Edward Lucas White

“ When we got near Cherbourg, the purser came to me and said:
"We land to-morrow. Here's your landing-ticket. Be sure to put it in a safe place, and do not lose it;" and he gave me a big blue ticket.
Well, I put that ticket in the very bottom of my steamer-trunk, and then forgot all about it. When I packed the trunk, I put everything on top of it; and I never remembered about it until after the men had come and taken my trunk out of my cabin.
When the people got in line to go ashore, I got in line too. Presently the purser came over to me and asked me had I my ticket. ”

“ I ALWAYS say that if you can't have a rich husband yourself, the next best thing is to have your sisters marry well. It certainly is a blessing that Carrie and Hattie did so, for it seems to me that the more mining-stock Jim owns the poorer he is. ”

“ He's always changing about, and half the time his last salary never gets paid at all. If it wasn't for Brother John and Brother George, I really don't know how we should live. I'm sure I should never have any good clothes or amusements. So when Brother George invited me to come to Europe, and wrote that Brother John would attend to everything for me, I just told Jim I couldn't get out of Leadville too quick.
It's a shame how the railroads fool you. I missed connections at Chicago, and when I got to Jersey City I had just half an hour to catch my steamer. ”