The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

to see what 1t was for you often have to go
away from home to fin out bout home
things. Billie jes' yelled a 'Merican yell
when he saw t was popcorn an seems If
was in the pavilion at Lake Harriet again
till I heard somebody say somethin' bout
tuppence, hay-penny an I knew t
wasn't at, Harriet tn the Schmidtzes but
'th Billie in a cathedral town. There s
nothin' I'll bring you back to earth when
you're 'maginnin' things quicker N to be
asted for -haypenny. If folks
In Europe would take to countin' in dol
lars an Gems seems if they'd fin it easier
an we 'Mericans Id enjoy travelin more
for I've been so busy multiplyin' an
'vidin' to know how much things cos. I've
missed SEEM considerable. But Mrs.
Gray says f they've arys used shillin' s
an pennies over here an than they
wouldn't take to change. Seems If we
can't ever be thankful 'nough to George
Washington for freein' us from EN- an
given us plain dollars an Gems for with
EN- body knows jes' where they're at.
But, as 1 was sayin' t was when we
were sittin on the steps of Lincoln ca
thedral a-playin' jack, stones, for Billie
afys carries 'em in his pockets to have
somethin' to amuse himself for he don't
see anyth1n' in tombstone but a piece
of marble no matter how much his ma
fins on 1t, It a lady came along She
was one Of a party t had gone into the
cathedral like sheep for their dinner
The appetite of some folks for sights
mus give 'em indigestion Of the min
an there s times I'm glad I came to
Europe to look after Mrs. Gray stead Of
to see the shows. .. ....,
well, as I was sayin', this lady asted
If she might sit side me, an said
she could an then she asted If we didn't
ever go into the cathedrals an says not
less n they were well aired, on 'ccoont
OF Billie. She says she went all over
her frs from the cellar to the steeple,
half way over the secon', peaked into
the third an was tal1in' the res from the
outside. She says she'd give 'em all for
sight Of her little Presbyterian church
at Grantsville, North Dakota Seems
If traveltn' broad makes you appreciate
your home places if 1t don't do anythin'
else. =. .-..
I'd stay at the hotel an res " says
she to me, says she, but we aren't in
any town long 'nough to get good nap.
We're dom all the cathedrals on this
line from sunrise to sunset says she an
then she rested a spell fore she says,
= Are we at Lincoln now, or Peterborough? 2
says she.
Well says T, when I'd told her
seems if you aren't travelin' so much as
racin',' says I, an I thanked my lucky
stars It Mrs. Gray hadn't marked Off twice
as much as she could do for ev'ry day
You couldn't eat six cakes day for sew
eral days th an ycomfort, tho I dunno as
I ought to call a cathedral a cake
Il wouldn't have Billie hear all the
stories those janitors tell for good deal
1 wouldn't ever get him to sleep nights
I should think says I to one Of .em
who wore a long black coat trimmed 'th
purple velvet jes as If he'd come from
the Bijou says to him, says I, t you'd
forget all these OF stories. You say ;,
they happened hundreds Of years ago. sc
. why can't you let 'em res?
Forget EN- says he, an seems if he
turned pale. folks would lose 1ntres' in
cathedrals If it wasn't for the pas saws
he 'Ev'ry crime IS worth a sixpence 2
day to me an sometimes more says he.
Since I've been in Englan' I've heard 2
good deal bout what 'mericans Id do fo1
money, but SO far as know, they
wouldn't keep a-talkin' bout OF scadals
Tor 1es' II Gems an that's what it is III
mer1can money. We haven't time to die
IN the pas, for we're too busy a-keepin
up tn the presen', seems if