Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-08-14

the door Of Horace M1yhsa's chamber.
1 in Regent street, crying from without,
'sIis no use, Horny Mayhey; open the
door," On entering be said, cheerful.
~: "Well, young gentleman. you'll ~.
| NIT an old foxy. Wfen leaving with
| his bet in bis hand, he remarked: "By
| the bye, how stupid was going away
without doing part Of the businsss d
~ visit. You spoke the ether day d
poor George. Somebody-~moss nnac-
couniabIy--has fefnrned ne : ave-
pouDd note Lent him : long time ago.
aidn'z expect L. = ]Hst k4nd 4 q
George, and tell him when bis pockel
viii bear Il to pass il on to some poor
fellow Of his acquaintance. By-bye." I"
He was gone.
One Of his last acts on leaving Amer
lea after lectunng tour was TO return
25 per cent. Of the proceeds OF one ol
his lectures 10 young Speculation who
had been loser BY the bargain. While
known to hand gold piece 10 q waiter
with the remark, "My friend, win you
do. me the favor to accept a sovereign
be has also been known to say TO Wis.,
itor who had profeTed card, "Don'l
leave this Bit Of paper; it has cost you
two cents, and will be Just as good for
your next CALL" Evidently aware that
money when properly used Is a won
deriuI health restorer, he was found by
a friend, who had entered his bedroom
in Paris, gravely placing some Napo-
Icons in pill-box, on the lid Of which
was written: Zone to be taken occa-
sionally." When asked TO explain, il
came ont that these strange pills were
for an old person who said she was very
i'll and m distress, and so he had con-
cluded that this was the medicine want
ed. .'Dr. Thackeray," he remarked,
'intends to leave il with her himself.
Lei Us walk out together" To young
literary man, afterwards his amanuen-
sig, he wrote thus, on hearing that loss
had befallen him 81 am sincerely sor-
ry to hear OF your position, and send the
little contribution which came so oppor-
tunely from another friend whom | was
enabled once 10 help. When youIare we'll
to-do again I know you will pay il back;
and dare say somebody else will want
the money, which is meanwhile most
heartily at your service"
II is interesting to remark the senti-
ments he entertained toward his great
rival, Charles Dickens. Although the
latter was more popular as a novelist
he expfessed hiinseIK IN uasAs-s~KaUEe
terms regarding him. When the con-
versatlon turned that way he would re-
mark: Dickens is making ten thou
sand q year. He is very angry at me
for saying so. but CiH say it. for it is
true. He doesn't like me. He knows
that my books are protest against his
that if the one set are true, the others
are false. But 'Pickwick' is an excep-
tion; il is a capital book. II is like q
glass Of good English ale." When
''Dombey and Son." appeared in the
familiar paper cover, No. v contained
the episode Of the death Of little Paul.
Thaekeray appeared much moved on
reading u over, and, putting No. v In
bis pocket, FASTENED with At to the edi-
tors room in the Punch Office. Dash
ing Il down on the table in the presence
of Mark Lemon, he exclaimed -
"There's no writing against such pow.
er as this; one has no chance. Read
that chapter describing young Paul's
death. II is unsurpassed--it is stupen-
dous 1" When VANITY Fair" was al
its best, and being published in month
~ parts, with circulation of six thou
sand Q month, Thackeray would re-
mark: "Ah, they talk TO me OF popu-
larity, with q sale Of little more than
one.hall Of ten thousand. Why, look
al that lucky fellow Dickens. with hea-
ven knows how many readers, and GER
tainly not less than thirty thousand
rbuyers."
In a conversation with his secretary
previous TO his American trip he intl-
mated his intention OF starting q maga-
zine or journal on his return, 10 be IS
sued 10 his own name. This scheme
eventually took shape, and the result
was the now well-known CoFnhill Mag
azine. This magazine proved 4 great
success, she sale Of the first number be-
ing 110, 900 copies. Under the excite
ment of this great success Thackeray
left London for Paris. To Mr.. Fields,
the American publisher, who met him
by appointment at his hotel in the Rue
de Ia Paix. he remarked. "London is
not big enough 10 contain me now, and
| am obliged to add Paris 10 my resi-
denee. Good gracious - said he, throw
ing up his long arms, "where will thus
tremendous circulation stop Who
knows but that shall have TO add vi.
enna and Rome TO my whereabouts
1.-THE worst come TO the worst, New York
also may fall 10 my clutches, and only
the Rocky mountains may De able tO
stop my progress.n His spirits con-
tinued high during this visit 10 Paris,
his friend adding that some restraint
was necessary TO keep him from enter
ing the jewelers. shops and ordering q
pocketIul Of diamonds and other triaes;
'sfor," said he, show can spend the
princely income which Smith allows me
Tor editing Cornhill, unless I begin in.
stantly some where ~ lie complained,
too, that be could not sleep at nights,
s.for counting up his subscribers" On
reading contribution by his young
daughter % the Cornhill be fell much
moved, remarking 10 a friend: "When
l read Il blubbered like a child; il is
20 good. so simple, and so honest; and
my little girl wrote it-every word oi
IT,"