The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-01
A CONQUERING HERO
E. w. Goddard's Harvard Friend
Gave Him a Royal Greeting.
MET HIM WITH A BLARING BAND
Flabbergasted mt His Sur
prising Welcome.

1t Is = somewhat disconcerting for a
plain, unassuming Nrivate citizen, who
has never sought publicity, to be received
upon his arrival ina strange town with
all the marks of honor usually showered
upon visiting potentate; yet that Is the
experience that befell E. w. Goddard re-
Gently; and while .'Billy" himself is not
telling the story, his friends are and they
are having lots of fun out of it. to
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A few days ago Goddard took a run
down to Chicago to see if 1t was indeed
true that municipal corruption existed in
the Illinois village. as we'll as at home.
While there he received a telephone mes
sage from Billy Rollins, an old friend,
whose home is at Harvard, one of the
Chicago suburbs. and who asked Mr.. Cod
dard to come out and make his visit.
| :'All right, old man. Goddard respond
ed; 'T'll be out on the evening train.
Just ~ have the band out to meet me, will
Later the Minneapolitan boarded the
| train and started for his destination. In
| the buffet car he met some friends-four
of them, In fact-who were on their way
home, to Minneapolis. He expuressed
great grief at his inability to accom-
pany them all the way, but explained that
he was booked to play a one-night stand
at Harvard, with a gilt-edged guarantee
of a good time in prospect; and so would
be compelled to drop off the first time the
train stopped for. water. 's-->
| The quintet chatted for time, until
| the train began ITO slow up. Then,
through the open windows, came the
strains of familiar air. ''See the Con-
quering Hero Comes,'' blared the band.
Goddard looked frightened.
"What station is this?" he demanded oil
the porter.
"Hahva'd, sub, replied that function.
ary. ): 49, :
'I'm up against it," groaned Billy. 81
told that blanked Rollins to have a ban6
down at the station to meet me, an he's
Edone 1t. What do you think of me?"
I The crowd shook with daughter. Ther
a delegation OF distinguished citizens en-
tered the car and ,"Billy' was borne of
in triumph. He cast one long, linger
ing glance back, as he went; but decided
to stick it out.
Rollins stepped UP: to him with the mos
imposing show of Difference and intro
duced him to the crowd as the possesso
of staggering string of titles, invente,
for the occasion. i.~
You'll have to make a speech" sug
ogested Rollins, rather. audibly.
Speech! Speech" yelled the crowd
taking up the tip with supicious eager
ness. go 80
"Er-well-gentlemen," said Goddard
| SC1 dtCuiuS HIS utdu5 Luc ldCG Isl I've Jus
.. been UP against an Elks' fair and all
want is a rest
"Hurrah! Good" yelled the oddly re
sponsive crowd.
i 'Give us The Sailor Boy,'F''. suggeste
a heartless scapper An the throng.
But the guest Of honor drew the lin
at singing; SO the crowd formed In lin
and, with the band Of thirty pieces at th
: head, escorted him UP the middle of th
street to the Rollins domicile
The news of |Mr. Goddard's receptio
> somehow reached minneapolis before h
did. He returned Yesterday afternoo
and when asked about, the Harvard affal
exhibited a marked INCLINATION to tai
about the weather.
You could have knocked me over wit
a feather, was all he would say abo,
| his cordial, reception.