The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28

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, and they laugh
at you when you ask questions. | am
sick of the whole business, and would
give all l 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, sometimes
90 into a grocery store abroad, and
smell around, in order to get my
thoughts on dear old America, but
nothing abroad smells as the same
thing does in our country. If I could
get one more smell of that key of
sauerkraut back of your counter, when
It Is ripe enough to pick, l think |
would break right down and cry for
Joy. OF course l have smelled sauer-
kraut over here, but it all seems new
and tame compared to yours. 1t may
be the kraut here is not aged enough
to be good, but yours is aged enough
to vote and sticks to your clothes.
Gee, but l just ache to get into your
grocery and eat things. and smell
smells, and then lay down on the
counter with the cat with my head on
pile of wrapping paper and go to
sleep and wake up in America, an
American citizen, that no king or
queen can tell to "hush up and take
on my hat when I want my hat on.
yeu may wonder how we got out of
Monte Carlo, when we had lost
every cent We had gambling. Well,
we wondered about it all night, and
had our breakfast sent up to our room,
and had 1t charged, expecting that
when the bill came in we would have
70 Jump into the ocean, as we had no
gun to kill ourselves with. Just after
breakfast a duke, or something, came
70 our room, and dad said it was all
on, and he called upon the Dakota
man to make a speech On politics,
while dad and skipped out. We
thought the duke, who was the mana
ger OF the hotel, would not under
stand the speech, and would think we
were great people, who had got
stranded.
Tie Dakota man started in on a
democratic speech that he used to de-
lVer in the campaign of SO, and in
asit an hour the duke held up his
hands, and the Dakota man let up on
he speech. Then the duke took out
roll OF bills and said: "Ze shentle-
men is what you call bust. Is it not
so! Daid said he could bet his life
Il was so. Then the dune handed
tae roll of bills to dad, and said it
was a tribute from the prince of
monaco, and that We were his guests,
eno when our stay was at an end. auto
MOBILES would be furnished for us to
50 70 Nice, where we could cable home
lOr funds. and be happy.
wen, when the duke left us, dad
SAD: Wouldn't that skin you?" and
NE - gave the Dakota man one of the
0als 10 try on the bartender, and
oen ne found the money was good
= ordered an automobile and skipped
WI lor Nice. The chauffeur could not
Understand English, so we talked over
.ls situation and decided that the only
Wy % be looked upon as genuine au.
Waooiiists would be to wear goggles
saO look prosperous and mad at
s's.y0ody. We took turns looking
lal AZ everybody we passed on the
.sau, and got it down so fine that PEG.
y picked up rocks after we had
sassed, and threw them at us, and then
anew that we were succeeding In
Ing considered genuine, rich auto
mobile tourists.
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