When next I met William McKinley he said jocosely: "You are a mean man, Henry Watterson!" "How so ?" I asked.
"I accepted the invitation to answer you because I wanted and needed the money.

Of course I had no time to prepare a special address.

My idea was to make my fee by ripping you up the back.

But when I read the verbatim report which had been prepared for me there was not a word with which I could take issue, and that completely threw me out." Then I told him how it had happened and we had a hearty laugh.

He was the most lovable of men.