The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-03

oH our return trip fToi0 / itEita NC (
ran into the Dewey reception ~ III |
Vannah. j had not occurred 10 IL |
that this was any Of Our business. but |
II Walcro~s and Jesup and All along
the line men AMI women We're board !
in@ the car Ike there WAS a carnival
on hand and by lin. time Ne arrived
we could hardly get into the depot for
the people. Tn the course OF time NJ
GOT the leaying> OF a dinner and took
i car fOr the Central depot. which !
NaS to be our headquarters until . =.
n. From there we radiatcd down to
Ward the De SOTO, following the
crowds that were grayitating that
way. Seeing how they were massing
on the broad sidewalk Just opposite
the hotel my Wife said: Let Us stop
here by this telegraph pole" It was
fortunate selection. for with the big
pole behind her and the curbstone be
fore her She couldn't be crowded 10
any extent. In half an hour the crowd
VAS immense and would have moved
her from her moorings but for the
pole | braced her on ore side with
two solid feet and firm corporoSity.
Expansion WAS the word and | eN-
panded. All sorts and sizes and col
ors swalIned around rs, but my wifc
stood solid to her post. Another Ialt
hour passed. but still there Mas no
Dewey sign and began TO feel little
tired iii my legs. and to draw long
breath once or twice in while.
Sometimes I would bend one knee =
Iittlc for a rest and then change to
the other. The street WAS kept clear
by the mounted police. 50 that III"
military could have distance 10 march
III platoons. but the military did not
| appear Another half hour passed
| and we heard the solemn beats Of
| drum far away. SO / braced up my
| knees for another effort. In the
/ meantime fine carriages adorned with
| flags and bunting and beautiful ladies
| and swell gentlemen passed and re-
| passed bat no soldiers. ! WAS nearly
| ready to drop to tie marble flagstonc
| on which We stood, but my wife stood
as firm to the telegraph pole as Cas-
| eabianca did 10 the mast About this
+, time a little hcathen Chinee appeared
al the big plate glass bay window and
| the small boys chcered him, for he
| was Dewcy's pet that he brought from
/ Nanila-a lad about twelve Years Old
| and as GOOD looking as q Chinee ever
| ret1 10 be Nv Wife said that Was 4
/ sign q fOrcrunner, and sure enough
| Mrs. Dewey soon appeared and parted
/ theN lace curtain and oaZed upon the
| crowd and smiled | was not looking
| that wav and my wife nud0ed me
| with her elbow and said there she was.
| but she had disappeared and ! saw
| another lady in another window
| drin king q cup OF tea. and remarked.
| she is Older th;,n | thought she WAS
| and more thirsty" and was then in
! formed that | was looking at the
| wrong window. Still there was no
| SION that the show was about to begin
| and ] drew another long breath and
| sighed, Cant You stand it a little
| IonGer?" said she Il am almost dead,
| said l. Il would give $40 to be ont Of
this and sit down somewhere. #
| MS then O'Clock and we had stood
there three solid hours. Ny wife en-
deavOred TO distract my attention
| from myself to the flags and TO the
| small boys who had climbed to the
copinos Of the windows and UP III the
| trees, but | felt like | was at 4 fun
cral and | was the corpse in the cof
in At last at last Mrs. Dewey came
again to the window and removed the
| lace curtains. and the Admiral came
with her and waved his hand to the
outsidc multitude, and everybody
| shouted. The important crisis which
were TO haze arriven had arroven.
There was the great Admiral in full
| re4alia and there was his wife. r&di-
ant and smiling dressed in q silver
satin waist thar was modcStly loW cut
| III the brcastWOrks. ard my wife could
, see diamonds sparkling and Jewels
| shining from her hair to her waist.
| bat ! couldn't. for the window was
not raised and all that we saw was
through d glass darkly. and my eyes
were never strained much by dia
| nonds The Admiral was sick and
tie doctors said the air must not blow
or him. About this time the thrilling
| notes Of the brass band came over the
| east wind and checred the multitude
| and my wife nudeed me again and
| said. isn't that beautiful" "Toler-
able said |. for my knees were in Il
| tremble and | was considering how
| could stand up amy longer. ] had not
realized the difference i'll our ages un-
I'll then. nor how il -ras possible for
Eer TO Outstand me- but She never f@t-
tered for a moment, nor complained
Of anything. She came there % see
and she saw.
Well the military followed the
band, and that took another half an
hour. for there were thirty companies.
including infantry and the marines
| and the cadets and the artillery and
| the cavalry and so forth | suppose
the artillery are the fellows that
| made the D2lpch that made the Al
miral so sick. The artillery was
drawn by the biggest mules | ever
! saw. and on each mule Was a big dar-
key, and the guns were little long
things about as big az my arln-loo!l-
Cd like TOYS compared with lie guns
we had in the Civil War. | still do not
understand What they want with such
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