The Van Buren press., 1895-10-26

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sirsA and thaas paopls had coms from
|su the country roundabout, either on
fsot or in snT cpuveysucs which they
cnuld dnd, that they might fssst their
eyes on IN fAvursd children Of fortune
A. SOON ~ our financial standing be-
czms known to m ench one ct uss In
stantIy. intuitivsly sad individually,
found himsslf sittine ct . window
where hs could bs easily ssan.
We were ''mfllinnairus," sud ON az
hibitiou-ths observed, and the envied
of all observerA We fslt We had
reputation to sustain. What though II
was hollow rsputationa Perhaps tt
was no more so than n though some OF
the real "mi1lionaires" had actually
been among un Besidss that. had not
Pope declared that.
:. Honor and shame from nn condition risei
Act well your part-thera all the honor lisai'
And We determined to get out OF II
whatever honaR there WAS IN III; for II
we did not have the condition" we
could at least act an though We had;
and In 10 doing we would not be csui-
pelled to feel 50 very lonely in this
grent world. after all Accordingly,
we ast back and tried to appear nom
ehalant. M though such an experiences
a. that which now presented itself was
simply one OF the ordinary burdens OF
cur all too prosperous lot. I believes
that some Of ua actual1y felt wealthy.
| En- fact, we became generous. so that
when the whistle blew, and we pre-
pared to steam away, and the boys
prsssed about the departing train, we
took from cur pockets some OF the
smallest coins we could find snd tossed
them carelesaly inte their midst True,
thia was PARTLY for the fun OF seeing
them scramble, but also because We
felt that, regardless OF expense. we
must sustain tho good reputation OF our
|! brethren at home, the other American
milIionaires, who had been 20 un-
fortunate as to have received no inyt-
ration to join our select party.
Then the train moved away, snd
once more we were left to the company
Of ourselves. But we felt taller. One
man remarked that he was really glad
to discover himself in the company OF
so many rich people, that he had, un-
til then. been feeling lonely and III 1t
ease, but now he felt st home a9sin.
Then the question srose az to how
| We had come Go be discovered. Who
put it into the papers? But no one
could be found who would confess bis
ruilt. We would make further in
quiries on that point at the next sta
tion. We wondered whether there
would be another crowd Of people
there, and q number of the ladies be-
gan to '.prinkr that they might look
like heiresses. noticed some of the
gentlemen also brushing their hats,
and one putting on his kid gloves. I
suppose he thought that millionaires
wore kid gloves, even when they went
to bed. Another, who had been loung-
| ing in disreputable old travelling cap,
quietly removed it and sat himself
down by the window with his mil
Iionaire head adorned with million
aire-Ioolxing stovepipe. He was not
again to he taken by surprise, A. he
kad at the drat station
| After awhile the whistle blew down
brakes, and we knew we were
nearing another depot Out popped
forty heads-no, not forty this time;
only shout twenty The sthers evil
dently realized that it would not COM
port with the dignity of American rep
resentatives of Wall street, to appear
frivolous. When their companions ex-
claimed III declared A bigger crowd
than beforel' they simply sat back and
tried to look bored noticed, how
ever, that they carefully retained their
seats next the windows In fact, this
for the moment rather nettled me. I
deprecated their evident desire for con-
spicuousness; it rendered it almost inn
possible for me to get good seat my
self
Once more the crowd gathered about
the windows, and their questions were
repeated. But this time it was our
turn to aslk and theirs to answer.
"How did that article appear in the
papers, and who said we were million
Aires?"
why, that is now public property.
livery yhody knows it. With the excep-
tion of yourselves no one ever yet
except the king and visitors to the
royal family"
And this was the cause Of our sudden
rise to fame. The railroad authorities
in Copenhagen had evidently informed
some one OF their newspaper friends
1 AaI al. n,.<x xvxs.x
The newspaper friend had thereupon,
with that remarkable instinct for en-
terprise and accuracy which unfortu-
nately is not confined to the repre-
sentatives of the American press, in
formed himself out of the depths of
hia own consciousness that no one
would ever charter special ears except
people of special distinction and hnan-
cial ability. Furthermore, we were
Americans, and that settled it, for all
foreigners have an idea that An AMER
lean can never. by any possibility, be
hard up. Ard it is doubtless because
of their conviction as 20 the benefits of
such an experience that they do their
best to bring US into this condition be-
fore we leave them The author of
this startling paragraph, however, evil
IDENTIFY did not know US personally or
he would have drawn the line some
where
Larger and larger grew the crowds
as we neared the end of our journey.
At one place we were called upon to
feel not simply the prerogatives Of
wealth but it's responsibilities. A COM
n,itx>s Of .-itix>ns frnrn a town which