Show STUMPED AT LAST Do you ou know I thought with m my linguist equipment said a man who speaks speak seventy seven languages etl I really thought that I 1 could understand almost almot an any tongue I might hear heal spoken and as a matter of oC fact tact in Iii m my rambles around the thol world which have been somewhat extensive Io 1 I have r very rarely met ml with an anybody with whom I could coult not converseS converse at least sufficiently for tor mutual understanding but I o hC been stumped tump d at Just jast and that right here In New York Riding up town last night on out the elevated ele elc- do- do when wo we came to a station the tue guard cuard opened tho ho door doer and said blix nix flux And surely I r 1 wondered what hat language lan hats guage that thuat was It tt was some somo tongue that I h had bed never before before- heard lucard spoken a ansi I was still wondering 0 over ocr CI It when wo we came to 10 the thc next station where the guard looked hooked In again saying this time IWO noo and that left mo me more In a fix than over ever What ton tongue e could he lie be he speaking I got more of or it at the next station Nagah lah lab and then I It up lie He was an nit American i tho the guard huard a R nicu nico cl lively Intelligent looking man maui hut hilt the thue tongue he spoke was 1 found wholly unknown to 0 mo ml thou though h It seemed to have havo a system to It it plainly Its significance sig sig- sig wa was clear at nt least t to 10 some Borne of the people In tho ha car CRr for tor at each of ot thc thes-t thes HC fral ral stations a a. number of ot peo- peo J plo got ot out Evidently E If It J 1 am going to stay here long tong I shall have havo 0 to add lidd one to m my stock I of or tongues I shall have to learn the guards guards' Ian and then n I J shall know seventy st New York the Sun I |