And so on for an hour longer. But no one ever resented the old warrior's genial "bossism."
Sherman's last "interview" with a newspaper reporter occurred at his New York home less than a fortnight before his death.
When the reporter entered the General was seated at a square table in the middle of the room, and in a despairing sort of way was trying to find out from a directory where Dr. John Hall's church is situated. He wore a very extraordinary pair of spectacles—each lens like a jeweler's magnifying glass. When he had got the information he wanted, he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead, shook hands and asked what was wanted.
"By the way," he said, suddenly, "I have seen you before."
"Yes; at the Garfield memorial exercises in Cleveland."
"I remember now," General Sherman continued; "sit down. What can I do for you? I have very little time; I am going to a wedding at 12 o'clock."
He was asked to talk about Lincoln and old war-times.
"No, no," he said, shaking his head; "I have said all I have to say and written all I have to write on that subject and all others. I shall not write any more nor talk for publication."
