The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-23

had been spending their honeymoon in
Europe. They had spent their funds Law
ishly, imagining that. like their love for
each other. those funds were without
limit. But sightseeing in switzerland
and shopping in Paris Will empty a fat
pccketbo0k IN short order, and when
the young turtle doves fetched up in
London, they awoke to the stern fact
that they were for the time being PEN
niiesS. Arm in arm they huttered into
my gloomy old Office. the bride trying TO
locke woe-begone under a hat which
had just cost quite a little fOrtune in
metropolis of millinery. They told
their story with such unconscious drol-
lery, that. upon my word, l cannot tell
you which l felt most like dOing-cry-
ing or laughing. As a result, 1 cabled
for them TO their friends on this side
of the water. and was happy in the
knowledge that ] had done two de-
lightfuI innocents a good turn. 1 was
repaid fully for my expense n
trouble; but the brides smile, when
they visited me a few days after. put q
positive premium on what l had done.
I had not been very long in office
l had TO make q rule never to do
monetary favors for my countrymen
and cOuntry-women al all. OF course
his rule. like other rules, was broken
in exceptional cases. but it was not
broken often. Had / yielded to my i'm
pulses upOn all occasions. l hOuld now
be a pauper, Inc deeply in debt, to
boot.
APPEALS OF CRIMINALS.
"And now let me pass to another
phase of the consul's life-quite differ
Cnt from that of listening to appeals for
aid, yet just as unpleasant. if not more
so. 1 refer TO h part played in the
capture n eXtraditiOn OF criminals
The correspondence on this subject
passes through the cOnsul's office. In
extraditiOn trials it is the consul who
appears in court on behalf of the Amer
lean people. He is a sort of prosecuting
attorney in the land of the stranger. [
will say thai this Objectionable part Of
my duties was always made as light
as possible by the courtesy of English
officials. 1t is very painful. though.
when the criminal himself makes an
appeal to me-callins up memories Of
home and drawing upon ones stock of
Americanism-in order that he may es-
cap e~XtraditiOn and punishment. Many
such appeals have been made TO me.
Men have told me that / was running
their lives. They have sworn to reform
and begin life anew if l would let them
so and not press the case against them
Just as if l had the power TO let them
go! But you cannot reason with Il man
in his situation. His own misery blinds
MIN TO the truth. ne lObhS upon tine
consul, not as an official doing his plain
duty. hut as q ruthless instrument of
vengeance. The bitter reproaches and
passionate D~leadings Of criminals
against whom 1 was pushing eXtradi-
ton proceedings have, 1 assure yOu.
given me many sleeplesS nights. Finally
/ began 70 hate the appearance of a
detective in my office, for 1 knew, on
seeing one. that he had come to get
some wretched felon sent Jack To pun
ishment.
ESPIONAGE OF SCOTLAND YARD.
When first I went to England there
was a great deal published about the
espionage kept up by Scotland yard
all my dOings. and the fears Of
the British government that my Irish
American associations might lead me
into dynamiting and other perniciOuS
practices. L Will not say that there
was not some truth in these printed
statements, but the major part Of
them were pure sensational rubbish.
John Bull is, above all else, a practical
man, and the fact that a man hap
pens to be Patrick A. Collins of BOs-
T. s. A does not scare him when
he recollects hat the said Collins is
also a responsible and accredited rep
resentative of a great friendly power
well he knows that a United
consul general is not going to
a hand in blowing up Westminster
or wrecking PaddingtOn station
while he is in Office. And, knowing this,
he is not going to waste good detective
and valuable time in having
him Swallowed No; my life was not
made miserable by Scotland yards
Paul Pry methods as some sensational
London correspondents informed their
American newspapers.
The -pleasanteSt part of my life as
was the social. My Office brought
me in u with hundreds Of charm
ing people-Americans and Britishers.
Your Englishman loves particularly u
good dinner, and I could not now emu
nerate the many happy fOregatherings
IF this kind to which 1 have been bid
en-. The public speaking I never liked
)ver much. but these dinners introduce
I'd me to many of the very men I had
my life been anxious TO meet. \
of close and highly-prized
friendships sprang out of my stay in St.
court.
Yet I do not think I should care to
)e consul general again. As I mention
ID before, an American consul in a
foreign city las troubles of his
,wn."
And with an expression of humorous
4adness. General Collins lit a fresh CT
.ar. and changed the subject.
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