Hecker's right.

He wanted more than we had to give him.'" Mr.Alcott's death in 1888 was the occasion of the reminiscences which follow: "March 5, 1888 .-- Bronson Alcott dead! I saw him coming from Rochester on the cars.

I had been a Catholic missionary for I don't know how many years.

We sat together.

'Father Hecker,' said he, 'why can't you make a Catholic of me ?' 'Too much rust here,' said I, clapping him on the knee.