New-York tribune., 1902-12-28

| Brookfeld to her boy, of his first appear
| ance at Clevedon Court. the home of her girl
hood whittier her husband had brought him to
| present him to her family My grandfather,
Sir Charles Elton. who had fought in the trench
| es under the Duke of York, was a courtly old
| gentleman with a vast expanse of bald head
! which sIoped gradually into an eminence tow
| ard the poll. Immediately on entering the
library in which my grandfather was slttlng'
the long haired young poet marched up 10 hlIfl'
and without any warning laid his palm upon
! the old gentlemans Uranium, and, after gazing
! into his face for a few seconds with knitted
| brows suddenly rolled forth in rugged Llncoh-
shire accents: You must have done great
many foolish things in your life, with TINS great
big bump of benevolence of yours! In those
dave the elderly were not used to being
| natronized bv the young, and / believe my
grandfather was furious" Il was Brookheld
| great uncle, Henry Hallam, who was asKeo os
| Tennyson to be godfather to his first born SON.
| On the way to church Hallam asked the ne"
| father what name he proposed to give to the
infant I'VE thought of calling him Haliam'
said Tennyson. oh had you not peter can
him Alfred? modestly suggested my great
| nnc1a .AveI, replied the naive bard, but what
| if he should turn out fool?" Concerning Gar
IyIe Brookfelds father had numerous anec-
do+ae One of them was of bitter wintry day
ubar tho Scotchrnan was reminded by the
veatber TO describe to his wife, Lady Ashpur-
ton and Mr. Brookfield, an experience OF MS
childhood When he was four years old MS par
ents had given him thrift pot an eartreI-
ware receptacle for pennies. one ia! ne Was
left alone in the house. and to the door came
heggar man. haggard, hungry and dripping Wet
Little Tammas's heart was touched chihpeu
IN tho kitchen table" he said, and reached
/ holt nd
him all that was in it-some fourpence- never
in all my life felt anything 50 IKE heaven ' III
pity had for that man"
Tho older Rrookfeld who was clergyman OF
noble character and much learning would no"
and again, during their evening smokes tosethei'
tell his son stories of the cioth one oi '"ee
belonged to the family, inasmuch as us AeIo was
the Youths great grandfather the Rev NJ ieH
ton. He was rather calling to order young
CLERGYMAN for preaching sermon OF 1or'v Lilh-
utes' duration, to which the youthluI o.a''.
replied But you know, MI Preston 81 "Ui
nreached till midnight Aye he replied with
little of the East Riding dialect, but tolk IeH
down deadr" Brookfeld pere loved to recal
ce-t.in sermon on faith delivered by brother
,r.ocbe- ."Trhe most remarkable instance III
history of implicit faith" said this WorlhS' -
the trusting manner in which MOSES uue 'O
to lead the Israelites across the burning uesei'
Guided only by a cloud during the day ana d
fuar of fire at night But the judIclous law
tyer also availed himself of the services OF MS
bro+ber-in-law Hobab, who was intimately ac-
orain+ed with the route across the desert
Our author began to write when ne was DaFely
seventeen doing novel reviews for Ihe En-
.,niner" and generally opening these notices
with This is evidently the work of very
Young writer" One of the kindest friends o1
those Youthful days Walter Besaht, VINO
huev as he was could always find time, BROOK
fold declares to help those who sought MN
avon strangers The veteran listened TO the
vounq mans complaint that he didn't know no"
n write a story. and he offered sound ADVICE
.Tav out YOUR writing materials, ne sald'
"rlan+v Of paper and blotting paper, and INK
ond Mons. then make it a rule TO sit in front OF
tbasa every morning from II till / You'll soon
find Won have to write in sheer desperation
parbaps it is unwise to quote BesanTs acVlcei
saeino that the modern story writer requires
ranression rather than encouragement How
ever that may be, the method seems to answer;
Mr. RrookfeId says that he soon acquired q
fatal facility. An anecdOte which he eVidentl[
aniovs telling is of a story Of his which was
1avisbIv corrected and altered in proof ny Mr.
Kipling-only TO be promptly and abusIveiy de-
cIined by an editor ignorant of the august col
Iaboration. Brookfeld knew Stevenson during
the Iatter's life in London. and tells US that re