The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-01

servant got Is shillings for the trip,
and besides carrying the heavy bags,
carried Mr. Jannson across the streams
they came to, From Nells Spruit he
went to Delagoa Bay and took the
steamer Koenig of the German East
African line for Naples, Italy.
| On the way they stopped at Byra,
the seaport of Portuguese Maschonia-
land and part of the Cecil Rhodes COM
pany; at Mozambique, another Portu-
guese colony; next at Dar-es-Salen,
| the metropolis of German East Africa
| at Zanzibar where he saw the old
slave market and evidences of the con-
tinued existence of slavery; at Alden,
| Suez, Port Said. No one was allowed to
go ashore during the passage through
the canal, owing to the plague and
after Port Said no more stops were
made until Naples was reached.
Quarantine had been raised by the
| time the boat was anchored and the
passengers went on shore. Mr.. jam
son had decided to stay in Naples a
short time and see Vesuvius and POM
peii and Herculanium, and then take
a steamer for home But he had for
gotten one thing. 1t was easy to get
into Italy but it was another thing
to get out He had, of course, no pass
port, nor even his naturalization pa
pers. He had been warned on board
the ship, but thought nothing of it un-
til he came to leave. He was stopped
by the police, who offered no objections
to his staying in Italy, but would not
let him leave. He went to the Ameri-
can consul, who, after hearing his
story, said he could do nothing in the
case, on account of the lack of the
Jannson to go to the Swedish consul
as he had been born in Sweden. This
| he did, but met with like disappoint-
ment. He was no longer a citizen OF
Sweden and could expect nothing from
the Swedish consul.
| Next day he went again to the Ameri
can consul who gave him. the same an
swer as before and suggested that hi
| find employment in Naples until h,
| the conversation, however, it turned GU
/ that the consul was from Norwich
| Conn, the first place where Mr.. jam
son had worked in America, and as the.
| had some mutual acquaintance in tina
| city, Mr.. Jannson was able to prove hi.
| citizenship to the consul, who, afte
| some delay, was able to persuade tn,
police to allow Mr.. Jannson to depart
| The Italians in Naples, said Mr.. jam
! son, are beggars, thieves, steamship
| agents and police They all work to-
gether to gouge foreigners, especial!
| the English, as they call every one WHIT
| is not of Latin race. The police are II
with the beggars and if a foreigner re
| fuses to give money or to buy some
| thing he doesn't want, a policeman j:
| called and compels settlement, Away!
in favor of the beggar. In the shop.
| there are different prices for English
and natives, and he was glad to ge'
| away from the country.
| On the 10th of June, Mr.. Jannson lef
| Naples by the Fauber line boat fol
| Gibraltar and New York, arriving of
Sandy Hook Thursday at o'clock. He
was in Worcester by s o'clock thai
evening and once more with his family
| The only thing which troubles Mr.
| Jannson now is how he bought his
! ticket for Johannesburg, and he says hi
| isn't going to bother about that now
| since he is home. He feels sure he car
| find employment again without any
trouble When he read the article in The
| Spy printed last fall, after the first let
| ter was received by his wife, he sale
| that it told his story much better thar
he could and made him feel better thai
there was one paper which did not ac.
cuse him of running away to escape his
| bills.