Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-01-14
Stories of Noted People.

A pretty story is told of Henrik Ib.
sens wooing of his wife. When he fell
in love with the beautiful daughter of
Pastor Thoresen, how to make known
the fact to her troubled him for weeks
At last he resolved to write to her. He
would come and get his answer the
same afternoon at five. Did the lady
accept him, she would be lat home
otherwise not. At five o'clock he pre-
Scnted himself, and the maid asked him
into the best room. He was very hope
'fli. but when he had waited half an
'our awful doubts began to assail him
Still he waited on. After two hours he
,1egau to be ashamed of himself At
asst he jumped up in a rage and ran to
the door, He was opening it when
loud peal of laughter arrested him. He
t"rned and saw the fair head of his
adored emerge from under the sofa
Her mouth was laughing but her eyes
were filled with tears. "Oh, you dear,
good fellow, to wait all this while = she
said. Il wanted to see how many min
utes lovers patience lasts, How hard
the floor is Now help me to get out,
aud then we will talk. In less than
week the marriage was arranged
An anecdote of Victor Emmanuel, il.
illustrative of the courtesy which won
him the name of {" the king of gallan.
try, is related by a London exchange
After battle in which the carnage had
been unusually great. he visited field
hospital where a soldier who had lost
both legs was lying. Speaking pleas
antly to the poor fellow, the king asked
him about his family, telling an aid-de-
camp to make note of their names,
and promising to look after them. In
an excess OF gratitude the dying soldier
said May | be allowed to kiss the
kings hand . My friend, 1 should
much rather shake yours said the
King, and he did So
The great Rachel made presents to
every one, but an hour afterward she
regretted her generosity, and from that
moment she never lett off scheming how
TO get the thing back. Every one knew
this. Beauvallet. to whom she gave a
magnificent sword one day, instead of
thanking her, said I'll have a chain
put to it, mademoiselle, so as to fasten
1t to the wall of my dressing room In
that way shall be sure that it will not
disappear during my absence. Alex
andre Dumas, the younger, to whom
she made a present of ring, bowed
low, and placed it back on her finger at
once. ALLOW me to present it to you
in my turn She did not say nay, but
carried the matter with one of her fas-
cinating smiles.
Sheridan Knowles was disting uished
for bulls. He sent two hundred
pounds sterling in Bank of England
notes to his wife in London, which
tailed to reach her. He angrily de.
handed of the postmaster general an
explanation and an apology. The an
swer was pleasant and courteous, with
the assurance that the money was only
kept at the post Office till the address
was known, as it had been sent In an
envelope without any address whatever,
and onl VI sent you the money" writ.
ten inside. On another occasion
Knowles rushed across the Strand to
shake hands with 20. Smith," an actor
well known by his initial, and ask after
his health Smith, who knew him only
by sight, thanked him, but told him
who he was. Il beg your pardon,
said Knowles, Il took you for your
namesake, t. P. Cooke"