Show A NEW LINCOLN STORY paymaster john furey tells how he christened a photograph gallery at the last meeting ot the loyal mcglon paymaster john furey ot the navy toj a story of a personal emeri euce in washington with president lincoln that seems to have BO far escaped the notice f his biographers tho treasury department said ir amey was experimenting with photography to see to what extent greenbacks green backs might be through i mean by counterfeit ers the experiments were conducted in little temporary station erected on the white hauso grounds and were in charge of brady the famous washington photographer photo grapner the actual work being done by an operator named alexander and au assistant a redheaded scotchman named knox mr lincoln became acry much interested te experiments and ie and mrs often the operator er ator with whom he soon was tami liar enough to call them aiex and sandy when ho addressed them after the experiments had shown that the colors of the greenbacks green backs could not be reproduced by photos raphy the station was abandoned and gardiner whom I 1 knew very well do lerminez ler mined to leaah bradys heince and open a galley for himself on ho avenue one saturday after this I 1 met him and he asked me to come around and see the new place on the following morning were all ready to open on monday he added and id like to know alja think of it get around about 9 for I 1 think the president is coming in so he next morning I 1 was there on time and sure enough shortly after 9 in stalked sir lincoln wearing the lall chimney pot hat and the big cage overcoat coat that photography has made familiar to tills generation era tion with a morning aleck hello sandy he took a look around at fresh and new for the mor i rows opening and then said well all this looks very nice aleck you let me be the flint picture you take gardiner ald lio had hoped for that honor and was ready whenever hla miltor ws but aleck interjected mr lincoln has the shop been christened yet and when gardiner laughingly lite head that strange lovable old man on whom as it was then oils 0 the gloomiest gloo periods ot tool war almot intolerable burdens die down into an inside pocket dt his overcoat and pull our a bottle of whiskey lie extracted alie boik and walking mound the four corners of me room sprinkled the liquor over the floor then turning to gardiner ho exclaimed with an ini comical chuck la now go ahead with the shoot ing |