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.ens near st hand, but he refused In
..y, n". s.rony, quiet way Of his ad-
nh,',ng OF no further plea. Ho then
bc at his club directly. told him
he should not do this. that no bumnn n
being could Withstand tho ftirles
that had full aweep and action there.
and that he must mako the western
circuit of the square. thus vettlng n
slight protection from the buildings,
or he would never ace his friends
again. implored him 10 heed me.
but he made light OF the danger,
and STRENGTHENING up in that iall
grand way he had, said lightly:
"Oh, l will get through there
nicely. IL does ono good TO be
tested and tried by a storm occa.
slonally. I have seen other great
storms In my tinie.u He added,
Good night, sirp, as our hand.
grasp loosened, and the words lcapod
involuntarlly from my lips, ~ saw
you In ono when II came soinethinp
iiko thls-in 1ss0-at the Chicago
exposition building. There were
'8oV OF you In n political union
Square then" He turned Instant
~. took my hand again, gave 1t a
quick, firm pressure, and while
iahcled his face wns u trlfie paler
Tor the memory, responded: 'Yes,
sir, there was something Of the
blizzard about that occasion. but
! think l kept my feet and head
then. Goodnight, againv'
Grand, great, ever heroic Conlx-
iingl He did keep his feet and his
mead then. To those who saw him,
40 did, enemies or friends, his in
dOmltable presence can only recall q
great, lone, white wall of rock, sur
rounded, engulfed, overwhelmed,
put never overthrown, and as trom-
uiousiess as the very earth's core
before and beneath ~ tidal wave Of
the sea. Ho kept his feet and his
mead somehow that awful night In
Union square. But that last battle
killed Roscoe Conkling.
No place excepting Tarrytown's
dreamful Sleepy Hollow was made
more famous by the association, or
writings Of Washington Irving than
"Cockioft Hail. one Of his first
mellow-tinted paintings In the cele-
brated "Salmagundp papers II
has been allowed to pass completely
from sight and almost entirely from
memory. II stood upon the banks
of the then beautiful Passaic, with
In tho limits Of the present resident
portion OF Newark, New Jersey. 1
like to 60 to the place and identity
1t now and thcn, even though the
glorious old "HalW itself has disap-
peared forever, fancying hear
Irving, Pauldlng aud their jolly
crew still engaged In their innocent
revels. "Cockloft Hall" was simply
q queer summer-house overhanging
the Passaic on the old and noted
"Gouverneur place." 1t was the
property Of the Kembles as late as
1924. IL was then successfully
owned by the Duryea's, the Wake
mans, and finally by the Whit
ings, whose heirs now liyD In the
veritable mansion, disguised from
recognition by expensive remodel
Ing, TO which the ancient summer
house was attached. The structure
was an odd conceit of an eccentric
owner. 1t was octagonal In shape,
eighteen feet in diameter, contain
ing but one apartment, with door
facing the Passaic on the east, and
with single windows opening to
each of thesgthree other cardinal
points; for, says Gcoffrey Crayon, IL
was one of Cockloft's idiosy
'to have all his own views on his
own land, and he beholden to no
man for prospect Ii was in this
quaint place, not 500 feet from the
corner OF Ncwarks present Mount
Pleasant street and Gouveneur ave
nue., that the mirth, wit and satire
which stirred the American literary
world In the first quarter of our cen
tury through "Salmagundin were
born, first enjoyed and finally con
trived for public feast.
A few weeks since, while en- route
by steamer from Marseilles to AL
giers, the ships second officer, sew
eral Algerian officials and myself
were enjoying the balmy night at u
late hour on deck, relating instances
of individual bravery and noble sac
rifice having come under our per-
sonal observation, when the second
officer gave us this incidents:
"On the 14th of October, 1852. /
witnessed an net of supreme heroism
and sacrifice at sea. was u pas
senger on board the steamship
Cyprian, Of the Leyland, Liverpool
and Mediterranean line, which was
wrecked that date on Ncvin rock,
Off Carnarvon bay, Wales. She