The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-28

\ story OF Horace Greeley's desk
soon to become the property or ile
CITY OF Greeley for the use OF the
lcbief executive OF the city. appeal
in the Denver Catholic Register. i
is reproduced in the Tribune in vie"
lof the great interest aroused by the
securing OF the precious relic for the
lcjty through the efforts OF Faith
A. b. Casey.
Following is the story as written
for the Register:
NOT so very many moons ago, there
was a great religious celebration IN
rho Church OF the Sacred Heart
on Jarimer street. 1t was the sol
emnization of the Feast OF st. Igna-
titus Loyola, founder Of the Society
of Jesus, and the eloquent Father
lD-had been invited to preach
the panegyric 1t had been duly
covenanted that his own parish
should not be left unattended on
that memorable day, SO an underling
was sent over to minister to the
spiritual welfare of his somewhat
critical and exacting congregation
| After the late mass and sermon
the substitute retired to the sacristy
and was in the act OF congratulate
himself on the happy end of his
"pastorate" when a lady of rath6r
majestic mien appeared before hin.
She had set" look about the fac,
that look which is so often seen on
the face of the mother OF a married
daughter.
II expected to find Father D.
she said, with some SEVERITY.
MADAM" said the substitute as in
noScih1o thn 10 81
the Jesuit church for the great ser
mon. and | am here in his stead
well" she said, at the same time
giving her head little toss over the
left shoulder, you did we'll enough,
Father
That underling thus made such a
reputation for alpit eloquence that
thenceforth his steady, nay, habitu-
al. occupation became that OF
mounting guard over grammar
class while its luckless mempers
strove TO decline aimana and Other
toothsome tongue-twisters.
But, alas, bodily agility fades
away with years and mental aleri-
ness only too often vanishes with IL.
Yea, verify, the day comes when
even the humble teacher of gram
mar becomes an undesirable and
must go out to Craze in some stub
blefield That's why one OF them
found occupation in New YORK,
where-such is the fever of the
strife-there is always job for the
prosaic plodder who can walk down
Broadway without becoming dazzled
by the glare of the lights.
Trud ging along one day at pace
which sacrificed speed to safety, the
lowly bearer of bundle of copy
chanced to pause at the head OF
Nassau street to catch his breath,
for he had just escaped being run
over by a push-cart. There he stood
gaping at the throngs hurrying
homeward towards Brooklyn bridge.
10. tho unending procession! Both
sexes, all ages, pushing and jostainG
towards the goal! There. IN the
shadow Of the monumental Tribune
building, looking down upon the
scene with . calmness that his spirit
had seldom known during a strife
OF over thirty years, was Horace
Greeley in bronze.
The copy-bearer's memory fitted
back to that charming Colorado
town, 20 typical Of staid New Eng
land not only in its name and ap-
pearance, but also in that air OF re-
spectacle propriety which is insep-
arabic from the true New England
spirit. He recalled, too, certain
buggy ride from Windsor in cold.
driving rain, and an attempt at a
sermon while his teeth chattered
and his damp clothing clung TO his
shivering frame. No wonder that
Invitation was not repeated That
concionatorial effort confirmed
|C"cinched", who had almost said)
his calling to the classroom.
| But, back to the serene statue.
On that same site, though in less
imposing edifice, that prince of
American journalists may nave
paused at times to view the lone
going throngs, raising his eyes from
that copy" which was the despair
of the typesetter. yet an inspiration
to the readers of the Tribune. From
the days of the "log cabin and hard
cider" campaign of 1910 to the an
ti-Grant demonstration Of 1872,
Greeley was an oracle In American
politics. A clear thinker yirile