Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
MFRS. GRACE DUFFIE BOYLAN GEL
AvA DERT, the author, sat on suburoah
train out of New York all dressed up IN her
oldest clothes, since she had set her mihu
upon tramping about in the woods out thei'
where she was going.
Opposite her, and the only other pas
senger in the coach was a Dresden-d doil
young lady envelopcd in the habiliments Oh
the wealthy and exclusive, all surrounded
by IN aura Of forbidding aiootness' ana
with her dainty nose quite buried IN
book.
Mrs Colder, WAS nervous about her sta
tion for disembarking, since she had never
hecn out here before. The porter anu tno
conductor must have been playing dominoes
in the baggage car. SO completely hau they
faded from the scene.
Tho train whistlcd for station, began
~ sinw down. Mrs. Geldert thought 1t was
her station wanted confirmation ana turned
in her emergency to her lone companion.
"Is this Wyandottc!" she asked.
The Young woman did not look up. Ihe
brakes ground The train was coming 10
| a stop, She must know If THIS was her Sta'
tion. She almost screamed into aer COM
| panions ear.
"Is this Wyandotte:'
That young person ceased reading 'ie
| hook in which she was 80 deeply absorA "a.
reSted II fncc down under her chin, looked
at sIid through this person to whom she had
never been introduced, registering scorh.
But as she hurried away, the conscious
! Mass of Mrs. tieldcrt registered one fact
| The back of the book in which this young
woman was so absorbed was famlier. In
! fact Il was none other than her own latest
| volume, 1.-THE Kiss of Glory
ponrcsentative Philip Campbell. of Kan
| sas. chairman OF the Rules committee IN
| the House once. upon request, went up into
! the State Of Maine TO do bit OF spell
| hind;no lie was preceded, however. by
a ,oraI orator who was scheduled to speak
! Gov fiftcen minutes but who ran on for three
hours. AS Mr.. Campbell finally arose to
! morc his speech lie heard in the distance the
! mhistlc of the train which was to bear him
ownv. He made his speech and caught it.
+, This Is what he SUD:
| .Whcn 7 have reached my home, ] will
| have travelled 5000 miles To hear the ad-
| ,jress 70 which you have just listened. 10
complete this great journey. must hurry
| along Good-by.'
| friend of mine was browsing about
| london n year ago and buddying with an
| Irish American nanleu Coliius. lie was Il
cousin Of THE Michael Collins, who is just
now riding rather high on the wave of En-
crald Island politics. Michael at that time,
however. was in hiding and the British
were supposed to be anxiously searching
for him.
Ore night Collins took this American
| around to Il place in London where Irish
men met socially, and there in the back
room. introduced him to Michael Collins,
a surprisingly youthful individual. 1t was
| quite an experience to meet TINS man who
Was SO much in demand by the authorities.
month later my friend was aboard shin
coming back to the States. The face OF /,
fellow passenger seemed familiar, and he
asked where they had met before,
"You had conference with Michael Col
| lns." said the stranger, naming the datc
and place. Il AIN II British Secret Service
man and was present at the conference -
So they weren't looking for Michael very
hard. after all.
Charles Bennett Smith, OF Buffalo, VIII,
serves Internationally in Congress. used tr
be Il newspaper reporter. Like other news
paper reporters, he was accustomed +,
| have more or less difficulty with those in
| dividuals whom he was assigned TO inter
view, because people are somewhat nron.
to make statements which, when The,
| appear in print, are not entirely safis
factory to them. Smith also became var,
adept In engaging his victim and setting ~.
4 props In such way as to get results ex :.
/ psditiously. ="
J There was the tirne. for instance, when
u NJ IN. ~. q sx$sis III * va tRA rt l3} Y