The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-02

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would punch is bloody ed OF. That
settled 1t. when the man dropped his
''h," dad thought he was one of the
nobility. and he got quite chummy
with the Englishman, and then we gct
to London. and dad had q quarrel
about his baggage. aud after threaten
ing to have q lot Of fights he got his
trunk ON the roof Of . cab, and IN
about IN hour We got to the hotel, and
then the fog began an engagement. II
the fog here ever froze stiff, the town
would look like q piece Of ice with
dsh frozen in. Gee, but I would like
to have it freeze in front of our hotel,
% I could take an az and go out and
chop frozen girl out, and thaw her
till she came to.
'Say, old man. II anybody ever wants
to treat you to . trip to Europe, don't
come here. but go to some place where
they don't think they can speak Eng
glish. You can understand q Nitalian
or Frenchman, or Dutchman. who
can't speak English, and knows he
can't. better than you can an English
man who thinks he can speak Eng
lish, and can't, don't you know
Everything is don't you know II
. servant gives you an evening paper
he says: 'Ere's your paper, don't
you know and II q man should
don't say they would, but If . man
should give you civil answer, when
you asked him the name of street,
he would look ct you as though you
were . eannibal. and cay: Regent
street, don't you know and then he
would act rs though you had broken
him Of his rest. Dad asked more than
q dozen men where Bill Astor lived,
and of al the population of London I
don't believe anybody knows. except
one newsboy. We rode half q day on
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
into 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 loitered around, and dad
saw beautiful place, with q big iron
fence, and gate as big as q railroad
bridge. and dad asked newsboy who
lived there, and the boy made up q
face at dad and said: :H'astor. you
bloke,' and he put out his hand for q
tip. It was the first civil answer dad
had received in London, SO he gave the
boy . dollar. The boy fell over ON
the sidewalk, dead, and dad started to
20 away for fear he would be arrest
Cd for murder. but I kicked the boy.
and he%sot up and yelled some kind
Of murdered English. and more than
dozen newsboys came on gallop,
and when the boy told them what had
happened they all wanted dad to ask
them questions.
II told the boys dad was Andrew
Carnegie. and that he was giving away
millions Of dollars, 80 when dad got
to the gate Of the beautiful H'astor
place. che boys yelled Andrew Carne-
gle, and turnkey funked the gate
open and dad and went in. and
walked up to the house. Astor was on
the veranda. smoking . Missouri corn
cob pipe, ana drinking American beer,
and seemed to be wishing he was
back home in America. Dad marched
right up to the veranda. like q veteran
soldier, and Astor could sec dad was
an American by the dandru6 on his
coat collar, and Aston said:
"'You are an American citizen md
you are welcome. Once was like ;ou,
and didn't care q continental for any
body. but In . moment of passion I
renowned my country, swore a.
legiancs to this blawsted country, and