The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-10-04
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our conference, having folded up his
Motor and put it in his vest pocket.
MIR. Keely stated that he left Phila.
delphia, $40, SO you see he made
trip to Texas in forty minutes. We
told Mr.. Keely the object of our Goa.
sultation, when it was unanimously
resolved that l should 90 with Mr..
keely to interview Mr.. Tilden. At
precisely II o'clock, Mr.. Keely took
out his Motor, wound up all but the
striking part, and in five minutes we
were sailing out Of Texas. When
the Motor is working to its full ca.
pacity it sounds like an editorial in
the Syracuse Herald. The Motor is
fitted up in beautiful style, with hot
and cold water, bath room, public
park, and skating rink, ice cream sa.
loon and restarunt, writ of Habms
corpus, Horsford's acid, phosphate
two lines of street cars, and a Spitz
dog. l told Mr.. K4ely
70 SLOW DOWN TO FIVE HUNDRED
MILES AN HOUR.
When we passed over Syracuse, and
| found out just what was going on
there. You we're giving wrong change
to blind man who had just taken an
eye.opener, and Jim Brothers and
Mr.. Snow were plotting the assassi.
nation of Alderman Gere, while Jack
Flynn and Frank Coolidge were driv.
ing mule team toward the universi-
ty with a load of waterme]ons. 1
happened to glance back just as we
entered Oneida county, and l saw
Police Commissioner Kirk wink ut
Frank Hiscock in the post office.
Now l says. Keel, old boy, let her
out for all she's worth from here to
Gramercy Park Mr.. Kelley hung
mis- boots on the salty valve, shut off
both pumps, and in fifteen seconds
the gauge indicated 10000 lbs.
pressure, and the returns from Dan
forth not all in. We passed Syracuse
at ! :58 and at II :45 we were set
tling down gracefully in the back
yard of the
SAGE OF THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
Mr.. Tilden did not ut first see US,
as he was very busy Strengthening
railroad iron which had been bent
by recent accidents in different parts
of the country. Mr.. Tilden would
take a rail that was almost tied in
bow knot, and in half minute it
would be as straight as n common
country contract. | handed Mr..
Dana who was keeping account of
Mr.. Iilden's straight work, pass
over Gould roads and told him my
errand. Mr.. Dana went over and
spoke to Mr.. Tilden, who shook his
head and said, Il wont run for him
or any one else,' he then turned q
half dozen somersaults, took me by
the hand and led me to the library
for consultation.
MIR. TILDEN WON'T RUN AGAIN.
/ Mr.. Til1en sat down in his easy
| chair, turned his heal one side in q
! coquettlsh manner, forcibly remind
ing me Of Mrs. Langtry as Juliet, and
with Il radiant expression Of truthful
ness said ''I'll be darned if I'll run"
then asked him who he thought
would be the most available candi-
date for the first place on the ticket.
and whether he thought the Danforth
fire bill was buglar proof. Mr.. Til
den had sunk into a reverie having
first removed his diamond Pin. I re.
peated the question, and he opened
his eyes for a moment and said
nothing could induce me to run"
lie. again closed his eyes and secret.
eel the evidence in the Tammany
case. I next asked him who ought
to have the second place on the ticket
and whether "Radway's Ready Rem
edy'' would heal the breach in the
party. He gave me look Of scorn
and says "you know ! won't rum"
again closing his eyes.
PUT ALL THE CIPHER DISPATCHES
BEYOND REACH.
then questioned him in regard to
his opinion whether che tariff ques-
ton should be lodged or made an
issue, ane whether he thought Charles
Francis Adams ever admired Lydia
E. Pinkham. He jumped to his feet
| danced a double clog, and sang
'Betsy and I are out When he got
through he showed no fatigue, Mr..
Tilden then asked Mr.. keely to be
kind enough to show him the working
of the Motor. Mr.. Keely was glad to
do so. Mr.. Tilden's face suddenly
assumed Il troubled expression as he
looked at his left little finger, and he
exclaimed Il have lost my Cameo
! ring" Mr.. Tilden commenced look.
t ing in the grass, and Mr.. Keely and
r with our backs towards Mr.. Tilden,
anxiously IN the search for the miss.
, ing gem, when certainly peal ol
E childish laughter rang out on the at
/ nospherc, and as we turned we saw
a Mr.. Tilden on his way to the White
!. House in our Motor. We were ar
i rested for burglary, being found, in
o Mr.. Tilden's back yard. and l car