Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-16

incorruptible and because the Eng
lishman has a firm feeling and belief
that the law is honest and will right
all his wrongs. So he obeys the law:
I could tell you number OF good
stories, but am running out OF paper
on French rapide, enroute from Cal
ais to Interlaken, Switzerland. 80
here goes just one.
This noon as left the hotel young
AnZac friend met me. He had TAX
and proposed to spend the day or I'M
til 4 o'clock entertaining me.
We visited the British museum and
saw the library containing copy OF
nearly every known book worth the
name Five million copies in all. Then
looked over some of the Greek and
Roman statuary.
Start For Switzerland.
Then to Romano's, an Italian restau-
rant on the Strand, for wonderful
luncheon. Then on drive around the
CITY. through the fashionable club
section and to Hyde Park. Then to
the American Express to get my mail.
Then to Cooks to get my hotel book
inc to Switzerland. Then back to Ro-
manos after my grips and coat.
Then on two mile run through the
traffic and at a quarter to four 10 get
the continental train at Victoria Sta-
ton. I made it by hair, as the An
FAC said l would. Bed.
| freely admitted that | had lost all
nv illusions about the British being
slow
Pulling out of Amiens, at 1925 and
two French lads just got in my COM
partment. They look sociable so l
will try talking to them.
Next day at 1925 a. M, crossing the
frontier from France into Switzerland.
Two boys, young chaps of 20, proved
to be good company. [ opened the
conversation in my pure, llmp-ld
French, resembling Esquimaux. They
replied in equally irreproachable Eng
fish. Then we all laughed. We be-
gan talking and translating by means
of an absurd little French-Engllsh
idious book I paid two shillings for IN
London.
found how to say: 81 am twelve
wears old" More laughs. One OF the
boys came back with another phrase
from the book, "And | am 30 years
old" Anyone who thinks the French
can't see a joke is poorly informed:
One of the boys got off at Laon, and
the other at Reims. The last lad gave
me his card. His name is Pierre
Faurelot of SO, Rue St. Bethen1vllle,
Reims. Pierre could talk little Eng
fish, | a little French and we could
both make signs and look in the book.
So we had a good time until he left
the train at 12:40 a. m.
Government Officers Courteous.
No sleep last night as in addition to
a lack of berths the ticket collectors
and government officials dashed thru
the train at regular intervals asking
to see either tickets or passports.
This morning three crews of pass
port inspectors came through the
train, ending with a bird in a beauti-
full uniform of red and blue and stiff
with gold braid He could have been
no less than a general, and surely
looked it.
The people seem odd to us, but not
bad sorts. Very amiable and patient
with foreigners.
Breakfast was a huge cup of coffee
and milk mixed, bread and butter, and
a kind of blue berry jam.
It all tasted good and cost only
two francs, including tip. BY the way,
for dinner in the diner last night, we
had five delicious courses, soup, fish,
meat and vegetables, dessert, cheese,
coffee. fruit etc., for about 75c. Ger
tainly not unreasonable.
This is positively the last of my
writing paper and must conclude the
letter for the present. We have been
going up for hours into the Bernese
Overland, through tunnels, up steep
grades, up beautiful valleys, the rail
road flanking clear mountain torrents.
The countryside is under high state
of cultivation wherever possible and
the mountain sides are thick with tim
Der, pine and hardwoOds. l said
mountains, but they really are foot
hills with mountains two hours away
Certainly glad l decided to come this
way. More soon.
Regards,
Al s