Telegram-herald., 1890-08-15

HAWKINS OK THE BOX.
ard he had long ago concluded he was
thus seated for hfs. Bat for some reason
Mrs Harrison has lst the old man go,
and employed . new coachman n his
place. Naturally ths fall has nearly
broken tho old mans heart. Hawkins re-
tires from his ofl.ce with much bitter
ness OF heart and many interesting rec
onecti0us = the White House and its
occupants. The trOuble Is 70 induce h.In
u talk
There - not . newspaper man Ia
Washington who does not know from
actual test how well Hawkins can hold
his tongue. During the twenty-five
years OF his service in tao White House
stables he has been besOught many
thousand OF times % give up bits Of in
formation. apparently trivial IN them
selves. but OF prime Importance 10 the
cnronichng craft. he has always re-
fused 10 Las been said OF Hawkins that
his own coach horses could not pull a
word from kLs lips cozcerning the move
Inenos or habits II his employers lie
habitually drew = lips AZ tightly as he
did his lines, and t-lus drove calmly
through twenty-five years Of rough
roads. Hawkins il a l&Eye. coal black
man. whose - - now silyered. he is
a POSITIVE character, strong in his likes
and dislikes, possessed of fancies and
hatreds amounting almost to supersti-
tions. Mrs. Cleveland was the apple Of
ms eye. To this day he Is prone To talk
Of her sweetness, Of her beauty, Of her
kindness. He shed tears when she left
the White House, Republican though he
is. and it was the mention Of Mrs. Cleve-
lani that loosened tho old mans tongue.
ssAh." he exclaimed, that WAS q wo-
man Of million. That was the sweet
est woman that over entered the White
House in my day. 1 shall never forget
dear. sweet Hrs. Cleveland. She
Al things earthly, even such honest
rhapsoCies. must come 70 an end, and so
interrupted Hawkins with an inquiry
concerning his first days as the presi-
Dental coachnan.
1T has been said Of me- replied tho
dethroued whip. that | was in the
army with Gen. Grant. and that he
brought me TO Washington as his coach
man That IS not true. i did not enter
the service Of the general till after he
was elected president. Gen. Grant was
the greatest lover Of fine horses we have
hal in tine White House in my day. He
liked 4 svuited horse. ono that was fond
Of plunging and rearing and Of pulling
the carriage along by the bits How my
arms used % ache driving the generals
favonte span over the country roads.
Re never wanted % go slow. no matter
what tho roads were. Often / used 10
pun mp on tho hills and dangerous
places, bat Cen. Grant would sing ont
% me. Let 'e1n go, Hawkins; they won't
hurt themselves And go I let EN- 90.
sometimes. II seemed u me. at the risk
of killing everybody behind them But
Gen. Grant wouldn't let horse Of his
~ abused BE wanted them driven
hike the wind. but only for short time,
and then be wanted theIn taken care Of
ike babies ! never In al ny hfe saw
such particular man as hs was about
the cara Of horses, and il wasn't easy 70
fool him. either lie used to come down
% tho stables when he wasn't expected
end take a look az things. and ne knew
whsn the boys had done what was right
and when they hadn't. He was power
ful handy man % have about in case Of
sickness in tho stable, too.
Tt has always appeared 20 me" con
timed Hawkins, that people didn't
know Gen. Grant. For instance. don't
beheve II was generally known that the
general was 50 gentle and kind and so
hated 70 have any bother that the White
House was ruled by Mrs. Grant rs with
= rod Of iron. She managed everything.
and tbe general. along with al the other
folks, gave wsv to her. Mrs Grant was
easily anEcred and when in q passion
was = regular whirlwiud. b1t the storm
soon blrw over. ard then she wss "a
sweet as she could be. She seemed 20
be s0rry for something she bad said
while angry. and for y week or two she
would actually - so meek in the pres
enCe of the servants that they talked
about Il. And then. when they were
Just ready to imagine that they could Do
as they released. abe world fare up and
make their heads swim. Nellie Grant
was sweet girl. enough like Mrs
Cleveland 20 - her sister. and il male
ule sick when she married that English
man. That was AZ Mrs. Grants doings
The general vv1s oppcsed % it from
the first. and be wss mighty badly hurt
over it. I can tel you. II it bad been
anybody but Nrs Grant that he hal to
deal with on that occasion the wedding
rever would have coue Of Mrs.. Grant
was the Only person II the world thas
couid induce the general n change his
rina afssr he hali once made IL up She
rsied him completely Bat she was q
sulen6id woman. and We al liked her
Tacre was n change Fhen the Havesgs
came IN. We had - more fne horses
Mrs Hayes wss very pcpsliaT smo1z the
servants. brit f7r some reason We did
not caro- nnuch f5r Gr Hayes The
Cranas seemed - be IN the Write House.
CIR rhe fun there vas in ir. whiie the
Eavesas were rloue serious President
uaves 1id nof care srap al'out hcrsss
2nd rarely rode ont It always seemed
4 IRE t1at he we svprse bffeirE seen
a. rrbic. A crowd nsa5s arm decided
q u-cc lnIcTtt1 be.