D. Y.

As if George could have done it!  A lady must always see a man somewhat as a carpet knight, and ill would betide both if it were not so.  But, allowing for this, and the want of “more power to her elbow,” I am thankful to Mrs. Tracy for this vivid recall of the man to whom I and all here owe an unspeakable debt.  For my own part, I can only say that from the day when I marvelled at his fortitude under the terrible pain of the lion’s bites, to that when I saw the almost unexampled triumph of his will over the promptings of a disordered brain, he stood before me the grandest specimen of manhood I ever met, ever a victor, and, above all, over himself.

G. Y.