Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Approaching Marriage CT JUS
tlce Gray.
Hoo the Leading Ps0Vls 81 tAe Capital
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ate J2stlcs Assthsss, lives u an odd, big
asass "a TIE fz2Llonabas part II ths city.
H1ss 10 Las ksps bscEelors hz4 Tor nl1Fo
than year. ILls EO1Ss EaFtzkes u t1s
characteristics II Ia owner Il : uzsx<vs,
httls sxtrarr,iiuzry IA soIns OF is arrznze-
ulsEts, Gescia = 0stentztaoa, and coc4fort.-
Do anai t0sl .sbL@. ThOgzh standing "a a
corner In a fashionable quarter Il the clty. It
puzzlss tas p4sser by u TEL whether II Is a
residences, az apartment hOtlse a church OF
az cd1ics 5l0ck There l. lot a oit u sard OF
plrch, nor even front dor with stels AT
tie rear Il tia bo1ss ls 4 nArroS hallway.
AID inside TIA the street door with its t-l aud
hAn lantern There Is s0alething English
about II, AID vel tra.nsd EHgllSh sew ant
opens the door Ia Tesponse 70 ones ring To
enter Tie bo1se i've "a SIX steps must be
cesadei ard within the door Is short hall
eoznaaunicStlag with al tie rooms On tho
L0~er ncOr. or thsse there are but three,
ouE they are ot generous proportions The
parlo1 is bali a. Tag tho great east room Of
tho White HOslse1 The dining room adJoIn-
ing, aad separated BY portisres simply, Is one
u the largest dining rOouls IN Washing ton
= square English room, with great open
n,eplace and plenty OF cathedral glass 70
throw soft rays down GA service and diners
An odd feature Of 10th pzrlor and dining
room = a SORT Of bull eye Of plate glass, on
which figures are arti.tically y carved As the
lghG streams through, seeming the more
powerful because OF the sabdned rays admit
Ted by the other openings, the figures stand
cut Ike silhOuettes. | don't remember what
the figures were, nor did l 90 up stairs, where.
| understand, tho library Is IN which Justice
Gray works every morning I'll the early cock
crows.
Justice Gray Is himself very interesting
man There Is plenty OF dignity in his com
position, but he has for IA month been unable
70 spesk, even by mere inference, Of his
approaching rgptials without having a
sInle OF Inexpressible and almost boyish
pride and delight playing on his fat face He
appears 70 exenplify the adage that love st
sixty Is pretty much the same as love at
twenty, only more 50. The justice Is rather
proud Il his house. too. which ho designed
himself down TO its smallest details " hen he
built it he oxpected 10 pass all the remainder
Of MS life in single blesselness, but this is "a
phase Of the human career over which tho
determination seems 10 exercise rs little power
in the case Of a great justice with the
humbiest and most impreSSionable OF men
The house is not well adapted 10 family life,
and in all probability mistress will quickly
make il look much less like a bachelors quar-
ters
The Justice Is four inches more than six
feet tall weighs fully 225 pounds, and has
hearty easy manners. | called on him one
day, and though he had never seen me- and
did not even know my name, | was amused
and pleased ut the manner in which he came
down stairs 10 find me. Unless | am mis-
taken he came two steps at a time, and after
he had entered the huge parlor IN which |
was seated, somewhat obScurely on account
Of the great size OF the room and the dim,
summer curtained coal light, he raced
around to find me as if | were his
oldest and best friend whom he had
not seen for a dozen years. There
was the very soul of hospitality and good,
manly spirit In this very activity, so much
in contrast with the manner Of some Wash
ington snots, official and unofficial, who walk
into their own parlors TO meet stranger call
er as If they were doing something very disa-
greeable, you know. Justice Gray acts and
talks and looks like a man who eats heartily
and often, who thinks clearly, and who looks
on life with neither the strabismus of vanity
nor the irritating shOrtsightedness Of selfish
ness lie is the sort of man that makes
good husband even il he is Gl years old.
.
himself Probably there is not another one
in Washington ike it. He is 80 wide and tall
and giant like that oDe is almost afraid tc
trust ones hand in his, fearing the squeeze Of
Brobdignag. But Justice Gray's hand
shake is one Of the most gentle imaginable
He puts his elbow tight against MS ribs di-
rectly under his right shoulder, plants his
wrist against his waistcoat at the top button
in front, and extends his hand to you exactly
hands length Ii Is biz, fat friendly
hand, but to grasp you must reach well up
and shake il, or rather, squeeze it, while it
remains Oh its foundations. y Tour squeeze the
powerful hand returns, but ever so gently
and almost unconsCiousy, that Is without
reasoning about 1t at al, you conclude this
handsAake was privilege grec!ously extend
ed you rather than the typical American
meet-half-vay and we-are-twO-prctt y-good-
fellows salutatiOn- And 1t is privilege, for
this soft. stationary hand is the hand OF an
honest and brainy man who is happy in the
ANTICIPATION Of an early wedding with a
charming girl
Justice Gray Is such pleasant, manly man
to meet that am tempted, simply for con
trast. to tell Of my call one day On wash
ingtonian who has not quite Justice Gray's
brains, but has about fifty times as much
money. The servant seated mo in the hall
and bore my card away rather gingcrly, a. u
he were afraid there might te some COntani-
nation In the touch u 10. Presently tie mas
ter q tho house walked into tho hall. fifty
feet from me- and there stopped Snd looked
in nv direction He then walked few PAGES
toward me and sgaia paused briefly for a
survey of the humble visitor. Twice more
was this process repeated with tue
exception thss each Succeeding advance
was mSsIs az pace sorDew nat slower
than its forsrunner- At last my host
stood about twenty feet from me, stared
a. me- again, as II rssssuriog himself I were a
human and not some Wild animal. and then
sxclaim-d in a tone which fairly vibrated
/ with haUteur:
swell. what Do you wsntr
was, naturally, damfou1ded, but man
aged 70 gasp out:
/ ia this Mr. Bisnkr
YES That do Tou vantr'
This in q tone more naughty than befora
I ReureSsiuz the irss wicked thought that en-
/ t.red my mind, which vas TO reply that
vantei nothing 50 much a chance % meet
1 him cuisine where could pumTnel his head
I ia the hope of teaching him sonae maBnars.
+ I initiated his haGGhtiness q uanaer anI
=aii.
"Fir<s x al sir. desire an opportunity q
4, making your acsusin1auce
/ The gentleman WINGED n thss aud. takiry z
+ The 1ia-. Vslzed slowly toward mc met
him hslf way. suppleHa- ted my cari with a
I v-~3 tsr Two ~ seif introductioo ard urof-
/ fersd my hand AfpE soue hesitation and
wtsa oayiogss relsrtaEce b grasre'i b. ThlIt7
secsusis later ne rsrs sitting IN tue gentle
| uaan's handS1E-le libTsry sbssias ost - ice-