The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-21
A Veritab'e Prince at His Calling
he Has Perfected His Art
So That 1t Is a Pleasure
to His Victims.
+" CERTAIN shopkeeper once put a

I" CERTAIN shopkeeper once put a
card In his window which said
Don't go to other shops to be
swfndled; come in here" These
words might well be blazoned over
the port Neville. For surely no
one who has spent two hours at Neville
viii care to go anywhere else TO be swim
died. Nowhere out OF Ireland can IT be
done SO gently or in a way to make II so
much pleasure. and nowhere else in ire
land can IL be done better. For Neville
Is In Ireland. though the name looks so
much as II II were In France. And Il is
as Irish as Pat Murphy's pig. And the
Irish method of swindling is to the French
as the action of the sun to that of the
wind In that other story OF the wager be-
tween the two as TO which could the
sooner take on the travellers coat For
the Frenchman who wants more money
than you are disposed to give makes the
air blue with the violence of his rhetoric,
and sends II whistiing about your ears
with his gestures, while the freshman puts
the matter before you SO gently and 80
softly that you give twice as much as
you know he ought to have and feel your
self a brute for not giving more,
Now. this same Neville Is I'm the north
OF ireland. on Tough Foyle and 1t is the
place where the ships really call when
they pretend that they call at London-
of H. but those west-bound usually walt
for few hours, and then the passengers
have chance 20 20 ashore and test their
American and British and Scottish clever
ness against the simple skill OF the hum
Bile people OF Neville. The most OF the
passengers are OF course American trav-
elers returning home. They think that
they have seen all that Europe has to
show them in the way OF devices for re-
lleving them OF financial burdens. They
cheerfully put off from the ship with the
notion that the few pennies In change
which they inadvertently neglected to use
up in Glasgow viii seem fortune to
the inhabitants OF this poor, almost un-
heard OF Irish village. IL Il proves TO
have any Inhabitants They quite glow
with the thought of the unexpected good
that they will do TO these needy ones
without hurting themselves II think
can do Moviila in two hours" said a
member OF personally conducted party.
not many weeks ago. as he went down the
ships side. Personally conducted tour
lists "a vile word, but Il Ats them bet
ter than 'frayelers'D always have an afr
OF owning the world which is not seen
In those who move over It's surface IN
parties OF not over eight. And think"
said traveller who had passed that way
before. that Neville can do him In two
hours"
The hoatman knew his business on
the way 10 the shore he collected 2 shii-
iings american silver takcn) from each
passenger for the round trip. He had no
notion OF waiting fiil his townsmerr had
got at them before he got his return
fare The rest OF the town was ready.
Six carmen stood In row along the
outer edge OF the little landing stage
The passengers were to be delivered d.
rectly into their hands. Then the night
began. The passengers. stepping from
the boat one By che had TO run The CANT
let OF the carmen. each one begging. urs
ing. besceching. persuading. praying them
I 20 take his ear
No report was ever heard as 10 the fate
OF the confident man who meant 20 do
Neville in two hours" The one who had
been there before and who inclined TO the
belief that Neville would be the chief
doer did not come with the expectation
Of any better lot for himself. but be
knew what TO expect and was ready
10 meet IL calmly. SO he submitted with
grace "a tho importantly Of one ~ he
carmen. 50. too. did his companion.
Where can you take u.s.
'I'ii take ye "a Green Castle, scr. 10
tina Rooms
How much
"A shilling apiece. sor"
The two climbed upon the car and II
Iolted up the village street. tho driver
calling TO those who had escaped from
his fellows and were walking 20 come
along and ride. "tsss me some more -
them. he begged. make them come and
ride aid me-
eve can't make them ride" was the
reply. I'VE don't know them we never
saw them until last Night u you can't
make them conse. we cant. We haven't
the barney that you have.