Forrest And Greeley

It was up the old steep wooden stairway on the Spruce street side tliat the great American tragedian, Edwin Forrest, marshaled his way one afternoon to "sayapieee" to Horaoe Greeley. A certain critio had discovered that Forrest was not acoording to Shakspeare's ideal in a portion of one of his performances. Forrest wanfed to know the man who dared to reveal such a thing in print. He supposed that Mr. Greeley could be commanded by his imperious tones to make a clean breast of. the offender's name. Greeley stood face to face wLh the great tragedian, and kept moving toward the doorway, Forrest moying backward until he feit himself in danger of toppling down the steep stair, and emptying out into Spruce street. To be brief, Forrest wan afraid of Greeley, and "made tracks" down that stair as speedily as if he had traveled the road as of ten as Greeley. All Greeley said in the conversation was, "My name is Greeley; what do you want ?" Forrest said all the rest, and did not articúlate very well, either. William H. Fry, who witnessed the performance, asked Mr. Greeley, in a cynical way, wby he did not treat Mr. Forrest like a gentleman. Mr. Greeley replied, "Is that ]?qrrf!8t, the play-actor?" Fry said, "Yes, thai is the great tragedian." Af ter a few moments' pause, Greeley said, " Well, ] reckon be didn't scare auvtliinK un here."-