The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-01
food. This genial antedIluvian however,

food. This genial antedIluvian however,
knew the way 20 Woodley and az he
assured Captain Mahar who accompan-
led me. that his horeses would survive
the nearly four miles journey out to the
Presidents country place we were salts
fed.
81 'spect dc president will be out gun
min fer EN- t'day,' said he when ne
learned that we were not going shoot
ing just merely for the squirrels. DIS
Is list de sawt oh day. sab, dey allwis
choosed down Charlottesville way where
] comes from. sab. Squirrels Is hard 10
git when de sun shines bright and DC
wind blows. sab"
! knew enough about squirrel shoot
ing to appreciate the truth or the Cd
scrvation. 1t was an ideal day for SOUR
rcls. Cloudy ana harily breath OF ar
stirring 10 move the autumn foliage ana
so interfere with good sight OF inc
elusive little rodents. Our hopes or see
ing the President at his favorite autumn
snort grew brighter and brighter. IL II
NOT nrobabic that in selecting Woodiey
az hfs suburban home President CleNe-
land had any thought OF the iaclhues
II offered for squirrel shooting but nau
he purchased 70 with that one ldea III
view he could hardly have done better
>rbe road lies northward from the White
House
through a rising country with Meridian
Tful forming the sky line I'm the distance
Eovond Meridian Hin there Is an at
tractiye stretch Of rich looking country
rolling gently 10 the southwest ana II -
on one Of the most seductive ana secluJ-
ed roads i'm that section that Woodiey -
located II Is a home That Would not
seem cxtravagant for any prosperous
tradesman in a small rural district Inc
grounds which are not above Twelve
acres i'm extent are not extensively Kept
though they are neat and show some
care. As we drove up. a slight mist hung
over the place and road but not enough
TO prevent our gaining good view OF the
prenises A single gardener was lalily
ra<ing up and carting away in Wheei-
barrow the autumn leaves near the gate
our colored Jchu pulled up his paleonto-
logical team at my suggestion and j hail-
ed 10 the gardener with "Ilellol Presl-
dent out shooting to-day?'
| put as much idle curiosity in my
voice as l could efor / did not care to
have IT known in the neighborhood that
/ had other than the most casual interest
in the Presidents doings and did want
il believed that / was simply a sportsman
I'm search Of sport and that cared not
little hang for Mr. Cleveland's goings or
comings
The gardener seeing our guns ana
sportsman's garments apparently took
that view Of us for he answered WIFI
out hesitation;
'Yaas. He goes out pretty near every
mornin.' started morn an hour ago. IL
was then but nine o'clock so II seems
the President Is as early at his snoring
as from all accounts he is at his hshlns
down at Buzzards Bay
(Which way has he gomez inquired
Captain Mahar. inspired by the lack or
reserve in the man.
"Well he generally starts IN up back
OF the house and / guess he's there
now fer / heard gun up there rev
minutes ago" Then we drove on 10
a road house a half mile beyond where
Captain Mahar knew our Noah could
obtain stabhng for tho bony propellers
of his ark short distance TO the
southwestward from Woodiey one ar
rives at a point as picturesque as IL Is
possible TO imagine in the way OF rus
tic landscape Rock Creek winds its way
between hills for many miles 10 Join the
waters Of the Potomac. After leaving
our AK at the road house. adjusting our
game bags and distributing our sheis
i'm the pockets Of our jackets we started
across country TO come upon the chleI
MAGISTRATE at his sport by circultous
route.
did not care to inconvenience or an