Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-01-24

marked all along, through the three more
pages which followed, to my wife, that
his encomiums were only the warm ex-
pressions of a warm soul unusually ex-
cited, and which must be taken with all
allowance.
Charley's letter flushed me through
and through. That my old friend should
be elected Senator to congress from his
State | hoped but hardly expected. In
innate companionship with friend, you
know, has a tendency to dwindle him in
our eyes. Don't misunderstood Init
macy with such man as Charles Bell
makes one love and prize him more and
more-but does not make one think more
and more that such man is suited to be
grave and reserved Senator. 1t is Just
as it is with the Swiss peasant whose cab
in is on side of Mont Blanc-the hoary
old mountain does not appear 1.-THE SO
sublime to him as it does to some travel
er in the distance,
say felt thoroughly warmed and re-
joiced. arose, put all my wife's spools
and scraps off the table into her lap, laid
my portfolio and ink-stand upon it, beg
ged my wife to absorb herself in her ba-
by's velvet cap, dipped my pen in the
ink and now have written thus far.
All my past intercourse with Charley
rushes to my lips now, as tears do some
times to ones eyes. 1 want to tell just
as briefly and distinctly as possible how
he has risen from nothing to what be now
is. l know much better than he--and
if he reads this, twill do him good. Any
how, feel in the mood of writing, and
before go to bed, if my baby don't wake
with the collie and my wife don't inter-
rupt me, willtell You exactly how Char
ley Bell became United States Senator.
The fact is, too, that / have half hope
that some youth may read this and may
get word which may wake him to
higher and nobler life than he has ever
yet dreamed of. If the eye of any such
one rests on these pages, just one word,
my fine fellow. Forget for a little whilo
that everlasting Julia whom you fell IN
love with last Tuesday week ago, and
read with all your soul of souls.
l cannot exactly say when | did not
know Charley. He is some three years
older than myself--he being about eight
cen, and about fifteen years ofage when
our friendship began to be a thing to be
remembered. He looked, when l saw
him year ago, exactly as he did when
we used first to chat costly beside his fire.
side, about Bulwer and Dora Anson. He
is of a medium size, handsome, earnest
face, forehead broad rather than high.
There is a peculiar gentleman look about
him, wherever he is, or whatever he is |
doing. He has such an enthusiastic SYM
pathy with every man, woman and child
be meets with that he is popular of course.
His peculiarly, however, always con-
sisted in hunger after personal excel
lence. From our first acquaintance we
made distinct arrangement to tell each
other OF our faults as plainly as words
could convey meaning. If he did not
faithfully do his part toward me in this
arrangement am very, very much mis-
taken. He thought aloud about me-told
me exactly what | uas, and what | was
not. did the same in regard to him.
We have acted thus for many years now.
We have been of vast benefit to each
other--and will continue to be till we
die.
/ do verify believe that this arrange
ment had good deal to do in making
him the man he is.
just in this way.
When we first became intimate, and
made our arrangement as above, | opened
he war by talking to him as follows:
" Charley, my fine fellow, you are am
oitious to be good speaker. Now-you
emember our little arrangement about
correcting the faults of each other ?" s
"Yes." |,
"Well, the plain fact is you have got l
most miserable, squeaking voice. Your ,
hest IS narrow, you stoop, you don't $
ave that broad, strong, manly appear- L
nee which is almost essential to speak a
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| saw he WINGED under this. He felt n
loquence deeply-he thought eloquently P
land forgot that the thought must be r
rpressed eloquently, or il is eloquence $
My to himself. "
ihat afternoon he made pair Of dumb Il
lido verify believe thathe has Q
ardiy missed day from that to this in n
hich ne has not exercised his chest and Il
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