The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-29

when the bill came in we would have
10 jump into the ocean, as we had no
gun to Kill ourselves with. Just after
breakfast a duke. or something, came
10 our room. and dad said it was all
off. and he called upon the Dakota
man to make a speech on politics, while
dad and 1 skipped out. We thought
the duke, who was the manager Of the
hotel. would not understand the speech,
and would think we were great people,
who had got stranded.
The Dakota man started in on
democratic speech that he used to de-
liver in the campaign of 80, and in
half an hour the duke held up his
hands and the Dakota man let up on
the speech. Then the duke took out
a roll Of bills and said: ''Ze shentle-
men is VIII at you call bust Is it not
SOP" Dad said he could bet his life
is was so. Then the duke handed
the roll of bills to dad, and said il was
a tribute from the prince of Monaco.
and that We were his guests. and when
our stay was at an end. automobiles
would be furnished for us to go to Nice,
where we could cable home for funds.
and be happy.
, Well when the duke left US dad
said: Wouldn't that skin your" and
lie gave the Dakota man one of the bills
TO try on the bartender. and when he
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 stu
alton and decided that the only way
10 be looked upon as genuine AUTOMOBILE
lists would be to wear goggles and IOcE
prosperous and mad at everybody We
took turns looking mad at everybody
wa passed on the road. and got il down
so fine that people picked up rocks aft
or we had passed, and threw them at
us and then we knew that we were
succeeding in being considered genuine,
rich automobile tourists
After we had succeeded for an hour
or two in convincing the people that
we were properly heartless and purse
proud. dad said the only thing we
needed was TO run over somebody He
said nearly all the American autOmO-
bile tourists in Europe had killed some
body and had been obliged TO settle and
support a family or two in France or
Italy. and they were prouder of it than
they would be If they endowed a uni
versity. or built a church, and he said
ne trusted our chauffeur would not be
too careful il running through the
country, but would at least cripple
some one.
darkness was settling down on the road.
the chauffeur blew his horn. there was
n scream that would raise hair on Hor-
ace Greeley's head, the automobile
stopped. and there was bundle Of dus-
~ old clothes, with an old woman don
Up in them, and we jumped out ard
lifted her up and there we were, the
woman in a faint, the peasants gath
erinE around us with scythes and
Iakes and clubs, demanding our lives.
The bloody faced woman was taken
into a home. the crowd held us, until
finally the doctor came and after eX-
aiming the woman said she might live.
but it would be a tight squeeze. We
wanted to go on. but we didn't want TO
he cut open with a scythe. so finally
man vi said q the husband of
the woman, came out with gun, dad
got down on his knees and tried to
say a prayer, the Dakota man held UP
both hands like it was a stage being
held up. and ] cried. Finally the
chauffeur said in broken English that
the husband would settle for $500. be-
cause he could pay the funeral expenses,
get another wife for half the money
and have something left 10 lay up for
Christmas. AS the mans gun was
pointed at dad. he quit praying and
gave up the money and agreed TO send
$50 a month for eleven years. until the
Oldest child was of age
Well. we got away alive. got into
Nice. and the chauffeur started back
and we cabled home for money TO be
sent to Geneva. Switzerland. But. say;
Won have not heard the sequel A story
that has a sequel is always the best.
and I hope 10 die if the people of Nice
didn't tell us that we were buncoed BY
that old woman and that the chauffeur
VAS in the scheme and got part Of dads
money. The way they do it is to wait