The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-01

this psotec1ioa beine oaly pazsial, aad tAsrs sesming b he . Hehridsaa prosr pect ef or gradnaIly getting soaksd e the skin h tAat pcsissoa, IT. Emesna eegged ne b remain where vas, vAils he ran up to tAe house and sena back his man sith an umhsella |, however, b. ing young and of robust instincf4 did ncs dread ve1finS. and thought l could stand t at lsast a vel 6 he, and @ pro tested against this &rraneemenk. Ssill he persisted and staSsed cf for the house AS sas him, with his hat pulled down over his sye4 his cosssx drawn up around his eaz4 his black raiment and long legs, dipping oser the wee gFasA sosneAoU . visioa q Sir Roger de Ccrexaey. uacie robJ, Ccload Nsucomhs, Do66in, Doa Qaixote, and sR the othH gentle spirits ve cherish, iitnsd before me, vitx tAe S-ge of Concord bringing up the rear, bent oa his missioa q kindness. I Sol. loved, and we reached the shelter of his porch almost simultaneously, with every stitch of our clothing as full of water a it could possibly be He seemed near,-- vexed that l had been 70 stupid ~
 thwart his amiable plan. l assured A l that had not the slightest objection to . drenching, but oa the contrary, rather enjoyed 1t But be, having passed that period of life when . man sees fun in be- ing soaked, treated my honest assevez- ations as merely vordy complaisa rec, and forthwith insisted on my changing my clothes for a suit of his dry ones. A, first l resoluteiy resisted, representing that my own house was only a mile ofi, and could easily walk up there and make the necessary change when the rain abated. He would listen tegnothinx of the kind, and persisted with such force and 6rmness-thrusting ne into his bed room, dragging from wardrobes, bureaus, and other places of concealment, coats, socks. cravats, boots, shirts, everything, and insisting that should put them on then and there-that felt my resolution waver and when he laid violent hands on meas violent as courtesy and his gentle nature would permit-in order to precipitate my unrobing, l, at last, for the sake ofpeace, vas fain to submit to the change. When the storm vas over and l walked up the main street of Concord attired in . complete suit of black, ol which swlllow-tailed coat with a vesy high collar vas a conspicuous feasus& ] could not help thinking of | certain poPs- lar fable, wherein . lions skin fHures very prominently. On reaching home my family did not at frst recognize me and when 1t did, every member thereof vas seized with violent hy s.eria, and received such an ovation as would have made any negro minstrel in the land . proud and happy man. When it is borne in mind that Mir Emerson was philoso. pher, and a caricaturist. he fifty, twenty-five, that we were differently built and that his attire was that of a Puritan divine, while was bit of a dandy, my transmogrifcaiion and general appear. znce must have fully justified the merri- ment which greeted me.
 Emerson was at this time correcting the proofs of English Traits" He ed me that eno brochure ever cost 90 much trouble, 90 much correcting, revising and mending. These are the fourth set oI proofs, he said, which am now going to send to the printers, and hope they are the last.n Apropos of this he quoted some author whose maxim was, @Wite vita fury and correct with phlegm" He ashed me to give him my idea of the sa- liezt trait in the English character. re. aected for some time, and then said tha, the more 1 thought of it the more il seemed to me to have every trait.
 @Ahr' replied he quickly, "you mus, catch it On the wing catch 1t on the wing" He had the habit of repeating the last words or two of his sentences, when he wished to emphasize them.
 Thoreau said he thought the keynote of the English character was some varia. tion of the quality of 6rmness or obssin. acy, and l am inclined to think that Emerson was of the same opinion Emerson was . decided admirer of the English on the whole, but he was greatly shocked when the news reached us about that time, of the ovations which had been given to Louis Napoleon by the people on the occasion of his visit ic Eogland. He seemed really distressed that he must lose % much of the good opinion he had entertained of a kreai people. He told me how, when he 6rs' vent to London, simple student, littl< known to the world, but recognized by { lev thinkess, it Q happened that mem- bes of the Athenxum club had iust died thus leaving vacancy for the election oi nsv member. Two names were pro posed-those Of Guixoe and himself Nov, though Coizot,' to be sure, vas ir exile, he had ben prime minister o Franoe vas ooe of the fnsemost statss. msa q Europe, and nan of the highes, social position, while Emerson vas but [ cossty dcmiEie from . litfle- esteemed land across the ocean. But, vhea tt cam to the vote, the msmbess elected the plair New England seAool-masser to the high honor tkey had at their disposal This he considered grand, as indicating . people tso independent to be influenced by rank, reputafioe or wealth. But theiI trucking to H's Judas Napoleon, whe had sold liberty for . crown, simply because he had achieved success aroused his benign nature to wrath and