The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20

Jacob White has passed the allotted span
-, tbreescore and ten, but never a train
,lides into the trim station at Oyster Bay
chat does not find him holding up his finger
,,itb the rest OF the hackmen around the
oar steps.
With an alertness that bellies his vener-
able ASPECT, he leads his captives from the
train to his carry-all. To have picked
Jacob Al their coachman makes them lucky
captives II they are bound for Sycamore
H;l, whore President Roosevelt has his
summer homo, for jacob b the only hack
man who may drive sightseers past the
6eoret Service men into tho Roosevelt
grounds.
The President has given Jacob this spe-
ctal privilege, because. when . small boy
1t Oyster Bay, he used to hobnob With him'
The President Hines 10 recall those times
and whom Jacobs white whiskers appear
On Sycamore Hill, a. they do almost every
dav. there u . hearty greeting between
che two.
K bad q couple O. big politicians settin'
m a while ago. Jacob remarked, a. ne
hlapped ths rsins, on recent drive through
the woods up tho hill. when was takln
Them up 10 seo the President they tola
me they might b with him couple o!
hours, This bein' . pretty long wait' l
Hruv down to the stable to water my
horse after had left sm on the porch.
well, sir, ( SEQ them out there again
n about fifteen minutes. It hadn't taken
Tho President quite 20 long to despatch
their business Al they had thought 1t would.
He give them each q pretty briet hand-
shake.
l.Thsn he makes me out, and comes
stridin' down the path Ike an automooiie
10 shake with mo. You should seen
them politicians look.
!. Say, Jacob says one o them' al'ee
Ne had got q little piece down the road,
you seem to have pretty strong pun
with this Administration. l wish mine
was "A rood. 1t would be worth gooo
deal to US, wouldn't It, he went on to say
nnduin' the other, to have Teddy 60 that
Yar ;ust TO wish us the top o the morninf
His friend said nothin', but he smiled
and pulled on his cigar In KNOWN sor'
Of way.
But It didn't seem much to me, aiter
ali, The President Is just the same az
he always was and him and me hash
failed fur years to call out to each other
when we pass on the road.
"A gentleman and lady got on the train
tn, other mornin', and, lookin over the
heads O. the boys that was pesterin them
thew caught sight O me. l guess my
stendv look was what took EN-. l don
smash rigs, as them boys is apt to do. and
I can tell visitors somethin' about thf
President and the town. Anyway. these
two come over to me and wanted to De
taken up to see the Presidents place.
81 when we come out O the woods near
kbe house the lady admired the big porches
yand the lawns slopin' down on all SIDES
and the view O. the bay over the treeteps'
and said it was grand place fur home.
lt,t I do so want to see the President
she kept repeatin
- That's right said the gentleman
You've got to show him TO us. driver. WE
come all the way from California ana "nel
We get back we want to be able to say una
we've seen the great and only Teddy in hi:
native ha'nts.'
II told him he'd be lucky if he got ever
s. far as inside the grounds; but when We
como to the Service man he let us pass
sesin' it was me- This tickled the lady
ono o. them pretty, enthusiastic young
things that make you do your best to pleas'
'e,n, even if you do happen to be past 10.
And now i'll could only catch sight o
the President. or even some o the 1amily'
she exclaimed.
L kept mum, but see there was gam'
go;n' on down on the tennis court so
druy round that way. The LADY wa
leanin ont Of the wagon by this time
"'Is that him? Ia that him. she asked
.ycited. in voice plenty loud enough III
him to hear.
II was lust telling her not to talk 80 loud
when the President, who was about TO serv
n hail to Teddy Junior, looked round.
AWhy. hulIo, Jacob he called out
waNin' his bat at me.
THE lady drew herself back pretty quick
but Won ought TO have seen the sparkle il
her ewes
Al learn from the President o the tnite'
States that your names Jacob, the genhe
man remarked to me after we hao uru
on a little way. We'll, Jacob, we don
tell everybody; in fact. We try TO Keep
dark. but we'll he proud to have man o
your standin' with the Government know
that we re on our weddin' journey "ev
seen n good many interestin' sights durr
the last two weeks, but the best OF all ma
been the President o the uMted state
waitzin' round tennis court Why we
b., able to toll that to our grandchildren
Won't We. Alice? You're responsible FUR II
Jacob. and I'm goin' to make you It'll
present
"He pulled ont roll and peeled of five
dollar BILL which he handed me, sayin
would he in addition to my regular fare.
"That five was satisfaction, OF course
but what made me feel extra good was tn
pleased look on that girls pretty race
When set EN- down at the hotel fur Dime
she held out her hand and said to me:
II want to thank you, Mr.-Mr. -Jacot
We've had just perfect ride
Il took party up the hill not long ag
that was Just as keen as this young coupl
was about catchin' sight o the President
They kept twistin their necks this way an
that, as If they thought mebbe he nigh
lump out from behind tree.
But, sure enough, he did come swingir
down the road on horseback. They wa
all excitement. When he was passin' h
makes bow and calls out; Good mornin
Who was he bowin' top Who was
bowin' tor they begun to ask each othe