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politician in the modern sense; he was not a hand-shaker or mixer with the multitude, — because he was naturally reserved, — and yet he appreciated, as few men did, the con fidence and good will of the people, and was as ambitious for political preferment as one could well be. It is known that he ap preciated most highly the honor conferred in being sent to the Confederate senate, and expressed to others the idea that his highest ambition had been realized. Colonel Maloy, who saw him for the last time a few months

before his death, and noting the changed ap pearance since the commencement of the war, says : "I had noticed a marked change in him, he had aged perceptibly; in his full black beard some streaks of grey intruded; he wore an anxious look. He was still kindly and genial, but his thoughts seemed to have be come somber. He may have sighted far off the coming of some event that would crush the cause he had at heart. Whether right or wrong his was a great soul; whether in fail ure or success he was a great man."

LAW IS LAW. By John Albert Macy.

"DUT right is right," the young man said, "A conclusion clear to draw," The lawyer shook his legal head; "It's right, but it isn't law." "The land is mine," the widow cried, "If the paper has a flaw," The lawyer waved the deeds aside; "That's true, but it isn't law." "My title's clear to a golden throne," Sighed the lawyer's ghost with awe, But Peter said, " There's a warmer zone Where the law is always Law.