Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-12-12

the postoffice and courthouse. | took n
four wheeler and had my nice new tin
trunk put on the top. This trunk l
borrowed of our hired girl. Josephine
Pinnero, heir apparent to the throne of
Ranpano, king of the common people on
the coast of Africa.
She loaned me her trunk. Ii is of tin,
painted to resemble n typical sunset, and
has a handle on the top. had to pay
my board in advance while l carried this
trunk. If it had been full of coupons, it
would have made no difference. With
that and soft felt hat l could have
boarded among pickpockets all winter
with safety.
Where to, sir:' came the gentle, ginny
voice Of the cabman.
Browns hotel, Strand l answered
as l finished up bag of popcorn which
brought from home.
There is no Brownsotel ON the Strand,
sir" says the driver, who was much bet
ter dressed than and declined in stiff
manner to helpme close ont the popcorn.
We'll, is there another Browns hotel?'
l asked as blew up the paper bag and
busted it in the ear of policeman, with
a ringing laugh
Yes. sir. There's one on Dover street.
sir"
We'll. 90 there. colonel" said |, and
don't spare your stock. Pound him on
the back, for I'm as hungry as grizzly
ut an afternoon tea"
l entered London at night As Julius
Caesar did, So that people would not de-
sert their business TO come to the train,
thus leaving their homes and shops a
prey to burglars and robbers. The ruse
was successful. No one was there TO
crowd the streets and Congest traffic.
We drove to Browns hotel on Dover
street and l was soon assigned to the
room which seemed to match my steer
age trunk and Ellis island bag. 1t was
shillings per day, but that did not in
clude amount brought forward. attend
auce, use of electric light. bath. use of
poker AMI fire shovel. use of fire escape,
breakfast, luuCheon, dinner. tea and cof-
fee. sugar, milk, use of sugar tongs, deS
serts. ices. suppers, wear and tear Of
napkin. children's board. board of valet.
sherry, madeira, corkage, port, use Of
corksCrew. Claret, sauterne. burgundy,
chablis, hook, moselle. champagne, use
of nut crackers. liquors. spirits (of just
men rectifed, presumel, ale and stout,
aerated waters, cigars, sundries and
brcakage.
did not remember that broke any
! thing, so l asked about it. No bill at a
hotel is correct without an item for
/ breakaSe.
Beg pardon, said |, with wonderful
> grace and civility, but cannot remem-
Der that have broken anything except
} the shell of Il soft boiled eGg day before
yesterday, and that is common offense."
= Very true. indeed" said the cashier,
beautiful. long WASTED girl, with n
voice like meadow lark, but you for
get that the egg was n surprise and
( shock TO you, sir. and that you broke
, ono of the commandments at the time"
; was SO knocked ont that she stood
with her watch in her hand and counted
me out according to ring rules. l did
not even venture TO say what was true,
that they were not her commandments,
| but paid the charge, which was two and
six.
/ Yet Browns is II good hotel and the
= price of board and lodging there is not
high. 1t is when You ask whether it is
r likely to rain or not, or use the inkstand
or door mat that the bill runs up. Your
= receipted bill also has 4 stamp on it,
? which presume you pay for under the
r heading of lick yours diQueurS) Scot
land Yard joke.
r Yesterday most all day played golf
l l took Clarence along to carry my golf
, swatteTs. These swatters are a compro-
t mise between a street car hook and q
b. crop. Clarence took the umbrella stand
t full of these things-a receptacle made
1 for the purpose of holding six or seven
e kinds of swatters.
II ta1 81 ISl- Al
by the Duke of DevOnshire containing
. 40 acres of ground and seven decayed
I horses. 1t might have been one of the
l decayed nobility, but when l saw the
: wind was from that quarter l could not
h help noticing it.
t Iwore my new golf clothes, and Clar-
e ence cheered me with his presence, The
day was cold and kept me active. Clar-
: ence told me of his past life and ordered
a a lunch to he brought to me at the end
- of the link The link is the round one
has to make, a sort of tour over the cath
; as Clarence calls it, with gopher holes sc
' far apart, which You go for with youl
ball. The winner is the man who get,
:, his ball in these gopher holes with tbs
:, least number of swats. That's swat,
: the matter.
\ on MT tue bdll as ilaANR Us liNSSlbiO IL
= getting from one hole to another, and thu
& game is fraught with as much excite
:, lnent as kicking a frozen fried cake along
: a wintry road. When You get near th'
hole. however. You must be more care
- full, or Won will miss. You must ais
get your ball out of any had place, too
where You have driven it, and must us
the golf club to do it with too.
You can imagine how felt when
=" drove my ball into the midst of a picni'
here. and it landed in the marmalad
IA glass Of e. young lady of rare beauty
Knowing the rules of the game, she re
manned like n statue until l came NJ
and with wonderful skill drove e'bal
safely across the field, leaving a track o
marmalade 'arf way across the cath,
as Clarence said. This incident wa
printed and commented upon adversel.
by the London press, SO / give 1t her
correctly in order to set myself right.
The press in stating that 1 scattered I