After dinner stories by famous men : . What were you saying? asked the father. I was reminding (iod that I am a ministersson! the boy replied. By Famous ]Men 8a WILLIAM F. Mc-COMBS says: Severalphilanthropic personageswere assembled at a clubone evening, and conver-sation had gone to somelength wlien a man who?was sitting quietly in acorner arose, and brokeinto tlie fest. Your jjhilanthropistsare all right, he re-marked, but I think itis only just that my next-door neighbour, FredWatkins, should be in-cluded in the kindly dis-posed bunch. We are willing to add him to the list, re-sponded one o
After dinner stories by famous men : . What were you saying? asked the father. I was reminding (iod that I am a ministersson! the boy replied. By Famous ]Men 8a WILLIAM F. Mc-COMBS says: Severalphilanthropic personageswere assembled at a clubone evening, and conver-sation had gone to somelength wlien a man who?was sitting quietly in acorner arose, and brokeinto tlie fest. Your jjhilanthropistsare all right, he re-marked, but I think itis only just that my next-door neighbour, FredWatkins, should be in-cluded in the kindly dis-posed bunch. We are willing to add him to the list, re-sponded one of the group, but is he really sogenerous ? Well, I should say he is, was the emphaticand immediate declaration. Dozens of tram])shammer at his back door, and I have never knownhim to turn one down — that is completely. You dont mean it? was the astonished reply. Thats a fact, rejoined the first. He alwaysgives them a letter of introduction to me. SENATOR TILLMAN piloted a constituentaround the Capitol Building for a while during. CopyriKht. Harri!) & Kvviiig 86 After Dinner Stories the last session, and then, having work to do onthe floor, conducted him to the Senate gallery. After an hour or so, said Mr. Tillman, myvisitor approached a gallery doorkeeper. My name is Swate, he told the fellow, andIm going out to get a drink. I thought Id bettertell you so I can git back. Im a friend of Till-mans. The doorkeeper said that was all right, but nicase he was not there, and in order to prevent anymistake, he would give him the Senate password, Swates eyes rather pojiped out at this. Whats the word ? he What? Idiosyncrasy, repeated the doorkeeper so-berly. I guess Ill stay in, said Swate, and waitfor Tillman. EX-PRESIDENT TAFT, while on one of his tripsto the West, made a stop at a small town where hespoke a few minutes and received the usual bushelor two of flowers from the admiring young as the special was pulling out of the station abare-foot boy,
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