The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10

poc;Set :. newspaper, and, pressing his
finger against paragraph, held it up
for us to read. AS it was in the Scan
dinsvian tongue, and AS our education
had been neglected in that department,
we were none of Us much the wiser
so we asked him TO interpret it; and
he read this statement, which, copied |
at the time:
I'VE learn that company of American mil |
lionaires will leave Copenhagen on Tuesday |
next, in private train, on their way to STOCK
holm After visiting that city they intend to
spend some time in Russia. 1t would be DIM
cult to estimate what the aggregate wealth OF
these gentlemen would represent
Here, then, was the cause of this un-
usual excitement. We were million
aires, and these people had come from
all the country roundabout, either on
foot or in any conveyance which they
could find, that they might feast their
ewes on us favored children of fortune.
| As soon as our financial standing be-
came known to us each one of us, IN
stantly, intuitively and individually,
found himself sitting at window
where he could be easily seen.
We were ''millionaires, and on ex-
hibition-the observed, and the envied
of all observers. We felt we had
reputation to sustain. What though 1T
was a hollow reputation? Perhaps 1T
was no more so than as though some OF
the real "millionaires' had actually
been among US. Besides that, had not
Pope declared that:
Honor and shame from no condition RISE
Act we'll your part-there all the honor lies"
And we determined to get out of 1T
whatever honor there was in it; for If
we did not have the condition" we
could at least act as though we had;
and in so doing we would not be COM
PEELED to feel so very lonely in this
great world, after all. Accordingly,
we sat back and tried to appear non
chalant, as though such an experience
as that which now presented itself was
simply one of the ordinary burdens of
our all too prosperous lot. | believe
that some of us actually felt wealthy.
In fact, we became generous; SO that
, when the whistle blew, and we pre-
pared to steam away, and the boys
pressed about the departing train, we
took from our pockets some of the
smallest coins we could find and tossed
, them carelessly into their midst. True,
this was partly for the fun of seeing
them scramble, but also because we
felt that, regardless of expense, we
must sustain the good reputation of our
brethren at home, the other American
millionaires, who had been so I'M
} fortunate as to have received no invi-
l tation to join our select party.
Then the train moved away, and
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 i'll at
: ease. but now he felt at home again.
Then the question arose as to how
we had come to be discovered. Who
put it into the papers? But no one
y could be found who would confess his
quilt. We would make further i'll
quiries on that point at the next sta
= ton. We wondered whether there
would be another crowd of people
. there. and a number of the ladies be
gan to "prinl1" that they might look
: like heiresses. l noticed some of the
gentlemen also brushing their hats
' and one putting on his kid gloves.
. suppose he thought that milhonalre'
wore kid gloves. even when they wen
to bed. Another, who had been loung
. ing in disreputabe old travelling cap
) quietly removed it and sat himsel
/ down by the window with his mil
u lionaire head adorned with million
aire-looking stovepipe. He was no
again to be taken by surprise, as h
Il had at the first station.
y After awhile the whistle blew dow
= brakes, and we knew we wer
u nearing another depot. Out poppet
. forty heads-no, not forty this time
only about twenty. The others evi
IDENTIFY realized that it would not com
;, port with the dignity of American rer
y resentatives of Wall street, to appea
frivolous When their companions ex
fl. claimed: ~ declare! A bigger crow
. than before!' they simply sat back an
=, tried to look bored. | noticed, how
~ ever, that they carefully retained thei
, seats next the windows. In fact, thi
Tor the moment rdIneT HcGCleu ulC'
10 deprecated their evident desire for cor
~ spicuousness; it rendered it almost im
g possible for me to get good seat my
self.
Once more the crowd gathered abou
~ !, the windows, and their questions wer
IL repeated. But this time it was gu
Ii turn to ask and theirs to answer.
"How did that article appear in tn
nc papers, and who said we were million
alres?"
" "Why, that is now public property
Every body knows it. With the excel
ton of yourselves no one ever ye
travelled over this road in special trai
" except the king and visitors to tt
royal family"
ee And this was the cause of our sudde
rise to fame. The railroad authorize
id in Copenhagen had evidently informe
We some one of their newspaper FRIEND
that we had chartered private car
ID, The newspaper friend had thereupol
ID. with that remarkable instinct for Ell
terprise and accuracy which unfort
nately is not confined to the repr
ed sentatives of the American press, i
l. af tha AanfhC ,