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"I have told you," she said, "how hard my childhood was, how lonely and desolate and miserable I was with my girl's heart full of love and no one to love. "When I was eighteen I went to live with a very wealthy family in London, the name I will not hide one detail from you the name was Cleveland; they had one little girl, and I was her governess.
When poor Dick was brought up on a cot, still unconscious, Arnold Baxter stepped forward. "I have determined to stop off at Cleveland," he said to Captain Jasper. "If there is anything I can do for this poor fellow, I will do it willingly." "Why, I thought you were going through to Buffalo," returned the captain in surprise.
The unprecedented majority which Cleveland received in this election and his excellent administration as Governor of New York secured for him the Democratic nomination for President in 1884.
A preliminary tour of observation brought him to Cleveland, then lively with business, and more lively still with expectancy of business to come from the completion of the canal, then in partial operation. Like many who preceded, and more who followed him, Mr. Winslow was struck with the natural advantages of Cleveland and concluded to try his fortunes here.
I have since heard that Terry felt very bad about it afterwards. I never felt right towards him until I had a chance to get even with him, and it came in this way. The Crescent Club of Brooklyn played the Cleveland Athletic Club at Cleveland. George and myself were invited to play with the Cleveland club, and on the Crescent team were Alex Moffat and Terry.
In classifying the early commercial men of Cleveland, the name of Noble H. Merwin is justly entitled to stand among the first on the list. In fact he was the founder and father of her commerce, and a man not only noble in name, but noble in character. He was born in New Milford, Ct., in 1782, received a good common school education, and married Minerva Buckingham, of that town.
Cleveland's nearly 200,000 majority had dwindled to the claim of a beggarly few hundred, and it was charged that votes which belonged to Butler, who ran as an independent labor candidate, were actually counted for Cleveland. When it was over an old Republican friend of mine said: "Now we are even. History will attest that we stole it once and you stole it once.
It is a fair charge against Cleveland as a partisan leader that, while he led a strong following to victory in 1892, he left his party disorganized in 1897. But it fell to him to decide between principle and party, and he chose principle. He served his country at the expense of his party.
The guests assembled in the East Room, and when dinner was announced as served, passed down the corridor, the Marine Band performing selections from the "Mikado," and entered the state dining-room in the following order: President Cleveland and Miss Bayard, who wore a trained dress of pink silk, the front of which was white lace; Secretary Whitney and Mrs.
"Don't interrupt me if you want to hear this," he smiled. "Tell me one thing," she questioned, "and then I won't. Was that in Cleveland?" "Yes." "So I heard," she assented. "There was something about her so " "Love at first sight," again interpolated Letty foolishly. Her heart was hurting her. "I know." "Are you going to let me tell this?" "Pardon me, Lester. I can't help a twinge or two."
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