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Show President Grant's "Latch String;." I 'T am told this is where President Grant lives," said a tall and rather: lack-looking man, with a face a good j deal sun burned and garments of rural manufacture, to ' "William." the pleasant pleas-ant colored gentlemen who answers the doorbell. ''This is where he lives at present." blandly answered "Wiiliam, and with the rejoiuder no doubt summoning sum-moning up to his mental vision the more spacieus White House as his more positive and worthy abode. 'Ts he in?" asked the stranger. "Yes, sir," answered William. "Can I see him?" "He is dining." '"If you'll cad him, I'll only detain him a moment." mo-ment." 'T never call him from his dinner for any one." '"But I wi.-h to see him very much." "I am very sorry, but I can't disturb him." "I U state my case, and then you tell it to him, and I'll bet he'll see me." I'll give your card to him after dinner : that's the best I can do." 'T aint cot no card," with the ungrammatical "X i.:, 1 t, t-ii cixi fjiia.-u, aiicnnicu liic ' ia, your name then." ''He don't know my name. You just tell hiui I live in Arizona; that I come tin from New York on purpose to see him and to tell him that we all like him out there, and that he is our nest candidate for the Presidency, and I'll bet he'll get up from dinner and come out and see me." "'He don't receive visitors today." to-day." "Don't receive visitors how is that? Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?" "To-morrow is reception day. Call then, and you can see him." "D n reception day. One day is as good as another for me. If I ain't received on my first call I don't call again. Good day." "Goodday." "One word more," said the stranger, turning quickly around. "Tell the President he has got no show in An zona. A man's got no show there that don't keep his latch-string always hung out. I shan't forget my reception here, and 1 shan't forget to tell them of it," and saying this he again quickly turned on his heel, and with hurried indienation took his departure. Cor. X. Y. Herald. |