The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-30
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! for a great deal. Then we went In q
launch to tta exposition where ! had
| the usual experience in such case',
made the usual speech, held the usual
reception, went to the usual lunch,
etc, etc
! In the evening mother and / got on
| The Sylpn and went to Norfolk to
dine When the Syaph landed we were
met w General Grant to convoy US t.
the house. Wis finishing dressing
! and mother went out into the cabin
and sat down TO receive him. In a
minute or two came out and began
to hunt for my hat. Mother sat very
erect and pretty, looking al my efforts
With a tolerance that gradually
changed to Impotence. Finally she
arose to get her own cloak, and then
! ] found that she had been sitting
| gracefully but firmly on the hat her
seli-it was crush hat and 1t had
been flatened until it looked like I
wriRkled pie. Mother did not see
what she had done II speecnlesely
1tia7lst the hat toward her; but she
still did not understand and took. it as
an inexplicabIe jest of mine merely
edyng, "Yes, dear" and with patienl
{, dignity, turned and went out OF the
door with General Grant.
The next morning we went on the
S:ylph up the James River, and on the
return TRIP visited three Of the dear
est places you can imagine, Shirley,
Westover and Brandon I do not know
I ~
themselves or the quaint out-of-the
world Virginia gentlewomen in :hem.
"'he houses, the grounds, the owners,
all were too dear for anything and
VIC loved them That night we went
back to the Mavflower and returned
hern Yesterday, Sunday afternoon.
/ Today srring weather seems really
to have begun. and after \ lunch
mother ord sat under tho oD2'o
tree nv the mountain. A purple finch
wGe sinp,p~ ~ tha ann'e to" ""nr-
head, and the white petals of the bios
omS were silently falling This alter
noon mother and l are going out rid
ing with Senator Lodge.
Geeral kuroki.
WHITE HOUSE, May IL, 1907.
DEAR KERMIT;
General KuroM and his suite are
here and dined with us at a~formal
dinner last evening. Everything that
kc says has to be translated, but
nevertheless l had a really interesting
talk with him. because am pretty
we'll acquainted with his campaign.
lie impressed me much, as indeed all
japanese military and naval officer.
do They are a formidable outfit l
want to try to keep on the best pos
siDIe terms with Japan and never do
he any wrong but want still more
to zee our navy maintained at the
highest point Of efficiency, for It is
tic real keeper Of the peace
Temoora'N Absence Of Skip.
The other day ePte got into a most
fearful fight and was dreadfully bit
ter He was very forlorn dog indeed
when he came home And on that
particular day Skip disappeared and
had not turned up when we went to
bed. Poor Archie was very uneasy
lest Skip should have gone the way
OF Jack; and mother and shared his
uneasiness. But about 2 in the morn
i..g we both of US heard a sharp ltttlo
hnrt downstairs and knew 4 was
Skip on ,Mous to be let in. So down I
wetn and opened the door on the
rortico, and Skip simply scuttled in
and up 10 Archieis room, where
Al chic walked up enough to receive
min literally with open arms and then
went 10 sleep cuddled up to him.
ITO Be Continued.