The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-09-15
PONY AS A BRIBE
how senator's Nephew Was
Cured Of a Bad Habit.
4 Senate Page whe Has a Bright Future
The BoyhoOd Days OF a Clever
Journaiist-An Iowa Boys
Ambitious Desires.
Especial Washington ,Letter.l

Here Is a story about lucky little
bov. Henderson Strayvn is the six
sear-old nephew of Senator Mander
con, of Nebraska, and until recently
srss addicted to the habit. which so
snany small boys have, of biting his
Rager nails. The senator is very fond
nf little ManderSou, and is also very
anxious that he shall become q Young
pentIeu1an with no bad habits. On one
pf his frequent. visits to'the home OF his
nephew the senator noticed that the
hoy was given 10 this unfortunate hab-
It. 1t was nos the fault OF his parents
that he did it. FOR they hadendeaVored
by all means TO break him Of the Prac-
kice. Finally the senator, who be-
Iieved that he could stop it. found
plan which worked admirably. It was
when he was leaving here for Nebraska
.fter the extra session of the Fifty
third congress that the senator made
the proposition tc che little fellow that
If he would break himself Of the nail
biting habit he should be rewarded.
with little pony.
At first little Henderson would not
believe that the senator was sincere in
his promise. and declared that ne would
probably only get cheap wooden toy,
instead of real live pony But at
last he was prevailed upon by persua~
sion and promise to quit the silly hab-
il. When his mother found that her
little boy had really given it up, she
sat down and wrote long letter to the
senator who was then in Nebraska,
telling how good ManderSon had been,
and stating that he had at last given
I'D biting his finger nails, and also that
the receipt of the promised pony would
be il order.
There were several weeks Of tiresome
waiting and little MandersOn was
about to give up IN despair of ever re-
ceiving his horse, bat the senator kept
his promise and sure enough one morn
ing the bows father received a letter
stating that There is a Shetland pony
to the credit of Henderson Strawn at
the PENNSYLVANIA station and awaiting
your disposal" To say that there was
10y IN the Strawn family would be put
ting il mildly. Manderson and Mar
and their father and mother were
equally well pleased, for they highly
appreciated the generosity Of Senator
Manderson.
Little Henderson lives on Capitol
Hill and back Of his house there is
quite q large and beautiful yard, in
one corner Of which Mr.. Strawn has
built small frame stable, and in this
Manderson's pony is housed. At first
the little animal was frisky and wild,
but after a few weeks of training on
the streets of the national capital, Bes-
sic, the pony, became subdued and is
now as quiet and safe as any old coun-
try horse. Bessie is a beautiful dark
gray little creature with long mane
and tail. After she had become per
fectly tame and docile, Mr. Strawn pur-
chased small yellow phaeton and
nearly every evening Manderson may
be seen driving about the streets of
Washington with his father or mother
at his side to see that no harm befalls
him.
Bessie is not Lonesome here, for in
the large yard back Of the house little
Manderson has veritable stock farm
He has large and beautiful setter
dog which he prizes very highly, and
Manderson always takes him out to
exercise when he goes walking with
his father. Besides these pets the boy
has few pretty bantam chickens and
The enjoys himself every day feeding
and attending TO them. He is a very
fortunate little boy in being able to
possess SO many beautiful and desir-
able live animals for pets. But Of all
lhis possessions he prizes most his little
pony, Bessie. for which he is indebted
TO his uncle, Senator Manderson.
Neither love nor money could induce I
him to give up this pet which he oh