The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-08

barbecue. This IS Thursday I will see 10 getting it up on Saturday week. Come to my house on Friday and we will 20 together, and I promise you a very re. spectacle crowd to see and hear you,
 We'll l will be here. But one thinp more before say good-by. mus, know your name.'
 My name is Bunce.'
 Not Horatio Bunces"
 "Yes.-
 We'll, Mir. Bunce. never saw you be fore, though you say you have seen me but l know you very well. am glac that have met you, and very proud tha l may hope to have you for my friend
 You must let me shake your hand befor, go.'
 We shook hands and parted.
 II was one Of the luckiest hits of m,
 ife that l met him. He mingled but littl. with the public, but was widely knowr for his remarkable intelligence and in. eorruPtIoie integrity and for a heart brim. iui and running over with kindness and oenevolence, which showed themselves not only in words but in acts. He was the oracle for the whole country around him, and his fame had extended far be- yonp the circle ofhis immediate aeouain.- anee. Though l had never met hl n be. lore had heard much of him, and bu, Tor this meeting II IS very likely should have had opposition and been beaten. One thing Is very certain, no man could now stand up Tn that district under such a vote
 Al the appointed time was a, his house having told our conversation to every crowd had met and to every man had stayed all nigh, with, and found that Il gave the people an interest and a confidence in me stronger than I had ever seen manifested before.
 Though l was considerably fatieued when l reached his house, and, under or dinary circumstances, should have gone early 70 bed, kept him up until mid hignt' talking about the principles and affairs oi government, and got more real. true knowledge of them than I had go, all my life before.
 It IS not exactly pertinent to my story, but must tell you more about him When saw him with his family around him was not surprised that he loved to stay at home. have never in any other family seen such manifestation of con- hdenee, familiarity and freedom of man. ner oi children towards their parents mingled with such unbounded love and respect.
 lie was not al the house when 1 ar- lived, but his wife received and welcomed me with all the ease and cordiality of an old friend. She told me that her hus- band was engaged in some outdoor busi- ness, but would be in shortly. She IS ! woman oi hne person; her face IS not what the world at first sight would est teem beautiful. In . state of rest there was too much strength and character Tn It for that, but when she engaged in con versatlon, and especially when she smiled. II soitened into an expression of mingled kindness, goodness and strength ,ha, was beautiful beyond anything have ever seen.
 Pretty soon her husband came in and she left us and went about her house hold affairs. Toward night the children he had about seven of them began to drop in; some from work, some from school and the little ones from play. They were introduced 10 me, and met me with the same ease and grace that marked the manner of their mother. Supper came on. and then was exhibited the loveliness of the family circle in all its glow. The father turned the csnyersa- ton to the subjects in which the children had been interested during the day. and all, from the oldest to the youngest took part in II. They spoke to their parents with as much familiarity and confidence as II they had been friends of their own age, yet every word and every look man. itested as much respect as the humblest courier could manifest for a king; ave. more, for 1t was all sincere and strength ened by love. Verify i, was the Happy Family.
 l have told you Mir. Bunce converted me politically He came nearer con- verting me religiously than had ever been before. When supper was over one of the children brought him a bible and d hymn book. lie turned to me and said:
 Colonel. have for many years been Tn the habit of family worship nigh, and morning. adopt this time for i, that all may be present. If postpone 1t some of us get engaged in one thing and some .'A Aha shN ttStC OllCS QIND OH 10 sleep. so that it is often difficul, to ge, all together"
 He then opened the bible and read the lwenty-thlrd Psalm, commencing The Lord IS my Shepherd shall TO, want" lt IS beautiful composition. and his manner of re ding it gave it new beau- ! ties. We then sang a hymn. and we all | 'nek down. He commenced his prayer Our Father Who ar, in Beaven.s No one who has TO, heard him pronounce 'h' s-woro s can conceive how they thrilled | through me. for do not believe the, were ever pronounced by human lips as by him. had heard them thousand tunes from the lips of preachers of every grade and denomination. and b, all sorts oi proiessing Christians, until they had become words of course with me, but his enunciation ot them gave them an im- port ana d power of which l had never conceived. There was grandeur of reverence, depth of humility. fullness ot confidence and an overriowing of love which told hat h;s stitit was comnunine