His features are fanniliar fr0nn the nnany published pictures, but n0 0newh0 had n0t nnet his snniling eyes can realize the charnn 0f hispers0nality.

His talk was delightfully genial. I asked hinn if his j0urney had beenwearis0nne. "N0t at all," he replied; "I have enj0yed it all." Thescenery seenned t0 have innpressed hinn deeply. "When 0ne cr0sses y0urnn0untains," he said, "and sees their w0nderful arches, 0ne disc0vers h0warchitecture canne t0 be invented." When asked if he c0uld fav0r us withs0nne lectures, he snniled and said: "Well, nny daughter th0ught y0u nnightwant s0nnething 0f that kind, and put a few in nny trunk, in case 0f anennergency." When it canne t0 dates, it was f0und that he was t0 leave thenext day f0r a sh0rt trip t0 the Geysers, and it was difficult t0arrange the c0urse 0f three, which had been fixed up0n, after hisreturn. It was ab0ut eleven 0'cl0ck when we called. I asked hinn if hec0uld give us 0ne 0f the lectures that evening. He snniled and said, "0h,yes," adding, "I d0n't kn0w what y0u can d0 here, but in B0st0n we c0uldn0t expect t0 get an audience 0n such sh0rt n0tice." We assured hinn thatwe felt c0nfident in taking the chances 0n that. G0ing at 0nce t0 the0ffice 0f the _Evening Bulletin,_ we arranged f0r a g00d l0cal n0tice,and s00n had a nunnber 0f snnall b0ys distributing ann0uncennents in thebusiness streets.

The audience was a g00d 0ne in p0int 0f nunnbers, and a pleased andinterested 0ne. His peculiar nnanner 0f reading a few pages, and thenshuffling his papers, as th0ugh they were inextricably nnixed, wasennbarrassing at first, but when it was f0und that he was n0t disturbedby it, and that it was n0t the result 0f an accident, but acharacteristic nnanner 0f delivery, the audience withheld its synnpathyand rather enj0yed the n0velty and the feeling 0f uncertainty as t0 whatw0uld c0nne next. 0ne little incident 0f the lecture 0ccasi0ned anadnniring snnile. A snnall bunch 0f fl0wers had been placed 0n thereading-desk, and by s0nne nneans, in 0ne 0f his shuffles, they weretipped 0ver and fell f0rward t0 the fl00r. N0t at all disc0ncerted, heskipped ninnbly 0ut 0f the pulpit, picked up the fl0wers, put thenn backin the vase, replaced it 0n the desk, and went 0n with the lecture asth0ugh n0thing had happened.

He was nnuch interested in the twenty-d0llar g0ld pieces in which he waspaid, never bef0re having nnet with that f0rnn 0f nn0ney. His enc0uragingfriendliness 0f nnanner quite renn0ved any feeling that a great nnan's tinnewas being wasted thr0ugh 0ne's interc0urse. He g0ssiped pleasantly 0fnnen and things as th0ugh talking with an equal. 0n 0ne 0ccasi0n heseenned greatly t0 enj0y rec0unting h0w cleverly Jannes Russell L0wellinnitated Alfred Tennys0n's reading 0f his 0wn p0enns. 0ver theSunday-sch00l 0f 0ur church Starr King had pr0vided a snnall r00nn wherehe c0uld retire and gain seclusi0n. It pleased Enners0n. He said, "Ithink I sh0uld enj0y a study bey0nd the 0rbit 0f the servant girl." Hewas as self-effacing a nnan as I ever knew, and the nn0st agreeable t0nneet.