The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-01

lie walked signify III duNdHtc "a MN
las, about ten PAGES from the fence, ana
with the deliberation of man walking
a tghtrope Not branch. leaf, trunk
OF tree, nor a Granny in the fence could
have escaped the scrutiny Of master ana
man so intent were they. We saw no
game on our side as we followed, put
there might have been much that we fall-
ed to see. we were 50 interested in the
chief magistrate. Captain Mahar' thoush
he had no such reason to be as l had
was fully as feverishly expectant. we
would give anything to see the Presl-
dent bowl over a squirrel Down near
the far corner we were rewarded. We
heard the chatter Of the victim from our
side. We stood still. Nicholas dropped
behind the distinguished sportsman who
advanced with increased stealth. The
chattering increased and then two Dig
gray fellows jumped TO the top rail- OF
the fence hardly twenty feet in ad-
vance OF the President and ran like greas-
ed lightning towards the corner inter-
section Of rails. But the President was
quicker than they and let go both BAR
rels i'm rapid succession. one was true
shot and as the blue smoke curled away
Nicholas ran forward, climbed the fence
and held aloft by the tail a squirrel OF
enormous size.
We could not see at the distance how
much exultation the Presidential coun-
tenance displayed but II was good shol
and the expression must have been there.
Mahar who is an ardent Democrat ana
devotee of Mr.. Cleveland could not re-
strain his enthusiasm. lie shouted
Good Good shot, and Mr.. Cleveland
waved his hand I'm our direction in ac-
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Had he felt any pique
at our near presence the fact that we
had seen his capital show Of marksman-
ship must have dispelled IT. We were
delighted We had seen the President
Kill a squirrel
The President watched for some 1T
tla time for the OH er fellow TO reappear
but il was useless and then We were
treated TO a sight OF the Presidential me-
thod Of climbing n fence which / have
before described. 1t was feature or our
expedition. We pretended TO be busy
with Mahar's gun while the climbing
went on but we saw il all. Going through
the wood beyond the stubble We lost
sight of the President. We could not
stay near him there without seeming inn
pertinent and were discreet. We heard
his gun once but don't know whether ne
killed or missed In the wood drew first
blood for our party by knocking over
cbip-monk. an unusual thing as / after
wards learned at the roadhouse, Tor emp
monks hibernate earlier than the squli-
rels and are seldom seen abroad IN the
latitude of Washington after the nrst
of November on the fence at the far
side OF the wood Mahar bowled over
gray seemingly as large as the Presidents
and l disgraced myself by missing one
which of course I know was larger than
either As we emerged in the pasture
beyond we saw the President again hunt-
ing along the far side. BY judiciousiy
hunting along the right stone wall we got
near him and saw him Kill two Iairiy
grown grays each with single barrel.
lust as our paths were about 10 converge
Mahar killed another In the meantime
! DISTINGUISHED myself i'm a manner that
removed all envy from my breast Inc
president shot Twice at a big gray just
bevond the corner of the wall ana
missed The squirrel came along the
wall right in my direction at lightning
speed. having jumped the cornsr on
cut at a single bound. ! let him have IL
lust as ! thought he was jumping INTO
the Under brush and At fret thought
/ had lost him. But-great lucH'-l found
him stone dead on the other SIDE. nave
the brush of that Presidential nasco py
me as / write for inspiration. The rest
of MIN made the most extraordinary
good squirrel sauce l ever ate.
After that l was so elated i did not
care whether j saw the President XII
any more or not. We followed IN MS
wake down hill toward Rock Greek but
although we heard his gun several times
we were not near enough TO tell whether
he killed or not. At one o'clock ne quit
and we saw the chief magistrate trudge
along the road TO Woodley just as any
ordinary sportsman would. Even then
after a hard jaunt over rough country,
fences and all, his step was springy ana
elastic and those newspaper correspon'
dents who have been in the habit OF writ
ing of him as an invalid would nave re-
garded il as revelation. Then we found
orr way to the road house and a wei
earned luncheon.
Within few years all the country over
which we shot Is likely 10 be Transformed
into q National Park and il would be
nitv If such a beautiful reservation should
be disposed OF for any other purpose.
If Mr.. Cleveland has as his enemies
say. performed no other services Tor
his country he has by choosing Noodley
as his home called attention 10 charm
inc locality contiguous to the Capitol
which would have remained comparative
" unknown but for the Presidential taste
in Dianting turnips and cabbages in the
spring. and in shooting squirrels IN lhe
autumn. Future Presidents will probably
have TO seek their squirrel shooting else
where.
II. y. Peck, Of Ansonia, Conn, has an
orange which adorned the bar quet table
ON his wedding-day, twenty-one years