The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-01-05
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The msn Who wss abroad rtcently paa
Cd away on very sood cigar tha, had
'ound It's way pas, the customs officers q,
Nss York and smiled re,rospsciiv.ly,
fanny tbins bsppeGed to me ~hiln
Vas 10 Visnns. be raid. funny and dies
ereesble. ioo-duced disagrstsle. You
ser, ] Vas slwsys recognized as sn Amori
can and pesisrtd by beresr.. A happy
thought came to mo, bought some ccs
metic and made up ssa native iuund
u worked splendidIy Tor time,
Pretty soon ! noticed . man in DARK
clothes vas observing ms very closely.
He crossed 90 closely In front OF me that
almost stumbled sssin,i him. Then he
turned abruptly aud walked away FIVE
minutes lsttr ~ ] Was looking into chop
window = heavy hand strapped my arm.
Almost instantly srother heavy hand had
clutcbed my other .rm. | locked around
hastily, WAS 10 the bsnds OF two stern
looking chaps IN unliorm, Behind them
stood the man in dsrk clothes, tried 10
pull away, | tried 10 protest, II Vas use
lees. In FIVE minutes they had swiftly
walked me TO some sort OF a police station
and had me facing wrinclei old fellow
With huge white mns,ache,
OF course l caught on TO what lhe
trouble was, 10 my Internal disguise they
had taken me Tor some Internal Grim
inal. ] didn't make any more protests.
let them 60 shoad with their funny
work, They went through my pockets
and felt me ell over and made up D pile OF
my fleets on the dcsk. There we're few
letters and notebook and pocket knife
and . pencil and some money. They look
ed Ut the letters suepioionsly, aud one OF
them ssid, 'Ensliscb, an then looked
back st me with q oupning sneer, AZ much
- to say ] conldn't fool them with any
such simple subteriusts. Well. Iretiy
soon they produced big pair OF mansoles
and then did kick. talked turkey TO
them for several seconds and American
eagle too. They listened to me ersveIy
and fuslIy one Of them STEPPED out snd al
most immediately brought 10 another OF
fctr. and hs talked TO me in what fatoy
was very poor Italian. think be called
me Luigi. but couldn't make ont much
OF On, thing he said. | answered him in
aueut United Ststes, pointing TO my let
ters aud repeating 'Euslis several times.
Pretty soon tbs Italian translator shock
bis bead in disgust guess be thought
vas shamming. Then they brought 10 an
other man, and coon ionnd out 10 cotld
talk little Eoglish.
Bprechen sic EngliscbY ] cried,
Ysw, be answered, with some hesitation
Then got me = cake Of soap, crifd, and
some water aud towel
Hull be said. You eat soap you keel
yonrsellnf,
No, / said. l wont kill myself. Why
should l Kill mysslif
You snarcheest, be replied.
/ laughed st thst. and after . few mo
ments Of isbbsring with the others he hus
tied away and broush. back what ! want
Cd. II dident take me long to wsi of
that internal dye. and when | emerged
from behind the towel was DO more like
their conionnded Lniei than was like
The sphinx.
Well the upsbot Of II oil was that they
,eDt me back TO the hoiel In charge Of the
man 10 the dark CLOTHES. who found out
rom the proprietor sll be knew sbont me,
md thereupop ro,tored my property snd
eii me with what ! understood TO be
brief apology.
And you can jast pnt up some,bing
handsome thst tn frs! thing did was 10
,huck that infsrnsl cosmetic straight ouf
u the window.