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them out to their inevitable ruin, became more and 

 more manifest, his conscience asserted itself and a 

 lucrative position with exceptional opportunities for 

 enriching himself at the expense of innocent and 

 trusting immigrants was voluntarily abandoned. For 

 a considerable time he continued to maintain his 

 Lawrence office. The Government gave him charge 

 of the closing out of the Delaware Indian Reserva- 

 tion lands. Needless to say, no tainted penny ever 

 found its way into his none-too-comfortable personal 

 bank account during his incumbency of that office. 

 Meantime, he was preparing Linwood Farm for his 

 own home, with his heart set upon cattle-breeding 

 as a vocation worthy of any man, and particularly 

 demanded in the midst of a new and but partially 

 developed agriculture in a land specially blessed by 

 nature. He was just entering upon this fruitful 

 period of his career when I had the great good 

 fortune to meet him that day in March at the Blue 

 Grass capital in 1882. 



In his room at the old Phoenix Hotel in Lexing- 

 ton, after the adjournment of the Record meeting, 

 I told him that I intended making a tour of the 

 leading Kentucky herds before returning to Chicago. 

 He replied that he was just then looking for a new 

 bull to put in service at Linwood, and was to begin 



