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Well , from the first our week-end parties were failures . On the first Friday in October the President of the United States said that he hated cheats and liars -LRB- only he mentioned names -RRB- and the stock-market went to smash . Saturday it was still in a messy state , and the people who came out Saturday afternoon could n't or would n't talk about anything else . They came by the 4:30 to Stepping-Stone , and were ferried over to the island in the motor boat . Sally and I rode down to the pier in the jinrikishas that my father 's secretary had had imported for us for a wedding present ; and , I give you my word , the motor-boat as it slowed into the pier looked like an excursion steamer out to view the beauties of the Hudson . Everybody on board was hidden behind a newspaper . `` Fong , '' said Sally to her jinrikisha man , `` take me back to the house . ''