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Show nnrd tin t!i. D or.rkrt pf r. On tho opening -' cf tlie session of the fifty-sixth congress, a tail, gaiinl man, shumt..'.tir. of .ut. v. ..h his'i-water" his'i-water" trousow. a " slouched hat mashed in any oU way. ami overcoat . that needed uriis'-ir s. pn .-. n:d hur.-self hur.-self at the ceniw rVio- of -i.e. m use of representatives, t-le s.a-.tfd to walk right in, but was siop'cd by one of the doorkeepers, who said to him. tsstily: "Say, don't you know you can t go in here?" "No, I C'.'.rx'i know it, ray friend; I thought 1 could." he said, mildly. '-Nobody but members allowed in today." "Well, I'm a member; Congressman Con-gressman Cushman of Washington." "Oh! I beg your pardon; walk right in." As Mr. Cushman strode into the hall the astonished doorkeeper looked after him for a moment, and then, turning to his assistant on the door, said: "Say, Bill, did you see that? Well, after that I ain't got the nerve to stop anything." Ciiterion. |