The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-29
Scar Captiuated President

You will have to excuse mo now.
Camp. l have an appointment With
President Garfield this morning. and
just have time to reach the White
House."
You go to see your PRESIDENT" ex.
claimed the world-famous singer.
Then I go with you. II you will let
me. And you will say to him that
Campanini will feel greatly honorsl II
he can go back to Italy next month
and say to his friends there: 7 have
shaken hands with the great President
Garfield"
All right. Camp" said the friend.
and little later. after he had met the
president. the friend volunteered the
Information to General Garfield that
Campanini. the singer. was outside
and would like to meet him.
"Campanini?" said the president.
Bring him In. I shall be glad to sse
him for moment"
Capanini, all Difference. was shown
In. GARFIELD took him by the hand.
''Sit right down. Mr.. Campanini. l
am very glad-where did you get thst
scar across your facet"
That. SIR" replied the tenor. As he
threw back his shoulders, IT received
while fighting with Garibaldis Thous-
and at Marsha"
You were one of Garibaldi's Thous-
and!" cried the president You must
tell me all about It. It 10 the first
time I have had an opportunity to
meet any one who fought with Carl.
baldi."
Campanini's martial spirit was in.
stantly rekindled. He recognized In
the president q man who. like him.
self, had been a soldier, and he began
to tell the story Of the Thousand with
picturesque vividness. In the midst
Of the narration. 0arfield's secretary
entered the room. 'Mr. President. the
cabinet is in the cabinet room waiting
for you." he admonished.
Yes. yes" replied the president
impatiently. Il will be there In a
moment" He turned to Campanini.
You wait here till I am through with
my cabinet. I want to hear more"
That proved to be = suspiciously
short session Of the cabinet: Garfield
was not absent fifteen minutes. He
re-entered the room with an eager
step. and. taking . seat besides the
great tenor. put many questions to
him. He got Campanini to describe
Garibaldi in battle and in camp. He
had Campanini lead him through some
of Garibaldi's campaigns. He went
back to the story of the scar And
through 1t all, the two men. each su-
preme in his own vocation, apparent.
ly forgot their relations to the world.
and appeared before each other mere
ly as veterans Of the battle line
For upwards Of an hour the head Of
the nation lets its business go hang
while he listened to the story that
Campanini unfolded to him Then he
extended his hand in gratefulness.
when Campanini. seeming to realize
for the first time that he had been In
close conversation with the president
of the United States. pointed to his
heart. The memory will always re-
main here" he said. fervently.
The friend. meditating on all that
he had seen and heard while the two
old-time warriors were as comrades.
said to Campanini as they were on
the way back to the hotel: "1 now un-
derstand better than ever I did be-
fore where Garfield obtained his mar
velous fund of information. He goes
to original sources whenever possible.
and, Campanini. he has absorbed more
from you this morning than he could
have obtained by reading a complete
history Of Garibaldi and iis cam
paign."
Copyright. 1910. by e. J. EdwardsJ