Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-28
HEARD AROUND
THE CORRIDORS
sLoopTHIRsTY BRITIsHERs
TO SHOOT TAME GOATS
G1IsAY now. you are not going to
ny THE EAvEsDROPPER


the usual English type, eye glass
and BERTHE and haw, haw and all that
sort of thing, don't you know. Surely
you won't do that"
The speaker was one of two young
Englishmen at the Alexandria hotel
A bit of white pasteboard divulged the
information that he is Mr. II. f.. Wal
lace OF London, England, and SINH
lar pasteboard contributed the knowl-
edge that his companion is II. Burton
Tate OF the same place.
Mr.. Wallace Is a tall young man of
%, handsome in a decidedly English
way and the possessor of an English
drawl and languid manner that
should win for him the hearts of
maidens fair, without any trouble at
ALL
He wore a black beard, a high blue
collar and a pink shirt, a fetching com
bination that gave him a decided air
Of originality, at least in style of
dressing.
Mr. Tate-H. Burton-called by his
chum "Bertie," is two years his senior.
A boyish looking boy with blond hair,
blue eyes, an eyeglass and a drawl.
without the slightest difficulty he
might pass for a young lord travelling
incog, but he denied the barest possi-
bility of it.
mo, 1 am not lord. don't think
1 could possibly manage lord for you.
You see if 1 was going to sail tomor-
row 1 might be able to manage a
young crown prince or anything else
you like, but we are going to be in the
country for quite a time yet" said Mr..
Tate.
"Wouldr't it be jolly fun to be a
lord out here, Bertie?" put in Mr.. Wal
lace. Just think what the girls would
say.
"In Santa Barbara, where we spent
Christmas, the naval officers held the
center of the stage. The fleet is there
for a few days and we could not even
set look in. We put on khaki suits
and floppy hats, but even then we did
not stand the ghost of a show. Oh!
please don't say anything about the
tloppy hats. There was only one other
man in the hotel in khaki and as that
was Admiral Swinburn we did not feel
60 badly.
1--WE have come to America to kill
Yes, to kill Did you never hear the
saying of the Englishman: 1t is a
fine day, let's go and kill Well, we
are going around the world on hunt
ing trip. We will be gone two years
longer and we expect to try every kind
of hunting that we can find. We have
been in British Columbia getting some
game and tomorrow we are going to
Catalina to shoot goats.
What do we expect to gain from
all this killing? Well, er-I don't
know, but 1 will write some articles
for sporting papers when L go back,
and then we will try to improve our
minds a little.
Have we ever worked? Yes, indeed.
Why, / got a degree at oxford and
worked jolly hard for it. 1 am a
lawyer, though 1 have never had a
brief yet. BERTHE is an Oxford man.
"Oh! please don't think we have
never worked, for I worked hard at
Oxford.
to earn our own livings, have we,
BERTHE?
I'VE look like Englishmen? Well, l
don't see what makes you say that.
IAN American man always wears
square-toed boots, wears a long coat
with a slit up the back and three
funny little buttons, and a white tie,
and bobs his hair in the back. OF
course BERTHE wears an eyeglass and
we don't do any of these things, so l
dare say we do look a little different.
THE American girls are all right
and we think they are jolly fine, er
don't we, Bertie?''
Bertie grinned and acquiesced.
Both men have a sense of humor.
They are out for lark ana they are
quite ready to laugh at themselves
with the rest of the world if the world
thinks they are funny-and the world
must. They have created quite a SEN
sation in the Alexandria and numerous
are the speculations as to who and
what they are when they are at home.
Mr.. Wallace is the son of one of
London's most eminent physicians.
The hunting itinerary includes sew
"
tralia, Japan, China, India, Africa and
other countries where game is to be
found.
"Oh, it is such beastly weather we can
not kill anything but time" was Mr.
Wallaces final sigh, and it was echoed
by "Bertie."
American sportsmen will all hope
the tame goats at Catalina will be
real nice to BERTHE and his chum. Per-
haps Bertie's man will go over in ad-
vance and get the goats halter broken