The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-07-09
MR.. MARYE'S LETTER.
He Touches on Politics Again Writes
OF Some Famous Horseback Rides
The Man With the Tile, Etc.

J The Man With tho Tile, Etc.
Washington. d, c July 1, 1904,
I TO The Free Lance;
Az was going on to say about horses
when | was interrupted by Roosevelt
and am now interrupted by fire crackers
(sinG red dinterIuptions) am forced, to re-
serve my remarRp ain not done with
horses, ~ you will lind.
/ should like, this morning, to merely
allude 90 three horseback rides. What a
ride those three Revolutionary worthless
| Washington, Henry and Wythe, had
from Mt. Vernon To Philadelphia, when
they Het out To constitute the 4 tn OF July
| would have willingly fed and curried
their horser 20 have ridden along with
them and heard them talk. As you
would Justly observe, that was talk
hey worked good work, when all ie
told.
We have the best and most generous
institutions. notwithstanding what New
England cant and intermeddling have
entaiI,d Millions Of hardly driven peO-
/ pie have found release and rest in the
intel Sta,es. The South, with its
homogeneous people; It's freedom from
iDidelity and divorce; and it's sdistaste for
! long haired men and short haired wo.
men, haa, humanity HpeRbing, the elements
of perpetuity. The hardly disguised
malice Ui the innuendo in the Republican
, platform il q brutum iulmen. Congress
and the Supreme Court are for the uti
/ possidetis Teddy and Lodge have bit
/ ten of more than they can chew; and
cant hurt w. q am told upon the best
authority that Lodge has no real weight
| in the inner circle on the llill-they put
him UP, and tell him to make speechesl }
and 80 you can honestly give the boys
| fire crackers. cobfound 'em! (rhey have
made me lose all of my religion. since
sat at this window , Another horseback
ride. which had been wonderful A ride
with Shakespeare home. lia biOgrapherr
tell us he had known:
1.-The whips and scorns of time,
The oppressOr's wrong, the proud man Z
contumely.
1.-The pangs of disprized love"
The breath of prAire no longer quicken
ed bis pulse. He yenrned for the breath
Ol lUtfnHt DTfhAnlnR lhRih W. Nh'
ne5a Of the dew upon the grass, the sun
light and shade upon the hillside. the
waSing and waning glory Of the woods,
the singing Of birds, the laughter OF chill.
dren-And the ingleside when the shad
oWs tell. What ride that war
A final horseback ride-with Julius
Caesar. You remember, the Senate was
afraid 90 have him come To town" And
so two hundred Optimatea iOurneyed
down to Lucca, scared out of Their
worthless wits, to ask him his honest
opinion Of rats. He told them that all
I Gnul WINS divided into three parts, and
ad Used them to get home before 10 rain
ed lie then mounted his horse.
CA horseback ride with Washington
Shakespeare and Caesar A midsummer
day dream, and worth the while)
Per contra Let me conclude by illus
trating a modern politician. There wss
out in Little Rocky a fnssy, assertiye,
heady fellow that made you mighty tired
Wherever men would get together he
would butt 10 and usurp the talk. lie
always wore glossy garments and tall
hat. Driven to desperation, his friends
conspired against him. They stationed
themselves. one by one, all about town.
One followed him into store, and when
he had put his tile upon the counter 90
wine his brow, the weather being sultry,
he clipped thin slice OF Limburger cheese
under the lining As the man OF views
aud things passed along the street he
would be greeted with startled questions
about his health, His extreme palor and
culinr glare were emphasized for al
least a mile Growing aGirated and
alarmed, he FASTENED home and told his
wife he was feeling queer and was afraid
he might be upon the verge OF illness
(Ilis hat he had placed upon n stand be
side the bed. upon which he had flung
himself The warmth had heRrtened up
the I.imburger until It had grown gamey
| His good wife confirmed his worst fears
and urged him 20 send at once for the
doctor. Size then began TO cry, at the
! same time telling him she had always
tried 20 be good wife to him, and that
she trusted she would find forgiveness Il
it was wicked to hope that, il his disease
WAS to continue its aromatic symptoms
the seizure might not be long one, She
counseled the consultations Of clergy
man in her stricken splrits. He replied
that he had always tried to do by him
self as he would have others do by him
/ but as he might have possibly made q
mistake somewhere, il might perhaps dc
no harm TO have preacher drop in tc
take account OF stock. A. ). Marye.
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