Mr. Howells Did Not Accept The Bribe

I found that there were stations whlch were consldered particularly desirable by the fruiterers, and that the chief of these was in front of the old United States court house. A fruiterer out of place, whose family I visited for the charities, tried even to corrupt me, and promised me that if I would get him this stendlo (they Italianize "stand" to that effect, Just as they translate "bar" into barra and so on), he would give me something outright. "E poi, ei sara sempre Ia mancia" ("And then there will always be the I drink money"). I lost an occasion to lecture him unon the duties of the