New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
A NEWPORT HACKMAN.
HOW HE EXHAUSTED CREDULITY oz
HIS FARES-HAD J. T. MORGAN
AT COTTAGE WHEN HE
WAS IN EUROPE.

"The ocean Drive. 80 cents' This way TO ..
Newport See the miIIionaires eottages. C,nrv =
cents to Newport
party OF Westeruers who were visiting ~.
East for the first time had just emerged fros
the bathing house at Easton's Beacr ana -
was the welcome which was given them h.
hungry looking hackman the doorway -5a
four in the group. man and hts wife ara
two sisters. who appeared to be related IN so,
degree to the man. for he gave no notice to ther,
The hesitated- He saw immediate er-
penGiture OF s. directly ahead Of him He trrnas
to take the streetcar. and. thrustin- his 49,
into his pocket. he jinGled a half dozsz nIoksl.
If debating with himself about parting with
them. But great negro adrotly slipped in he
tween the and the streetrsr. and said blandlv-
I'm drfvin' private 1 be Got a cahr'age tes-
fur de four yuh. Don't want tuh 20 susv4
without dis here Ocean Drive Only 20 cents
sah.''
The mans wife tugzed his sleeve as h. a.,
tempted dodge the colored man. and one OF ~,
relatives cut OF his retreat in the rear. The col
ored man then became sarcastic. and said win
hearty laugh:
'wuth de money. boss. dat it be We've Tot "a
earn our Twin same as yuh be- Blame little Is
wat we gets dis summah too. Don't get .nYg -
shoe muh hosses OATS de truf."
The married man. in trying TO escape from TIA
driver of the cahr'aSe. ran again into the hunxrv
looking hackman who had first addressed him. and
after brief struggle he surrendered fgnominiously
All tOur then ClaTnDeTed into the Cdrryal. IN
which small party of Rhode Islanders. who after
ward said they came down and saw Newport as
regularly they ate clans were already seated
The driver glanced over the list Of passengers and
smiled he harvest OF s. safely aboard
With a snap of the whip he started his team on
a trot and a moment later. turning around in his
seat. he said: Behold your left the famous CHH
Walk. 1t skirts the sea. and passes In front OF q
of palaces. the total value of which is esti-
mated at 800 COO You see. there is a lawn on
each side of the walk That grass is cut by gar
deners who have been brought from the Riviera
and who paid $40 a day. On the promontory
there is The Breakers. owned ny the widow
Of Cornelius Vanderbilt the man who made s100,-
O00009 by minding his own business. Yes, the Van
derbits made their money. the same as I, in the
transportation business The Breakers didn't break
Mr.. Vanderbilt. for he had income OF ao0O a
minute. And that's lie"
The married man from the West stared hard at
of his relatives was titterinS. and that the party
of Rhode Islanders began to look bored
The carriage turned into BelIevue-ave little
some villas the driver exclaimed:
Gentlemen and ladies', you now see the marble
palace built by William K Vanderbilt and given
to his former wife. 1t is closed II is cold
That rock absorbs all the rain that falls on IN
You the effect the rain has the marble
fence See the green moss on it The place is
haunted. too. 1 have often heard screams coming
from that house The birds all fly around il. gen
tlemen and ladies, and that's lie"
The birds fly around it, murmured the West
ern man. stiIl unneedfuI OF the Dored look on the
faces of the Rhode Islanders and the suppressed
hysteria of his relatives.
The carriage now rolled out from the trees Of the
avenue and the passengers looked right down on
the ocean. Swinging his whip out in the direction
of the sea, the driver shouted:
THAT is the playground OF these milIionaires and