New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29
FUN WITH A FRENCH GUIDE
HOW LIEUTENANT DU VAL GOT EVEN
FOR AN EXORBITANT CHARGE.
QUESTIONS WHICH MADE THE POOR FELLOW
soUIRM AND GROW RED WITH DIscoM
Opposite Fifth Avenue HotelD
FORT AND ANGER.

FORT AND ANGER.
when Mark Twain asked the garruous guide who
expat.ated on the subject Of Columbus; rs ne
deadY' his question did not stagger the wise pur-
veyor OF worthy wisdom as much as did the queries
% another American tourist who had his innings
in Paris recently. 49,. .
The scene in the recent case was the E'nei
Tower. and the chief actor Lieutenant r. C.
Du VAL the versatile secretary Of Chauncey NJ
Depew
81 have been 70 the top OF the Elfel Tower
number of times" said Lieutenant Du Val but
went again few weeks ago. ard took my son.
to whom / wanted to point out the notable places
In and about Paris | know all about the place.
and the paintings which have been placed IN the
tower made my task easy that to engage
guide was something which | would never have
thought Of | didn't need one" continued Lieutenant
Du Val but one of those uniformed fellows In
sisted that | did want guide. He told me in
very bad English how pleased he would De 10
show ze gentlemen everysing.' He hung on uhI'i
I engaged MIN. / thought that the best way 10
get rid OF him. / asked him what he would charge
70 polr; out 'everysing.' and when he named
figure which / knew just double what IL
should be | determined to get even with HIN and
7 did He had his piece by heart and repeated II
parrot-lIke and showed symptoms Of extreme nerv-
business whenever he Interrupted When ne
had finished his narrative as TO the structure IL
self its height and cost and all that he drew him.
self together and pointing toward the beautiful
erchway said See, Eat is re Arc de Tromphe.
which,
".oh. yes broke in that's where the Ger
mans marched in in 20, IS It notg
"'Oh non messieur. no German march zere-
you see zere re Champs Eiysees. where
1.-The Germans made their camp there in 10.
7 believe I suggested while he looked
and grew red IN the face
"Zen-on zs side you see re Pere Lachaiss,
where
"oh. know. where you buried the men whom
the Germans killed-are there some German
soldiers buried there, TOO?
by this time he vas growing dangerously un-
comfortable ard I'm afraid he doing con-
siderable hard thinking But ne went right on
And you zere. Re magnihc wood. Wiz re
drive all ways-zat is re Bots oe Bouogne.'
"'Where the Germans had horse races and
picncs while they occupied Pars-is that the
place? asked while the poor fellow made all sorts
Of gestures Of denial.
"'ze tower over here. Eat IL Notre Dame 1t can
hold
oh know all about that That's where the
Germans went to hear mass after they took TIE
NO! Nom! NOn.!! No Germans hear ear mass
zare. the great house II is Re Pantheon. where Is
You're right, Old man. that's where the Red
Prince and Motke held a reception after the
fellow looked by this time as though he would
7
| not give up. and concluded
'Ah sir Zere is the Hotel des Invalides You
see ze great beautiful building where is re ashes OF
! Napoleon and
SAY old man. Is that the same Napoleon that
got so awfuy whipped by the Germans and DID
! the Germans make hospital OF the hotel when
| they marched in In 10y
! He made no answer, but he looked at me In q
way that made my boy liItle closer ana
give me a nudge which was intended TO say:
| That's enough
'You see zere re beautiful green he went on.
II IL ze woods OF st Cloud
Where the German artillery was massed You
can't tell me anything about 81 Cloud What else
is there ~
- Here is Montmartin. ze great Hill
Il know that. TOO. That's where the Germans
| thrashed the French. isn't Il"
And here. he went on, pretending not 20
| notice my remarks. IS Mont Naleren'-
Did the Germans whip you there, too% asked
Non, mezssieur Aha, German whip zere
| and for the first time since | opened my question
| battery or him the poor fellow looked pleased.
what l asked; you were no, whipped there
How that|
Non. Why lose more lfe' We aid not ngh,
| zere. We surrendered And that was the only
! gram OF comfort the poor fellow had.
| 'He got his double fee but he earned It," said
| Lieutenant Du Val. for he gave hours en-
tertanment whlca We will remember a long time q