Show FOUGHT AT THE TRUTH When Gen Grant was President Mid Henry WHIeiB of Washington at the Hotel Imperial yesterday a certain cer-tain friend of his uune out of tho West to set him One day just after leaving leav-ing the White House this friend fell in with a fellow Westerner In the White House grounds and a healed encounter took place which suddenly terminated by the Generals friend knocking the other man down and out The matter was hushed up but the General naturally natur-ally Indignant called his friend to account ac-count saying John youve treated me and the ottlce 1 hold with much discourtesy dis-courtesy Why did you do such a thingWell Well It was this way General replied the now thoroughlypenitent one you know there was bad blood between be-tween us and he had set all sorts of stories going about me Just after leaving you I ran Into him and he at once accused me of doing a certain a thing As it was a lie I only laughed at him Then he accused me of something some-thing else and that being also a lie I Jeered at him again but his third accusation accu-sation was true and by gad sir f couldnt stand that so 1 knocked him down New York Tribune |