Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-06-30

talking with them, but you go to their
countries and the natives don't know
that there Is such a language as the
United States language. ard they laugh
at you when you ask questions l am
sick of the whole business. and would
give all / ever expect TO be worth. to
be home right now, with my skates,
sharp
would like to open the door of your
old grocery, and take one long breath,
and die right there on the doorstep,
rather than to live In luxury IN any for
eign country. Do you know. I sometimes
go into a grocery store abroad. and
smell around. IN order to get my
thoughts on dsar cid America, but
nothing abroad smells as the same
thing Goes IN our country. II could
get one more small of that key OF
sarerkraut back &c YosIr counter. when
It Is ripe enough 10 pick. think
would breaA rt>ht down and cry for
Joy. OF col:rse | have smel!ed safer
frsut over here. but It all seems new
and tame compared 70 yours. II may
be the kraut here Is not aged enough
TO be good. but yours is aged CROUCH
10 vote and sticks TO your clothes
Gee. but just ache 10 get into your
grocery ard eat things. and smell
smells. ana then Law down on tho
counter with the cat with nv head on
a Pile OF Wrapping paper and go to
sleep and VII up IN America. en-
American. citizen. that NO king or
or my hat when want my bat on.
You may wonder. how. We got out OF
Monte Carlo. when We had lost
every csnt We had gambling. Well,
We wondered about II ali night, and
had our breakfast Sent up to our room,
| and had * charged. expecting that
when the BILL came In We would have
70 jump into the ocean. "a We had no
gun 10 Kill ourselves With. Just after
break fast . DUE. or something came
to our room. and dad said It was all
OF. and he called upon the Dakota
man to make q speech on politics.
while dad AID | Stripped out. We
thought the duke. who was the mani
ger Of the hotel. would noe under
stand the speech. and would think We
we're great people. who had got
stranded.
The DAB ota man started In on q
democratic speech that he nsed TO de-
liver In the campsien OF sc, and Ia
half an hour the duke held up his
hands. and the Dakota man let up on
he Aa.V-
roll Of bills and said: "Ze shentle-
men IS what you cali bust Is 1t not
80" Daid sad he could bet his life
| 1t was So Then the duAe handed
the roll of bills to cad. and said II
was a tribute from the prince OF
Monaco and that we were his guests.
and when onr stay was at an end. auto
mobiles would be furnished for ms to
20 to Nice. whore We could cable home
for funds. and be happy.
Well. when the duke left US, dad
said: Wouldn't that skin your" and
he gave the Dakota man one of the
bills TO try on the bartender. and
when ne found the money was good
We ordered an automobile and skipped
out for Nice. The chauffeur could not
understand English. so we TALKED over
the sit ration and decided that the only
way to be looked upon as genuine an
tomobilists would be to- wear goggles
and look prosperous and mad at
every body. We took turns looking
mad at everybody We passed on the
road. and got II down SO fine that peo-
! pie picked up rocks after we had
paes ID. and threw them at US. and then
we knew that we were succeeding In
being considered genuine. rich auto
No bile tourists.
1 Alter We had succeeded for an hour