NOTEBOOK

May 26, 1885. This date, 1858, parted from L. (Laura
Dake). Who said "We shall meet again 30 years from
now."

They did not meet in thirty years, or ever,
again. During the summer of 1906, at Dublin,
New Hampshire, he received a letter from her,
the first in all that time. She asked a favor, which
he was only too willing to grant. It has never
been quite clear why their romance came to an
end.

Today talked with Gen. Grant about his, and my, first
Missouri campaign (in 1861, June or July). He surprised
an empty camp, near Florida, Mo., on Salt River which I
had been occupying a day or two before. How near he
came to playing the devil with his future publisher.

Gen. Grant told me it was at Salt River his heart was
in his mouth, but from that day forth he never had a
tremor again in the war. He had been in war before but
this was the first time he was responsible.

General Grant's first idea was to put in portraits of
prominent generals, but he got so many letters from colo-
nels and such, asking to be added that he resolved to put
none in and thus avoid the creation of jealousies.

June 28. Gen. Grant telegraphed me and I went to him
next day—a long trip from Elmira to Mount McGregor.
Left the hilltop at Quarry Farm at 6 A.M., arrived at
Gen. Grant's cottage 14 hours afterward 8:20 P.M. The
business was a letter from the Century—exactions about
the Century articles. I devised one method, Col. Fred
another. We fixed it up.

I was ready to return next morning, but waited 24
hours for Jesse Grant to return from New York. He

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