. The adventures of a tropical tramp. t, but there were no servants in the houseyet, and after it had rung for half an hour, Iopened the door. Outside stood a priest. I had just seen severalof them going from house to house collecting alms,and was rather annoyed at this disturbance in themachinery of international affairs. **Heres twenty cents,** I said. *^It*s all thesmall change I have.* Instead of taking it, he turned his back andwalked away. I was pondering on his peculiarbehavior when the telephone rang. Albes, theAmbassadors secretary, was calling me. **Say, Foster, if the Dean of the Di
. The adventures of a tropical tramp. t, but there were no servants in the houseyet, and after it had rung for half an hour, Iopened the door. Outside stood a priest. I had just seen severalof them going from house to house collecting alms,and was rather annoyed at this disturbance in themachinery of international affairs. **Heres twenty cents,** I said. *^It*s all thesmall change I have.* Instead of taking it, he turned his back andwalked away. I was pondering on his peculiarbehavior when the telephone rang. Albes, theAmbassadors secretary, was calling me. **Say, Foster, if the Dean of the DiplomaticCorps calls there, you-all can take him to the hotelwhere the Ambassador is stopping. *^All right.* **You know him, don*t you? He*s the PapalNuncio. In any of these Catholic countries thePopes Ambassador is the high muck-a-muckamong the diplomats. You*ll recognize him. Hedresses like a priest.** I vowed that the next diplomat who calledwould not be offered twenty cents. When thedoorbell rang again, I hastened to admit a tall,. ? * -ifii- ->« md mm Hf« % t i^NraM^f&i It Sc It
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