. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Davis as its candi-date for tlie vice-presidency, as a running mate ofJudge Alton , therewas much natu-ral surprise thata man of eighty-one should benominated for soimportant a position. Nation-wide curiosityabout Mr. Daviswas aroused, andnewspaper cor-respondents weresent to his homein Elkins,,to write aboutthe so-calledde-crepit old manwho might be-come Presidentof the UnitedStates. One ofthese correspon-dents reachedElkins early inthe morning andas he was walk-ing to the hotel, noticed a striking looking man, mountedon a spirited thorou
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Davis as its candi-date for tlie vice-presidency, as a running mate ofJudge Alton , therewas much natu-ral surprise thata man of eighty-one should benominated for soimportant a position. Nation-wide curiosityabout Mr. Daviswas aroused, andnewspaper cor-respondents weresent to his homein Elkins,,to write aboutthe so-calledde-crepit old manwho might be-come Presidentof the UnitedStates. One ofthese correspon-dents reachedElkins early inthe morning andas he was walk-ing to the hotel, noticed a striking looking man, mountedon a spirited thoroughl)red, riding downthe street. He did not look to b(^ ov(^r. fifty, was six Iect tall, straight as anIndian, lean, rugged looking, with aclean shaven uj)pei- lip and a closeci()j)pe(l heard. He smiled pleasantly as he returned therespectful greet-ings of numerousacquaintances,but there wereno soft lines inhis face. It wasthe face of thepioneer—of thetype of man whoj)ushed civiliza-tion across theA[l 1 e g h e n i e s,wrested untoldwealth fromlugged mountainsides and builtbustling cities inwhat not longbefore had beenthe haunts ofthe bear and thedeer. Later in theday the news-paperman calledat (J race land,tlie home of thenominee, andfound that theman who had attracted his attention wasSenator Davis. Cordial indeed was hisreception and he soon realized that the IN Tin; : sixth 37 38 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE Senator, in spite of his rough early hfeand lack of education, was a polishedgentleman, kindly in manner, but pre-dominantly masculine. Ive been too busy to grow old,Senator Davis said. Ive been savingthat luxury
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