The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-08

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assisted the president ~ mIuhl
drew hIH arm through hIr owu onl
marched 7'Wight lor The entrance
of The cars 1noro wus uu immense
lhronl in waiting 10 SEQ wholhor
the doortondcr would pass them
without seeing their tickets. The
two oIbowcd their way through the
throng and reached tho railing
around the door Of tho entrance to
the cars. A doormastor stood there
punching tho tickets, and TO him
Colonel llackott waved his hand
IoftiIy, saying tho president aud he
would pass through without further
ceremony.
"Tickots, gents" said the door
master, stepping in front Of the
would be freo-ridors.
"Thc president of tho United .
Statcs-Prcsident Grant" Colonel |
liackctt repeated, pointing TO that
gentleman.
81 can't help who you are, you
can t pass through this gate without
showing your tickets" said the door
master, with rocky frmncss Of tone
and manner.
The president cast upon the Off
cial n look of concentrated contempt
and scorn.
~, :, Stand back and don't block the
passage, gents" said the doormastcr,
BY this time the throng had caught .
the spirit Of the scene, and had
closed about the party. Vice Pres
idcnt Wilson, who had been elbow
ing his way with Robeson's arm in
his own just to the rear of the pres
idont, was kcenly alive to the shame
fulness Of the situation, With II
hasty glance, he saw how it was to
end, and so he dropped back far
enough to be out Of the focus of
eyes. Grant took things calmly,
but was very angry, and after II few
seconds pause he said to llackctt,
"What's TO be donc?' That re-
sourceiul individual showed IL ruefu!
countenancc and said, 81 guess there
is nothing for it but TO pay"
With II hasty movement Grants
hand went into his pantaloons
pocket, and fishing out small wal
let he distracted hundred dollar
bank note and thrust it into Hack
ett's hand. Grant then stood to one
side, and lIackett went for the paste
boards. Bollnap then approached
the doorkeeper, and said: "The
tickets are being bought surely
you can have no objection to per-
the president to seat him
self in the cars p
The doormastor glanced at the
towering Hackett, who was buying
the tickets, thought Il moment and
then said, politely:
81 presume no fault could be found
with me for that" !
"He says we can go into the cars
without waiting for the tickets" the
secretary Of war said, in pleased
tones, to the president
"Well, we won't do it," the exec
utivo replied, with positiveness.
"By this time Colonel Hackctt
had returned with the nine tickets.
"I'll stand here and check you off
as you 60 through" said he to the '
president, at the same time taking
a position alongside of the door
master.
do nothing of the sort give a
ticket to each one" President Grant
commanded sharply, with unap-
peased anger.
So the president, Secretary Robe
son and General Belknap were fur
nished with tickets, and the former
presented his to the doormastcr
with sauvity of manner that was
evidently intended to be full of
trenchant satire. The party were
to 60 to Boston without change Of
cars; nevertheless, the willy colonel ,
had bought tickets as far as Spring J
field only.