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Show TOO LONESOME IN PRAGUE. Old City Made the Consul Long for Something Modern. "Did you nvcr realize what a rasp lug sound n foreign lnnguagu enn have upon tho liuinnu ear in a strange city where one hn nn friends?" asked Judge A. A. Freeman of New Mexico, In tho lobby of tho Kbbltt. A veteran figure, Judge. Freeman Free-man lias hold many olllces of honor nnd emolument, hnt'lug served for eight enrs ns assistant attorney general gen-eral In e'lnrge of the legal work ot tho postofllce department. "President (Irnnt npKlntod mo consul to l'rngue. the ntielent 4'npltnl of Bohemia,' continued the Judge, who sat on the bench In New Mexico. Mexi-co. "It Is ii beautiful old city, with many things to delight the visitor, but 1 was ' exceedingly lonesomo there. The people wero nil strangers to mo nnd I did not understand the language. There were hundreds of lemnrkablo plnces nnd buildings, places rich with historical Interest, forl'r.isue was founded in the year 1)00. Hut even the nnclent hlstorlcnl places enhnnced my gloom, nnd I begnn be-gnn to rvallrc how It Is that soldiers can nctunlly din of homesickness. "One day I visited nn ancient synn-gague synn-gague In one of the quaint sections of the city. Tho guide took mo to tho nged tombstones, where tho Inscriptions Inscrip-tions had been worn off by tho elements. ele-ments. He was piloting me, a man weary of delving into tho past, among tho graves of the long ngo nnd reciting recit-ing what those graves were. " 'My dear mnn,' I exclaimed In despair, 'can't you show mo a grnvo that was inado yesterday? It would bo positively companionable.' "It wasn't long arterward," concluded con-cluded tho Judge, "that I resigned my consulship In tho beautiful old city of Prague. It wns too lonesomo thero for me." Washington Post. |