| Show president taft Is caught stealing f PRESIDENT RESIDENT TAFT dearly loves I 1 flowers and his passion for posies it has leaked out came near causing his arrest the other night by a vigilant washington watchman u the president accompanied by capt archibald butt his chief military aid and a friend whose identity remains a mystery was taking a ride in the presidents big touring car their route took them through tho the mall and when they arrived in the grounds of the department of agriculture culture the president ordered tho chauffeur to stop those are beautiful flowers dutt butt he said to bs chief of staff pointing td one of the beds in front of the secre office lets get out and pick a few in the fraction of a second the three had deserted the autor automobile nobile and like three small boys were hav ing the time of their lives flower bed each gathered a big bouquet when all of a sudden tho the watch man appeared the president hail had just finished his bouquet and was waa standing a few feet away in the shadow of a tree what are you doing there said tho the watchman to capt butt who was caught red handed with a big bunch of flowers in hla his hand dont you know you have no business doing that dont you know you aro are breaking tho the law stealing government property that way just then the president camo came from the shadow of tho the tree and anA joined the watch watchman manin in a tirade against the astonished toni shed butt while capt butt was gasping for breath and trying to understand the desertion of his chief in the hour pt trial the watchman got a look at president tatt taft recognizing him ho he stopped talking and began wondering 41 tarm w what chatto to do next then the president told him they would quit their tres passing right away if he would not arrest them I 1 youve done your duty and I 1 shall tell secretary wilson so oct the first time I 1 see him said the president and he did tell the whole story to wilson in great areat klee glee |
