Evening journal., 1905-04-18

Brewer. ID ye mind the tonne we
pounded the rock under Boss MeCor-
mickg"
Mr.. Greeley gave me a place at once
on the local stan and invited me to
dine with him at bis home that even
ing. Meanwhile he sent me 20 the
headquarters Of the Republican cen
trail campaign committee on Broad
way, opposite the New York botel.
Lincoln had been nominated IN May,
and the great political fight Of lS60
was shaking the city with its thun'
ders.
turned IA my copy ut the city desk
In good season. and. although the great
editor had not yet left his room. l
took a car at once TO keep my appoint
ment. a servant showed me TO a seat
IN the big back parlor Of Mr.. Greeley's
home. where spent lonely hour be-
fore heard bis heavy footsteps in the
hall lie immediately rushed upstairs,
two steps at a time, and in a moment
heard bis bigh voice greeting the ba-
bles. He came down shortly with one
Of them clnging TO his hand
"Thunder." he said. 81 had forgot
ten all about you. Let's go right in to
dinner"
He sat at the head OF the table and
next 10 him. I remember how, wearied
by the days burden. he sat. lounglng
heavily, in careless attitudes. He stir
red his dinner into a hash Of eggs, pO-
tatoes, squash and parsnips and ate it
lelsurely with a spoon, his head braced
often with his left forearm, its elbow
resting on the table. II was a sort Of
letting 80 after the immense activity
Of the day, and a casual observer
would have thought he affected the
uncouth, which was not true Of him
lie 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 / thought he
had ceased to listen.
every well, very Well" said he.
I looked up at him, not knowing
what he meant.
Go on! Tell me all about it." he
added
Il Ike the country best" said he
when l had finished. because there l
see more truth IN things. Here the lie
has many forms-unique. varied, in
genious The rouge and powder on
the lady's cheek they are lies. both Of
them. the baronlal and ducal crests
are lies. and the fools who use them
are liars: the people who soak them
selves in rum have nothing but lies 10
their heads; the multitude who live by
their wits ana the lack OF them in 9th.
ers-they are all liars. the many who
imagine a vain thing aud pretend to be
what they are not--liars, every one OF
them. Il Is bound TO be so IN the great
cities. and IL is a mark Of decay The
skirts of Elegabalus, the wigs and
rouge pots OF Nine Pompadour. the
crucihN OF Machiayelll and the limo
cent smile OF Fernando Wood stand for
something horribly and vastly false IN
the people about them. For trutl
you've got TO get back into the woods
You can find men there a good deal as
. God made them genuine, strong and
simple. When those men cease tC
come here you'll see grass growing in
, Broadway"
/ made no answer, and the greai
( commoner stirred his coffee a moment
in silence.
! vanity is the curse OF cities" h,
I continued, "and Flattery is its hand
, maiden. Vanity. Flattery and Decei
, are the three disgraces. like a maI
5 TO be what he is--out and out. If he'i
ashamed Of himself it won't be long be
fore his friends n be ashamed OF him
I There's the trouble with this town
Many a fellow is pretending TO b
what he isn't. A man cannot b.
strong unless he is genuine"
2 One OF his children-a little girl
p came and stood close 70 him as h
e spoke. He put his big arm aroun'
her. and that gentle, permanent smil
!. Of his broadened as he kissed her ant
patted her red cheek.
, Anything new In the south?" Mr.:
Greeley inquired.
Worse and worse every day" h
II said. SERIOUS trouble coming Tn
h Charleston dinner yesterday was
- AtanA VI AlN9cNn dA4 n hNW VI NAAhh
?. nal rhetoric The Union was the chic
II dish. Everybody slashed It with hi
a Knife and iabbed It with his fork.
r was slaughtered, roasted, made int
, mincemeat and devoured. One orato
] spoke Of rolling back the tide OF Il
1 naticism that finds its root in the cor
| science OF the people Their meti
! phors are as bad as their morals"
| He laughed heartily at this exampl
| OF fervid eloQuence. and then we ros
/ from the table. He had to go TO th
] Office that evening, and came ava
| soon after dinner had nothing
| do and went home, rejecting upon a
| the great man had said.
I began shortly TO see the truth {
I what he had told me-men licking II
hand Of riches with the tongue Of fla
! terry, men so stricken with the itch {
| vanity that they groveled for Il
touch Of praise. Qen even who won
\ do perjury FOR Muse. do not sa
that most of tho / saw were
/ that ilk. but enou how the tent
| ency OF life in 9. wn.
was filled with ler at FIRST I
| meeting so many who ld been ever
where and seen everything, who ha
4 mastered all sciences ana all philos
phies and endured many perils on lar
't and sea. ! had met liars before
was no Eden there in the north countI