The Prescott daily news., 1909-02-10
Barbarous Impotence.

Copyright. 1909, by American Press Asso- ciation.l How do you account" said the Eng fish girl, "for the way your American girls marry our most desirable bache- lors? l mean those cases where money is not the prime motive."
 "Well, I think impudence has more 10 do with 1t than anything else"
 "Impudence! What do you mean?'
 Perhaps ! had better illustrate. I will tell you story of which the her0- inc, if she can be called such, is well known to me. AS a girl she was no more like the typical English girl than a gypsy is like queen. She was nine teen years old, not very pretty, with thin, fairly tall figure and a pair of eyes with which she could express any emotion she felt or did not feel She was doing England as thousands of Americans do Europe-gudebook in hand-in company with a party from her native state, Indiana. 'Wei, one morning two or three of them, the girl-I1iza Kimball, I'll call her-tncluded, went to visit an English castle near the Scotch border. There were two other girls, an elderly man and a boy. They walked to the castle and stood at the gate waiting to know if strangers were admitted; but, since there appeared to be no gatekeeper about, Eliza led the way in. They hadn't gone dozen steps before a man in overalls, his hands covered with black grease, came out of basement door and. seeing the party approach ing, waited till they came up.
 "'Are strangers admitted to the cas- tle?' asked Eliza.
 "'NOt today
 "'Oh, dear, we've come all the way from Indianapolis to see it. How dis appointing"
 "'And where is Indianapolis asked the man.
 Indianapolis! You don'tknow where Indianapolis is! I'm surprised. If you had our public school system in Eng land even q mechanic like you would know where that is. It's the capital of Indiana, United States of America
 "Well, since you've come so far to see the castle l suppose I'll have to give you chance. Come with me-
 He showed them everywhere, in- side and outside. Eliza walked beside him, plying him with questions. She soon noticed that any one they met showed surprising deference to their guide
 "'Who is the man in overallsY she asked of a lackey.
 "'He's Lord Walter Furgeson, his grace's youngest son.
 "'You don't mean it! What makes him wear such togs%
 "'He has fancy for machinery. He's invented many valuable things
 "'Oh. he has! Much obliged for the information.' And she rejoined the party. Sailing up beside Lord Walter, she said:
 "'Come; we've had enough of these musty pictures. There's not real bright one among them. Show us something more inspiriting.'
 "The young man smiled. There's nothing here less than 300 years old. not even the furniture'
 "'Well, then, think it time you got some new things. If a chair lasts twenty years in America we think it's doing we'll We throw 1t away after that and get new one. It keeps things fresh.
 Everything is fresh in America, believe.'
 "'Even we girls. We haven't any old fashioned notions. Now, in Amer ica, if you, even in your overallS, were to show yourself worthy, you'd be treated just as well as any one.'
 "'Would l, indeed?
 "'Certainly. You come to Indianapo- lis when I'm there, and I'll show you around and introduce you everywhere. You can wear your overallS too
 "They went through the rest of the old pile, and at everything that was particularly ancient Eliza would say, Why don't you freshen it upT or Cant the duke afford to buy new CneT or make some other equally dep- recating remark. And when their guide led them to the gate she took a half crown from her portemonnaie and handed it to him. He didn't want to take it, but she said: Nonsense! You've earned it. Never refuse what you've earned honestly. That's the way our men get rich and their daugh- ters come over here to marry into your nobility and keep these old cas- ties patched up with their fathers for tunes
 Lord Walter took the coin and