Show I 1 ignored hie his inspiration one day said representative sim uel tiel W mccall of massachusetts t heard a perfectly good anecdote ane clote lot it was about thad ste Stev ens elevens steven then running tho the government dining tho civil war nar was walking down pennsyl I 1 i vania anta avenue one morning Y with ith a col cot league they s copped in at george georgo parker a place across from the ol 01 I 1 willard for a todd an I 1 before lear leav ing ahad toed tor for a tew few min itea ites with the faro fare bank and men a hun dred dd dollar bill resuming his valk he was aas accosted on the capital stepi by a quaker from lenng vania some somo of his constituents NN 10 a said they were interested in a worthy charity in his district and neull like to receive a contribution thai I 1 took the hundred dollar bill from I 1 Is pock ock et and with alth a grand flourish flour lh handed it to the spokesman 1 anro I 0 was so in his thanks turning an away aa mr ste yens vens said to his e companion god moves in a mysterious way ills won non ders to perform NN well ell I 1 liked that anecdote ane clote the more I 1 thought of it the more I 1 liked it and finally I 1 became interested in the career of stevens and wrote rote his biography but GO ion oil know after it was yas published I 1 discovered that I 1 b had a d forgot to put the anecdote in the book |