The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-28
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
The "AUIOCRAT OF TIE BREAK.
FAST TABLE"
Receives a Most Cordial Welcome
10 England, and 10 London Is
Greeted by the NOblest Men.

were not II he mistaken. We stood
around him az well as the psculia'
arrangement of ships FALCON would
permit ia 10 form hfeni-Circle, and
knew vi hont any SPOKEN announce
ment h that fleet thai our eyes rested
upon o lyer Wendell Holmes. His
laugh, which we heard almost as soon
as his formal greetings. WAS hearty and
firm, and when he TO 20 10 eck aowledge
the iDtrndu ;tious which Mr. Russell
made d his viit1rs there was no
crook 10 bis back nor any r. sti ~ OF
nose on chin or chin on bTef st. Under
the circumtt css in which, as we
presently vera told, we found bin.
most mtn at his time Ct lif4 would
have been tucked up in tie berth or
covered mp vi h rug, In a private cab
in. But the pTofe ssJr isrot physically,
any more than men'a'ly, common
| psrsnn. He WAS che err brisk, bright,
an though bearing the out Eard signs
| Of a frosty age, very much slve.
With eye undimmf d nd ntt1ral re
but little abatt d, ths eIn-shaved
facs gives the siRns OF humor and go)d
temper about the mouth an h nest
chapcs OF doing their app int ID duty.
! TIE doctor scoa aoolog Zed for sun.
log his seat, exp a ming that h , had
bal no sleep for teveTal niphts, and
had until o'Dl OK that morning strug
ged, by The aid Of medicated ciga-
rettes, against the asthma Indeed,
the evening sir caught his breath
even Is he spoke q ne, end rendered
! further explanation unnect IS ny. But
his manner Of telling how much he
ngsd Tor re't, sleep and quiet wap
jn.t what you might have expected
irC m the man who told the Story Ct
the olt.hos ay. While u melau-
choly pee. worn out by sltepts ness
wou d have moved you as be pointed
to the rest e's couch, by the parhe ic
roll of his eye and the tryg'c resigna-
ton OF his attitu e, our humorist, on
the contrary, rather indicated III IL it
W altogether a droll basin IS to con-
ie tn, net to say ma erlal, when be
rad he u ne, for comic poem. S i'll
Tn re vas a practical touch In it. We
were all tn rting 10 have a.
wo d with the disingu'shed stra nRer,
yet in an inst mt felt that our chief
conceI n must be to spare him; but OF
cour Wa soon fell to ch ,tting sgain,
aud though biz daughter, Mrs Turner
Sergeant, bad evidently been school.
ing him b 81 e nee don't VI the fullne ,s
OF the heart the m h,h spoka, end the
do1tor, ss every bo1v called him, TAX
ing their cue from tn re In our mids
who knew him, heartily thanked ihs |
ger tlemtn who had met him on board |
his ship.
l might here state that The special
tender by which We had steamed
forth was char cred by Mr.. Russell,
but tha' he had In the most cou teoas
man ntr given as age to a deput alton
from the Liverpool Medlcal Associi.
tion, conHsiog OF DR.. Bort n, DR.. |
Kelly al d DR.. Howl (treI surer) TIL N
thsre we've Mr.. Ra,nbone Of South
K-nsington, chsrg d vi h hospitable
invitations RON Mr. Gowett. vice.
CT a. cellor OF Oxfo d; MIR. Ruskin,
Mr.. Flower, Mayor OF Str itford- u pom.
Avon; DR. Liddel 'he dean Of Chr 8,
church; Prof Boyd DAwkins OF o wens
COLLEGE, and NJ n Will, tt of Brighten,
I as nam al offering h m The Ieit |
AID quiet # an + gish home, with |
ocjstoGaI tips TO nlck' aud corners
OF S1rr4y $ ensiy." Mr. Edgar 2.
Ra hbone and Mr.. II. Ra hbone, with
d cir cousin, Mr.. T.. r ,tub1ne. Eou OF |
Mr.. w. RNhbone, M. p, were there
to invite tie doctor 10 stjourn while
i'll Liverpool It Greenland, the resi-
d ncs o their father, Mr. p. ii. Rath-
rome. The party Was completed by !
Mr.. Sewal, United ia es Vice Co nsul,
who knew thu dec or a, Harva Uni.
v, rsi'y; Mr.. Bullock, repref @ Mat We |
If tie Ameticsn Fxrh- nSo in Europe;
Nc Donald Fraser Wa ergusrd, sur |
veyor OF h r mrj ssty's tu t Ims; and |
NJ. fuinUull. IL wal 1T OF ca made |
known to rs that ths do tor had al |
r a y fJrmei bis pla s F,aring tie
dn quiet of Live pool at tho tins of a |
roya, Witt, he would leave tbs town ct |
once and 20 On to cArtain iiet and |
rare cll city, ab u which all lhs de.
liRh ful Amtr,Can suthols It's clool |
have clsrm ngly written. II
want 10 bury myself" he remarked,
W h a hesriy laugh; Il want to slaep,
and | must have rest" Then |
he thanked the depUtaii n. at
Is too much honor" he sud.
you rem nd mo Of the nan who
depi ecatt d too much fuss about his
chlld's funeral on the plea that il was
such a little one" dare say this re-
msrk, coupl, d with h. TACT that the
sp 'aker at the m mel { stood Up, in.
duct d Us 10 observe hit Re is small in
s'atur', IN figure and ia ia G, though the
keen eXprei sion Il the gay eyes
under buthy brows, which, like the
hair, are white, ttld of an inner
strength CT wti h the frame /, no
measure, ard HIS whole beali g, voice,
turn OF sentence and quick movement
beto ken one who always keeps the
boys heart within the man. Yet he
would llks ~ sac Liverpool az il is.
He had, however, been to l. verpool
long years ago, and Conld remember
coming there especially to see and
travel ia a railway carriage for the
first time. Some ne volunteered the
statement tha' this must have been in
the 300. II should not be sun ised," /
he answered dry ~, adding, 'Aad l 10.
member W o'e home q flaming &C.
count TO my lends aoou. the wonder.
I'll novel Y at travelling in such
frshi IN. In those days we
thought 1t was very much like
an arrow SHOT from hos" But
the chief oiii ;eT now came down 10
cay thai the social tender must be oil,
a. another tender was waiting, aud
the Oephalonia had to % into dock
while the tide served. Al this hint he
trooped after the doctor and the Con-.
sui on beard our own little craft, the
sufferer from the asthma wrapping his
plaid ar,u1d him, and thanking the
officers Of TIE C4ptal1uis for their
lent'on before he left the saloon
There was search TO be made for az
missing piece OF baggage, and when II
app AIRED the fam lia- Initials, 90. W.
H." painted upou It reminded us
very agretatly Of the cont aalion rs
We used to welcome il upon many a
printed page, From the wheel-ho use
on deck, whore the doctor tat during
the short run 70 the landing atape, the
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