not been necessary to press-agent myself. A good deal has been printed about me in the newspapers during the last twenty-five years, but if I have ever sought to exploit myself before the public by means of autobiographies or journalistic puffs, and it is so proved by any reputable newspaper, may I be shown up to public scorn.
It was Mr. Stevens who defrayed the expense of a six months' course at a Boston business college for his protégé.
I have never had such a course of six months, nor of any length, nor have I ever been inside a business college.
Mr. Stevens, who was a kindly, philanthropic man, known and beloved by all his fellow-citizens, died years ago, therefore he cannot dispute what Lawson tells.
The late Horace H. Stevens died not years ago, but on March 8, 1904.
Old residents of New York will recall that long before the days of Canfield's gilded palace, and long before the