Evening journal., 1905-04-18
cHApTER XXIV.


CHAPTER XIV.
F~1HOsE were great days in mid I
autumn. The republic was in
s-S7-ss grave peril Of dissolution |
ese.s Liberty tbat bad hymned her
birth In the last century now hymued /
her destiny IN the voices OF bard and
orator Crowds OF men gathered in
public squares. at bulletin boards. on
street corners, arguing, gesticulating, |
exclaimng and cursing Cheering mul-
titudcs went up and down the city by
night with bands and torches, and
there was such a howl OF oratory and
applause on the lower half Of Manhat-
tan Island that It gave the reporter
no rest. William H. Seward Charles
Sumner, John A. Dix, Henry Ward
Beecher and Charles O'ConOr were the
giants Of the stump. There was more
violence and religious fervor i'm the po-
lltlcal feeling Of that time than had
been mingled since 1TT6. A sense Of
outrage was in the hearts Of men.
Honest Abe" Lincoln stood, as they
took IT, for their homes and their coun
try. for human liberty and even for
their God
remember coming into the count
ing room late one evening. Loud
voices had halted me as l passed the
door Mr.. Greeley stood back Of the
counter; a rather tall, wiry, gray head
ed man before it. Each was shaking
a right fist under the others nose.
They were shouting loudly as they ar.
gued. The stranger was for war; Mr.
Greeley for waiting The publisher or
the Tribune stood beside the latter,
smoking a pipe a small man leaned
over the counter at the strangers ell
bow, putting in a word here and there;
half a dozen people stood by, listen
Ing. Mr.. Greeley turned TO his pub
Usher in a moment.
"Rhoades," said be- 81 wish ye'd put
these men out They boiler an yell so
I can't hear myself think"
Then there was a general laugh
learned, TO my surprise, when they
/ had gone that the tail man was viii
liam II. Seward, the other John A.
/ Dix.
Then one Of those fevered days came
the Prince OF Wales-a godsend-to
allay passion with curiosity
It was my duty 10 handle some OF
"the latest news by magnetic tele-
graph" and help to get the plans and
progress Of the campaign at headQuar-
ters. The printer, as they called Mr..
Greeley. was at his desk when / came
I'm at noon, never leaving the Office but
for dinner until past midnight those
days. And he made the Tribune a
mighty power in the state. His faith
IN its efficacy was sublime, and every
line went under his eye before it went
TO his readers. / remember night
when he called me to his Office, about
10 o'clock. He was up TO his knees in
the rubbish OF the day newspapers that
he had read and thrown upon the floor
his desk was Uttered with proofs.
"Go an see the Prince o. Wales" he
said. Crhat interesting young man had
arrived on the Harriet Lane that morn
ing and ridden up Broadway betweer
cheering hosts) Eve got a sketch oi
him here. an it's all twaddle. Tell us
something new about him. II he's go
a hole in his sock we ought to know it,
Mr.. Dana came IN 10 see him while
was there.
Look here, Dana" said the printer
In a rasplng humor. by the gods o
war! Here's two columns about tha
performance at the Academy and onl!
two sticks Of the speech OF Seward a
st. Paul. III have TO get some one {
go an burn that theater an send thu
bill to me-"
In the morning Mayor Wood intro
duced me 20 the Duke of Newcastle
who in turn presented me TO the Prime
OF Wales, then a slim. blue eyed young
, ster Of nineteen. as gentle hammered
, as any I have ever met. II was N.
, unpleasant duty TO keep as near a
/ possible TO the royal party in all Tia
festivities of that week
r The ball in the princes honor at th'
J Academy Of Music was one Of tn
! great social events Of the century. n
2 fair Of vanity in the western hemi
O sphere ever quite equaled it. The fash
4 ions Of the French court bad taken th
Y city as had the prince-by unconditional
Z surrender. Not IN the palace Of Ner
+ sailes could one have seen a NOR
generous exposure Of the charms o
y fair women. None was admitted with
= out low cut bodice, and many cam
q that had not the proper accessories
> But it was the most brilliant compan
q New York had ever seen.
L Too many tickets had been distribui
v ed, and soon there was an elbow o
a every rib and a heel on every toe" a
y Mr.. Greeley put it. Every miss and he
e mamma tiptoed for a view OF III
y prince ana his party, who came in a
' 10. taking their seats on dais at on
siAA Of Aha nn0uudAd h0ar- Tia nrinc