At the house the hearse was re
lieved of Its precious burden by the
honor guard, and the coffin was car
ried in through the doorway that was
almost too modest and small to admit
the great casket that held the great
| man In his homecoming With diffi
, culty the bearers lifted it through,
i while Mrs. Harding waited bravely to
follow, and the cabinet members
stood facing inward on either side of
the walk to add to the dignity of the
homesooming of their chad chief.
Warren Harding was home again
in his father's house. It was fitting
that those he knew best shouulcl
come to visit a space with him and
that they should see again the lace
that now the whole world knows so
| well. In the front room to the left
! of the doorway his casket was
placed. The furniture the dead man
probably would have greatly missed
had he known of Its removal, had
been taken away. Flowers banked
the walls almost to the ceiling,
o o o
Armed Guards At Their Pont.
