The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09

ing sights he knew all about and after
walking through the Cheshire Cheese ""
sat down IN have a glass II beer
Here big heavy man with \ thick
reddish mustaChe and atyprcsl lr.shtqoo.
spoke 10 rs IN a pronounced brogtI'.
What's the cab far. from Ch1ring
Cross here h. asked W
NV friend SAID about on" shilling md
sypence
Then I'm 80 indled said the freshman
He wanted thre" shillings and Wor~.. than
that gave him a pound. he had me- a4augs
and he said h would 90 aud get some.
and he's never come back What ought
| ~ dOs'
We discussed the matter and ended
by explaining that We. beng Aw"r.chus
did not know exactly how - proceed
You ara Americans Why, ! arm glad
~ see you. it'- thanks - America I'm
here the Irishman saId \ cousin 81
mine efnigrat"d from ireland years ago
and mad. tons Of money ~ Pennsylvania
and when h" died proved after "A long
costly lawsuit / was ia" hear, 10 now am
taking my first trip from ~" ould coun-
try
He explained how his cousin had
l"f' large sum for the poor. and Sid
that he was now. under Father Corn
gan : advice on the way - ia" Pope, ~
ask HIM how best ~ distribuf" e ~"
made an excuse "a minute later ~ leav"
m" saloon for a moment when nv orr siEai
friend SAID 20 M"
1t seems pity that sorna 81 that money
shpgldn' - ~ nv" poor ~ America where
- wis mad" Nlppr-- y" propv~" u -
him Nh"r h- "p'U..- hIck''
Tins WA done. and IN" lriShmau'- first
words wer" VIVA \r" Their" poor IN
America,
Ways and means w"r" discussed. and
the older man sJggr-i''i that b. and !, -
Americans. might y" ibl" ~ help. nddiUr
am a mnu - som" pu,tfIuu | s~,-l
To- III. with Claus SpT"nk'l- ui N'u Fran
cisCo. but retirsd and ana now travelling
for my pleasure ] could show Won -p0i"-
thing like thousand pounds on the spot.
and b" div''d his hand into his coat pocket
"a proof - my position. and could show
that have lots more In the nit'-i state.
He then turns~i To m" and aSk"i n
the lrishman aRr"'-i ~ let N" Chicago
poor shar" IN 'he beguest could ! show
that | was a man to be trusted cN-
plaiuc,i that | had not much money left,
~ ! WAS finishing my trip; pu-sibly had
s7OD bat ! r"frained from showing u
We exchanged names aud addresses And
my original friend gres-t To meet me next
d1v ~ tho sta ton, a. ! was going 10 Paris
and he had decided TO 60 there ~ well.
he knew th" town we'll, having ono"
studied m"dic'n" there
Mr. Opstad admits that q was not alto
gsther di-trI-t that prevented him join
Ing M such = scheme that looked perfectly
good 70 wac = general feeling 81 prudence.
derived possibly from hi- Norwegian
forefather.. not = particular suspicion.
He Conf'@-s-- b" vas sorry not 10 So" his
friend a. 10" station next day. for lac had
proved himself an excellent guide
On the Friday afternoon after his ar
rival in Paris Mr. Opstid Wis walking
down the Rue Rpyil". when once more -
voice behind him ask'-i HIM q question.
Can You tell me where NlNim'- Ctf@
isf-
lie turned and saw an American ~"
sort Won 49,. hundr.d e on N"w York
well dressed. but with something doubtful
IN the expression II the owe Mr. Op-tad
- an artist designer ~ pu-t"r~ ami 80
= trained observer ~" showed ihs Now
Yorker that they w"r" alWu-i pTpu-it"
Maxim and uu th' stranger - IuN Ita'Irr
went IN with him. had . whi-k"v and -ptl
and an excellent cigar a. tho stranger
eNIrensa-and thInRz mr." nj cheap ~
Maxim s-and chattei fnr an hour
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