CURED OF CONSUL FEVER.
The Piqua Daily Call
03 janvier 1902 Piqua, Ohio

Representative to Miquelon Had All He Wanted.
Gerald Carlton. who served as consul at St. Pierre. Miquelon, under appointment from President McKinley, was pointing out how undesirable such positions Are, says the New York Times. “It cost me $200 to get there,” said he. “and when I arrived, being one of them ‘literary fellers,’ I hadn’t any more money than I could conveniently carry around with me. There was no salary attached to the place, it being a fee office. I found that my predecessor had cleaned up everything in sight.
“To add to my troubles the ‘queen of the island.’ a wealthy widow, attempted to marry me and the Pooh Bah, a sort, of missing link, had a habit of being evercompanionnable. I finally asked President Mc Kinley to stop considering me a consul. Then I packed my grip and started for the land of the free and the home of the brave. No more consulships in mind, thank you I’ve had that and been cured.”