Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Man from Ochre Point, New Jersey SYMON—that was his last name. I'd be willing to wager that his first name was Simple, although on the passenger list it was merely S. Symon. I met him the second day out. The reason I came to talk to him—but perhaps I ought to say that we were both running from Southampton to New York. He had a retreating chin and a receding forehead, and ears that must have made walking difficult in a high wind; and the first thing I heard him say drew me to him: " I thought St. Paul's was in Rome. I was a whole day in London, but I didn't try to see St. Paul's because I didn't know it was there. But I did go up in a tremenjous church that had a whispering-gallery in it, and I thought I'd die a-laughing to hear the YES; N'YORK'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME."—P. 49. voices come right out of the air in front of me. An old feller told me to stop because they were having a funeral below." " Why, that was St. Paul's," said I, joining in the conversation with shipboard freedom. " That so! Wasn't no name over the door." My speaking to him was the cue for the man who had been conversing to go away. I think that he knew when he had had enough, but as I needed exercise I determined to pump my new acquaintance. "Been over long?" " I was two weeks in Europe." " Well, what's good enough for you ? " "What you mean?" "Is New York good enough for you?" " Oh, yes. Didn't know what you meant, you put it so sudden. Yes; N' York 's good enough for me." " Know New York pretty well, don't you?" " Well, I stopped overnight there on my way from Ochre Point to the steamer. My home's in Ochre Point, New Jersey. I think N' York lays over anything in Europe." " Then you didn't become denationalized by your trip ? " " Demoralized, you me...