dust sure to try it i hesitate to say what would happen if he were a perhaps said mr with a trifle more impatience than was with his calling � perhaps you will hesitate long enough for me to state what i have been trying to state ever since this of yours began � that in any event whether this person be a or a or a walking gentleman or a riding gentleman in a i object to his being admitted to this circle and i deem it well to say right the york public library and foundations r l here that as he comes in at the front door i go out at the back as a clergyman i do not approve of the stage that ought to settle it said the idiot � mr is too good a friend to us all here for us to compel him to go out of that back door into the rather limited market garden mrs keeps in the yard my plea for the admission of mr was based entirely upon my desire to see this circle completed or nearer completion than it is at present we have all the professions represented here but the stage and why it that no one objects the men whose lives are given over to the amusement of mankind and who are willing to place themselves in the most outrageous situations night after night in order that we may for the time being seem to be lifted out of the unpleasant situations into which we have got ourselves are in my opinion doing a noble work the theatre us to forgetfulness of self successfully for a few brief hours and i have seen the time when an hour or two of relief from actual cares has resulted in great good nevertheless the gentleman is not elected and if mrs m will kindly my cup i will ask you to join me in a toast to the health of the of this flock whose conscience as it may seem is the most frequently worn and yet the least of the represented at this table this easy settlement of her difficulty was so pleasing to mrs that the idiot s request was graciously to and mr s health was drank in after which the idiot requested the genial gentleman who occasionally to join him privately in eating cakes to the health of mr i haven t any doubt that he is worthy of the attention he said and if you will lend me the money to buy the tickets i ll take you around to the to night where he is playing i don t know whether he plays hamlet or a hole in the roof but at any rate we can have a good time between the acts iv i see the men are at work on the this morning said the school master gazing out through the window at a number of at work in the street yes said the idiot calmly and i think mrs ought to sue the department of public works for if she hasn t a case no person ever had what are you saying sir the landlady innocently i say returned the idiot pointing out into the street that you ought to sue the department of public w for they ve u ot their sign right up against your house no fare is what it says that s isn t it mr brief it is certainly a fatal criticism of a boarding house observed mr brief with a twinkle in his eye but mrs could secure on that score i don t know about that returned the idiot as i understand it it is an old of the law that the greater the truth the greater the mrs ought to receive a million � by the way what have we this morning we have and potatoes sir replied mrs and i desire to add that one who the table as much as you do would do well to get his meals outside that mrs is not the point the difficulty i find here lies in getting my meals inside said the idiot mary you may bring in the observed mrs her lips as she always did when she wished to show that she was offended yes mary put in the school master let us have the as quickly as possible � and may it not be quite such as the remarks we have just been favored with by our friend the idiot you me with your compliments mr replied the idiot cheerfully a like you should live in a flat has your friend his article on t tb new york i library or n old jokes yet the with a smile and some apparent yes and no said the idiot he has completed his labors on it by giving it up he is a very thorough sort of a fellow and he intended to make the le comprehensive but he found he couldn t because judging from comments of men like you for instance he was forced to conclude that there never was a new joke but as i was saying the other morning � do you really remember what you say sneered mr you must have a great memory for trifles sir i shall never forget you said the idiot but to to what i was saying the other morning i d like to begin life all over again so that i could prepare myself for the profession of architecture it s the greatest profession in the world and one which is to bring immortality to its successful a man may write a splendid book and become a great man for a while and within certain limits but the chances are that some other man will come along later and him then the book s sale will out after a time and w th this will come a of its 