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and said, " Commodore, you will be as
great a railroad king, as you were once
an ocean king, and as you call me your
boy, why don't you make my fortune?"
He thought a moment, and then said,
slapping me on the back, " Mc, sell
everything you have and put it in Har- •
lem stock; it is now twenty-four; you will
make more money than you will know
how to take care of." If I had followed
his advice, I would now have been Indeed
a millionaire.

One word more here about the Com¬
modore. He then turned to me and said,
" Mc, look at that bust,"—a bust of him¬
self, by Powers. "What do you think
Powers said of that head ?"

"What did-he say?"   I  replied.

" He said, * It is a finer head than
Webster's !'"