The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-03

After he had been gone, lons. enough 70
s Stb me that ta,ns aad nv not Attention StS To
the President. lie was now but a short
distance from the fatal plunge, and borne VIII
tho hat OF his head despite his almost super-
human efforts TO hold It on, held my w9tcn
from my brow with the othcr. white PRAYED
iervently for my messengers return, Ths
teet hanging over the edge 81 the falls. With
the water running through their toes they
curlty in strange contrast to the grim dramA
which Q few yards away was speeding so
A cheer from the islnnd announced the re-.
turn It JohnnG ie sirusEled through the
but empty handed, The customs officers had
refused to admit the Neg without the import
ION That awful tariff" Eroanoi the Presi-
don't 1T will kill mo vet"
II is real real meaH that's fart" exclaimed
and ever vote ior. = protective. i9rifr again. I
IN Mckindling- wOld Of II myself. ~ | get =
chance" snapped the President. :.
Here pay the duty and keep the change"
large bill on the outside Of NV toll.
-, Yes; let him keep r." satd the Presidents
After another long interval Of terrible sus-
pense.my % messenger bounded down the stairs
as he pitched his burden into tho water and
willingness to SEQ tho man - over now. as
soOn as convenient for all concerned. pokei
grasped Il with AN expression OF great satis-
faction But horror upon horrors there Tas
Eeg was tightly bunged.
Pull out the bung | scream9d
and foreflnger but could not start u.
Get me hammer" he called calmly,
] tipped Johnny another, quarter and sent
:,im into the city with dollar bill 10 huya
hammer. lie returned on the wings OF the
wind. flung the hammer 70 the President.
another Contingency presented itself to con-
Drink ~ Drink it!' / shouted.
:. The President locked at the keg ,dopbttully
said with his first display Of indecision n'N' i"
,hin We'll, a sp IT out then and lot US get ths
I've got train T. catch before long
. No. said the President. resolutely. on
Of wastcful extravagance Good beer should
not be wasted. would recommend that IL be
fore me- ? and Il the e pronent course Of EVENT..
may not be stayed in the mean time. I shall
'earles,ly abide the issue" and he gave the
key vigorous shove that sent 1t ploughinR
the water to my side.
stool treat on the .keG. to the great salts.
faction Of everybody. 1t was good article OF
book. and was pronounced a very appropriate
beverage for consumption on Goat Island.
The sii1; ,SS Of the Rresd.1 now
ieet Of the very brink Of the falls-in fact. two
Of his feet were ALREADY, over; That irresisti.
hevond the reach Of human aid Lemonade.
felt. he would refuse after having reject cd tho
beer. For tho second timo I poked the kea
overto him. II caught il and turned the hung
hole up. IL was small hole. but he tried to
crawl in. The crowd Of spectators became
wildly excited. Advice Of all kinds was freely
otferod. The President was rather bulky
man; to tell the truth. he was undeniahly fat,
and the general impression seemed to be that
there would not he room enough for him in
the keg even II he managed to crawl through
the bunRhole.
But couldn't he scrooch DOWN. aueried
gestlOn appealed 80 strongly to the crowd that
the President was vociferOusy advised to try
IT. lie failed. however. to settle the question
GstO whether he could or could not scroorh
down: by falling To get in whore scroOchiuR
would become advisable. Tho President was
loath to Admit that the hole was too small. hut
even ho had to give II up at last his unfortu-
nate abdominal prOtuberanry not allowing him
to get more than half way in.
What shall ! tell your folks ~ asked with
infinite compassion. a. lie allowed the use-
less key to slip from his grasp
Tell tho TRUTH he answered sternly. and
went down over the symbol Of good luck to
that disastrous fats to which somo uulucky
" he ought to have rrlwlcd into that hole
when he had IA chance" / heard ono man re-
mark a. climbed the stairs to the island.
Well, he tried TO-" his companion rcpliad,
and with this tribute to tho conscientious
efforts OF the President rinGin. in my ears T
retired to the Cave OF the Winds to ne!ItAte
and igure M how much my deviation TO the
President OF the International Cask hide COM
81 ny had cost me.