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AT AX ENGLISH MEET, j CHAUNCEY M. Dipp
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IM OCCASION OF £XC£3Sr<f£ HOS-
HTMJTY ANO SOCIABILITY.
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THE DRUMMER BUY.
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A wde yawn* ia one owner rf J
Pro»» uixJer nmth the cloaed b.|R J]
pew • drak peep a row of '«ew-rann J
1oe ha. l-en in hi» room before Dj
*tnai! taabwn placed M hand for ^3
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of . 0^.3
would think if »on hart to
fJ<ldt— ta mg »Lout ibtwe letters iV-, J
character Hart er more refer u> is. J
0« of the great corporation
Depew manage, f The other half (¿J
«UH more widely known relaura.’
.« lai world.
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Here m a letter that would bar« m J
preaujeuf, Krtet iiredreewor,
Van.ierb.lt, tarn Hack with rn-j"''
pros.due a «mile on Mr Depend (J
name. It ia from a college boy wk,UL
appointed bjr bu lirwk letter »octahLj
1 w!uch fend a certain [«ropoeition in a |.iib|jraJ
The qneation ia: -'IleaoiTed, that fc* J
it Nore adrantageuoa to the 'oamj
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protaitioo.' The unhappy writer in.
to uphold the Cobden theory, and, -S
clnmpa t(M.
CJ{ the taai and the 1^3
t of tbe qucation, he seek. Mr. DetneJS
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I* immediately^
k 1 thanking tin* youth for tbe honor of tj
T mt - h***1’ aM1 «F*«*nS regret IM ha
‘“ire* prevejilhis giving the matter tta
3 • n**t J liberation the im|A>rtance of the subi»!
ALL SORTS OF WATTS.
Another and partially similar req
i upon U> make a speech at a Sun<hy3
'contention. Would Mr. Depew p^J
j him a few «u ¡table suggestions for tot »
saon I Or, if that would be too much tn^|
a copy of his own speeches would be ¡3
I appreciated.
•The third letter of that sort witoh hi
months,” comments tbe president ai
crumples the jjaper in his hand and dra
* into the waste basket.
“.Vstooishing how many peoplo toen |
• who want money. And they alwip^
‘ large sums, too,” he remarks, as helaph
an open letter in a woman’s handwrh^i
have no doubt of this woman’s need aal k
im- erity. Read it.”
Hou. Chauncey M. Depew:
I am forced to appeal to your genetto
though I should much rather noTdof^i
temi rf indoor fort Mmitwwbe«,hrforr •
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husUand died
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.taetacn^nm-radwaa Lord FrtttAnimge
ch>£lren/ and nly littje h
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of rirthw' rra-r■»
“ mortgage tbe projierty for LS
I L*t ’ummer 1 ww "cl1 “,l rau1'* “J
3 d71 a tbe intere*L "
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pULkABoaia. a» di a money
plaoe wiy
l first of tbe month, and I don't know .£
ta. ntev bowrxwr «-ron mmcg the regular
pi(aije dou,t disrKrard
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shall do. Please don't disregard the pm
mernhar* of ine faunX, wore dark coati. Two
■ of a widowed and despairing mother.
^sy odaosY £ram the peagabonng barracks
“You notice,” observes the president, “k
.-^ne up cm very snar hersea. wearing hart
there is not one word in this about my fa
mg drewiei winch jaotoed as neat as full
ing the money. * She evidently expect« it
arts» xrnil arms Thrr ware high silk hats
a gift.’
wxu. umLl. sim clm '. ta emebed to the bnm
m xhe rear and ptossi&r around their necks.
good would that do? 0081
She
Tneir roau wert four buCan cutaways with
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-n,™ ,nl-v wrl,,‘ “K»ln I »ery seldom u
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, begging
letters.
Courtesy
in such cbm
nncuwBT taacmedt^tto*ta?
«rally mat«
matter,
wo4."
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al^r wUA efyrarad a h^l whit, collar
and a win» uiru. Tb«r knm breech«
were wime nordarew. Their boots were
to£h paietni kadher. with steel spurs upon
ahe ir-wer part off the beet They were band­
wane. Lmr. ioucmg mm, and sat their horses
with peri yen ease. One <rf the most striking
of L_«t indy rwiers wxs a relative of the mas-
•fier of the bonr^d*. She was not over 14 years
of ag? n>r slim figure was set off by a dark
tea' close fr-ng nd.ng suit. Her hair, a
cxxxi
golden eilv«-, floated in tbe wind
unroofined from underneath a black derby
hsx. See was moan ted on a thin skinned,
hi^b ‘.red. iron gray horse, which seemed to
be under the period control of his beautiful
yyung za-strass. But the good rtders and the
correct henung dream were the exception.
This wxa owing in part to the fact that it was
a bc&day. and upon such occasion» tbe regu­
lar zneraben of the hunt are inclined to stay
away. The trades people of Bristol came
out ia gred numbers. They were very en-
thasnsbK* Kortsmen. but they made op a
UKCjey gathering, coming as they did upon
-all SKrt* of bonea and in all sorta of riding
: draaea
. thb Borros,
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¿zhr.cmi eá
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arp
1 >ckinir fnr
v.„in, lrnm
asking for sums varying from $500 to
. They are read and buried without cer
in the waste basket.
LETTERS OF IXVTTATIOJf.
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Now we come to a different kind of lettsil
These ask favors, but not pecuniary ones, »1
«ss a busy man’s time ls regarded literally«1
vhat light. They are invitations to diwan
where a speech is expected in addition to tel
- —There are an even half dozenoil
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company,
the»*, three of them for -the sahie eveniiM
They are, pleasantly answered and politely 1
declined, with regret.
Here is a letter from a committee ii J
thriving southern city. They an- about to]
open with impressive ceremonies a net
chamber of commerce, and want ?.ir. Depwi
to deliver the oration of the day. Hei
urged in fervent terms not to dHreganlt»
invitation.
“Of course, I cannot go,” he observed. “k
is oat of the question. If I accepted ill Ito
invitations I received I would have to be to
half a dozen different towns on the ¡
night frequently.”
. The sten.j¿rap!ier takes <lown a wttty