The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-24
HEGOTINTO THEDIET
A MEMBER OF THE LIARS, CLUB
HEARD TlSzA'S LAST ADDRESS.

When Hc Saw That He Would 30 suo-
ocssful In tho Scheme,
Tho party was i'll conversation over
its bcor Of all shades and all degrees of
fxcollonco, and tales had been told In
Dovcral languages and of diverse degrees
ef trustworthiness when the Hungarian
bounced upon an opportunity-he had
lis glass empty first-to toll for tho
Imndredth time of the beauties of his
lative Budapest The baths, tho An
llrassy avenue, tho park, tho theaters,
tho bridge, tho palaces, tho music and
the "inoomparably beautiful women
had all been described. and Hungarian
statesmen. from Kossuth to Kalnoky,
laudcd when story teller interrupted
with:
budapest may DO all that you claim
Tor it, but I'll never forgot an export
tnco 1 had there when fooled some OF
It's bigwigs 1t was only few years
hgo, whom l stopped there for rest ON
my way from Paris by tho Oriental OK
press to Constantinoplo noticed an
Unusual excitemont at the Hotel Hun
garia, could SEQ there were many stran-
bShP LII cOhu oAo tfSAOT-S bllt OkluD0.
bver tho Schloss, foated tho royal stand
Ard of Hungary rs Il sign that tho king
was thero. You know tho Hungarians
hcver speak of Franz Josef as empeUr.
always as king.
During tho day I heard that the
ministry would resign the next day, and
that Premier Tisza would mako his last
address III parliament We'll, you can
we'll imagine wanted to BIO In at tho
Heath and set about to secure ticket Of
admission to tho dict hall Those whom
| asked simply laughed at mo- Tickets
were at high premium, and some to
whom L applied gave mo Hungarian
look of whitening contempt which made
Inc only more anxious to get there
But the morrow canlo, and saw the
chances for peep ut tho show growing
exaspcratingly less, when 1 suddenly
felt myself possessed of an idea. I went
to the house of parliament and after
much inquiry learned that the librarian
Of the upper house, and no alone, could
admit me- and 1 succeeded in seeing
him. I'm surprised, said to him,
that you havo made no provision for
the press at timo so important rs this
Press" said he. Why, press tickets
have been issued to all who are entitled
to them, and if you have received none
1t S mistakc-an oversight He called
b servant, said something In jargon
which L could not understand and mado
me bow of dismissal. Tho man, who
was dressed to go on III tho chorus of
the 'Beggar Student or tho Black Hus-
Ear, bcclloned me to follow him. led
Inc to an Inner room, where no loft me
with desk, two chairs aud my guilty
conscience began to wish myself
back at tho hotol, with It's good wine,
good music and fine Wow on tho Dan
nbo. Visions Of police investigation
md an exposure. with possibly torn
In Hungarian Jail, rose before me, for
you know had no moro TO do with
newspaper business than I had with
African exploration, when clerk en-
tered and with many flirt and flutter
proceeded 20 make cut My orekssntaaae
for admission to the prosS logo.
He was funny little man, this
clerk. who laborcd under tho hallucina-
ton that he could speak English, and
he WAS further afflicted with that mild
form of insanity which manifests itsolf
In tho dyed mustachc. He took my name
and pedigree, asked mo whence came
and how long proposed to remain in
the city, and I answered all with that
promptness and strict truthfulnoss which
one acquires by years of association
with tho members of this club.
FINALLY he put the poser, What is
the name of your paper?' thought with
right that all great papers must be rep
resented and feared that if I mentioned
Dne of them l would be discovered and
lost; So thinking Of the motto of the
club, God loves Il cheerful liar, said
without Il moments hesitation, The
North Adams Transcript He didn't
Just remember the name and had to ask
rs to the spelling several times while
making out tho documents by means of
which L was to secure All admission
lard, but if he had pressed me after l
saw that the bluff went I would have
told him circulation story which
well, which would not be in keeping
with Tho transcripts books
"Wcll, l got into the press logo in
time to hear Hungary grand old man.
lisa, make the greatest speech Of his
life. Of course | could not understand
his Hungarian. perfect rs it no doubt
was, but the enthusiasm which ho
aroused seemed contagious, and once
during his talk, when q great shout of
approval filled tho chamber women
waved their handkcrchiefs and fans, and
members Of the opposition oven looked
pleased, caught myself applauding,
but 1 quickly recalled the fact that 1
was there as The Transcript representa-
hive and as such had no opinion
Tho picture from the gallery where
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