Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-04-20
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BY CAROL n. PIERCE
Copyright BY American Press Assc-
citation, 1911

a conical hat, a greenish coat and
knee breaches. Over his shoulder he
! carried a staff, to an end Of which was
/ slung a bandanna handkerchief, evil
! IDENTIFY containing the wayfarer's lug
gage. Upon my word ! said to my
I self, IF there isn't son OF the Emer-
aid isle tramping along here in Swift
/ zerand"
There is a kinship among those who
| speak the same language that comes
/ out when they meet in foreign lands
1t was this feeling that induced me to
| increase my pace TIL / reached the
| man. When ! did SO he turned toward
me good natured face and on seeing
| that / was amused nc his appearance
said jauntily.
THE top of the morning to you, sir"
"How are you. Pat?" l replied.
and how did you know me name
was Pat:" he asked
"Oh, you green islanders are all Ell
| Their Pat or Mike had an even
| chance Of hitting your name"
you're not English" he rejoned
unless you're a coionist | know that
/ by your talk
I'm an American. But what the
| dickens are you trampine for here I'm
! Switzerland hooking for a chance to
carry mortar TO the top Of some new
/ buildinef"
"Wherc there's q fellow to do all the
work."
| My reply to this was smile. The
man puzzled me. His brocue was not
81 broad rs flat of an Irish peasant
/ And why an Irish peasant should be
looking fer a job In Switzerland I could
/ not conceive
! Whether il was that ! longed for the
companionshp Of one who spoke a
common language or because there
| was something very much alive with
/ my fellow traveller | don't know. but
enjoyed his company so well that
was IN no hurry to part with him
1 Coming 10 village. we sat down to-
/ gelher at table in the grounds of a
| hotel on III. p,lrein of the lake and
ordered a lu4"heon Pat talked glibly
/ I'll the whlo. his chat sparkling with
wit aad humor. so that was very
| agreeablv entertained. | undertook to
pay for his lunch as well as my own,
I but he wouldn't have it, | insisted
that ii was Low price FOR me TO pay
for having bpeu 50 pleasantly checred
but he said that he had, or thought he
had, money enough to take him to
Dublin, and as long as it lasted he
would pay his own way
The result of the meeting was that
we Travelled together TO Geneva. There
he named cheap hotel he proposed TO
stop at and was so loath TO part
with him that | chose the same hos
telry. lie intended to set out on his
walk the next day toward Dijon
thence to Paris Calais ana across the
channel aud over England to his home
in ireland But the next day he was
taken down with rheumatism in one
Of his legs and &c ldn't move.
He did not quit Geneva for two
weeks Il was one Of my stopping
points and kept him company, in
other words took care of him. then sue
ocdud iu Inducing him TO permit me
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