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General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 31 (search)
e did so merely from curiosity. In fact, the general by this time had become so accustomed to having people stare at him and the members of his family that such acts had ceased to attract his attention. About half-past 3 o'clock the wife of General Rucker called with her carriage to take the party to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad-station. It was a two-seated top-carriage. Mrs. Grant sat with Mrs. Rucker on the back seat. The general, with true republican simplicity, sat on the front seat Mrs. Rucker on the back seat. The general, with true republican simplicity, sat on the front seat with the driver. Before they had gone far along Pennsylvania Avenue, a horseman who was riding in the same direction passed them, and as he did so peered into the carriage. When Mrs. Grant caught sight of his face she remarked to the general: That is the same man who sat down at the lunch-table near me. I don't like his looks. Before they reached the station the horseman turned and rode back toward them, and again gazed at them intently. This time he attracted the attention of the general,