The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-20
AWAY FROM WORRIES
How the President Gets Relax
alton i'm Summer.
FISHES. GUT CUTS no BAIT.
Grover. ssBud,- wright, Mrs Cicvc-
land, tho Babies and the Help
safe From Intrusion
Iawa &c -.

t+41 *EAs4Afs& EtssNE&EaAU4 OK sa~ c144ElhEE 60
Nur~TinE themselves into = fever p5tr1
cf excitement over the probable ostcore
q fae presidential cAsngsalEa there = ons
man. AM Be = the pTe<sS<nt 81 the IEis-
81 states, who dc@sn't sa0E TIE .easS
Sign " sorry or excitement For al t1a-
Z = whispered ahols ia this tiny tosz
tpaf he is Worried. bat these whispers aF>
not based upon ceflalte knowledge NJ.
steFslaA5 has no con6aants here The
natives. II they tried hard enough. might
discover Tie trend u the presidents mind.
nuf they have only passive interest ~
the Cleveland family. Some OF the locstl
political shaTps who lounge about the lit
tie postoffies porch have been beard 10
wonder "whether Cleveland will vote for
Bryan ard swallow free silver or ''Snsth-
e. he'ii drop In a ballot for Mckinney or
whether he Toa't vote a. all" After vose-
INK these wonders the political knowledge
OF the town - a. a stan4stiil.
Tie sleepy g0Ssspsrs are aroused every
few days BY ths news thai some poliU-
clan sot OF the train at the station anl
inquired about the quickest roate 10 Gray
Gables Then the station men have been
given quiet tip from Gray Gables 20
always advise intending callers at tbs
Presidents house 10 telephone and n1axs
an appointment. Thea when the travel
er telephones the voice az the Gray Ca
hles erd 81 tho wire says The president
- ftAg NStt1s b4A EkGEF business HlAAeS
y impossible 70 see you" This message
has been sent 40 often over the telephone
that photograph could do the work
quite effectively. on rare occasions when
some one reaches the station whom the
president wants TO see the railroad people
are always notified OF the fact in advance.
When no notification IL on hand they know
that the newcomer must be given the
marble heart" otherwise the telephone.
Unlimited seciusion.
Mr.. Cleveland purchased Gray Gables
and the land around IL for the particular
purpose OF shutting himself of from the
rest OF the world for three months in the
year. and he succeeds II Is well under
stood that no one Ia 70 call upon him or
Mrs Cleveland unless previously invited.
Within fse or six miles OF the house are
the country homes Of numerous friends
OF the family. the Appletens and Jeffer-
sons, Of New York; the Parklnsons. Hard
ings and Willlamses. Of Boston. but none
OF these break the long established rule
with the exception OF Joe Jefferson. who
II always welcomed. and he comes 10 see
Mrs. Cleveland and the three little girls
whenever he drives that way.
Mr.. Cieveiands life here would be mon
otonously wearisome 70 most men. For
a week al q time he does not Sesany one
except his family and his house servants.
of the latter there are quite number.
There are TWO nurses and a zoverneSS for
the children. There IL the eolo-ed steward.
William Sinclair. who purchases all the
supplies for tho house and manages things
generally There Is a coachman and a
butler. the latter a young ooloFed man.
Then there f. a colored cook. iaundress.
an upstairs girl and Mrs. CaevelaDd's maid
Two farm hands are also employed. and
last but not least. there Is Bud Wright
and his wife, who take care OF the place
all the year round.
A Notable Parsonage
Bud Is certainly the most important
person about the place. Ii Is he who goes
fishing with the president every day: he
digs the bait, sails the cathoat Ruth.
manages the engines In the launch Es-
Their. or rows the president about on the
Two Sisters. He knows every square foot
OF the broad water running out from the
hay for twenty miles Ia any direction.
and the exact SPOT TO anchor for the par
tirular kind OF fish the president may be
after He ia . curious man. with a high
idea OF the equal rights OF good American
citizens He talks With tSaug that
would pat a bsnje 20 shame. and he al
ways carries with him stock ar funny
stories most OF them moss grown with
age and anoat as mirthful as the Puritans
who originated them. These he doles out
- Mr. Cleveland with charming freedom.
The president practically lives OUT Of
doors. He is up In the morning al 9
o'clock. and oftentlmes breakfasts before
ths rcst OF the family are OUT OF bed.
He shaVek himself every morning. and
his hand IS as steady as a rock. Gener-
snv 81 x ready TO start on his fishing
teio a. I'm O'Clock II The weather IS
favorable he sails n the Ruth. as be pre-
fsrs the excitement Of the catooaf % the
steady work Of the launch. susie, the
look. has = modest lunch pat Up. Bud
has A Sin can Fun OF eAit, and the poles
ana lines arranged. and the start - made
from the roatlnE deck. ffty yards away
from the house. withoat delay.
eo-as-You-Please Clothes.
ON these ;rips the president looks any
t,,inr bat a dude. lie wears soft hat
vhirn the sun and salt water have colored
ike snhauei rainbow. spots and 5letches
u~edsrrgnaHaw He wears an outing
safrt a nalv ~ baggy serge trousers ara
"a serge sack scat. spotted and stained IKE
use nat. When the SPORT - exceptionally
.-..ol a.. sfoes not return anti or o. clock
IA the affernooa. Generally ne sails bach
fo- 8frrnr az : O'Clock. and % read the
resrrslna.S raau and communications from
Wash4nstan C3tv. Then he starts back
arsg. IA fhe afternoon for three hours e.
snort There ts sno..l mail IL The af5e--
noon. auf this ne reads on hts return be-
fore suppef.
one aav at GRAY Gables Is much like
che others Sometimes be drives into
pnrzarsl'n hay with Mrs Cleveland, Ruth
aeA rnther for abe afternoon mail This
a. m)vravs waiting for him at tho pcstof-
ara in 4 brown leather bag BEARING The
t,fttafa a. G in silver. The bag = tossed
into the carriage and the return drive Is
begun. after stop of only few seconds
The Dead Line.
-,Nts u.tle town "a situated az the e1-
IRENE eastern er3 81 the hay, add Gray
tssh3ss IS al the western end. three miles
aa-av. over q read deep IN sana- A lttie
sre.horse railroad rz3Hs from the toE0 20
Nfar,,rsert Reach ssEat miles Away. ana
tsbs Rad passes close 20 GRAY Gaaies-
There Is 4 sfnv. paEcAs-gke station hlilt
rear che presidents bore. sud She tncr
safv trains 80 throlEh The fornasittv az
staprfns- thers, atthouKh Passengers se4-
con aHeat They know that Il is irceos-
shie e. Eet uear she house, The 'de@8
u~es s vigorously enforced BY two ee,re'
servfee agents ore q Naosa IS on guard
a. tha asv and rHe ether az rsEht- This
ffes e. srawn arross a naEroW strip 90
isnF wsth a rnarsa On Gre SIDE ana water
,.e sha othsr. IglEE cs1sf3e ~ the lire are
.e., esan}es. ant furs ber 90 IS fhe 1csSc
WIRE FAe WreAts ar$ TIE house sew
as s5eFr.
VISITORS have p;erty g PIE n-narv
warrIsEs aas 20 aneruszca fos rear che
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