Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-18
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Tho party We In conversation ovs
its beer Of all shades and I'll degrees of
excellence, and tales had bccn told In
several Languages and Of divsFss degrees
II trustworthiness whom tho Hungarian
pounced upon m oppustunity-hs had
his glass empty frss-to tell fus the
hundrcdth time AZ the beauties OF his
native budapest Tho bathS the An.
,ira.y avonue tho park. tho thcaterA
The bridge the palacss the music and
the ''incumparAbly beautiful women"
had all bseu described. and Hungarian
statesmen. from Kosuth 10 Kalnoky,
landed when story teller interrupted
with.
budapest may bs oil that you claim
Tor II. but I'll never forget IN expert.
ence had there when I fooled some Of
Ia bigwigS Il was only f~w years
ago when stopped thcre for rest on
my way from Paris by the Oriental ex.
PRES 10 Constantinople noticed IN
unusual excitement 1t the Hotel Hun.
garia, could $50 thcrs wcre many stran.
gers In town. and aaroas the Danube
over tho SchlosS noated the royal stand.
ard Of Hungary ~ . sign that the king
was there You know the Hungarians
never speak Of Franz josef ~ emperor.
always NJ king.
During the day I heard that thu
ministry would p~im the next day. and
that PREMIER Tisza would make his last
ssidrc~s In parliament Well. you can
well imagine ! wanted 10 b. In 1t tho
death and st about 90 secure ticket of
admission 90 the diet hall. Tho~e whom
I asked simply laughed at me- Tickets
wcc at . high premium. and some 10
whom I applied gave me . Hungarian
look Of whitening contempt which made
me only moro anxious 20 UT thera
"But tho morrow camc. and saw tho
chancss for . pecp at the show growing
e1aspcratinaly lea when ] suddenly
felt myself po~ss~scd Of an idea went
20 the house Of parliament and after
much inquiry learned that the librarian
% the uppcr house. and he alone could
admit me. and I suocs~ied I'm seeing
him I'm SURPRISED I aid 10 him.
that you have mAdc no provision for
the prr~s nj time ~ important ~ thiS '
'Prsr said he Why. pres tickets
have hcn Issued 20 all who are entitled
90 them. and u you have rccoivcd none
It's mistAkc-an oversight lie called
q servant. said something In jargon
which could not understand and mais
me how of dismissal The man. who
was drs~~cd Ia go on In the chorus of
the 'Bcggar student 90 the Black Illus.
sar. bcckoned me 20 follow him. led
mo to an inner room. whcrc he left ma
with dcsk. two chairs and my guilty
conscience ! begnn 30 wish myself
hack mt the hotel. with it, good wine
god music and fine view on the Dan.
ule Visions II police investigation
and an exposure. with possibly term
In Hungarian Jail. rc-, before me. fr
you know had no more to do with
newspaper business tfsn ] hal with
African exploration. when q clerk en-
tered and with many dirt and futter
procesdcd 90 make out my credentials
for admission to the press loga
'lIe was funny little man. this
clerk. who lAbor,d under Oh. hallucins.
ton that he could speak English. and
h. was further afiiictei with that mild
form of insanity which manifc-ts itself
In the dyed mustache. He took my name
and pedigree. asked me whence came
and how long proposed 10 remain In
the city. and I answered all with that
promp,nc~- and strict truthfulncss which
one aryuiro~ by ycar~ 81 association
with the mcmb.rs IL this club
FINALLY he put the po-er. What IL
the name Of your papcri' Thought with
right that all great papers must 10 rep.
resented and feared that II mentioned
ono IL them would b. discovered and
lost: ~ thinking % the motto u the
club God loves cheerful liar. ] aid
without q moments hesitation. The
North Adams Transcript He didn't
Just remember the name and hal to AJAX
NJ 20 the spelling several times while
making out the documents by means Of
which I was TO secure an admission
card. bat II he had prs~-cd mo after ]
saw that tho blufY went I would have
told him q circulation story which
we'll. which would not ts In keeping
with The Transcripts books
"well. I got into the prcss logo In
time 10 hear Hungary's grand old man.
Tisza make the greatest speech Of his
life OF course could not understand
his Hungarian. perfect n IL no doubt
was, but the enthusiasm which hs
aroused seemed contagious and onco
during his talk. when great shout Of
approval filled the chamber. women
waved their handkorchiefs and fans and
members Of the opposition even looked
pleased. ! caught myself applauding.
but ! quickly recalled the fact that j
was there NJ The Transcript representa-.
tive and ~ such had no opinion
Tho picture from the gallery where
we Of the pres sat Wa one ] shall
never forget Every inch II room In the
spectators pens Wa occupied. every
deputy's chair wIs taken and on the floor
the monotony Of ths black and white
was bruken by tho picturesque costumes
Of the bishops. whose ofiice entities
them 10 seat In the house
AFTER IL was all over went with
my new companions Of the press TO q
learby restaurant, where we ate all
korts of things. all seasoned moro or los
with paprika, and drank tokay wine ]
told my story. and The Transcript ~
ccivcd It, baptism Of Hungarian hrc-
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