The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13
GENTLEMAN GEORGES CLUB
BlNKKR AND CONFIDENCE NAN SWAP
EXPERIENCES IN PRIaoN


The intimacy between the old Colonel as the
Imprisoned banker was known. and smithers,
the con man. had at least the charm Of novelty.
Both were greatly inclined 10 ease the mo-
notony OF Imprisonment by conversation.
necessarily more or less reminiscent And
white each talked on subjects Of which the
other must be ignorant. IN the end they seeme cd
to find themselves OIL common field OF eX-
pcricncc, for character IL ;nr more likely to be
q force Of attraction than circumstance.
Speaking OF social organizations" said the
Colonel ono day. hat oblivious OF where he
wa. or whom he was addressing. l had a sin
gular experience IN England. where | was
travelling. Just after he close OF our civil war.
was on the special express train running
from Glasgow 10 London. The only other occu-
pant Of the compartment was n sodierly look
ing man tall well set-up. with closely cropped
hair long flowing mustaches and all that.
evidently a gentleman. as ono might Judge
from the multiplicity OF bags rugs. umbrellas
and sticks he saw NJ to carry with him"
I've seen them" Interrupted Smithers.
Say Kunucl the last Duke we buncoed ar
rived with retail shopfui Of traveliin lxin's.
but he went home in the steerage all the same
After a little" continued .he Colonel my
English friend drew short bogwood ripe out
OF hi. pocket. and asked whether objected to
smoking replied by lighting Cigar. Con-
yersation naturally cnsuod. and | soon found
him to be n man OF rare intelligence. especially
well up In military matters. He told me that
he had served as a general officer in the line
detailing with very great interest TO me his
sxnerienccs in India, Canada and South Az
RIGA Imodestly referred to my own career In
Northern Virginia and with tho Red River ex-
Ieditinn, and by tho time we reached London
va ,alt for ench other that free and hearty
IL to,
"Iknow what Won mean" said Smithers, the
,o, man "Whnn Won can sit and booze nil day
long without orrt throwin' dice for the drinks :"
"Mv military friend" tho Colonel went on
"irnnired nprtirrlorlv ms to the hotel whore I
w,s going to put nm and assured me that he
would call the following evening He was as
good as his word too, and after a pleasant
chat expressed his anxiety to introduce me
into his club. the Junior < an organization
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smoke and chat
nel?" suggested the incorrlgiAle Smithers
"I ton"T t,a m.,,hors tho CoIonoI p.
sumed. too "ngrossed with his former state to
heed any such interruption, "ot type with my
irleha, the severely mllI'ary' II awning.
should say that the straps rather obtruded
themselves. but that seemed venial fault to
me- s"tchar@e" Us sun was WIZ. ''e presIt
de corps which comes from battles fought and
hartships endured. Ii was Captain this. and
Co1ohel that' ana MAJOR so-ahd-so. on every
hand. and ono and all Joined in making me feel
not n stranger. but brother. and an honored
~ ri ,.',, - .a 49,, $50 $500 -
one at that Ihe' gave me mo ehtree curing
my stay in town, and. fear. before the even
inc vas ovnr and vhilc the cbnmnnrne was in
S - 49, 49, :1,..I 49,,
my mead, accepted more invitations 10 little
dinners and card parties than was able to re-
ce,r tho rext morning Wall wall II mazda no
SaI 'ne neN' 'npi ms " I'll VOL ~ ,l"ue ~
difference. Tor was rated never again 10 snare
that pleasant. careless hospitality"
"Uov,a tb,t Eunnol9 rbcro was notbi,g
,1, orI ,hono no,n,n D.T,"s
they could tnd out; there was nothing against
YOU then ?"
..Tbo toot v,s ~, tho otbor ,oo NV t-,ond ~
i"' ','' voc ''' '''' 'I''e' vs. '"' 4i'vhu'
replied IL" Colonel. gently. Let mo toll you
nrst that there we're one or two things that
strrok mo IA somnwh,t ouacr tbnt ovoring
s.i rcN NV "N '''''"''"' iu''' '''"I ''rn'"k
While tho conversation continued to be strictly
and almost technically military, it mainly
dwelt especially in tn" relating Of experiences
on camrnlgns OF several years before The
members had nothing to say Of the present
state Of the service. rXceptinE sundry caustic
criticisms which | thought out Of place in the
presence Of n foreigner Then, too. di,.n I
meet a single man who seemed on active duty.
Formerly OF this regiment, Formerly on that
stafT had been tIs invariabe Introduction .
and yet the majority we're far too young to