Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30

dine With him at his home that, even
ing. Meanwhile he sent me to the
headquarters of the Republican CEN
trail campaign committee on Broad
way, opposite the New York hotel.
Lincoln hna been nominated in May,
and the great political fight Of 1880
was shaking the city with its thun-
ders., '3
l turned in my copy at the city desk
In good season, and, although the great
editor had not vet left his room.
took car at once to keep my appoint
ment. A servant showed me to seat
IN the big back parlor Of Mr.. Greeley's
home. where spent a lonely hour be-
fore heard his heavy footsteps In the
hall. He Immediately rushed upstairs,
two steps at time, and in moment
I heard his high voice greeting the ba-
bies. He came down shortly with one
Of them clinging to his hand.
"Thupder!" he said. II had forgot
ten all about you. Let's 60 right in to
dinner" q atssas8
/, He sat at the head OF the table and I
next to him. i remember how. wearied
kY the days burden. he sat, lounRlns
heavily. in careless attitudes. He STIR
red his dinner into hash Of eggs, po-
tatoes, squash and parsnips and ate It
leisurely with spoon, his head braced
often with his left forearm, its elbow
resting on the table. 1t was a sort OF
letting 60 after the immense activity
| nf Aou Nhu
would have thought he affected the
uncouth, which was not true Of him.
He asked me to tell him all about
my father and his farm. At length
saw an absent look in his eye and
stopped talking. because I thought he
had ceased to listen. aic9i
1 very well, very WE'LL" said he.
1 l looked up at him, not knowing
\ what he meant.
"Go on! Tell me all about it." he
added.
| 81 like the country best" said he
when had finished, because there
see more truth in things. Here the lie
has many forms-unique, varied. in
genious. The rouge and powder OF
the lady's cheek-they are lies, both Of
them; the baronial and ducal crests
are lies, and the, fools who use then
are liars; the people who soak them
selves in rum have nothing but lies IL
their heads; the multitude who live by
& their wits and the lack Of them in 9th
srs-they are all liars; the many wht
imagine vain thing and pretend to b.
what they are not-liars, every one O
them. It n bound to be SO in the grea
cities. and it Is a mark Of decay. Th
!. skirts Of Elegabalus, the wigs AM
rouge pots of Nine. Pompadour, tn
/. crucifx Of Machtaveln and the limo
cent smile Of Fernando Wood stand 70
something horribly and vastly false i
the people about them. For trutl
you've got to get back into the woods
!. You can fnd men there a good deal a
God made them-genuine, strong ant
simple. When those men cease t
! come here youth zee, grass growing L
Broadway"
made no answer, and the grea
conimoner stirred his coffee momen
in silence.
VANITY IL the curse Of cities," b
continued. land Flattery Is Its hand
maiden. Vanity. Flattery and Decel
, are the three disgraces. like ma
to be what he is--out and out II he
ashamed Of himself Il won't be long be
fore his friends " be ashamed Of hin
There's the trouble with this towl
! Many fellow Is pretending to b
what he isn't. A. man cannot b
strong unless he is genuine"
One Of his children-a little girl
came and stood close to him as b
. spoke. He put his big arm aroun
Z her, and that gentle, permanent smil
Of his broadened AZ he kissed her an
patted her red cheek.
Anything new, in the south?" Mr.
Greeley inquired.
. Worse and worse every. day." b
: said. Serious trouble coming. TT
. Charleston dinner yesterday was
feast of treason and flow Of Grim
!: nal rhetoric. The Union was the CHE
dish. Everybody slashed 1t with b
: knife and jabbed 1t with his fork.
was slaughtered. roasted, made In
mincemeat and devoured. One oratt
= spoke Of rolling back the tide Of I
2 naticism that nnds its root In the CO
o science Of the people Their met
:. phors are az bad as their morals" q
y He laughed heartily at this examp
9 Of fervid eloquence, and then we TO
: from the table. He had to 60 to u
l ONCE that evening, and came avn