The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-30
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the be<< Of the White House.
From 81 Iadiars g1sIis Letter.
he eoSs Of the Write Horse fer
.ne next four years viii not he bsx Hen
Harrison, bat little Pen. The latter :
NE fresldent-e.set's grandson. and he
= OILY IS months old, a bfSze-eved
iigff-haired and rognd-ckeekesi young
sieT. Who hears + striking re@ersl-
nance 70 his grsndfather Little
zen Is the son Of Robert Mckee and
N.Y. Mamie Harrison Mckee. Mr..
Mckee 1 IN the wholesale boot ard
sSoe trade. and Is the son Of one OF
We xfzlthtest men in Indianapolis
" hen BE won Gen. HaTrison's dsagh-
ter he was allowed 10 marry her only
On TIE condition that the Young people
make their home with ff1e
II arr sons. and this explains whv
theg al have lived together 10 the
general hozse q; No. E7s Delaware
street
Baby Ben has for sonse time been
the boss Of the Delaware street man
sion. He has a strong hold On the
heart Of his grandfather, and there
are people in Indianapolis wbo will
tell you that II Baby Ben could talk
plainly and shsnld express a desire
to have Grandpa Ben remain In the
Hoosier capital sHdnot go TO Washing
ton at all. the chances would be 800 to
one that the general would DO a. the
baby said and sacrifice the presidency
Of the United States for the sake OF
pleasing the boy, in whose happiness
be j. 50 deeply interested. Little Ben
does Just as be plsases, and hts grand
father will not permit anybody to in
terfere with him when he is doing IL
He sits next his grandpa at the table,
and hammers the plates with his spoon
and tries 10 swallow bones, and
plunges his pink little fingers into
every dish from which the general eats.
He viii not sit anywhere except beside
the general during meal time, and he
knows that the generals presence at
the table means that his tiny might
nes- must be obcyed in every wish and
that his sway Is every Bit as great
there as is that OF royal Alfonso of
Spain in the grand palace al haGrid.
Little Ben IS real cute He knows
when to tyrannize over the house.
hold and when 10 quietly submit 10
papa $ and mamma DEGREES. II is
only when grandpa l. around that he
asserts his despotism, and then be
does il in manner that 4 unIai-taba-
bic. As soon a. he sees grandpa com
ing up TIE walk from his Office at
O'Clock or so in the afternoon. Baby
Ben sets up shout OF joy, and from
that time forward the house j. his.
Gen Harrison and Mrs. Harrison
have taken charge OF the baby from
the VERY beginning, and they are 50
enthusiastically wrapped up in il that
they have permitted but one night 20
pass since baby was born without hav-
ing possession OF ii. The night when il
was away from them was the night OF
Gen. Harrison's nomination. Hun
dreds OF people called at the house 10
tender their Congratulations and there
were ROisy delegations and noisier
brass bands in and around the house
the whole night. 50 the old folks
thought il would be better TO send
Basy Ben over TO a neighbour. where
he would have chance 20 get some
sleep. The excitement aud noise &C.
Cured on Monday night Tue dav
morning Mr. Mckee went over
to get the baby. and. having
returned, was walking up and down
the back yard with the boy in his
arms, when he was ast0niShed ~ hear
a second-story window OF the Harri
son honse open. and looking up he
saw Gen. and Mrs. TIarrison's heads
out of the window.
al say, Robert, what are Won doing
down there with that baby ~ the Cen
erai shouted. Don't YOU know enough
10 bring him up here? We want TO
see him
Eyes, Robert. bring him up 70 his
grandmother. " said Mrs.. Harrison.
And the father Of the boy had TO
march right upstairs and surrender
him TO the old folks
Any afternoon during the past
spring. aud up 10 the time when
the duties OF the campaign be-
came so numerous that the Gen
eral was obliged TO neglect his pet
somewhat, Gen. Harrison could have
been seen sitting on the stone steps Of
his residence playing with his little
grandson. Ii he was not playing with
him he was wheeling him up and
down the block in his little carriage or
he was CARRYING him in his arms ii the
yard. some OF General Harri>on's
friends, who saw him nursing the
baby said slight abdominal promi-
hence which marked his figure made
nice projection for baby to rest upon,
and il looked as IL nature bad sup
piled the prominence Tor that purpose.