New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16


a aGSua farn asSee not stay
tables of the sitting room, and turning the bed-I
think-north and south. He maintained that ne
he backed up his objections by arguments about
the earth currents and positive or negative eiec.
trcity. 1t may have been mere fancy' put u
was real enough to him: and having onco got the
idea into his mind, II is very sure that he could not
have slept with his head to the east ana ms feet 70
the west or any other direction than the one he
had decided on as the best. Nervous and arbitrary,
he was OF the KIND TO whom whims are laws, and
self-control in contrary circumstances was Simply
How bright he was How keen and observantl
His eyes seemed to penetrate through yours into
your very brain. and he was one of the men to
whom, had been given that way, could not have
da red 10 tell a lie He would have seen the truth
written In plain characters behind the eyes. and
traced in the lines about the mou II. HIS look was OK
the kind which devalises the mind and straight as
he was in his own character he would have caught
the crooke OF another as by the consciousness
OF contrasts Ahd yet know one more more
him and deceived him from start 10 hnsh; VINO
trcked and betrayed him. and was never suspected
With Mr. Thackeray. on the contrary. fancy de-
ceptlon and doube-deang would have had an easy
from suspicion. and with the unquestioning trust
fulness of man who is at once generous and indo-
lent. He would have had more sympathy too, win
certain spiritual troubles and trials than would the
other: md II / had wanted tender and sympathetic
father confessor would have gone TO the creator
of Becky Sharp rather than to him who wrote The
Chimes and The Christmas Carol'-wh WOW.
touched with sympathetic hand the SORROWS and
the virtues. the CRIME and the fun OF the Little
Marchioness and her sangy Dick.
Yet Charles Dickens had warm sympathies too
and his friends never found him wanting. To
those whom he affected he was princeiy IN ms help
took other forms than that OF pecuniary aid. To
Wilkie Collins he was as literary Mentor to
much in Wilkes future success as litterateur.
was told By one who knew that he took unheardof
and went them line by line. correcting. delet!ng
adding TO- as carefully as conscientious school
master dealing with the first essay OF a promising
do not know IL Thacseray and Lander ever met
have record that they did. and none that they
did not. II they had. perhaps companion picture
would have been added to that Of Mr.. Boythorn.
ca nd to he TRAY M reSosne
himself in Dickenss mirror; and do not think 10
but he did speak Of Dickens with certain acerbl,y
Of tone different from his frs, encomiastic manner
dor had been a good friend to Dickens, and loved
him in the large way proper to such nature az MS
cause none was worth the strfe-he was sensitive
looked too much like ingrati,ude 10 be admirable;
think he felt Il IN the same way as IhaeksTay
woman. on account of whom. while smartlns from
his disappointment. he wrote that bitter little para.
graph about dragging women's hearts as you "oua
Another time. when was staying at Bath. Bath Tom
Moore came over with his wife, the Bessie OF
his words and practical neglect He was then The,
a childish little old man. whose Drl.ancy naa u.su
down into the dust or Things ue&tilci was .''c
wreck of his former self bodily ana meniaiiS:
but Bessie told my dear friend Aunt susan -the
Misses Hughes. DR. Brabant's sister-in.law SPOKEN
OF aboye-that she was happier now than she naa
been for her whole life She had her husband 10 ner
self The world had lured him away from nei ara
used him for its pleasures while he couiu ahuse -,
now when his star had set and the darKness OF tne
night had come on It forgot him ana leit MN
alone And she profted by his failure. Sne devoted
herself him with the loving woman suDi,ie LOT
getfuiness Of all causes of lispleasure, ana when
he died she was lnconsolable tfah sne oeeh =
year-old bride bcreft OF her gallant young huspahi
she could not have lamcn;ed more pasSohalely tha,
she did the loss OF this effete ana naIt-moecie on
man. who had neglected her ior az thelr iiveS TO-
gether but whose charm had held ner as IL heiu 80
many others She fine, p'g woman ana NJ
was not more than up 20 her slouider-hor higler
than mne-as we walked down Misom-st together
There were days when my, dear father vas IN;
accessible and dangerous. II his prohibition had
been disregarded and unwelcome visitors appeared,
well 7 should not have liked 10 be among them!
One day he was In one OF those unsocial MOODS
when | heard steps AMI voices on the staircase.
slinpcd ont of the room. and before realized VINO
thev were vehemertly declared Mr.. landors IN
ability 10 receive them But Monckton Mines
iaughlncly put me by. and said: II do not care for
All Your protests Miss Lynn. VIII see Mr.. Lanjor;
OF course when recognized him knew II Would
have been a dire offence had turned them away
Their coming did the old man a world OF good
and he br,ghtened up for the whole afternoon and
eveninp He vas fond OF them both. and they
were fond OF him.