The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-10-27

ton. and Ne went and ate all there
was. and when the time was up the
detective disappeared and dad had "a
pay for the luncheon. but he kicked al
The way % London. and the guard
would not listen to his complaints, bu.
told him II he tried 10 hold up tAe
train he would be thrown out the -in-
dow and run over hy the train We
had The compartment 90 ourselves The
rest of the way 90 London. except
about an hour when the guard showed
In farmer who smelled like COWS
and dad tried 10 get in a quarrel with
him. about English roast beef coming
from America. but the man didn't have
his arguing clothes on, So dad BEGAN
| 70 find fault with me- and the man
told dad TO let up on the Kid or le
would punch is bloody ed on That
settled %, when the man dropped his
n. dad thought he was one OF me
nobility. and he got quite chummy
with the Ensi!shman, and then we set
70 London and dad had quarrel
about his baggage. ana after threaten
ing to have a lot OF fights he got mis-
trunk on the roof of a cab. and in
about an hour we got TO the hotel. and
then the fog began an engagement III
the fox here ever froze suf. the town
would look like a piece OF ice with
FISH frozen in. Gee but l would like
TO have IL freeze in front OF our hotel.
SO ! could take an AK and 20 out ana
chop a frozen girl out and thaw her
till she came TO-
Say, old man. If anybody ever wants
70 treat you 10 a trip 10 Europe don't
come here but 90 To some place where
they dom, think they can speak Eng
slish. You can understand a Nitalian
or Frenchman. or a Dutchman. who
can't speak English, and knows he
can't. better than you can an English !
man who thinks he can speak Eng.
ish, and can't. don't you know.
Everything IS don't you know II 4
a servant gives you an evening paper
he says. Eres your paper don't +
you know. and if a man should I
don't say they would. but il a man \
should give you civil answer. when .
you asked him the name OF a street /
he would look az you as though YOU .
were cannibal, and say. Regent
street. don't you know. and then be
would act as though you had broken
him OF his rest Dad asked more than
dozen men where Bill Astor lived.
and Of all the population OF London
don't believe anybody knows. except
one newshoy We rode half a DAY or
top OF bus through streets so crowd
ed that the horses had TO creep. and
dad hung on for fear the bus would
be tipped over. and finally we got out
inso the suburbs where the rich peo-
pie live, and dad said We were right
on the trail OF King Edward and We
got OF and loiiered around and dad
saw beautiful place. with a big iron
fence, and gate as big as a railroad
bridge, and dad asked newsboy who
lived there, and the boy made up a
face al dad and said: H'astor. you
loke, and he put out his hand for
tip. Il was the first civil answer dad
had received in London. so he gave the
boy a dollar The boy fell over on
he sidewalk, dead, and dad started TO
20 away for fear be would be arrest
ID for murder, but | kicked the boy.
and he got up and yelled some kind
n murdered English. and more than
dozen neWsboys came on a gallon
md when the boy told them what had
happened they all wanted dad 70 ask
hem questions.
4 told the boys dad was Andrew
,arnegie. and that he was giving away
Millions Of dollars. so when dad got
Q the gate OF the beautiful Hastor I
lace the boys yelled Andrew Carne- ]
,ie. and a flunkey funked the gate .
pen and dad and / went in. and ?
,alked up 10 the house. Aston was on q
he veranda. smoking a Missouri corn
ob pipe and drinking American beer E
nd seemed to be wishing he was 7
ack home in America Dad marched y
light up TO the veranda. Ike a veteran z
older, and Aston could see dad was
n American by the dandrun on his z
oat collar, and Astor said X
You are an American citizen and z
on are welcome. Once was like -ou. =
nd didn't care continental for anv. +
ody. but In a moment sof passion e
anounced my country. swore al Y
glance to this blawsted country. and p