The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-03-07
STEALING A BATH
Adventure of a Trio of English
Tourists In Germany.
A PRINCE AID A PRIVATE TUB
his Autccratic Hiehness Was Shame
fully ignored and Enraged, and His
Luxurious Bath Was shanefuIly APP
propriated and Abused.

Germany On the cheap, and I dom
know which of US enjoyed it least
Parker grumbied the most, but ther
lie always did, and, though Wilks and
.ried to look on the humorous side Of
things, we lost flesh over it. We had
happened upon a heat wave and swal
| lowed tremendous lot of dust and
flies thrown in gratis, cheap though our
| tariff was. But we couldn't swallow
the foreign titles that cropped W
around us. We had too much British
pride for tEat And, as luck would
have il, at the last town OF our touI
we were CHARTERED OH the top floor OF
hotel where German prince occu-
| pied a suit of rooms. In cur opinion
three English tourists were worth more
than thirty German princes. and we
dropped our boots on the floor at night
IN the vain hope that he was under
meath But, alas. his suit was on the
first floor, and we never even caught q
glimpse of him. though once we heard
his high pitched. arrogant. penetrating
voice and the oozy fulsome rejoinders
Of his valet both articulating Il Ian
guagc which Parker contemptuously
described as "rhe limit"
1t was the last morning of our stay.
Parker and l had gone hack 10 the
hotel to pack our bags before departing
FOR the station. The weather was hot
tcr ana GIetier than ever, and Wilks,
always energetic, had gone to the pub.
nc bathing place on the river in search
Of a swim. | had letter to write,
and Parker wandered round the hotel
TO kill time. Presently he thrust his
face in at the door. 1t had lost its
familiar lowering look and wore a
bright and alert expression.
81 say" he calculated mysteriously,
almost under his breath, i've just
found a bathroom in this bIighted hole
bath full of tepid water, with Their
mOmeter in it--clean, warmed tow
els on the rail. and all that. What
shall | do?"
Dor / replied. Get into it, man,
and let me know when you've finish
ed"
He wasn't long and came back look
ing wonderfully young and clean. The
mail had Just arrived and had spent
few minutes over my letters before
! also found the bathroom. following
his directions 1t was without cXcep-
ton the best l have ever been in,
and To my surprise the big porcelain
bath was half full of tepid water, and
set of clean. newly warmed towels
hung on the rail. | took what the
gods gave and asked no questions. but
I wanted more cold water and eX-
perimcnted unsuccessfUlly with vari-
Gus levers on the wall. As last hope
I attacked cart wheel affair on the
floor and after stiff struggle man
aged to turn it. \ flood of cold water
gushed in along one side of the bath,
and it was all | could do to wrench
the wheel around and stop the flow.
AS l did 50 light came upon me in a
fash. This was the princes bath. pre-
pared for him second time by his
cbseQuious valet. 1t was the glorious
certainty of the fact that made me en-
JOY that BATH as | have never enjoyed
bath before or since. The cheap
English tourists were one up on his;
serene highncsS, after all Still,
admit when | had finished tubing l
lost no time in getting back to the
fourth floor again. | told Parker the
great news, and we were just discuss
ing it with rapture when Wiks camc
in, looking sulrcmely detected for the
first time Oh the tour.
"The bathing place isn't open" he
snarled Had all the flag Of go
there for nothing. What dirty b.
CARS they arer'
Not all of them" replied Don't
! YOU worry, old chap" And described
10 him the position of the hathrooml
and he was off like Il hare. During his
! absence we thouahtfully packed our
own bags and his. In ten minutes he
! returned, fresh as mountain daisy
and bubblmg over with gratitude.
What sort .of bath did YOU get?
asked careles>ly.
~ clinker," he cried, land it was
all put ready for me. clean towels
and everything The only difficulty
had was with the cold water vince
arrangement on the floor"
1T was lit stiff agreed.
1T turned on all right" said Wilks
''but couldn't turn it off"
What did you do:" we asked to
gether
II left it," he answered simply.
What time are we due at tho sta
tion?' said Parker
"Now," ! replied and we took on
bags aud went
As we descended the stairs witt
studied cal@uess we heard electri
bells continuously tingling on the frs
floor high pitched arrogant voic
raised in anger. oozy, servile tones an
swering imploringly. We came upol
the proprietor leaping up the stair
and a stream of water leaping dow
= them. and couple of hours after
ward we crossed the border, with tn
secret satisfaction that we had done
/ Germany at last-London Punch.
$780,. O.. ootioJ soiNgh 60 v,,,t