The Washington times., 1894-06-17
COL. BRECKINRIDGE'S CALLER.
The House Doorkceper Was Greatly Non.
plussed by the Pcrtinacity of
Comeiy Octoroon Girl.

Col. Breckinridge had a caller at the House
of Representatives on Friday afternoon. She
was a young octoroon, plump and pleasing in
appearance.
is Col. Breckinridge in?' was asked by
this young lady, of a doorkeeper at one OF the
entrances to the lobby.
let me have your card. please" replied
the polite guardian OF the entrance.
"Oh. l haven't u card. Please tell him
Want 10 see him
With his mission TO perform the doorkeeper
was ronplussed. He didn't know who ''I''
was, and he began 10 stammer out an inquiry
OF the name OF the damsel OF dark hue wbeu
the latter exclaimed "0h never mind -
and stood gazing with interested LOOK down
the lons LOBBY.
The doorkeeper turned to see what al
tracied tine glance OF the young lady. HEl no
ticed the venerable and pa;riaTchal form OF
Col. Breckinridce. of Kentucky. maHing
heSdway in his direction. 1hc head OF tine
Gevoui-loo,in.S colonel wGs bowed us il in
meditation. When he reached the inner door
be saw the young woman standing in the
corridor. and upon rociimbing thef flight of
stairs TINT lead to the basement. he was seen
TO give his right hand three motions. which
appeared 20 sigma! the order "go ahead TO
tns young woman. though tine colones face
was rs near tN'iTheslOllb>S as aIS mODile
countenaEce could bc.
Whatever the three waves of the hand
meant ne natty maiden turned on her hee!
aud disappeared GowE the corridor The
colonel, still in meditative mood. descended
the stair case. Tie gallant Kentuckian can 20
no place in these days without being the snu-
iect 0i great deal OF attention. An adGed
interest has been given bis venerable figure
evere since il was depicted in thousands of
Nh fin a,
the efforts of Miss Pollard. There nte always
good .laDy people standing about the cor
ridors OF the Capitol who have nothing TO do
cycri,I 10 use their ewes
There were several such individuals around
when the colonel received his caller. and
when later he gave the three little motions
with mis- hand. They hadn't anv business to
pay any attention TO the incident but they
did. OF course, it is quite common for Com
gressnen TO ser constituents oi both sexes
AID OF nearly all coiorS OF the rainbOw-eysn
biue-nosed constituents come around now
ami then. The Oniy peculiar thing about the
colonels reception o! his caller was the fat
OF the little waves of his hand aud his descent
to tho basement while she HE'D away down
the corridor.
'.i wonder If they are going to meet down
stl!rs:' nuscd one OF the do-nothing busy
bodies whu shouida have though; ANYTHING
about i. Then inJu.sitveness got the better
OF the lounger anG he remarked to some one
ar his side, by Gadi IL sect
i few minutes after the Kentuckian had
disappeared down the staircase the inqu;si-
tive man followed in bis wake. and waiking,
through one of the narrow passages OF the
basement ne beheld the colonel ard his dark
hued constituent conversinC earnestly. The
co!one! seemed TO he protesting that he
couldn't grant the appeal of the caller. and
in \ quiet way there was q controversy in
rrogress. Finally the young woman seemed
and started OF toward the basement
door leading out to the south front of the
Capitol Evidently the colonel had left the
House with the intention of going home
Whatever his intention had been. the fact
was clear to the eyes of the inqusitive man
that he went the same way, about five feet in
the rear OF his constituent