The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-11

breakfast
II shall be very glad to accept your
invitation, Myron,' replied the senator,
'.but I will not ride in that auto Of
yours"
"Why not"
II don't like them. They are unruly,
~unmanageable things, and you never
know when they slip a cog. Riding, l
like to see something alive in front Of
me, something that You IAN pet and
love and perhaps likes you. And you
know, Myron, a horse Is the most
faithful Of animals. Give a horse
right treatment, and he will Y go
back on you. But an auto-well, you
know you've had experience. How is
your sprained ankleY'
In the morning the green angel"
was waiting at the station, and it re-
quired Il great deal Of persuasion on
the part of Herrick to induce Hanna
to take the trip to Euclid heights in
the machine. Remember, Myron," he
said, ~ am only doing it to oblige you.
but it's against my pA%lnciples."
One Of the eason why he was per-
suaded was a promise that he would
have sausage, buckwheat cakes and
hash for breakfast, the things Hanna
dotted on for his early morning meal.
But in his eyes there was only one
hash maker, and her name was Mag
gle, the cook who prepared hash in
the Hanna home for nearly a score Of
years.
The last intelligent words spoken by
| Senator Hanna were pathetic in his at
| tempt to maintain to the last the hui
NOR which was characteristic of his
life.
A short time before he died he moved
his head slightly, and his eyes rolled a
little to the right and then to the left.
pated his want and, bending to the pa
tents ear, asked If he was looking for
his handkerchief.
II think my wife has my handker-
chief" the senator whispered.
Members Of the family, eager for any
sign of consciousness or recognition
which the senator might display, were
told Of the remark, and they at once
recognized it as one Of his favorite re-
joinders In good natured Testing, in
which MI. and Mrs. Hanna often in
dulged.'
It was the senator's custom when he
missed any personal article, especially
his handkerchief, to say, II expect my
wife has it."
Soon after McKinley's first Inaugural
ton two young, we'll dressed women
entered a crowded F street a in
Washington in which Senator Hanna
was seated. The younger Of the WON
en- whispered to the other:
"That great big man near the door IL
Senator Hanna"
give got my opinion Of a man sup
posed to be a gentleman who will keeI
his seat while women are hanging tt
straps" the other whispered back.
Presently another woman entered
She was old, rather shabby and with
tired, world worn face. Instantly Sen
ator Hanna got up and gave her hi
place.
"What Is your opinion of the senate
now?" whispered the younger woman.
And the other, approaching tn
situation, replied, with emphasis
"Changed."
!. Senator Hanna rarely attempted t
perpetrate a joke. One evening Tor
Johnson, who had just been electe
mayor of Cleveland, espied Senate
Hanna in a corridor Of the Waldorf
t Astoria hotel in New York. Thong
enemies politically, Hanna and join
son had long been warm persona
: friends, and as soon as johnson SAY
! his fellow townsman he rolled up t
him with the salutation:
: "Why, hello, Mark"
! "Hello, Tom! When did you get in?
yesterday; came in on a little quie
tour; been down to Bay Ridge to sc
my mother"
e 'ITow do you like your job as ma.
orr"
"First rate; first rate. All I have
g do is to talk"
''Then I know Of no better man II
e the office than yourself, Tom"
Various guesses have been made
the fortune left by Senator Ham
The most conservative are willing
name $15,OOO,OOO. This is a subjec
however, that the senator himself Wi
r not at all willing to discuss. y One da
a Cleveland newspaper nan who W,
on very close terms with him askt
It him point blank how much he WI
n worth.
"That, young man." he said, g
d something that l would not even t.
Is my wife,"
IF When Senator hanna was on his WI
n to Washington at one time he and son
d other travellers got out for an airing
Pittsburg and were left behind, havil