New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-29
NEW PUBLIdArroNs.
xHE PEOPLE I'VE SMILED WITH RECOLLECTION
- OF A MERRY IITTLELHE. By Marshall Il. WI

OF x MERRY IlTTiEJnE, bS Marshall p VII
The gsysy of heart with which Mr.. Wilder has
bravely confronted fstc in many respects sad Is re-
docted in his book. 1t 10 collection Of anecooUs'
sketches observations and opinions gathered here ana
abroad--a collection Offering many Interesting ana
chsrsc eristc phases, and presented in lively sna
taking manner Ilero a few paragraphs about Mf'
blaine, which are fairly representative Of Mr. "HdefS
material
one of this most interesting men ia WASHINGTON
Is Mr. Blaine. I've gleat deal OF mn; S,ra
the more meet him the oensf wa9 fs .S feel en-
tlroly with him which is wonderruiN peae
o SoqS chance yGTss yoS- Hn way hs MAKES You
feel that you're his long lost friend. and he chaH
S W % you OF sa freely o s sas sEs
And how no tell storics Lo1 OF otnet men
been out nHtting. and found all the ohosnuts Not
that ] object chestnuts: I've gathered some Wy
S ei ~ pr; S served Mr. Blaine enjoys them him
self apparently, for I've seen him listen to the same
Seaitly each time And how he can laugh Should
he so into the entertainment business hso Ano'A
." INST met Ir. blaine on shipbosrd. Ono day
when the tea running high. and the vino on
captain invited several Of us int his cabin b.
tide your humble serv ant there were Mr. seos ~,
Mr. r. C. Crawford, tho ellkuown Journalist, inc
Earl Of Donoughmorc and Mr. Blaine Ehst soon
general and everything reminded Mr. b .,n,s
Sxinsss and having dispatches chase him nom place
place without finding ding him which Ss ssin at west
Point before tho days Of the Paciho Mall e'eamaiP
Line. Immedately after graduating ne was sed
set out for his post via Cape Horn. II took exactly
nine months 70 make the ioIney Ne s,o was when
he reached Gan Francisco h" found there was mis-,
take in his order and he should have been ssSa
Michigan. This information was brought " inc pms s
ierpross then Just established. 50 be had ~ come
hACk unIer another
of horrible seasckness. lie finally fescheo ro.'
Esoknsv but alter weeks star the he 'tn r snd he
pad 90 back san Francisco As he va starting a
n his third voyage he sad tho 5o aTme and the SsSy
Ind fooHshly selected TIE Army nS 1,S SeS hs,ter
tho Navy l am sure would have had much oe''oi
Some one told Of friend of his who travelled hIrs
deal Ia s ss4 o prse s nc S e
"A good deal like an English lord I've heard or
Sspmsny he asked his courier what there TO Se
fNothng whatever my loid: absolutely nothlne;
srhen,' said his lordship. looldns quito happy wen
Some Of us we're talking OF men who never S di1
# we Weren't little too hard them :" If fellow
will be true to himself sad d me- vii m evcr H Know OF
Ehy, there's friend Of mine in Maine veteran oi
the Mexican War; who once went up !" oId so thSn
I ever can repay In tho Mexican War you saved
my life three different times The Colonel was SOM"
cIdent Of the Kind 80 he a,ked the fellow 10 'Aplsl
why was the reply. 1 ajways kept my eye On you
] ran too. and three times your example save" h'S
during convei SATIN about the Irish rare the Ne
hgious ITishmsu's persistent Thought about the srs'
hereafter alluded To. "ic,, SAID Nr; lam,
ard there's good reasun for ~ Inc iiiSh IfnpTH
have such info nal iclmrn'S at homo that they can
bo blamed for wanting avoid any IN the neHt "oru
II the could believe thcr' was no he'll they "a rahe
dc tlar live. Once at Dublin. to"ar! the eld o.
TIC opcra. Satan conducting faust through ,n'
trap-G1or which rrlrCs"nld the gates OF hHirs ~,
MAJESTY got tlrouIh all right he was used to G%inS
bc!ow-bGi Faust. who was quit" s"nt got Only an"n,
further suddenly an Ir,,hinnn In the, snllcry eA
ciaiined devou,!y. Thanh coo. hol Is fni -,..
Bcc aa.c hc has been pubh" man ano poUn'lau
gres many years. Mr Bilinc is supposed bl '1nc
people Ia DC very Nj S"th", hn " - ltnI"S,''n"
10 I've with him liilc while without sc"ins ttai he
Is no:huS Of tho sort. ri" Is quite a, srns'xc a.
INV Other gentleman and any rud" remark Rra~s
nnpra,sntly upon him. even Il u ha, no p"r,onnI
OK himself day when he brought me can
csturc Of mysclf witch some one aboard ship bad
lke that "Grea, SCOTT. eyC IT,, maE lgsi,
said he. that's exa"tly the question AK my elf
When tho illustrated papers CsTicaturc me.
law for myself that III" only reason for " was that
,he was 50 devoted 10 h"r husband that she had no
Tine for n.crr than ordinary civlty TO any one els
The lowered about Mr. Blaine as tend"rlv As II she
his cthGr and r" was her G en- s G beq
daughters were Just IKE her
IT was great fur 10 me TO sec Mr.. Hlaln" among
the passengers telling good stories. listening ceiallv
to everybody. and Laughing more heartily than any
one else | think smiled Just As long. however and
trepng on the lonely deck for nigltrSp7 in III"
,haIe Of mouthful OF --s'sh air, saw Nr aId M'S
,ihcm. softly chatting and doing. Ike newly married
couple wedding TIP a great mans private Ne
public no one has any night to peep behind the
curtain; but an accidental view such as I've Jus,
Of good IL only nv reminding him that public men
have hearts quite biz their fellowsoften bisSe: