Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-29

room and having little spread before
going to bed. serving the necessary ad-
/ ditlons in the way of sugar and cream
| by judlcious tip TO the maid.
On the way home one morning
noticed some fancy crackers in shop
window and determined to have some.
halted the other Two fellows while
| went in to invest my loose change.
| Stepping up to the counter | told the
girl that would like a shilling's
worth of crackers.
She looked at me in blank amaze
ment
"A shilling's worth OF crackers
blandly repeated.
Crackers why we don't keep fire.
works" She replied
looked sheepishly at De Bruler
| and Barnard, and though the asses
both thought 1t a huge Joke, neither
! of the two were smarter than l.
"Will you tell me. please. what you
call those cakes In the Window"
asked. when | had recovered my
breath.
Those; why those are biscuits"
was the answer. So / bought a shi-
ling's worth of biscuit
Didn't you know biscuit was the
proper word for crackers?" was the
way Barnard commenced to guy me
when we got Into ihe street. but I re-
minded him that | had overheard him
tell the porter that he had no boots,
when that worthy wanted his shoes to
shine. 80 | soon had him sidetracked.
In Bergen Nomay | had several hun
dred kronor which wanted changed
into dollars and cents, and | went In
TO the largest bank to get 1t exchang.
ed. I'he cashier could not speak Eng
lish. and they showed me down the line
of desks and windows to one presided
over by rosy-cheeked Norwegian
girl She spoke English iluently and
said they would gladly exchange my
money. had figured the amount out
myself and knew that my Kronors
amounted to Just si9235, but expect
ed they would charge me the 50. .35 for
exchange. The young lady went back
and talkeu with the manager and he
ehN'" WIN some one elSe, ana the
girl finally returned and figured the
exchange. showing me the figures Ac.
cording to their system my Kronors
amounted to slS5 She handed me the
SlS5 with a sweet smile showed
her my idea of the value of kronors
and figured out that they were worth
$l9235. She went back and had an
at hnr 1sutg tg.., L.. A..
the various clerks sized me up. On
her return she told me that her Hgrres
were correct and that She bang lJuld
not give any more lor my roll.
l naturally disliked to be contrary,
but did not intend 10 be buncoed out
of 81 for nothing. so requested my
kronors back. The cashier. who
could not speak English. understood
my request and handed my roll of
bills over with superclious air as
though the matter was too trivial for
serious attention.
| stopped In at Cooks Tourist
Agency on the street and found my
own figures to be exactly correct. and
was advised there TO take my kronors
X.
banks in Bergen had pooled to hold-up
stiff exchange on American money.
| took the kronors to Hun. England
ana purchased my ticket home with
them. and changed all had at cent
per cent with the Eng'ish Steamship
company
Bergen is beautiful city In tho
NDutl horn mart nf Nor,p.p t,,tt.
hillside covered with Norway pine and
other beautiful trees. The buildings
are old and interesting. The scenes
most attractive to me was the won.
ierfnl market square In the early
morning. with the crowds OF fishermen
and women and the various hucksters
stopped at Holtz's tourist hotel.
English spoken here" and found one
servant In the hotel who really could
speak English. had two days to
wait for my ship. and was anxious to
see as much as possible in that time
Cooks and Benefits Tourist Agencies
are always with you anywhere In Eur.
ope. and they furnish guides Of n reg.
nlar steoeotyped pattern. The waiter
- ~ "DN~' "ii' Pppht ishEhbH Wtb "a
young Norwegian lad OF agreeable
manners, and asked him II he could
not get lay-on for two days and show
me around. He got permission to do
So and made very jolly and interest
Ing companion. | paid his wages at
the hotel which amounted to almost
nothing. and our light expenses be-
sides. In addition TO this | horriiied
some Of the English guests by bring.
Ing him back to the hotel to dine with
me, and he also promised TO visit me
| some time in Colorado.
Crossing the North Sea to England
] Tell in with the most sociable lot OF
young Engllshmen | had yet met.
They were Y. NJ c. A. youngsters on
they way home from the international
convention at Chrlstiania. We played
| deck quoits and billiards and even
smoked cigars and told stories about
the summer in Norway. A Mr.. Davis.
an elderly man and grand son Of the
Davis who discovered the straits bear.
ing his name, was much interested In
Polar exploration, and kept me spin
ming yarns OF the Arctic