New-York tribune., 1894-04-08
THE WELLERS.
WHERE DICKENS FOUND THEIR PRoTo'
TYPES.

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From The London Globe. ,,
II is surprising how little fear ot the law az noei
,nckcns had before mis- eyes. From the recent cof:
rosnonlencc i'm The Athenaeum on tle suuJ- - ~
his Yorkshire visit il is clear that ne started via
The intention OF investigating the condition ot ger.
tain schools which had attained an ,s .s
~ aeld III his opcrations that he was admitted %
& oe schooI only OUT Of the 1--WE in the neighborhood
.rd fhat he then proceeded 70 depict lts -ehe,a.
Hmu anu us' ,r nv Dotheb5vs Hail The statement o.
correspondent that the pI1cau" no Of that school,
ana TO the ruin of the schoOlmaster, remains unCOa,
tradicted After this exploit the n9vess use ~ ~
maker Of Barnard castle. whose acquantanee
he made IN the smoking room OF the Is ntns sehoo'
anu amu ~ n1Iaer and less dangerous enterprise: but
" is fnrther Illustration OF his audacty In laying
o' His progress indeed was like the enGh3ntea ante;
chamber OF Brtomart where as she look y dTgus Ss
wise writ BE bold. be bold and eVery % mr. uss az
bold In the West as in the North pIch.my pIch.,,oS ~ !,
Win as little hesitation in Somerset as IN lo'n;
shire That he adopted the uncommon ltn Htl' tSs \,
rr,cb nroprletor OF Bath Is generally known io,.
who will forget Mr.. Pckwcks astonshr,ginnn %
The magic name in gilt letters OF Il goody size ~
the coach door, the Indignation of me iashin; L,n;
mis- ere liberty sir?" But il is not, we think @ o.
more than local knowledge that he met the VIZ In s
found too shocking We hasten to quarry ~ ysn,s
admission that the immortal sam al an a.. eTs NIX.
oNs sayn nye % Of this creature OF his mind as s
Walter said OF Bailie Jaryie and Dalgetty h,s,s
light on such a character my imagination nIlsh Zen
and my conception becomes clearer at ever Fix
take in his company But; as w was Ger.
tainly acquainted. , ,h,,,, ssy.
Six years ago John Weller then aged aoqnH Ra,s s''
enty was living in Hgh-st., lansdoWn' ba''ii @ i,s,
pretty little roundf featured. red-cheeked man ~,
One Of Randolph Caldecotts postboys. lie w.r. was
cheepy as he looked and his quite unusual po%s.
OF memory and conversation were uhi'en 60 - Ind.
ant sense of humor He was at that time a c@s c.,'
| 1o,a for 81 IOhnS Hospital in the Town VIZ
he is still alive IL is possible that ne may " tossJ
He had been bnt had exchange str
! ring situations ior the more sedentaty on ~ a,
coachboX, lie vas driver for a local lyman Ave a,
| moderate weekly wage. John was comm p amI, aaI
! on the subject OF his family history am VnrnvsIs
70 enlarge on the occasion when the great Tssi
crossed It's path His father, Dan Weller an IL n,s N,
man was IN the coaching line ard ~" tIe I hsi
! West road with headquarters at Bath ne h,, n" he
known his sorrows for he was a widower M pu' or. ~
prospered business and at the chmaA chm,d on 70 The
York House Hotel. Bath Here he met his stsoT. dns
The York House zap was in the hands ot r "''shs she
viewed the man OF horses with an eye, IKE sn- an
Wadman's, salutatory-he was peGsof%S p "a bct gen.
and according to his son made the 9n.r rey IN
orally comes from the other side but o,r hs.
here Weller" The hint was taken ana anu hetter ~ .,
| John again. they came together lot -rsare hsi
Ii was, unhappily, tor the later shr was
been hole in the widows stocAlns, ,onnubiL
! debt veil may be drawn over me 10 H"Ici ssnIci
chickering's which ensued though Mr n,, y"s' s.'rb
orb" From the wider sphere theTe theT,ee,an Of a.
! dropped into that urban centre Il S'' DirkenS
| inauirng turn of mind. This was MI ,ll,ncrate
lie lodged in St. James's square, an ~. 10 wsa.
| quarter but IL was remarked or MN lhdS "a 10 h
out little into socety. His pleasure sti,. s,a,on as3
20 mold converse with coachmcn, s,i 81. H. senc,
persons of that class. To him MI. live s.
lore rotundo" and in the dialect ot M hlsiind .yH
sex disclosed his grefs. and SPOKE liiS l,iced ths
dies avoid vCdies. SIR IL VIII pe ,nsrsoasr
the pronunciation rs not that OF ut,.lf w ue ma!
whom Notwithstanding his fictitious pcIns' snoke q
call the real Mr.. Weller. That gentlen,aH heeinm9
.'wdders Ii was one of the Few Motn n.tsh a ws
with W. which he did not put down MlSndsd MlSd tsI
N- John Weller on the other hanu' c"", v,,sr lt
he gave the word as his father USED 70 ,Is tathefs
was one OF the marks In his opinion OF n's anecdo
Essex birth and breeding. John han os a, incden;
about himself which is curiously Se a. a. nsriod
An the famous trial II belonged 10 lHiSens lae ThN
his life after his meeting with MI ~, ~ nof AZ n
AT least was his impression but ne cou' % in dyors
date He was subpoenaed as wltntvsss ~, an occs,,
case: he had driven one OF the paIuoso Ind hyrssa
sion or OCCASIONS and in due course oner by 81
i'm the gallery OF the Court pres,iieu. Jos
Cresswel Cresswcll, or l.ord i,,"nt uot he suls
Thought II was the latter. but eouiu ,,s avn fo1L'
He had settled himself In seat III n' listenlng y
| ble phrase "convalescent ana hapP!,a 40 in whpss
the other divorce cases, Wheh lne n sor sudden,
| ne was concerned must have come Oh u,s hody Of "
.'John Weller" was called from VI. ainf, wttb
court He responded from his percIn ,hen 10 rSssss
..Uere my Lord" In loud tones; au au,,,nesses rcoSs
trenidation ran downstairs to the hshind ht =
90 buried was his exit that ne ieis of,erwSrd Y
| new blue umbrella, which he isiis.. i. chiefly ~
recover. He recolected the inciqen' SA'