The evening world., 1912-02-21
Historic
Heartbreakers
By Albert Payson Terhune.

Copyright. 1872 l., IN. Pres, Publishing Co. c. New York World.
FAT, addressed man whose face twtched convulsvdy and was
marred with a hideous rash was riding from Birmingham tot
vA Derby one day in 1885. with him wa the woman he had Just
~S married. She sought to tease him by riding first rapidly and
then a a snairs pace. He put an end to the annoyance by yelling: TT
not to be made the slave of any womans caprices." and galOping out Z
sight leaving her to continue the journey as best she could. N
The bridegroom who began his wedding journey thus determinedly WASH
DR.. Samuel Johnson. lie wal me of the oldest characters in history; the
last Sort OF man, seemingly to attract such throngs Of women a ever
suzzed lovingly about him. Apart: from the twitching SCARED face. he was
nearsishted. partly deaf. eccentric. poor. a nervous wreck. and vas cursed
with the temper and manners o. a sick bear. His bride had been a widow
Almost double his age When he proposed to her she confessed to him that
one Of her uncles had been hanged. johnson consolcd her by retorting that.
t ~%m d nonr o, his W relatives had yet suffered the sam fate. a number Of
From the moment he began his career as a hack writer in London up to the
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.on.no, .mm., ;. nsoiy rude to very M especially to And women
ini. Ounce" When te tiu,tnous Hannah More ven,urei to compliment him,
side, rns%"s or nc' . naasry is worth his hearing" He san Of another
we'll. a sus X" . 1,' .sn%'.es !; II, to. ana q to- s. ns, *, sn On his hind ''s' /" is rot done
"sr %s:9 h ss si Is. ...ss S ss,s S1a, II, ~ ss "%, ADMIRE. s,,"%, !" ia. a woman he replied
low. a, .s ssly as, !. T %., ,n he wa, "a ugly. eros. sch sshoAeoy johnson had his n5'|
ss the, y s ,sso.., Infatuated tuas with the sister ,S Of his shu%- She, she threw him o,s1
assrs.. Of tn day" In "% aa.s a@' sse he he SS1 rs ''''' Of Molly Aston a noted,
ming vun IHy A.on. It q. :" rot hap t%. 7 !. "%" RAPTURE s"%' The P%s thought, %oSss .'S Of
At seventy he said: III had 10 duties and n reference to tnuty I wouiJ
.m%a yn amy II" pn aMss.s ., cr panSrs In n a pos,Fna's mnn a pretty womanm The SesS
worship. A contemporary writer speaks OF seeing hr hanging . the sentences
Kitty Give most popular actress in London. fell victim to his ugly charms. II
nn%issDsa % s nsv wn: C% %sy no %y s's a to t, A ma popularity He -" as " Twins con-
His elderly wife died am he sonso.d hInsofe " accepting The alteration Of a
# hey e "%a a"arreae S he an" nsw sssr " H "pe %psss1a ys s she had " scs o' h o%ss ' m,
Son time later he casd uo a ona who had encouraged his attentions.
before her during the proposal M refused hin. johnson tned to rse. nut he
we're too much for hin. It required thu combined cmorsso Of his hostess and
A rich rev named Thrale became interested in Johnson. Thraics wife VI.
@-pm r aus CLEVER S"Spr, popular io MA .ns O Snnnn S.I, Il" tact, The oud
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-" him Sui TO tn surprise of her friends and to Iohnson's
NO souvenir ouvvcc"n from n~. no forbade the ~snuon ot + her rr name in hi. pres presence a'
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