The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-15

was delighted as he saw California
and Oregon-that, he said, he had sus-
pected partly, because he had never
been permitted to land on that shore,
though the ships were there so much.
And the men, said he, laughing.
brought off a good deal besides furs.'
Then he went back-heavens. how
far-to ask about the Chesapeake. and
what was done TO Barron for surren-
dering her to the Leopard. and wheth-
err Burr ever tried again, and he ground
his teeth With the only passion he 1
showed. But in a moment that was
over, and he said, God forgive me, 4
for / am sure I forgive him Then /
he asked about the old war-tOld /
me the true story Of his serving the /
gun the day We took the Jaya-asked /
about dear old David Porter, as he
called him. Then he settled down
more quietly, and very happily, 70 hear
me tell in an hour the history Of fifty
years.
How l wished il had been some
body who knew somethingl But
did as well as / could. / told him OF
the English war I told him about Full
1 ton and the steamboat beginning. !
told him about old Scott and Jackson
told him all / could think about the
Mississippi, and New Orleans. and
Texas, and his own old Kentucky.
/ And do you know he asked who was
in command Of the Legion Of the
/ WestY l told him it was a very gal
liant officer aamed Grant, and that By
our LAST news, he was about to estab-
lish his headquarters at Vicksburg-
Then, Where was Vicksburgy
worked that out on the map; it was
about hundred miles, more or less,
above his old Fort Adams; and
thought Fort Adams must be ruin
now. Tt must be at old Vick's plan
tation,' said he; wen, that IS a
changer
81 tell you. Ingham, it was hard
thing to condense the history Of half
century into that talk with a sick
man. And I do not know what told
, him-of emigration, and the means Of
it-of steamboats, and railroads and
| telegraphs-of inventions and books
and literature-of the colleges and
! West Point and the Naval school
i but with the queerest interruptions
that ever you heard. You see il was
: Robinson Crusoe asking all the aecu-
i INFLATED questions Of ffty-six years
!. Il remember he asked, all Of q sud
: den, who was president now; and
i when I told him, he asked If Old Abe
+ was Gen. Benjamin Lincoln's son. HI
: said he met old General Lincoln. wheI
! he was quite a boy himself, at SOM
q Indian treaty. said no, that Old Alb
was Kentuckian like himself. but
l could not tell him of what family; b
e had worked up from the ranks Goo
:? for him. cried Nolan; I am glad {
" that. AS / have brooded and VOL
Re dered, | have thought our danger wi
in keeping up those regular succe
! sions in the first families Then
| got talking about my visit TO Was
| ington. / told him of meeting the Or
| gon congressman, Harding; l told hi
| about Smithsonian and the exploriI
expedition; told him about the car
tol-and the statues for the pedimel
and Crawford's Liberty - ar
fGreenough's Washington: Ingham,
told him everything l could think I
4 that would show the grandeur of b
country and its prosperity.
4 And he drank it in. and enjoyed
i f as I cannot tell you. He grew NOR
1 Ii and more silent, yet / never though
4 he was tired or faint ! gave him
4 glass OF water. bur he Just wet his lip:
A f1-5 Ella v,,a y,nt ~ 90 avrar Than y
/ asked me 10 bring the Presbyteria
Book of Public Prayer which la
q there, and said. with a smile, that j
would open at the right placAand $
n it did. There was his double re
mark down the page: 1 knelt dow
and read. and he repeated with mS
j For ourselves and our country, 0 grs
cious God. We thank thee, that. not
withstanding our manifold tranSgreS
y sions Of thy holy laws. thou hast cor
tinued to US thy marvellous kindness
: and so 10 the end OF that thanksgiJ
= ing. Then he turned TO the end Q
= the same book. and l read the word
= more familiar to me: Most hearth
! we beseech thee with thy favor TO Be
: hold and bless thy servant. the pres
dent OF the United States. and a
others in authority'-and the rest 0
the Episcopal collect. .Danforth
! said he, I have repeated those prayer
!. night and morning, it is now fifty-fiv
: years And then he said he woul
: go to sleep. He bent me down owe
/, him and kissed me; and he sale
!, Look in my Bible. Danforth. when
!, am gone And l went awsy.
!. But had no thought it was RI
: end. / thought he was tired an
: would sleep. 1 knew he was happ.
Z and / wanted him to be alone
"But in an hour. when the docto
Went in gently, he found Nolan Ia
Z, h-.a. I'D