The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-06-12

Bill.
In one place we rung for boy to
carry our clothes to wash.
''You want the laundryman," he in
formed US. They are all specialists.
Tip him." says Bill. "or we'll new
er see the laundryman.
did and we got the laundryman.
His particular specially, dignihed by
Khaki uniform, was carrying the
bundle across the street to washerwo-
man and fetching it back again when
done. I will say here that he did all
this satisfactorily and it was probably
no fault Of his that the laundry work
was about the limit. II they washed
our clothes in the river, the river must
have been out OF order that morning
However this was no fault OF the laun-
dryman. Nor was it his fault that the
laundry came to four dollars. But with
the work and the price we felt just a
triHe piqued, although that seems a
tame word for some OF the adiectives
that Bill used. But the laundryman.
We forgot to hand him something and
so every day we found him out side
our door waiting like statute Of ebony.
And he never failed to inquire, did we
get the laundry. And we never failed
TO inform him that we did. And so it
went all the while we we're there. He
was always waiting and the prodigious
amount Of patience of that laundry
man was worthy Of twice the tip he
finally received.
I made purchase Of a well adver-
tised garment in one Of their stores.
The price is one dollar the world over.
They charged me dollar and quar-
ter and then handed me card. l
read, Special attention paid to tour
ists." but, why the card7" I asked.
IT realize the special attention. You
don't need to rub it in. Didn't l
cheerfully pay your overcharge without
a murmer2 Did I stand and cavil2
Did I finch under tributef. Did l
shrink under the gall sores Of subsidy
Then why introduce this exhibit in a
case where the fact is admitted and
both satisfied that the crime exists,
and punishment allowed by default.
Keep the evidence, kind sir. and give
it to the other fellow"
That's what I told him and we both
felt relieved, for he understood not a
word OF English and I knew it before
I began my Grafton. Strange what
comfort we sometimes derive from be-
laboring deaf men and aliens.
History tells US that piracy died out
with the close of the seventeenth CEN
tury, but history sometimes errs. If
one has doubts concerning twentieth
century piracy one has only to charter
carriage or an automobile. II that
don't settle the question go back
to the hotel and 60 the rounds again
Perhaps some Of them missed you the
first time.
In Colon and Panama the tourist
trade is in the hands Of the Chinese,
Japs, Syrians and Jews. The latter are
said to be unable to cope with the
Chinese. When a Jew has to give
ground before the yellow perir' what
chance is there for an Americana
Panama and Colon, remember, are not
under American control. I may be
wrong, but to me there appears to be
poor opening in this country for
American business men.
In this respect I would like to be
understood as not advocating south
ern invasion in any line. There is op-
portunity there in agriculture but it
isn't for US. In the first place we
can't stand the climate. and in the
next place we are stacking up against
a new game, in which the other fellow
always has the advantage. By the
time we learn we will be where it
don't matter, and its better to be
buried on the hillside where our faith
ers were planted.
Another thought. This is not a
poor mans country. They have plen-
ty OF them now. They need money
more than they do men. If our Wall
street friends would quit scrapping