The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10

other evening. The story has been
held very tight by all who were
cognizant of it, but 1t leaks out
through the Times correspondence
Ames was in the city for the purpose
of attending a private party, fol
which pastime he is better qualified
than for the duties of the Senate
chamber. He had arrayed him.
self in a most elaborate dress suit
and had just reached the house OF bis
friends, which is in Madison avenue,
when telegram was handed him
from his queer-eyed father-in-law,
Ben Butler. The telegram demanded
Ames' presence in Washington as
soon as he could get there. 1t was
absolutely necessary he should be in
the capitol by the following morn
ing. Ames consulted his watch and
interviewed a railroad timetable.
He ascertained that he had just
thirty-fiye minutes in which to reach
the Conrtlant street ferry, and his
carriage would just about do it.
FoRsAKING A PARTY FOR DUTY.
There was no alternative. He ex-
cused himself to his friends, entered
his carriage, and whirled away. AS
the carriage got opposite the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, where he always
stays, a brilliant thought occurred
to him which promised to relieve
him of the actual unpleasantness OF
wearing his dress suit to travel in.
He ordered the carriage to the hotel,
sent one of the bell men after another
suit of clothes to his room, and then,
inviting a friend who happened to
be in the lobby of the hotel to ride
down with him, started down again.
Another thought now occurred to
the brilliant young statesman. he
would save time by changing clothes
in the carriage. The .curtains were
carefully pulled down all around
and Ames took of'his coat; then he
slipped off his vest, and finally, with
the aid of his friend, got his dress
trousers from the senatorial leg. The
carriage was going at fearful rate,
at such a speed, in fact, as carriages
OH Broadway do not often attain.
This, at Blocker street, attracted
the attention of the ever-vigilant de-
tective Dunn. Not only the speed,
but the fact that the window curtains
were tightly drawn, attracted his at
tention and excited his suspicion.
Instantly he jumped into the street
and Selling the horses at the head'
brought the vehicle to such a sudden
stand that Ames, who had just got
one leg into his other trousers, was
tossed about in manner very unpe-
coming a Senator.
When Dunn opened the carriage
door he saw the man in his under-
cloths, and smashed hat lying on
the bottom of the carriage, and an
other doubled up on the front seat
with his cloths on, but with a hat
so smashed over his head that moth
ing could be seen above the shout
ders. Dunn didn't laugh at the sight
as an unprofessional would have
done. His mind was instantly
made up.
THESE MEN WERE THIEVES,
and were changing their cloths to es-
cape in disguise. He called the
policeman and proceeded to business.
As Ames scrambled up Dunn clutch
ed him by the shoulder and placed
him under arrest, thereby creating a
great deal of Senatorial astonish-
ment.
The detective gave the Senator a
very detective shake and a pleasant
greeting: "Your the fellow I've
been looking for this. long time.
Put on them pants and come along
with me now"
Ames endeavored to explain, as
sured Dunn he had made mistake
in his man, and did everything to
convince him that he was a United
States Senator.
"a pretty Senator you'd be, amt
Won ? I've seen Senators in my life,
I guess, and they didn't look bit
like you. Come, hurry on them
pants"
"But, sir" put in Ames' friend,
"I know this gentleman, and he is
lust what he says he is-a Senator"
'sYou know him, do you :" said the
unmerciful Dunn; $50 do l, and
whats more, 1 know the pair of you,
and you're both wanted over at the
Central office. Are you going to
hurry them pants on! I'll give you
lust minute to finish that ERE toll
let. Now amt that
A PRETTY HAT FOR A SENATOR %
and the detective held Ames' smash
cd tile off at arms length to contem-
pl ate it. In truth it didn't much re-
semble a hat that Senator might be
avporta1 tn wear