The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-25
ACAMPAIGN BOOK.
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SISTER. Mr. A. H. BAR. on Delaware
strref. xftfxfa = stones thrc& from
chewing eli secretly save thas ef the
Havris0sss. j. hard AZ work upon bis
task. The author of ssTfe Fair Col
and Fen Hur'' has charming place
Ia which 10 labor. III j. study, from
the windows OF which enc looks out
through dense foliage of naples which
grow all zl-eut the house. Mrs Blair >
horne Is furnished IN exquisite taste,
bznd every surrounding i that Of per
feet quiet and refinement ] met Gen
APPOINTMENT. At FIRST glance the im-
preston OF Gen. Wallace Is this;
A man 81 iron gray. His dark.
straight heayy hair, parted after the
fashion ef the soldier net of the
Eiterateur. Is srriaklea with silver I'll
i i just that shade His dong mus
taehe, Of the cavairyman pattern, ard
the goafee whose exaggerated size
brings it into the category Of boards
these and the bushy eyebrows are a
strong wsry gray. Add To aH this that
about the house the general wears n
coat Of grGy alpaca and dark gray troa-
Sers. and you have a picture OF hlfsi.
In the mans simplest utfer4Dee there
i degree si deiiberatene<s. fngkasis.
inprcszixeIsess that amounts almost
Ia The dramatic Though bis home l.
in Charlottesville. Gen. Wallace Is as
fasniiiar and favoFite a figure in India.
napgIis a. il James Whittorsb Riley,
the Hoasiee poet, who lives IN leisure
-.
the streets under sun umbrella, and
Is greeted hy everybody with the
friendly cry 81 Hello. Jimnls
The adult generation Of toxnsmeIl
aud towziswoInen have great store Of
stories about Lew Wallace, his dashing
youth, his brilliant scldierhoosl. his
| fiery spirit and stirring speeches in the
days when the Indiana capital never
slept when regiments were mare hing
away, when the beat of the drum
ceased not IA the city streets and
y hen. in the dead OF night BY the light
OF hontires b0ilded about the circle.
men with tremendous voices were
resding 20 dumb. expeetant crowds
the bulletins from the front.
II remember, said q lazy ON the bal
eony OF che Bates House, few even
ings ago, ''fhe night we gave the col
ors to Wallace zeuages When the
little speech WAS done. all eyes we're
bent on Wallace. Every one expected
something from him. and be did not
disappoint them. Rising 10 his full
height and raising his hand aloit, ne
stood Tor an instant a Wild figure of
war indeed. then cried; Down
Down on your knees, boys, and swear
q .s.
brave Zoaave went down and every
right hand went up with solemn ges-
tire save one An exuherant fellow
waved his cap aloit. There was the
whish of a sabre and the back of his
head was laid open. He remembered
that presentation. But il was one of
his neigbhors who did it, not Wal
lace
IL seems Gen. Wallaee's plan to inn
hue himself as much as may be with
the character Of Harrison. Every
evening, well nigh, finds him at the
Harrisons' house mingiing among the
guests. watching carefully every move
ment, listening TO every utteranee OF
the host.
II feel. said Gen. Wallace, as he
sat In the cool library NJ Mrs. Biair's,
most difficult oil my literary tasks.
The principal reason for that is the
| hrevitv OF the time allotted for It's
completion, and the fact that il must
20 forth FROM MY hands, not care
fully finished whole, but Is series OF
sparks which are struck out from
flint. There can he no elaboration, no
attempt az tine writing. II viii be !
plain. approximations biography, and
must. you see. he done largely
from q l.tati0R. There IS no time to
consult II manuscripts or 70 dabbie IN
interesting records, Tor the whole work
| must - accomplished at the end Of a
m0Eih' Il viii le forwarded 70 the
publishers ia installments as rapidly as
| possible. SO that when the last batch
81 copy. az your journalists say, has
| been turned IN il viii need bas a mall
| space more Of time to have the fin
ished book before the public.
The greatest difficulty that besats
rue Is that ! know too much ahoni
Gen. Harrison. II viii be, sa lar Is
am concerned personally. labor Of
| contraction and not Of expansion.
! His life. when YOU think OF il even for
a moment has been one OF marvellous
scope and diversity. His ancestry,
birth, carly surroundings early efforts
| struggles az the bar and on the field OF
war. his public and private life since
the waf-erea in bare facts yoa see
there Is wonderful field Though |
was in no way associated with Gen.
Harrison during the war, have been
in close contact with him in later
wears. as we'll AS previous 10 1850, and
know enough this minute 10 write q
volume about him. The more think
% i the faster the memories ID facts
and incidents keep crowding upon me.
l have often thought. in nay literary
work. how ike ideas are u mice, that
come ana feer "a one from the corners
of the room A man sits down with.
ont q notion In his noddle. when Of a
sudden some thought proirudes il.
hcad iuto thr chamber 81 his mind
and lhen another aud another, till
They are like nssce looking at him from
| all directions. Il i a fancy that seem
very truthful 70 me
But, continued the general. re-
| vertisE after the conversation had Iii
gTesSe3. 10 the theme Of bis labor.
| Gen. Harrison character i a far
| greater study than his history. IL
thc taxi which has greeted his nomi-
nation there are many things which,
/ knowing him as do. are hoyona my
| comprehension There are those. il
seems. even 81 his own towusmen,
who share the belief that be i 4 cold
man How they could think - I
I. cannot Imagine for. a. ! know him
/ he IS a na8n 81 the WaFfnesf emotions
( the icndersst feelings and the deepest
| charity, lie has besn 70 some extent
| ] sseiieFa. the yicgim OF q retiring maa-
/ 8ef, aS.a &c tho pYc~oecn natien that
| comes from vast snd incsSsaut mental
work iaes upou t}cn. Harrison s.
possessing one Of the hsss disei-
| piined minds IN this country
aud his sleeping hours have alwavs
hesn his only hours OF absolute
rvs; fsoa mental eFfcrt Gong
io aud srsia his business YOU
/ viii meet hiua. eyes down fFndging
aloug wrapged IL thought Many a
time / have met him on the street.
aud he has shown no sicn Of seeing
me Bat iet hires wake from his brown
studies and recognize one he knoEs.
he has always a warm greeting ami
grasp os the hand This pre-occapa-
| ton x fniat has cost Gen Harrison
many friends. ! have M doubt. They
have called hia naughty and all that.
hgf such ferra applied To him CRATES
upon me. When ] speak OF Gen. Har-
riSen's hard work. Il IL with kno~s-
edge Il the facts. When he held the
position 81 reporter Of the supreme
ooGft, ~hlch Is work encslgh for one