The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-07-19
HEGOTINTOTHE DIET JET
A MEMBER OF THE LIARS CLUB
HEARD TlSZAS LAST ADDRESS.

A MEMBER OF THE LIARS CLUB
HEARD TiSzAS LAST ADDRESS.
He Made q Bold Play and Carried His Point,
and His Conscience Only Bothered Him
When He Saw That He Would BE Sue
cessful In the Scheme.
The party was In conversation over
Its beer Of all shades and all degrees of
excellence. and tales had been told in
several languages and of diverse degrees
Of trustworthiness when the Hungarian
pounced upon an opportunity-he had
his glass empty first-to tell for the
hundredth time of the beauties of his
native Budapest The baths, the An
!, Grassy avenue, the park, the theaters,
the bridge, the palaces, the music and
the 'incomparably beautiful women"
had all been described, and Hungarian
statesmen, from Kossuth to Kalnoky,
Landed when a story teller interrupted
with:
Budapest may be all that you claim
for it, but I'll never forget an expert
ence l had there when l fooled some of
its bigwigs. twas only few years
ago, when stopped there for rest ON
my way from Paris by the Oriental ex-
press to Constantinople. l noticed an
unusual excitement at the Hotel Hun
garia, could see there were many stran-
gers i'll town, and across the Danube,
over tho Schloss, fioated the royal stand
ard of Hungary as a sign that the king
was there. You know the Hungarians
never speak of Franz Josef as emperor,
always as king.
During the day l heard that the
ministry would resign the next day, and
that Premier Tisza would make his last
address in parliament. Well, you can
well imagine wanted to be in at tho
death and set about to secure ticket of
admission to the diet hall Those whom
l asked simply laughed at me. Tickets
We're at Il high premium, and some to
whom | applied gave me. a Hungarian
look of whitening contempt which made
me only more anxious To set there
But the morrow came, and saw the
chances for a peep at the show growing
exasperatingly less, when | suddenly
felt myself possessed of an idea went
to the house of parliament and after
much inquiry learned that the librarian
of the upper house, and he alone, could
admit me, and l succeeded in seeing
him. I'm surprised, said to him,
that you have made no provision for
the press at time so important as this.
'Press? said he. Why, press tickets
have been issued to all who are entitled
to them. and if You have received none
it's mistake-an oversight He called
servant. said something in jargon
which could not understand and made
me bow of dismissal The man, who
was dressed to go ON in the chorus of
the 'Beggar Student or the Black Hus-
sar, beckoned me to follow him, led
me to an inner room, where he left me
| with a desk, two chairs and my guilty
conscience, began to wish myself
back at the hotel, with it's good wine,
good music and fine view on the DAN
ube. Visions of police investigation
and an exposure, with possibly a term
in Hungarian Jail, rose before me, for
you know l had no more to do with
| newspaper business than l had with
| African exploration, when a clerk en-
tered and with many a flirt and fiutter
| proceeded to make out my credentials
for admission to the press loge.
He was funny little man, this
clerk who labored under the hallucina.
ton that he could speak English, and
! he was further afflicted with that mild
form of insanity which manifests itself
in the dyed mustache. He took my name
and pedigree, asked mo whence / came
and how long proposed to remain Ill
! the city, and ! answered all with that
! promptness and strict ruthfulness which
one acquires by years of association
! with the 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 that3if I mentioned
ono of them would be discovered and
lost; So thinking Of the motto Of the
club, God loves a cheerful liar, / said
without moments hesitation, The
lyerth Adams Transcript He didn t
just remember the nano and had to ask
rs to the spelling several times while
making out the documents by means OF
which | was to secure an admission
card, but il he had pressed me after
saw that the bluff went i would have
told him circulation story which
well, which would not be in keeping
with The transcripts books.
"Well, / got into the press loge in
time to hear Hungary's grand old man
Tisza, make the greatest speech of his
life. OF course could not understand
his Hungarian, perfect as it no doubt
was, but the enthusiasm which he
aroused seemed contagious, and once
dafing his talk, when a great shout of
approval filled the chamber, women
waved their handkerchiefs and fans, and
members of the opposition even looked
pleased, caught myself applaading,
but quickly recalled the fact that ]
was there as The Transcript representa-
tive and as such had no opinion.
1.-The picture from the gallery where
we OF tho press sat was one shall
/ never forget. Every inch of room in the
spectators pens was occupied, every
deputy's chair was taken, and on the floor
the monotony Of the black and white
was broken by the picturesque costumes
of the bishops, whose office entities
them to a seat in the house.
/ after it was all over went with
my new companions of the press to q
nearby restaurant, where we ate .ail
sorts Of things, all seasoned moro or less
with papaika, and drank tokay wine.
told my.story, and The transcript re,
ceived it's baptism Of Hungarian fire.
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