Show A Pleco of Livo Freight Herman Zeitung 2 years of Ig and by profession a ladies tailor finding trade dull at Vienna determined t go to Paris to better himself But how should he get there He hadnt the means to pay for even a third class fare but he could pay tho oxpressago on a box So he left an order at the express office t call and packed himself in a box big at tho bottom and little at the top and I marked it top and bottom and handle with care and image and then entered into his ark and got a friend t n him up and was at lat started on his journey Ono morning abut 1 oclock a man engaged i sweeping the wareroom of customs at Paris rushed into tho adjoining room and informed j formed those there t t 1 that there va a i box In the adjoining U adjoin-ing room dancing 1 I They n went to 1 see and Herman in the of 1Pi was I act getting out of his pen They jabbered J jab-bered French at i t him but got no response re-sponse then they found an interpret er who spoke German 7 I Ger-man The Interpreter i Inter-preter unloosed the little Germans tongue at once Herman was in Paris where he i liwfsbcd to be hutS theoretically according ZErruira AND ms BOX theoretc 1 ZIIHr DS cording the views of the Transportation company he was still in Vienna or only s far on the road as tho money paid for himself freight would warrant war-rant There was a balance due of fortynine francs andoighty centimes for the rest of the distance So they took him to the station house What ho would have done had his name not saved him no pne can tell Zcitnng is the Gorman for journal The Petit Journal therefore took pity on its kinsman kins-man and paid his dues The paper also found him a job and Herman was soon after ironing iron-ing hats in a shop in Rue Veillo du Temple with as much complacency as if ho had traveled trav-eled to Paris on a first class ticket There is a bit of American slang in the ex Sression He got there Herman Zeitung if ho lives will doubtless achieve something remarkable He has ingenuity and fertility The only shortage in his resourcesmight have been want of sufficient breath for had he remained re-mained In his box two hours longer ho says ho would have been suffocated But he wanted to go to Paris and he got there sad olive too I |