CHAPTER XIX. 



THREE DAYS AT CHICAGO. 



N the eleventh of September, I took 

 tlie 7.50 morning train at Michigan 

 City for Chicago, instead of going for- 

 ward on horseback, as I had discovered 

 by a study of the map of Illinois, that 

 I could save Paul some thirtv miles. 

 in my journey across the State, by 

 riding directly from Michigan City to 

 Joliet, and I saw no good reason why 

 I should ride him up here, especially at a time when 

 he was greatly in need of rest. 



When I had registered at the " Grand Pacific,'' I 

 went to the Fidelity Safe Deposit Company to attend 

 to some business matters and then over to the Express 

 and Post offices, concluding my rounds by a call upon 

 friends on West Washington street. 



Lectured to a full house at Farwell Hall in the 

 evening, the introduction being given by Major E. S. 

 Weedon, editor of the Army and Navy Gazette. The 

 Major alluded in eloquent and touching terms to the 

 record of the gallant Custer and immediately put my 

 audience in sympathy with me. My brother-in-law, 



Madison H. Buck, of I^ake Mills, Wisconsin, called 



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