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D. R. Locke, whose writings as Petroleum V. 

 Nasby were recognized by Lincoln as being of 

 great service to the Union cause, was a conversa- 

 tionalist of rare humor and when he was with us 

 we seldom retired before 2 a. m. 



General Grant used to visit in Elizabeth and on 

 such occasions I was apt to have a half hour call 

 from him. There was little flow of conversation 

 then, merely a quiet smoke in the library and a 

 desultory chat. Once he asked me some ques- 

 tions about Black Friday in a way that showed 

 that he hadn't forgotten the attempt of the Erie 

 Gang, Eisk and Gould, to make a cat's-paw of 

 him. 



Business gradually increased and I took in as 

 partner a son-in-law of General John H. Deve- 

 reux, then president of the Cleveland, Columbus, 

 Cincinnati and Indianapolis R. R. Later I was 

 able to be of service to this road to our mutual 

 advantage. Its president came to New York 

 with a lot of bonds of the road on which to bor- 

 row money of their agent, the United States 

 Trust Company, or in default of getting the cash 



