Mr.Greeley acknowledged he was the guilty one, and begging the man's pardon, added, "Tom Rooker, come here and kick _me_ quick." 3.

Once when Greeley was making one of his frequent visits to Mr.and Mrs.Storrs, the widow of the minister who used to preach at Mansfield, Connecticut, when Mr.Storrs was a boy, had been invited by him to spend a week.

She was a timid little woman, but she became so shocked at several things that Greeley had said or written in his paper that she inquired of Miss Proctor if she thought Mr.Greeley would allow her to ask him two or three questions.
Miss Proctor found him in the dining-room, the floor strewn with exchange papers, and having secured his consent, ushered in the lady.
She told me afterward that she heard the poor little questioner speak with a rising inflection only two or three times.

But Mr.Greeley was always ready to answer at length and with extreme earnestness.

He said afterwards: "Why that woman is way back in the Middle Ages." When she came away from the interview, she seemed excited and dazed, not noticing anyone, but dashed upstairs to her room, closed the door, and never afterward alluded to her attempt to modify Mr.Greeley's views.
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