The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-08-02
FROM TAVERN TO PALACE

Dom Piatt, IN the Cincinnati H.
guirer, thus discourse, Of fhe time
" y hen Grant was President"
The wife If high official sa- a
belle She was one of the baud .8sue-t
.tscilDcI,s II female humanity. rather
above tae medium height. with figure
rounded into that voluptuoa- state that
ius, escal@s grussus o. ouuce more
Of adipose would hNvs dc-troycd the
balance AID disturbed lie fa-cirat.ou
/ Her Failure were sams What tao r, "a
lar 10 - expressive, Inst .oc h-r j ZIP
lassrous cyes that were IS ellis with truth
/ in them truth she did not darl 10
reveal. and in this case she gave cat an
expression that had = mystery in it,
There never va. before heat Ss
gracefully st np0n female shoulders.
She was cheerful. plea ant lady. not
particularly refined but vlth certain
reserve Of manner that checked f4mil-
/ iarity. The women hated and the men
adored her for the same reason. She
was beautiful. and used her beauty
/ and though the female world uttered
ugly mnrmurs concerning her past,
when these scandals reached the ears Of
/ the men. the lords of creation grew
angry and cried. Shameful to talk Of
a lady in that way"
( There was mystery about her early
1 life, and so much huted At of an ugly
sort thst no one came 10 ask her, and ii
they bad it is not likely she would
have gratiticd .he curious. She came
! with her husband from the far West
and came poor. The two had room
( in the attic of a second class hotel
/ She was presented 10 the President,
/ and she came down one story. Her
! descent continued until she reached u
/ handsome suite IN "A first class hotel
and as she descended the husband
assembled officially, and. strange 10 say,
/ the two proposed financially. When
| the highest Office was attained the lady
graced Que of thos.' palatial residences
/ correspondents are So fond OF describ-
| ing 1t was. architecturally considered.
/ u great success The rooms were lofty,
exquisitively finished. and to give the
/ finishing touch, were gorgeouSly fur
| nished
The husband was a heavy, stupid
| sort of man, who owed his success 10
/ handsome wife and his intense solem-
nity of conntenance
Socially and politically she had a
grand success. Her receptions were
crowded; her parties were choice; and
the easy. graceful manner IN which she
wore her Worth dresses and her hus-
band excited general admiration
An explosion came. Something had
developed in improper use of public
money, l believe. The details. we'll
known 10 the country, are somewhat
| dry. as thrice told tales ever are, and
! the two fell in as many minutes rs it
took years to rise. Then thousand
tongues turned loose. and n ight shone
| in upon her Of sort TO end all doubt
/ for in this case truth was stronger than
| fiction.
Il was banished to Fort Jumpoif, =
said ALI officer To me, for expressing an
ill opinion of Gen. Pumphandtc. | said
his arms were longer than his intollec
! tual outlook, and that he had more hair
! than brain. IL was an imprudent speech
because IL was true. and | was sentenced
to three years service III Fort Jumpoh.
| the post furthest from civilization We
had no privates at the post, for they
won't stay there. and our military force
consisted of II sergeant, two lieutenants
and surgeon. The sergeant was there
because he was not in his right mind,
aud the doctor for that he had varied
his practice 10y killing man with q
, bullet instead of the blue ill. and the
rest of Us we're At the post because We
| could get away only through re>igua-
tion or suicide We thought seriously
| of the last sometimes. but none of the
! other unless when intoxicated After a
man has been educated aud trained in
| office at West Point, suicide seems more
natural then resignation.
"Some two miles from cur post MAS a
! little tavern. 1t was All old fa shioncd
/ place of entertainment for man aud
| bcast-that last is distinction without
y diiference--where n bottle of bad
whiskey made mp the bar. and the man
| fed on rancid bacon and heavy mouldy
bread. fed in turn ravenous bed bugs
/ those pioneers of civilization that follow
/ the trail Of the buffalo with the instinct
I of u healthy appetite When reached
| the post where had 10 suffer my pun
| ishment. the old tavern Vas in ruins
But | heard its history II bad been
built aud occupied by usotosc. ILL
/ tempered man. who with his youuc
wife ard child. had dropped ONT 81 the
stream of travel. and attempted u
make a living through what they wer'
/ pleased 90 term 'entertsiRme't. h
/ landlord was not happy ia his domestic
+ relations. IT was said. and that AZ tlme'
+ be even went So far a. to beat his youpg
wife.
lone day a handsome Young fellow
came along. with all bis worldly pos
sessions in a bundle carried on a stick
over his broad shoulders, and offer i
his services as ho>tler and genera
help about the place This was accepted
and he seems IN have given satisfaction.
especially To the pretty bat somewhat
oser-sbused wife Sea aatlal lo,.rlsha-
on the frontier "a well As In Washing
ton. and although it has 10 trav-l te4
1 aud twenty miles AZ stretch beio. q
finding expression. yet i, travels.
"one morning the handsome ho>iIcr
Was sent To call the landlord to break
fast. The last named did not respond.
lie was not in a favorable condition to
! respond. nor had he any use iov break
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