong face adorned with a
heavy gray mustache. OF fine physique he
was tall, erect and all that sort of thing, and
lis glance, which swept the station like the
rays of a policemans bul's-sye, any observer
possessing the slightest imagination would have
likened to that Of an eagle. Well, after sweep
ing the station pretty clean, the glance fell on
pyramid OF baggage at one end and thther the
military-looking man walked with that graceful
but confident tread that betrays the parsonage
| OF an old campaigner. just as he reached the
pyramid custom house officer in uniform
| took hold of a trunk as if to open it. The m Ii
tary looking man touched him on the shou der
and In English bade him drop the trunk. The
officer, vino did not speak English, gazed at the
military-looking man in amazement. Then he
shrugged his shoulders, and made as if to carry
the trunk away. But this the military looking
man was aveTse to- and he stated his objections
In excellent English, to which the customs
officer replied in equally excellent French.
From where stood couldn't hear all that was
SAID, DuC seeing nalf dozen of11cerS attracted
by the debate run up to the pair approached.
AS ! did so heard the military-lookng man
exclaim:
~ tell you that am United States minister
to Persia! Can't you understand plain English?
am on my way to Persia, and you have no
right. to look into my baggage. I'm no snug
gler. And what's MORE he added as the of
hcers surrounded the baggage and grabbed
several pieces, 1 won't have you look into it,
Whereupon he sprang on the top of the pyra-
mid and, brandishing his cane in manner that
suggested to me brave Rhoderic Dhu played
about him right vigorously, and to the uismay
of the officers who jumped back from the pile
and danced nimbly about as they sucked their
soundly tnumped fingers. Could the American
eagle have been there he would have screamed
his delight in sixteen languages. What would
have been the outcome had not the CAPTAIN of
the officers come at this juncture l can't saw
When the occurrence had been explained to
him he was furious and was about TO lead a
charge on the military looking man. into Whose
face had come an expression of Joyous antici-
patton, when he thought at to address him He
did so in English, inQuiring what he meant by
such conduct The military looking man re-
piled that he was the United States minister to
Persia But before he could go further the
captain had dotted his hat, bowed low and asked
ten thou land pardons. Tne military looking
man, who was none other than Gen Wins, on
jumped down at this. said it was all right that
no harm had been done, and distributing some
money to the men whose knuckies he had
whacked, he was directed to his hotel where his
baggage, uninspected, followed without
delay"