The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-31

cszriaes sith ios q Arab shasta STAN
Sey had Just come from The desert. and
with marveious dexterffy he wound .
shaHl about him - that No looked like
m Arab sheik. kus little frightened -
the Orisnsai look Of il. and said: On. ne
shalI b 81 "a the neuspaprsas With
feluetancs he consented 20 throw . caps
ovsr his shoulders instead. but always
rUefested shas did not allow him 70 70
through the streets - N Arab dean
When bade him god bye that oighs. be
sid. With his wonted thouehsiulness, Let
ne pay for this carrsaxe; you wuusd never
have hsd is IL IL hadn't Lecn for me-
sfer you shall pay for me. When you are
In Boston shall pay for ron
when re got ont 20 the carriage the
haekman took Oh his has and said: III
the carriage we're mine you shouIdnt pay
. cent DR.. Stanley d good and great
man. and am proud to have carried
him. That's pretty good for Boston
A my eyes roamsd over the mass Of
portfolios stacked ia IN orderly manner
In the case ct the foot Of his lounge my
Imagination conjursd many N interview
ihas M. Hale must have had with i'm
mostass, contemporaries and friends Of the
man before me.
And What invaluable letters must those
caught my curiosity and my glance.
lyon would like 70 see some auto
grsphsf" he generously asked.
Yes. indeed. bat am afraid there 10
not time nov. Tell me shout some Of yo1r
most interesting.
Then il was proved that DR.. Hale had
had advantage in the line Of presidential
autographs, because Of his eminent and
political ancestry. His collection In this
respect 10 complete, and in this way no
says no bsgan il.
al vas sitting one evening tearing up
old papers after my fathers death. and
among them noticed letter on the char
scter Of WashingtOu. Not considering il
worth keeping, took il to tear it up.
when out dropped . yellow paper. ancient
and fade<i. Il proved to be . letter Of
George Washington himself. which had
been enclosed in the other letter By my
father, evidently to illustrate . point In
character which the writer had raised.
Then and there resolved to make .
collection Of presidential autographs.
don't dare to tell you how many family
me the collection 10 almost the history Of
my family. l have been tempted to pub
lish . couple Of volumes OF national his
tory Of the nineteenth century, 20 be taken
bodily from my own portfolio OF auto
graphs. II might be rather interesting"
Changing the subject. When did You
frst meet Emerson 2"
when was II years old. He was deliver
ing his lecture on Mshomet hrst spoke
TO him ii Harvard college chapel when .
mutual acuusintance had Just. taken the
highest honors. Emerson said OF him
with his keenest look:
II didn't know he was % fine Z fellow.
Nov II some misfortune can only happen
20 him; if 10 could b turned out OF col
lege. or could be unpopular In his class, or
his father could fail in business, all would
be we'll with him."
This seemed ct the time cynical. but
when I read Of the hardships Of Emer-
sons early life and heard Of the unhappy
end Of the man of college honOrs l under
stood 1t and was astonded 1t his pene-
trasion.
81 have letter of Emerson's land you
can take q copy of Il II you like) which
cleared up an anecdote that vas told Of
him 1t the time. II was said that on one
of his ocean trips he committed "Alaric,"
or some other long poem, to memory. in
order to while away few otherwise un-
profitable days. Improved TO hs "Lycidas,"
and ! never heard Of any one else who has
committed "Lycidas" to memory on An
ocean trip for pastime. Who else but
Emerson would have thought OF lit"
CoNcoRD, January a.
Ny Dear Hale: know by much experiece OF
my own what u 10 20 have Everett on the brain.
and you. who have IL In the blood, may easily
believe that IL could only b. "AIaric" that was
grooming ct 80 but is waa NOT that Tut
Milton's 'Lycidas'' which told OF In n
lecture on memory, to which must
think you refer: though nothing OF 10 vas
ever printed or reported that know. aud II
must have been read Il E.. the iecture.) when
you weso very young. ought to he proud that
the aneciote could reach you, but the mystery
OF the memory interested mo much.
wro.c you yesterday about Siifiing's pamph-
let, which hope will como speedily TO you.
do not recall the title, but Il was. perhaps.
Remarks on Mr. Huxley . Protoplasm Your.
r w. EM8RsoN
Here's another story of Emerson"
continued my host, with twinkle, ''that
reminds me Of the story Of the man who