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By this time the carriage, containing the President of the United
States, was passing through the gate. A crowd of curious persons, who
had seen what was going on, as had the Bobbsey twins, came hurrying up
to catch a glimpse of the head of the nation. The police officers and
the men from the White House ground kept the crowd from coming too close
to the President's carriage.
The Chief Executive, as he is often called, saw the crowd of people
waiting to watch him pass. Some of the ladies in the crowd waved their
hands, and others their handkerchiefs, while the men raised their hats.
Billy put his hand to his cap, saluting as the soldiers do, and Bert,
seeing this, did the same thing. Nell and Nan, being girls, were not, of
course, expected to salute. As for Flossie and Freddie they were too
small to do anything but just stare with all their eyes.
As the President's carriage drove along he smiled, bowed, and raised his
hat to those who stood there to greet him. The President's wife also
smiled and bowed. And then something in the eager faces of the Bobbsey
twins and their friends, Nell and Billy, attracted the notice of the
President's wife.
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