The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1879-12-18
HORACE GREELEY.



; o.. r. rfsfp9Hisaes Chtsrs TIhrns.
| was Just going through the dool
Which led INTO the big back room Of the
Tr,bont Office one day, when slap-bang
/ c0llided with somebody. And that
was not the worst Of IT, The somebody
alluded to stepped upon my foot and al.
most ground into enlargement part Of
that member which contained upon itG
surface a particularly violent and ag-
gre.siye corn II was an agOnizing mo-
ment, and In pain which fairly doubled
me up for an instant, I-ycs, damned
roughly, ard in good set terms, ~ w.
Shakespeare would observe. When |
Strengthened mp you may imagine my
horror 10 see that the person ! had been
underwriting was none other than Mr..
-Greeley. ! could have sunk through the
| floor with modification, and ! stood
there waiting 10 sort Of dazed way for
the volley Of profanity which / felt sure
would come. But II didn't The old
gentleman settled him 1elf back adjusted
bis spectaclcs on his nose, and with a
broad grin upon his face, addressed me
thus:
"Thats right, bub. II it hurts you,
swear like hill; wOuldW
Then he paused moment, and con-
tinued:
Human nature il human nature,
bub; and il it does you any good, Just
d-n me again! There nothing like It'll
Balm of Gilead ia nowhere"
And he patted me on the head and
passed on.
One winter Mrs. Greeley went TO the
West Indies for her health, and the fol-
lowing spring she cent for hor husband
10 come after her and bring her home to
New York. Now If there was one thing
the old man hated 1t was the sea. The
very smell Of salt water made him sick.
But nevertheless he obeyed his wife's
call, as he was accustomed 10 obey her
every whim. In due time they got back
10 Gotham, and that morning Mr.. Sim
clair received word that Greeley was not |
feeling we'll, owing to his voyage, and |
had decided TO stay at home for the day. |
In the evening Sinclair WAS going to
Washington on business, and So valse
in hand, he called at Grecley's house an
hour or two before the train was to start.
He found the old man in bed and actu-
ally very i'll, having suffered terribly
from sea-sickness all the way out and
all the way back He was alone,
the other members OF the family
being either i'll or away from home; and
10 Sinclair determined to pass the night
with him, giving up for that time his
trip 70 the Capital Presently Greeley
wanted his back rubbed; and the inn
prompts nurse was surprised to find that
the patient hadn't stitch Of clothing on
his person, barring the sheets and quilts.
" Sinclair" said he in that Querulous
whine Of his, "Pm as naked as the day
| was born. My trunks haven't arrived
yet, and ] haven't got d-n night
yown."
"Bat why not wear this% pointing to
/ garment he had taken of before get
ing into bed.
ooh, ] expect to be out tomorrow and
want that to wear then. How the
,lazcs would it look after had slept in
T."
Well, Ia due time his baggage arrived,
nd Sinclair made bolt for the'article
10 wanted. After some rummaging he
ound it, and helped the old man put it
m. II was speedily fastened at the neck
md the nurse took up one of tue wrists
nd tried to button IL. There, however,
c stuck fast The ends wouldn't meet
" fully two inches. He tugged and
visited to his utmost, but it was no go.
till as the patient said nothing, he sup 1
osed it ought to be fastened, and re- !
Dubbed his efforts for that purpose. !
FOR about twenty minutes he labored I
,ithout success. Then he said: |
"This is failure. 1t won't fasten." '
"No," replied Greeley with exasperat-
ne GOODNESS. II knew It wouldn't. The |
act is, Incycr could button the internal I
hing myself. But you seemed to enjoy G
/, so didn't disturb you" S
He lay back ON the pillows for few y
lomonts, as ii thinking deeply, and t
hem sitting bolt upright, he brought his v
st down upon the quilt and exclaimed c
lyagely
"If ever Mormonism works as far east i
( this, I'll be'd-d if / don't have one d
Ne TO take care of my shirts i
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