The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-05-03

BY CAROL H. PIERCE Il
COPYRIGHT by American Press Asso-
citation, 1a11. ii
sAs tramping In Switzerland.
56s morning from Vsvay on
Ito Geneva. i was walking
snjoying the beautiful prospect
q ms-Lake Leman and white Al
p4s peaks In the distance-whsn
sshAd OF me I saw figure topped by
. ;onieal hat, q greenish coat and
kD5e heseches. Over his shoulder he
carried a stan, TO an end Of which was
sflg q bandanna handkerchief, ev1-
de8.y containing the wayfarers lug
q Upon my word" said to my
6SI ~ there isn't a son of the Emer-
a1d isle tramping along here in Swift
! kse.hnd."
There II q kinship among those who
ggesk- the same language that comes
o! iwhen they meet In foreign lands.
It y3ea this feeling that induced me to
ineeease my pace till I reached the
MN. when did 50 he turned toward
NJ d good natured face and on seeing
tkA& T was amused at his appearance
SAD 3auntily:
Fhs top Of the morning to you. 81" J"
How are you. Patf' replied.
And how did you know me name
wss PatT he asked.
! t9h. you green islanders: are al d.
thar Pat or Mike. I had an even
ehance Of hitting your name"
you're. not English" he rejoined.
'unlsss you're q colonist know that
hg your talk"
I'm an American. But what tho
dtksns are you tramping for here In
6Nitxerland-looktng for q chance to
carry mortar to the top Of some new
bcfld1ngr
tsWhere there's q fellow to do all the
werkr'
Ny reply to this was q smile. The
man puszled me- His brogue was not
% broad as that Of an Irish peasant
Ard why. an Irish peasant should be
locking for Job in Switzerland could
not conceive.
: Whether It was that longed for the
c0mpanionship Of one who spoke a
cosnmon language or because there
wts something very much alive with
my fellow traveller don't know. but I
enjoyed his company 50 well that /
was In no hurry to part with him.
Coming to q village, we sat down to-
Geaher at q table In the grounds Of q
hotel on the margin Of the lake and
og3aered luncheon. Pat talked giibdy
m the while, his chat sparkling with
W.T. and hum0r, 70 that / was very
a3reeably entertained I undertook to
po}y for his lunch as well as my own.
bf2ts he wouldn't have 1t. insisted
thht e was a low price for me to pay
1ok having been so pleasantly cheered,
- said that he had, or thought ne
money enough to take him TO
- Eas., ssAse sess a-=s -. a. s..se<s sss-
gW3nld pay his own way.
The result Of the meeting was that
No tF1*Saed together-to GeReva. hThess
Ia uaned,a cheap hotel hs pEOposedst<
stop At and j was 80 loathc to part
, with him that I, chose the same hos
telry.. He intended 20 set out on his
walk the next day toward Di5on
thence to Paris, Calais and across the
channel and over England to- his home
IN Ireland. But the next day he wal
taken down with fheumatisms In one
/ Of his legs and dcerldn't move.
= He did not quit Geneva for twt
! weeks.,i It was Eone Of mys stopping
!. points, and kept him company. II
other words took care Of him, then sue
ceeded In inducing him to permit me
to purchase q ticket for him to Dub
lin. Indeed, there seemed to be NJ
: Aother'way for him to get homo but By
J train for Lhe couldn't, walk and ht
hadn't suf3cient money to ride / told
/ him that would make a tour=of Ire
land before returning to America and
would see him there. II he found Il
convenient to pay the loan then, vel
and good, II not I would not miss the
amount. On parting with him asked
him 10 tell me what he was doing IN
a0witsefland. he smiled that good
fnatured smile Of his and said that
would be explained when 4 saw him
in Ireland.
It was. several months before I start
ed on my Irish tour and on reaching
Z Dublin / posted a letter. announcing
my arrival to the address he had given
me, q village not far from the city.
The next afternoon note from Pat
/ was handed to me- stirling that he had
had q relapse of his old trouble, rheu'
matism, and could not get out Would
I kindly come with the abearer7 The
bearer was rnverfed servant
thought there must. be some mis-.
take, but said nothing. went out.
sig, where l found carriage with q
cdRchman In the same livery AZ the
Sesssrsr Of the note. was put into the
carriage and driven for an hour when
we turned into a handsome place. AZ
we neared the house l saw q gentle
man sitting on the porch with ono leg
rekting on a chair. On his face was q
broad grin. evidently at the surprise
plainly visible on mine, for he was
none other than my fellow traveller.
Pat.
He Thus explained the case. he was
.gentleman's son and like others OF
his kind went out into the world to
fight for q living. since his father had
lost his property by speculation BE
4 b fancied to tramp as an Irish peas.
having heard Of the death Of q
cousin which would give him an en-.
called estate. he was making his way
homeward on foot when I met him.
He entertained me royalty, and sincs
ha Axnressed q wish to tramp In Amer