The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-13

NEW II
or dog faneisra He had derived
from his mother Q fne large limbed
body. but he possessed mono Of her good looks
He had never known exactly who hia father
was. His mother herself was undecided as to
whether to sscribe that honor to Sergeant OF
the coast brigade OF the Royal Artillery sta
toned at the Mersey forts. or to q waiter at tho
Adelphi Hotel. but she thought the balance OF
probability was In favor Of the waiter"
James Pinnock. having read AFRICAN
Stories" unflinchinely. adopted thia sketch as
o photograph Of himself. strengthened his
position with the fact that he had been one OF
the principal traders on tho Oil rivers. and had
also had tho same business transactions with
the United African Company. related In the
romance OF james Peacock and sued Chap.
man Hall for libel In vain did the pub
fishers plead that the story Of James Pea
cook" was a mere work Of the imagination.
with no reference to James Pinnock. It ap-
peared that some one had pointed out that
gentleman to Major Ellis and given him
sketch upon which James Peacock's" ex-
periences were based. The Major had then
put Pinnock into his story. exaggerated his
actual misdeeds. and credited him with few
fictitious crimes for literary purposes.
vainly did the defendants counsel recall
the fact TINT several Yorkshire schoolmasters
we're going to horsewhip Dickens about
"Soueers." that Robert Elsmere" Ia deli
cate topic OF conversation at Oxford.
because every college has It's LanRham
all unknown to Mira Humphrey Ward.
that everybody identified the characters In
"vivian Grey" Lothian" and Endymion."
that nobody could mistake tho portraits in NAL
- nnr hat anf nr
kinson's speeches in the latter work is said to
be taken entire from one OF DR.. Jowett's ser
mons The jury gave Pinnock $1,000 dam
ages and q national reputation.
The stories that are only now leaking out
with regard to D'Oyly Carte's method OF ter
minating the season at the English Opera
House and at once reopening 1t on cheap basis
reflect more credit upon that gentleman's
shrewdness than upon some other attributes
Tho problem that engaged his attention
was not, however. an easy one. It was to In
duce a lot Of high priced singers with carefully
constructed contracts to tear up those con-
tracts and do the same work they had con-
tracted to do for half or less than half the SAL
aries the contracts stipulated. With the old
members Of the company he could effect this
more easily. since they were engaged first for
the run Of Ivanhoe." and then for q run Of
/" La Basoche." But with the new members
who had contracts for the season that
had just begun the matter was more Diff
fcult Carte managed It we'll He first
notified the old members Of the company that
he was losing money and would be compelled
to shut up shop unless they would sing at u re-.
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