facturer of steel."

"Well, that is probably true in your case; I had forgotten."

"Mr. President, if I were going to fight, I would take some one of my
size."

"Well, would you let any nation insult and dishonor you because of its
size?"

"Mr. President, no man can dishonor me except myself. Honor wounds
must be self-inflicted."

"You see our sailors were attacked on shore and two of them killed,
and you would stand that?" he asked.

"Mr. President, I do not think the United States dishonored every time
a row among drunken sailors takes place; besides, these were not
American sailors at all; they were foreigners, as you see by their
names. I would be disposed to cashier the captain of that ship for
allowing the sailors to go on shore when there was rioting in the town
and the public peace had been already disturbed."

The discussion continued until we had finally reached the door of the
White House in the dark. The President told me he had an engagement to
dine out that night, but invited me to dine with him the next evening,
when, as he said, there would be only the family and we could talk.

"I am greatly honored and shall be with you to-morrow evening," I
said. And so we parted.

The next morning I went over to see Mr. Blaine, then Secretary of
State. He rose from his seat and held out both hands.

"Oh, why weren't you dining with us last night? When the President
told Mrs. Blaine that you were in town, she said: 'Just think, Mr.
Carnegie is in town and I had a vacant seat here he could have
occupied.'"

"Well, Mr. Blaine, I think it is rather fortunate that I have not seen
you," I replied; and I then told him what had occurred with the
President.

"Yes," he said, "it really was fortunate. The President might have
thought you and I were in collusion."

Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, a bosom friend of Mr. Blaine, and
also a very good friend of the President, happened to come in, and he
said he had seen the President, who told him that he had had a talk
with me upon the Chilian affair last evening and that I had come down
hot upon the subject.

"Well, Mr. President," said Senator Elkins, "it is not probable that
Mr. Carnegie would speak as plainly to you as he would to me. He feels
very keenly, but he would naturally be somewhat reserved in talking to
you."

The President replied: "I didn't see the slightest indication of
reserve, I assure you."

The matter was adjusted, thanks to the peace p