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

One morning Thackersy knocked &C
the door Of Horace Mayhew's chambers
ii Regent street, crying from wifh0ut.
ssIts noaAse, Horny Mayisey; open the
door" 6 ensering b said, cheerful
ly: "W1sII young gentleman, yoa'll ad-
nit - old fogy.n When leaving with
bis hal in BIS hand, he FsmaFksd; !; "By
the bye. hou stupid was going away
without d0inR part Of the business of
80 visit. Kou spoke The ether day of
poor George. Somehody--snosl unac-
conmlnhiv~~~has re1urned re = ave-
ncs.aa natn 4 Isnz hisa = i6ne ssnie $50.
dsan'l expeck Il. 30 lost hand II to
George, and tel him when his pocket
will bear il to pass il on % some poor
fellow Of bis acquaintance. By-bye.'
| He was gone. -
One Of his last acts on leaving Amer
ica after Q leciunng tour was to return
25 per cent. Of the proceeds OF one Of
his lectures TO . young Speculation who
had been loser by the bargain. While
known 10 hand gold piece 10 waiter
with the remark, "My friend, will you
do me the favor to accept sovereign
he has also been known. 20 say TO vis-
itor who had pro9ered card, "Don't
leave this bit Of paper; IL has cost you
two cents, and will be just as good for
your next call" Evidently aware that
money when properly used - won-
deFiul health restorer, he was found by
friend, who had entered his bedroom
in Paris. grsvely placing some Napo-
Icons in pill-box, on the lid Of which
was written: "One 10 BE taken occa-
sionally." When asked TO explain, it
came out that these strange pills were
for en- old person who said she was very
i'll and m distress, and 50 he had con-
cluded that this was the medicine want
ed. "Dr. Thaekersy," he remarked.
''intends TO leave il with her himself.
Let us walk outiogether." Toa young
literary man, afterwards his amanuen-
sis, he wrcte thus, on bearing that loss
had befallen him: "I am sincerely soF-
~ 10 hear OF your position, and send the
little contribution which came 50 oppor-
tuneiy from another friesa whom | was
enabled once 10 help. When youIare well
to-do again I know you viii pay IL back;
and / dare say somebody else will want
the money, which 10 meanwhile most
heartily nd your service"
II is interesting 10 remark the senti-
ments he entertained toward bis great
rival, Charles Dickens. Although the
latter was more popular as q novelist
than he could ever expect 10 become
he expressed himself in unmIstakable
terms regarding him. When the con-
versatlon turned that way he would re-
mark: Dickens il making ten thou
sand O year. He is very angry at me
for saying SO. but I will say il. 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' il an excep-
ton; il il q capital book. IL In 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 lsttle Paul.
Thackeray appeared much moved on
reading u over, and, putting No. v 10
his pocket, hastened with II 10 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 snch pow
er 10 this; one has no chance. Read
that chapter describing young Paul's
death. II is unsurpassed-it is stupen-
dous ~ when "Vanity Fair" was al
Ito best, and being published in month
ly parts, with o circulation Of sin thou
sand o month, Thackeray would re-
mark: "Ah, thev talk TO me OF popu-
larity. with Q sale of little more than
one-halt OF ten thousand. Why, iook
Ut that lucky fellow Dickens, with hea.
ven knows how many readers, and Ger.
tainly not less than thirty thousand
buyers"
In q conversation with his secretary
previous to his American trip he intl.
mated his intention oi starting maga-
zine or Journal on his return, to be Is
sued IN his own name. This scheme
eventually took shape. and the result
was the now well-known Cornhill Mag.
axrne. This magazine proved . great
success, the sale Of The FIRST number be-
ing 10. 900 copies. Under the excite.
ment of this great success Thackeray
~ London for Paris. To Mr. Fields.