Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-04-04
ARP SEES ADMIRAL.
BILL Comes by Savannah on Return
from Florida.
GOT IN CRUSH ON THE STREETS
Arp and His Wife Saw Dewey and
Hear Cheering OF the Peo-
pie.

! fhh INTO the Dewey reception at Saw
annah. IL had not occurred to lis that
ms was any of our business. but al
WaycrosS and Iessup and all along the
| he line men and women were BOARDING
he car like there was a carnival ON
land and by the time we arrived We
'ouII hardly get INFO tho depot for the
people In the course Of time we gof
ne leayings of a dinner and took a ca.
'or the central depot. which was to b.,
our headquarters until Q n m. Fro,
here we radiated down toward tbe- Dn
SOTO. following the crowds that were
siaNItatlng that way. Seeing how they
we're maSSing on the broad sidewalk
luSt opposite the hotel my wife said
Let us stop here by this telegraph
pole II was Il fortunate selection TO.
wlth tne big pole behind her and thu
;urbstone before her she couldn't H..
crowded To any extent In half an
hour the crowd was immense and
would have moved her from her moor
| 'ngs but for the pole | braced her on
one si'ie with two solid feet and
| urn corporosity. Expansion was the
word and | expanded. All sorts and
sizes of colors Swarmcd around lEs. but
my wife stood solid to her post. An
/ other half hour passed but still there
was no Dewey sign, and began to
teel little tired in my legs and to
draw hong breath once or twice in n
while Sometimes Il would bend one
knee little for rest and then change
to the othcr. She street was kent clear
by the mounted police 50 that the mil
itary could have distance to march in
platoonS. but the military did not an.
pear. Another half hour passed ana
we heard the solemn beats OF a drum
Tar away, 80 | brdced mp my knees for
another effort. In the meantime fine
carriages adorned with flags and bunt-
ing and beautiful ladies and swell gen
tl"men passed and rcpasscd hut no sol
dlers ! was nearly ready to drop to
| the marble Tagging ON which we stood.
but my wife stood as firm To the tcle-
graph pole as Cassabianca did to the
mast. About this time a little heather
Chlnce appeared at the big plate glas.
bay window and the small boys cheereG
MN, FOR he was Dewey's pet that he
brought from Manila a lad about IL
years old and as good looking rs a Chi
nee ever gets TO be- My wife said that
was Il sign. a forerunner, and sure
enough Mrs. Dewey soon appeared and
parted the lace curtain and gaZed upon
ing tat way and my wife nudged me
with her elbow and said there she is
out she had disappeared and | saw an
other lady in another window drink
ing cup or tea. and remarked she Is
Older than | thOughf she was and moro.
thirsty, and was then infromed that
was looking at the wrong window
Stlll there was no sign that the show
was about 10 begin and drew another
IonS breath ana sighed. Cant you
stand II niue longer? said she II
am almost dead. said / Il wOull
give SIO to he out OF thit and sit down
S'"i "hero' ~ was thcn o'clock
we had stood there three solid hours
MY VIE e2deavcrcd to detract from
hyseIi 10 inc HagS and to the small
poys VINO had climbed 10 the cop!ng5
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