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Show An Anroh te of (Irani. It was shortly after his return from tho lomncy round the woild, durhiK which lie rciiivcd a continuous utatlou, that General CiMnl was Invited to a pleasant city in Illinois, not far from his former home, Galena. Here hu had burn fur m my hours the renter of public ullen tlun, anil on arriving at the hospitable home where lie was to spend tho night went to the plana with Ids host and n few pcrsonil hieuds to crtju) .1 well-earned well-earned rest. I ho Kenilcmcn wcro chatting; and smoklnc. whin the kotcss, summoned to the library, found there a group of hrlght-e)cd little girls, each provided with an autograph album, who eagerly told her that they had come to ask Gen. Grant to sign his name iu their books, Remembering the fatigue of the last few hours, she lit sltatcd un Instant, but. unwilling un-willing to disappoint the little ones, went to her Vuest und presented their petition Gen. Grant Instantly sprang up with the most lordlal alacrity, entered the librarv and wrote his mmc in the books, au-dressing au-dressing a few plcnsint words to each little maid ln turn. Nor was tills all When thn last album was closed the popular Idol, whose ticitiirnlty hid be come ilmnst as pro ver bill as Von Mollke'j, lingered for several minutes, talking merrily with the children, before he relumed to Ills friends I he) tripped homo in the utmost delight, de-light, vying with one another hi sounding sound-ing his praises, and, iu the e)csof the liostiss at least, the nation's hero had added another leaf to Ins laurels. |
