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Show t A WUHAN ON HEK DIGNITY. 5tr a. Harrison and Mm. Dudley Make a Llt-. Llt-. " tie Scene. Washington, April 9. The New York Sun prints a story which has been floating about Washington for several days. It seems that the president has treated Colonel W. W. Dudley with some, coolness since the election. At tho inauguration ball when he and Mrs. Harrison met Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, tho president, notwithstanding the family had been friends for twenty-rive years, passed Colonel Dudley by with a bare nod. Colonel Dudley seemed to give tho matter very little attention, but Mrs. Dudley resented it, and it seems, concluded con-cluded that President Harrison's conduct con-duct towards Colonel Dudley was inspired in-spired by Mrs. Harrison. Her time for revenge came a few days ago. Mrs. Dudley was in ouo of tho stores making her Easter purchases and was busily engaged with them, when there, was a iluttering of skirts near her aud the next moment she heard the salutation, "Why, Mrs. Dudley, Dud-ley, how do you do? I am so glad to see you." Mrs. Dudley, looking calmly at a lady dressed very neatly said, "Madam, you have tho advantage of mo." Thereupon the visitor stepped back and said, "Why Mrs. Dudley, you know me, I am Mrs. Harrisou.". With her steely look directed at Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Dudley with forced contemplation con-templation replied, "Harrison?" but "her musing was cut short when tho President's wife left the shop immediately immedi-ately and Mrs. Dudley resumed her Easier purchases. When she left the store it was with tho air of one who had righted the wrong of over a year's standing. |