Biographical Notice 



the glory of the scene. At last it 

 seemed to him that he must speak ; 

 and, as he turned away, he said : 

 " Well, Joe, how does it strike you ? " 

 "It is no place for a gentleman, 

 sir ! " was the reply.* 



* Editorial Note. — The above-named 

 " Joe " might well have been the same long- 

 time manservant (Alexander), of whom a 

 story was told some twenty years ago, which 

 well exemplifies his gentlemanly instincts and 

 cultivated manners. 



On a certain occasion when Mr. Abram S. 

 Hewitt and Mr. King were together in Paris, 

 it became necessary for Mr. Hewitt to cross 

 over to London at a time when he was so far 

 from well that his attempt to make the jour- 

 ney alone would have been very imprudent. 

 On Mr. King's urgent insistence Mr. Hewitt 

 consented to take Alexander with him as his 

 personal attendant. When they arrived at 

 the Paris station of departure, Mr. Hewitt 

 and Alexander were both surprised and 

 amused at meeting the most courteous of 

 railway officials, who, evidently awaiting the 

 coming of expected travelers, immediately 

 began to render every possible service, re- 

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