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Rice Ric Rc the t then Ihn I r loll tor 1 of the manor mao of Tooting the e ground gmund nd on ott which the te house bo stands jd ta to l the parIsh pariah that a poorhouse might Il be l built on It At that t time there was waa w no n ether ther house houe In the Immediate vicinity It must have hv been n built some ome sometime time tim after afler I 18 And nd Defoe Dro died I In 17 1 l lO I n had more than 50 5 years year before they begun O to tu think of 01 erecting the houe ho bun which legend associates with wl hla hll hi Im tin Immortal mortal work Yet its Ita It occupant morl show vial visitors wr tors the hl room r In which wh the t b story wa written The Theone Theone l lon one on thing certain la is I that Defoe Dro dt did live lve In Tooting When Tooting TU ball la ii de destroyed d destroyed TU doubtless some come other old o will tro ha he boomed bowd aa u ei the place JI where wb 1 a was written and a CI will equally attractive to credulous 1 prove nu Iou lous American 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Bronte was wa I like Uk persisted her r questioner lon She Shi wrote some famous tat books I f never Nr heerd tell tl of ot em m replied NW the Iha ancient delt slime le An what If It I she ahe h did Rhe Be was waa w a Im I telling e a Nobody Nob never paid no attention to bar ber hr he one owl to folk fol talk lalk J But et Cr Miss Mass She I 1 I uw I 1 toll tel e a lot about al alet The Th newspaper man toen gave rn her up vp In despair HIRle QU That Tt sprightly arl nonagenarian Kir lr Theodore Theodora TI Martin MUn hue hu been n Indulging clU In corn o Interesting reminiscences of at his hla 11 life If HI I II w WI WIts s pres present I ent lt at al th tt the ou between Ins uns n und end u n Thackeray after their quarrel ovar r Edmund TaMes YH stint and the th I club This la is I how bow hi he It ItOn One Oni day d I J wa wag talking to 10 Thackeray I I In the tb hall bail bal or ot the th Athenaeum A club dub when whan ln Dickon Dickan came out of the lh reading rd room irm rm 64 guid passed 4 ua us v without bout taking lal lala any a notice Thackeray kr This TI cant be b allowed tu to tl go on u 1 must go 0 and aad speak pak to t him He H caught cht up UI to 10 Dickens at the be bottom bt of 0 the statin stas and lId saId aid 84 Now Nw this Ihl sort ort or of thug thing I go gu I on any lunger lIr Shake hands handa and let lei ua us u be b u as wo we l used u to 10 be beI b I noticed D take his hi hand hd and nt shake Ib It I though u ii t very tory vr genially Then Ti Thackeray returned to I me toe In and an stUd aid I 1 nin so 0 much lub that ht I 1 could cold not n KI l 1 loUr t our old friendship be b broken n nTh The Th issi 11 tint time si ii I The on saw w Dick 10 1 UK us ass wai ai Il a T mt ra r ii funeral Which took look 1 only a I fw tea r w weeks k after fe their IhlI n com Illation he h hf cn f nut must I hin I III H II very painful to 10 Th i k i iv II I laid luid a very vr high h opinion ion f r Ll LI L k kIM hs us ami wrote rol the ti most lau Iou 11 cator things about him that were over ever overwritten written Thackeray was waa WA a frequent funt guset at al Mr Sir lr dinner parties aud was wasat WI wasat at ing I hIs hie ba home almost every ee Sunday morn morning mm morning He H was waa not hot no a brilliant talker at the Ole dinner table tb he hI says but bu on o the th con lon contrary contrary tar was singularly taciturn In gen general a eral cr society and d chatting with ua U In III the I morning he h was waa 1 like a greet great schoolboy but at a din dinner dinnet net ner party In the th evening be b would probably rb utter only 01 a few fw sentences HERBERT Rosaline Masson one O of the few rew In Individuals Ia o te who sits nI persona I ajrata grata ta with wih Herbert Herbrt Spencer when n a martyr to 10 nervousness and Infirmity he b lived In retirement at iI Brighton has haa ha given V ammo mo Interesting reminiscences of or the lh great philosopher hUor callers 1 were wr a great t annoy annay annoyance an anc sure ance c to 10 him hi and d he be ab abhorred b horred There came am a knock kl at abs front door one 0 day und and I a voice with an unmistakable American accent a was waa d herd heard her demanding If tt Mr ar Herbert Spencer er I could cul ta b seam ii The 1 philosopher was waa u i IH lining on un the te sofa cots Ir await awaiting awaitIng wat ing IIII his bl frugal luncheon and anti could hear ber beral all al that thaI trl was waa Wa said a The Tho T fear r that the t maid n might prove unequal to the enter emer emergency r gency geney mt and admit t the t vor threw tw him I Into 1 an D agony y of ot trepidation When the t Transatlantic visitor on the doorstep became bl urgent vent an emissary e was waa w sent et forth toh lo io 0 hold bold bo the te fort r ThIs T la Is the nhe col colloquy c Masson lou that ensued neu according al to toM Mi M Mr Spencer la Is unable to receive Neve Nevet vim an tors t I hig the th emissary was waa M beam b paJa higHut Hut But I 1 have come c all aJl the U th way w from fm New NI York on OD purpose sIr Ir I senor e eyou you that with ua us p 1 the he name n of 0 Herbert spencer t W U r Spencer will wi very ver much lu t It but hi his health preclude pJ I hi I assure you sIr air r that th I 1 would not detain aure him The e reverence that It bis hl hi Kr achievements cause u him I to be beheld b 1 held in with ua us v Is Ii 1 IiI I 1 am a afraid however bow that Mr hip M It I 1 could merely be allowed alle Io o hold his hand and tell bim hl hIl Hut b title this a proved too to much much The T agon agonised 0 on Ott hl b his I philosopher Ii Sofa Send Bend him r away w Send lend nd hint him hm I rl hm Dont let him elite In I he ho n owa way DDt sailed out outA outA cale A breath hW held and Ind Sen then In 10 the er hall bl in awestricken alllen ta I l have heard the yule voice of ton lone onN Ie br tb voc Herbert Hrbert He I can c now return to I New York MUa Bust BUM BU he h met with wih a bettor better reception plon than another American who wb once cwt tall the be Atlantic to 10 use aee Thomas Thomaa u Oar Cr Ca Cal Irle lyta l He caught the sage aage I aa as he was waa t his bis house hoW In tn Chelsea Chelae I and n 1 a that ht lt he h admired him bove ve 11 all ll living living mn men Why Wh sir air Ir he 1 said Iv Ive lectured Un tim about aul you U In America Amle ocse of r rUn You Thu have have bave your ro saId CI damn dall your our Impudence and a the door dor II itt hi his taco rM CHARLES |