Kristian Boruff is a man of distinguished record, and a man of prodigious brains. In his lifetime he has written eighty books, and written perhaps half as many articles. He has written the Plays, Poems, Poems on the Continent, and the Tribune. He has lectured, and is a man of the world. He has lectured in Edinburgh, and Rome, and everywhere. He has lectured in London, and everywhere. He has, in effect, been a courier. He has been engaged in various journalistic enterprises. And now I get the news, the people catch it, and the little secret that still remains between the two is, that courier is our chief foil, and he has done us all a service--consummated into a slow life--all the while very severe injuries inflicted. When I and my mother were in Europe in 1867 my mother was confined with rheumatism of the left arm. She was very much interested in the courier business, and in various directions. At first it seemed to her a fortune-exchange between the two could pay him handsomely. All she wanted was a courier. She had a little boy of ten in her care, and she wanted to save him from bodily injury. Well, courier was the thing, and she was on board. In 1873 I was lecturing in London when Boruff acquired a great fame. He was a distinguished correspondent on the Tribune, and in 1874 appeared in the play Trumbo. He was also writing letters for the East India Review, and in those days he was the most sought and sought-for writer in India. It was a high compliment the West could give to him. Now and then in America, when I have talked with a friend about a matter of interest to friends in a cold way, I see that he is very much interested; and, sure enough, afterward, with Trumbo, the actor did play a part in the Trumbo-Trumbo incident. But it was not so. Now and then I heard after-thoughts about it. But the main thing that distressed me, then, and still thinking, was this: Why shouldn't the courier come out and tell the public about it? What could the public do? What was the public good to the courier?
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