. Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade. he door of the very house in which he was born;—little, humble, and old it is. I told them who I wasand that I had come after fifty years to see the placewhere he had been. They respected my errand andallowed me to go all through it, in every nook andcorner,—apologizing for appearances, as they saidthey had not expected visitors;—up the creaky stairswith the same thin and rickety railing, and in thelittle room, the very identical little room, where hecame into being. I
. Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade. he door of the very house in which he was born;—little, humble, and old it is. I told them who I wasand that I had come after fifty years to see the placewhere he had been. They respected my errand andallowed me to go all through it, in every nook andcorner,—apologizing for appearances, as they saidthey had not expected visitors;—up the creaky stairswith the same thin and rickety railing, and in thelittle room, the very identical little room, where hecame into being. In my imagination, I could hearthe baby cry and could see its mothers look of tenderlove and pride for the new come joy. And then Ileft, and as I went off down the street, I looked backagain and again where little Billy had been, and won-dered if he from the Great Beyond could then seeme and feel my great love for him as I stood theretransfixed in the contemplation of the spirits of thepast, and feeling for the moment that I too was alittle boy myself, waiting—waiting for him to comeout who never could come In this Store My Father Worked as a Boy, at Groton, N. Y
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