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About an hour later , a well - dressed gentleman came into the hotel and said , " I wish to see Mr . Jefferson . " " Mr . Jefferson ! " said the landlord . " Yes , sir . Thomas Jefferson , the vice president of the United States . " " He isn't here . " " Oh , but he must be . I met him as he rode into town , and he said that he intended to stop at this hotel . He has been here about an hour . " " No , he hasn't . The only man that has been here for lodging to - day was an old clodhopper who was so spattered with mud that you couldn't see the color of his coat . I sent him round to the Planters ' . " " Did he have reddish - brown hair , and did he ride a gray horse ? " " Yes , and he was quite tall . " " That was Mr . Jefferson , " said the gentleman . " Mr . Jefferson ! " cried the landlord . " Was that the vice president ? Here , Dick ! build a fire in the best room . Put everything in tiptop order , Sally . What a dunce I was to turn Mr . Jefferson away ! He shall have all the rooms in the house , and the ladies ' parlor , too , I'll go right round to the Planters ' and fetch him back . " So he went to the other hotel , where he found the vice president sitting with some friends in the parlor . " Mr . Jefferson , " he said , " I have come to ask your pardon . You were so bespattered with mud that I thought you were some old farmer . If you'll come back to my house , you shall have the best room in it — yes , all the rooms if you wish . Won't you come ? " " No , " answered Mr . Jefferson . " A farmer is as good as any other man ; and where there's no room for a farmer , there can be no room for me . " A LESSON IN MANNERS One morning there was a loud knock at Dean Swift's door . The servant opened it . A man who was outside handed her a fine duck that had lately been killed , and said , — " Here's a present for the Dean . It's from Mr . Boyle . " Then , without another word , he turned and walked away . A few days afterward the man came again . This time he brought a partridge . " Here's another bird from Mr . Boyle . " Now , Mr . Boyle was a sporting neighbor who spent a good deal of time in shooting . He was a great admirer of Dean Swift , and took pleasure in sending him presents of game . The third time , the man brought a quail . " Here's something else for the Dean , " he said roughly , and tossed it into the servant's arms . The servant complained to her master . " That fellow has no manners , " she said . " The next time he comes , " said the Dean , " let me know , and I will go to the door . " It was not long until the man came with another present . The Dean went to the door . " Here's a rabbit from Mr . Boyle , " said the man .
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