The Pilgrims and their monument . o be renewedas the cortege passed. Here he comes! were theshouts of the multitude that lined the narrow thor-oughfare. The grand stands, of homely erection, improvisedfor the occasion in the yards of dwellings, their de-fects to the eye covered by bright masses of bunting,and the chairs without occupants, for all were stand-ing for that first glance that makes it all the moresatisfactory because of the expectation, gave him theircheers now, and some perhaps among the older occu-pants their Godspeeds, as he passed. It was nothing but cheers and handclapping, of
The Pilgrims and their monument . o be renewedas the cortege passed. Here he comes! were theshouts of the multitude that lined the narrow thor-oughfare. The grand stands, of homely erection, improvisedfor the occasion in the yards of dwellings, their de-fects to the eye covered by bright masses of bunting,and the chairs without occupants, for all were stand-ing for that first glance that makes it all the moresatisfactory because of the expectation, gave him theircheers now, and some perhaps among the older occu-pants their Godspeeds, as he passed. It was nothing but cheers and handclapping, ofthe nature that raises sundry blisters, all the way upthe narrow defiles and around the turns, past thegayly decorated Town Hall, where the banquet wasto be later held, and up the long stretch of windinghill to the great grandstand. In the streets themselves, some of which are notmore than thirty feet in width, the throngs werepacked in and kept back by the jackies and marines. And as for the President, he was cordiahty itself 68. THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE all the way, though the sun was hot and the clouds ofdust stirred up by the tramp-tramp of the escortingguard sometimes came full into his bronzed when the people caught that oft-caricaturedsmile, the white teeth peering forth, the firm-setmouth and closely cropped mustache, the eye glasses,and the sturdy frame, they fairly went wild in theirenthusiasm. Had it been permitted, the enthusiastic bystand-ers would have taken the horses from the carriage anddrawn the vehicle themselves. The veteran driver, Si Young, however, would not have permittedthis. After the President, whose carriage was precededby a guard of twenty-five marines with ball cartridgesin their belts, the same number followed, and thencame the carriages with the ladies. Mrs. Rooseveltattracted great attention, and she, too, was smiling,attended as she was by her daughter. Miss Ethel, andher son Quentin. Upon the hill an ample platformhad been built
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