[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] What does all this mean ? are we preparing for the contest of the cudgel? Is club-law to rule the land ? In the midst of all this a herald in hot haste has sum-moned me to a feast to be given by the great sachem of I'okahoe— doubt-less a war-feaat, in honor of the hero of the Rocky Mountains. " Now, Sir, I am a peaceable man. I have declined the sachem's invi-tation to his feast. I accept the cane under condition that, if club-law is to be the order of the day, I be permitted to keep my cudgel quiet, and if I accompany you this morning to pay a visit to Colonel Fremont at the sachem's wigwam I shall certainly leave my cudgel at home. " Yours truly, but pacifically, " Washington Irving. "George D. Morgan, Esq.'' The writer of these lines, while taking tea at Mr. Hoge's, had the pleasure to meet Mr. Irving there and now recalls the amusing conversation. Mrs. Hoge, a bright and genial lady, was rallying Mr. Ir-ving on the subject of matrimony, " Oh, no, Mrs. Hoge," he replied, with mock gravity and determina-