, 1873-02-10

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The funniest oxporionco Of tho sonson fs that
which boro|l tho gorgeous 8enatgr Amos, OF
mississippi, the otlicr evoninB. Tho story haa
boon hold yory tight by oil who wsro cognizant
Of It, but It lonfa through tto Times. corro-
spondoncc. Amos was III tho city for tho pur-
pesS pssa e5 o sisn% e nsB Setoa aa @ a11 for @ @
Duties Of tho Senate 0hamtor. Uo had arrayod
himnolf IN d moat olaboraeo arosa suit md Lad
1uat reached tho house Of his friond whtcl, is
Bon. Dutlor. THO telegram demanded
Ames' presence in Washington as soo,l
as ho could got there Il was r. absolutely noeos. co.,
morning. Amos consulted luis witch aud intor;
viewed rai1road timetable. Ho ascortalnod
that ho hnd juat thtrty-tiyo minutes in which to
reach tho Cortlandt Street Forty, and his cur
segc would 5aat shons DO IT, o o,ro him.
ge]f to hts friends, entorod his carriagds aud
wllirlod away. Az tho cairiago got opposite tho
Fifth Avenue Hotel, whero ho always ataya, q
brilliant thought occurred to him which prom-
Of woaring hB dress suit to travel In. Ho Or
dered the carriage TO tho hotel, sent ono Of tho
bell mon aftor anothor suit Of clothes to his
room, and then, inviting = friend Who hsppsnel
to be in tho lobby Of tho hotol to ride down with
him, started of again.
Another thought nov occurred to tho brilliant
young statesman. Ho would aayo time by chang
Ing clothes IN tho carriage -
sroad @ Sa and Amos sis took Cd hEs ss cost; thon o
slipped OF his vest, and finally, with tho aid Of
his FRIEND got his dress trousers from tho gena-
torial log. Tho carriago was going at q fearful
s n sfn 90 not tSs asa T It Bsesofor
street, attractod tho attention Of tho evor-v!gi-
liant boteotivo Dunn. Not only the speed, but
tho fact TINT the window. curtains were tightly
drawn. attracted biz attention and excited ted
tho load, brought tho vehicle to aucl, a
sudden stand, that .Ames, who 1lad just
got ono log into Ills othor trousers, was tossed
When Dunn opened the carriage deor he eaw
one mon tn Ills underc1othos, and smashed hat
lying on tho bottom Of tho chs1iage. and another
doubled up OH tho front aeat with bis c1othea
on, but with a hat SO smashed over his head TINT
nothing could ha aoeu above tho shoulders.
Dunn didn't laugh at tho sight, aB IN unprofas-
sional would havo done. His mind was instantly
made up. These men were thieves, and wero
called tho policeman md proceeded to business.
IA AmeB scrambled up, Dunn c1utchod him By
| tho shoulder and placed him under arrest,
thcreby creating groat deal of Senatorial aaton-
! iRlnnnt.
Tic detective gavo tho sonator very detec-
| tivo shake and d pleasant greeting: HYou'ro
! The follows I'yo boen looking tor this long
time. Ppt on them pants and come along with
| Ames ondeaYored to explain. assured Dunn
| he had made mistake IN Aia man, and did
| everything to convince him that he waB United
| States Senator.
"A pretty Senator you hc, ain't you7 I've
aeon Senators in my life, guess, and they didn't
look q bit like you' Come hurry Oh thom
"But, Sir" put in Amos friend, IT know this
gentleman, and 10 is just what 10 Hays he ia~~a
You know him, do you7" said tho unmorol-
full Dunn; $50 do !, and, what's moro, know
| tho pair OF you, and You're both just wanted
over at tho Central ofloo. Arc you going tc
hurry them pants on3 TT give you 1ust =, min:
| pretty hat for d 6onatorf" aud tho detective
held Amos smashed tile of at arms 1ength te
contemplate 1t. In truth it didn't much reseln'
bla q Int that Senator might DO expected te
| We1r.
Ames' fFiond wss .1 becoming impatient E.E; az, ani
iahness has gono far enough. Now, il you don'
leave ua alone to procood On our Journey, II!
smash YOU good deal more than the hat," ant
ho reanhod over. Amee restrained him, and The
policeman having made his appearance, aud tllt
delay already experienced having made 1t impoh
eible for thom to roach tho train, thcy concluded
case there. Amos got Lis trousers % Just as tht
carriage drove up to the marble building in Mrr
ray street. The sonator and hin friend wert
taken into tho suporlu teudent,s office and toll
thoir ntorles. Everybody said 1t was too thin
md they would have to be locked up. Ame
begged that the clerk Of the Fifth Avenue nigh
boG Gsent for, which was dono, and that gentleman
camo down and explained matters satisfactorily
Half a dozen bott1ea Of champagne settled til
caao, and tho distinguished Senator went fortl
to telegraph to his kind father-in-law that b.
didn't think it would be possible for linn to be il
Washington the ne1t morning.
1T will please all thoeo who arc interested Il
| ancient Troy to know tint DR.. Schlionnup hB