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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
ST. IsIDORE DE BELLEVUE

ST. IsIDORE DE BELLEVUE
Garonne Sask. T. n. W. Mars, @
mes amis Canadiens du Min
nesota:
Je vais vous faire connaitre G.
que j'ai fait depuis IN an, Oh j
suis ct pourquoi j'y suis:
Parti de Red Lake City, Min
nesota, en- JUN dernier, en- compa
gnie de mon frere Henri je donnaj
sur Winnipeg. Nous avons fait lie
traiet en- voiture ct l'eau nous 6
cause bien des ennuis, car les
chemins 6taient solvent impassa-
bles. A la Vall6e DIES Pins "Pine
Gre k Ct6 de Provencher, Mani
toba, nous avons pass6 quelques
jours. Mas inutile de songer a sly
fxer. II ny await aucun des avan-
tages que nous d6sirions, c'est-a-
dire, de la belle terre du bois, du
foin ct de l'eau. ct par Ia il ny
await que de l'eau. II est vrai que
lie printemps await etc pluvieux:
Done a Winnipeg j'y demeurai
avec notre train,et mon frAre Hen
ri prit lie devant pour la Vall6e de
la Saskatchewan. MOI je devaib vi
sitter le Manitoba; Is jours plus
tard je recois I'm t6l6gramme de
mon frAre distant: "Come to Duck,
Lake, Everything is alright"
20. K" Viens au Lac Canard Sas-
katchewan, emporte tout, c'est CO
que l'on cherche. En- efet q l6
miles a pEst du Lac Canard nous
avons deux bellies terres dams une
colonie Canadienne FRANCHISE. Avec
un pretre du has Canada CONNIE
cure, une 6cole catholique Oh pon
enseigne le francais ct l'anglais.
Nous avons de reau, du bois, du
foin. Eft nos cling autres fr4res ct
notre mere nous arrivent du Min
nesota. lis ont pris chacun une
terre dams nos environs. Nous
avops aussi des amis qui viennent
nous re]oindre ct CONNIE le pays
est q faire, que les chemins de fer
nous viennent de tous cote, nous
avons frapp6. QUAINT q la qualite
de la terre, il ny en- a pas de pa
reille que j'aie vue. Cheers amis du
Minnesota, vendez done vos terres
a 10, Is, 20 dollars l'acre ct venez
done vous emparer de e beaux
100 acres de pOuest pour $50, lots
gratis, Homestead. C'est le con-
sell que je vous dome, n'oubliez
pas lie mot d'ordre Yankee cline
is money" LIE temps presse lie
monde enter SO jette dams POuest.
Les villages ct centres naissent du
jour au lendemain.
Venez vite prendre votre place
al soleil Canadten de IOaest.
Sachez que je vous suis sincere
ment d6vou6
REGIS ETHER
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
cluant
P~RO-CATHEDALE

La paroisse de lImmacul6e Con-
ception de Minneapolis a decide
d'acceder q la demande de Monsel-
gneur ireland ct de construire une
Prot ath6drale a l'angle de la 9e
Rue ct de Mary Place. &c temple
nouyeau cou.era 100000 ct lie
Presbytere servira en- meme temps
de residence q notre Archeveque,
leouel partagera son temps entire
Minneapolis ct St Paul, ct trouve-
IA ainsi chez nous une hospitalite
dlgne de son rang distingu6 dams
lAglise.
Cette nouvelle est de nature a
r6jouir tous les catalogues; car lis
~pourront de temps a autres con-
templer les ceremonies de lEgllse
conduites avec uhe grande pompe
ct auront lie bonheur d'entendre
"
des o%rateurs sacres d'6lite, parmi
llesquels notre illustre archeveque
tient une place emlneDte.
Les Canadiens-francais qui ont
Gu le bonheur d'assister aux servl.
ces divins q Montreal ct a Quebec
aimeront a rafra1chir leur memoire
ct a nourrir leur fol dams la con.
temptation dies Offices &c 6br6s avee
une maguifcence inconnue jusqu)}
present dams &c nouveau pays, en-
core sous lie regime des missions
Remerclons Monseigneur dc
nous avoir sugg6r6 l'id6e dune
Pro- ath6drale a Minneapolis e
de nous prouver son int6ret pour
les catalogues de Minneapolis.
La fol y trouvera son profit chez
les fd9les de toutes les nationalites
On esp4re que la tondatlon de
ce temple pourra etre complet6e
cette aimee.
LIE site actuel de l'6glise, Sc trou'
want dams la pa1tie DIES ~affaires, So
ra vendu aussitot qce possible.
La paroisse de lImmacul6e Con.
ception, qui a toujours &c la Plus
importante de Minneapolis, ne Sc,
ra pas dlvis6e, malgr6 son augmen
tat1on constante, VII les proportions
grandioses du nouvel 6difce.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

Un Congressman du Missouri
ayant nom De Almond a pr6sente
une mesure au Congress ayant pour
but l'annexion du Canada, quand
celui-ci lie demanderait.
Cette sottise cut pour but de pro-
voquer Fire DIES Canadiens. Ilsem
BILE que la situation entire les deux
pays est assez tendue sans qu'on
la rende pire. Nous avons la ques-
ton des frontieres de pAlasta q
d6cider ainsi que nos relations
commercials a a]uster ct celia en-
face dune opposition puissante
DIES deux c0t6s de la frontl6re.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
ECHO DE L'OUEsT
soir6e Oh le r. P. Lacasse raconta
Sos aventures d'autrefois. LIE Il. P.
parla pendant toute la soir6e, ct,

sOlr6e Ou le Il. L. Lacasse racOnta
ses aventures d%'autrefois. LIE K. P.
parla pendant toute la soir6e, ct,
de temps a autre, il demandait ST
c'6tait a son tour de parler. Pen
dant la soir6e, Nine Roy offrit di-
vers fruits a ses invites. III 6tait
minuit qnand les invites Sc s6pa-
rerent, 0tous enchant6s dc la gra-
cieuse hospitalit6 de M. ct de Nine
Roy ct de la %causerie, 81 d6sopilan-
te, du r. P. Lacasse qul, certes,
await bien gagne l'adresse ct ses
rubans, la pipe Ell bruyere, lie por-
te-allumettes, tout un "set" com
plet du parfalt fumeur,"A d multos
annos"-allons, un peu de latin
pour ne pas en- perdre complete
ment l'habitude.
Liars est grandement adouci.
Nous avons, depuis queluues
temps, IN d6gel general. Leau
coule par torrents de la montague
de Duluth. La neige est pressure
toute disparue. Les voltures d'6t6
sont m%alntenant en- usage. LIE ros-
signol nest pas encore arrive, mails
il nest pas loin. II sen Went avec
un repertoire tout nouveau de
chansons DIES plus harmonieuses.
Les excursions sont d6ja a s'orga.
niser pour venir a Duluth, voir la
ville-z6nith DIES mers aux eauz
douces. II para1t que nous aurons
un grand nombre de visiteurs, re-
t6 proclaim. Un grand nombre
d'6trangers y passera l6te, cal
Duluth commence q 6tre reconnu
CONNIE la meilleure place. Nous
ne commissions pas ces chaleurs
e%xcessives du sud, de Test. Lei.
nous avons bien un solell ardent
mails ses chaleurs sont todjours
temp6r6es par les brises rafra1chis
santes du vieux lac SUPERIOR
Vous qui suez toutes les eaux de
votre corps sous un soleil, aux cha
leurs tropicales, vous qui succom
bez sous Influence de ces chaleur'
enervantes, d6b1litantes, venez
Duluth ct vous serez soulag6s pa:
les doux z6phirs, les. brises rafra1
ch1ssantes du bon vieux lac Sup6
rieur. "Venlte ad Duluth ct Du
luth vos restaurabit" Bon, encor'
du latin.
LES RR. PIP. Outlet ct Ri
chard sont arrives de Winnipeg
Duluth, le IL mars. LIE r. P. Gull
let sera lie cure de la paroisse S
jean aptiste de Duluth. LIE Il
P. Richard est en- promenade seu
lement. LIE r. P. Lacasse demeu
rera a Duluth, mails il sen absen
terra, de temps a autre, pour allie
pr6cher des retraites.
Ill est une rumeur que w. /
!, Ardouin a le dessein d'aller man
!. ger SOS rentes a Montreal. lis sc
won't done les "anciens" de Du
luth ct lis nous quittent. lis sc
wont ct lis nous quittent. C'est re
gretable, ma fol! II y en- a DEF
quelques uns qui sont parts pou
ne plus revenir.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

LIE Congress Went d'autoriser Ia
construction de trois gros vais.
seaux de ligne ct de deux autres
plus petits bien que du type de 10.
RECON. Les premiers jaugeront 49,
900 tonneaux chacun ct seront ca.
pables de Sc rendre en- Europe ct
de revenir sans recharger leurs
soutes a Charlton; ce qui leur don.
EZRA un avantage sur ceux DIES au.
tres nations.
L'un de ces geants portera lie
nom de Minnesota ct il faudra qua.
tire ans de travail assidu pour les
fnlr.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
LIE journal Local

lie journal local est CONNIE un
register Oh sont conserv6s tous
les fats de votre localite. Vous y
vovez &c quise passe AL mllieu DIES
v0tres. ST. lie malheur s'abat sur vo.
tire famille, 81 DIES f6tes joyeuses
viennent vous rejouir le ceur, lie
journal local raconte votre deui],
vos "reminiscences. Bien p!us, com
me maniere de devon r6ciproque,
il y a une espece d'obligation mo-
rale a encourager le journal local
car les services que nous pouvons
attendre viennent plutot de nos
voisins que de personnes resultant
q cent lleues de nous.
Abonnez-v.ns a notre journal.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

Nos cousins du Canada prennent
ombrage de lhegire americana
dams leur pays: Dependant lis le
doivent aux annonces femboyan-
tes 1ns6rees dams nos journaux ct q
Peuvre de leurs agents dams les
Etats du Nord.
Hatons-nous de les rassurer ct
disons leur que I6m1gration de
nos concitoyens est la meilleure
qu'ils aient cue ct qu'jls auront ja-
mails. Un Canadien-francais qui
part des Etats- Unis pour rOuest
Canadien faite g6n6ralement souche
ct avec ceux d'autres origines ap-
portent chacun ses qualities: tous
connaissent CO quest lie gouverne-
ment responsible ct la libert6 sous
l'6gide de la loi. Ce sont des CO.
Ions plus lib6raux, plus sympathi-
cues ct plus 6claires que les An
glais, les Meunonites ct les Douko-
bors.
Et ensuite lis c~onserveront un
excellent souvenir DIES Etats- Unis,
chose importante ct pr6cieuse
quand on songe aux quatre mile
miles de frontieres qui s6parent
ces deux grands empires ct AK
embarras de pavenir.
LIE Canada est deja assez isol6
par sa position g6ographique, sans
quill lie devienne par son industrie
ct son commerce. ST lheure de sa
destin6e a some c'est quill a COM
menc6 q devenir cosmopolite ct
dot prendre sa place au soleil DIES
grandes nations.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
10 ADVE Users,

The Echo derOuest has a larger
circulation than any French paper
published in the Northwest.
Advertisers may at any time
examine our subscription lists.
We are also ready to s%ubstantiate
this by proper certificates from the
superintendent of mails.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

Les Etats- Unis sont puissants
par Immigration; pourquol lie Ca
NADIA ne l'imiteralt-il pas?
L'exemple est proche ct con-
cluant.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

COMMENT sONT vOs ROGNONs?
Les pilules Sparaeus du DR. Hobbs
gu6rissent toutes mala lies des rognons
Echantillon gratis. Adressez; Sterlin
Remedy Co Chicago GU N. Y.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
GEO. E.. FoRrIN, R6dacteur.
Sl3 New-York Life Bldg.

Entered at the Post Office of
Minneapolis, Mimi, as second
class mail matter.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

Toutes lettres, correspondence
etc, doiyent etre adress6es CONNIE
suit:
Echo DE L QUEST,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

LiECHo DE L'OUEsT NEST pas respon
sable DIES itees ct opinions N ses pa
ses correspondents.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13

Toutes correspondances doivent
atre accompanies dune signatu-
responsible
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-03-13
DR.. Humphreys

Specifics cure by acting directly up
the disease, without exciting disorder
any other part of the system.
%. CURES.
l-Fevcrs. COMPOSITIONS, determinations. Y.
S-Norms. Worm Fever, Worm Collie. .o5
3-Tccthins. Collie, Crying, Wakefulness .25
1-Diarrhca, of Children or Adults. %
7-Coushs. Colds, Bronchitis. .25
e-Neurnlsia. Toothache, Faceache..... ,2j
9-Headache. Sick Headache, Vertigo. ga
.O-Dyspep sia. Indigestion, Weak stomach.2j
Unsurpassed or Painful Periods. .2j
WHITES. Too Profuse Periods. ........ .25
i3-Croap, Leryngitis, Hoarseness...... rs
i4-salt Rhcum. Erysipelas, Eruptions.. "a
Ao-Rheumntism, Rheumatic Palms,. .0S
16-Malaria. Cai.ls, Fever and Ague :. .23
lS-Catarrh. Influenza. Cold in the Head .xh
~ Observation-Disclosures. .2J
IL Kidney Diseases NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. rs
- Nervous Debility. ............1.Op
3O-Cr;nary Weakness, WettingB Bed I. .x5
s:-Grip, Hay Fever. ........... 80. %
DR.. Humphrey Manual OF all Diseases at your
Druggists or Hailed Free.
Sold by druggists, CIR sent on receipt OF price
!r1nphreys' Med. Co.. Coz Willaio 6 Jorn sta
sew York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
PERSONAL.

Congressman Henry r. Gibson of
the Second Tennessee District has
come into a legacy of nearly 100000,
which it is said he will use as an en-
dowment to help worthy young men
through college.
w. J. hampton, the humorous YER
SITTER, wrote to a man who had asked
him for his photograph: MY dear
boy-I send you the photograph for
which you ask. 1t is such a good like
ness that it hurts"
Gen. Botha and several Boer lead
ers are said to be interested in a gil
gantic South African colonization
scheme. A company with capital
of $40, 100000 is to be organized for the
purchase of 900 acres of land. The
British authorities look upon the
scheme with disfavor, owing to the
presence Of the Boer finger in the col
onization pie.
DIR. A. C. Flick. associate professor
of history at Syracuse University, who
has returned from an extended tour Of
Europe, reports that while touring
Italy on a bicycle he was held up by
brigands. Expecting such an expert
ence, he had donned old clothing
therefore he easily persuaded the BAN
dts that he was a common traveller
and was released.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
Wasted Opportunities.

The lips 1 might have tasted; rosy ripe
as any cherry,
How they pair of by the dozens
when my memory goes back
Across the current of the years aboard
of Fancy's ferry,
Which shuns the shores of What
We Have and touches What-we-
Lack.
The girl l took t. singin'- school one
night, who vowed she'd never
Before walked with a Teller 'thout
her mother bein' by,
l reckon that her temptin' mouth will
haunt my dreams forever,
The lips l might have tasted II I'd
had the nerve t. try!
/ recollect another girl, as clipper as
a robin,
Who rode beside me in sleigh one
night through snow an sleet,
An both my hands i kept in use a
guidin' good OF Dobbin-
One didn't need them any more'n a
chicken needs four feet.
Too scared was / to hold her in, or
warm her cheek with kisses
know, now, she expected 1t, for once
heard her sigh.-
To-day I'd like t kick myself for these
neglected blisses,
The lips I might have tasted IL ia
had the nerve t try.
never kissed Rebecca, she was sober
as a Quaker
never kissed Alvira. though / took
her home one night,
That city cousin of the Smiths. a Miss
Myrtilla Baker,
Though scores OF opportunities slim
ped by me, left an right.
II makes me hate myself to-day when
on Fancy's ferry
Have crossed the current Of the years
10 Oiden days gone By,
r think Of all the lips I've missed
ripe-red as topmost cherry.
The lips ! might have tasted II I'd
had the nerve L try.
Roy Farrell Greene, Ia September Lin
plncOtfs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
CURRENT COMMENT.

Chicago Chronicle (Dem.): Accord
not only staggered humanity but pretty
nearly knocked out the royal exche-
Guer.''
Chicago Record Herald (Dem.):
Turkey will probably be willing. TO
agree to an indemnity of almost any
amount If she can arrange to owe the
money"
Chicago Inter Ocean Rep): There
is a possibility, of course, that the
recent heavy rains may have had some
thing to do with the presence of so
much water in the milk supply. But
it still remains a mystery that the
milk contains certain foreign substances
SO very like those which the city hall
microScopists find in specimens from
our hydrants."
New York Tribune (Rep): What
is the matter with Edward M. Shepard
as a Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent? He assures Northerners that he
deeply regrets and utterly disapproves
of discrimination against the negro, and
assures Southerners that he would not
for the world give the negro any relief
from the discrimination On that plat
form he ought to get the full Demo-
cratic vote of both sections"
Philadelphia Press (Rep.: IF the
Pennsylvania Democrats really do in
tend to indorse German for the Presi-
dency, he ought to be given a little
time in which to prepare for the blow"
Philadelphia Record (Dem.): I'm the
Democratic State Convention of Ne
braska William J. Bryan was not
lnaptly compared to Hannibal. 1t was
in his third campaign that the Cartha-
gilman general was driven from the
gates of Democratic Rome"
Leslies Weekly: Had not the Amer
Of outrage and cruelty perpetrated by
mobs of lynchers it would probab bly, be
moved to feelings of profound horror
and pity for the poor negro recently
put to death by q mob in Dodge coun-
ty, Ga. for an assault of which, IL
turned out, he was innocent. AS it
is, we may look to the Bashi- Bazouks
of Turkey to fully grasp the awful
significance, the hideous and shame
full meaning, of the account of this
affair. in which we are told how this
innocent man, after being chased like
a wild beast across seven counties, was
caught, tied to a tree, and shot to
death, although he protected innocence,
and, as the narrative goes, begged
for time to secure witnesses to his
statement After the deed was done
proof was furnished that the murdered
man had never seen the person he was
accused Of assaulting, but was a re-
spectacle cOlorsd man. IL would be
interesting 20 know how this revelation
affected the minds of the men who did
the shooting. DO they feel as IL they
have done a manly and chivalrous
deed In putting 20 death an innocent
and defenssleas negrO7 Are they
proud of their cruel and bloody work
Ana yet this happened IN an bmeri-
can community where justice and hu-
mnnity are supposed 20 be enthroa-
ed"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
How Bill Got TO Be sheriG.

Attorney Bill Barnes of Muddy Fork
had filled nearly every other ONCE i'll
the Trigg County Court House, and
now he was candidate for sheriff on
the Republican side, says the New
York Times.
Bill was good at politics, knowing
just how hard to slap a man on the
back, or to whom the bottle should be
passed when electioneering, but he had
made himself a bit unpopular with
the big negro settlement that occupied
a bottom near the county seat by re-
fusing to take a hand In a negro bap-
tizing over at the pond, and after a
canvass among the voters of that sec
ton found them all to be really indif-
ferent about his being elected. Some
seemed not to care about voting at all
the way things stood, and others talk
ed like they might scratch the ticket
for one time.
Bill came back and bothered a good
deal about this, for 1t had always talk
en- this big bunch of negroes to bring
down the Republican side of the
scales. Bill sat around with his chin
in his hands in dark study for a day
or two, trying to think of some way
to make things tumble his way on
election day.
He had win" 500 in an all-night
poker game, and he laid this little pile
of poker winnings aside for a cam
paign purpose, but it was a day or
two before he could decide just what
way he could make the 800 do the
work among those 119 negro voters.
Bill was a kind of say-nothing
genius, anyway, so he hustled around
in quiet way and got the full name
of every negro voter in that settle
ment. The night before election day
he had a large wagon running for
several hours at full tilt.
On election morning each of the
hundred and nineteen negroes found
stepping shyly around in his front
yard a plump spring chicken, with
red tag fastened to its neck with blue
ribbon. The tag bore the negro's
name, under which was added:
II won't scratch the ticket; don't
you. Compliments of Bill Barnes, can
didate for sheriff"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
THE PROGRESSIVE JAPANESE.

The pluck, intelligence and sue
cess with which the Japanese are lift
ing themselves out of musty and fanst-
ical feudalism to level with Western
civilization, which they recognize is
better than that of the Oriental coun-
tries, has been the wonder and adj
miration Of interested observers. AL
most at a bound Japan left the beaten
path of centuries of custom, and
placed her feet firmly upon the high
way of Western civilization, nor has
she once turned back. Her progress
has been steady and remarkably rapid,
at the same time lacking anything of
superhciality. She has now a consti-
tutional government a congress elect
ed by the people, a large and growing
commerce, a splendid navy, a finely
organized and equipped army, a mod
ern public school system, and other
accompaniment of an advanced mode
of national life. She has had the
courage to set aside that which has
handicapped her and to adopt innova-
tions promising good results.
One of the handicaps that Japan has
labored under is her written language.
Like that of China, it is expressed in
Geographic characters. There is
separate and distinct character to
represent each idea and object. To ac-
quire knowledge of the written Jap
anese, therefore, is extremely difficult
to Europeans, since several thousand
ideographs must be memorized. There
are few Europeans who can either
write or read the language, making
communication between them and the
Japanese extremely difficult and well
nigh. impossible under certain circum-
stances.
Several years ago some of the lead
ing men of Japan recognized the bur-
den on trade of the old form of writ
ing and took steps to bring about a
reform. Gradually they introduced the
study of the Roman alphabet into the
higher schools, with a view to adopt
ing ii as the alphabet of their own
language; not that they propose to
make any change in the spoken Ian
guage of the country; that will re-
main the same. but words are to take
the places of ideographs. That will
simplify matters to a very great ex-
tent, not only for foreigners attempt
ing to learn the language. but for ris-
ing generations of Japanese.
The study of the Roman alphabet
has progressed about to the point
where it will be recognized by law
and made compulsory in all of the
public schools. The private schools
will have to follow in the same line.
making it altogether likely that with
in the course of a few years the old
form of writing will have become OBJ
solete in Japan and that country will
be using the same alphabet as Eng
land, the United States, France, Spain
and other European and American
countries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-31
Routing a Lord.

Lord D., a proverbial hater of Amer
lea and Americans, was dining lately in
Paris with the British minister, says
London Tit-Bits. Next to him at the
table was a noted Newport belle,
Miss x.
The conversation had drifted to dis
cusSiOn of things American, and Lord
d. made some disagreeable remarks
about some Americans he had met and
some Yankee customs he abhorred.
why, dye know" he continued,
with an unpardonab BILE want of tact,
that at some of the places 1 dined in
America 1 saw people eat with their
knives and spill their soup on the ta-
blecloth."
Miss X. was thoroughly provoked by
this time, but she replied with appar-
ent unconoern:
What poor letters of introduction
you must have had, my lord"
There was no more unpleasant talk
about Americans that evening.