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Show l.i'ft tUe Audtanca Waiting. .Tudge Hughes, the author of "Tom Brown's Schooldays," was delivering a lecture the other evening on "American Humor" at a Cheshire village and delighting de-lighting his audience immensely. Ho was so wrapped np in his subject that ho was totally oblivious as to the time, and before he had completed the first part he was reminded by the church clock that his train was due in a few minutes. Ho accordingly picked up his manuscript, umbrella and coat and left the room, while the audience cheered ' and took it as a mere joke. They expected ex-pected him to return, bnt he did not, and the audience dispersed rather ill humoredly. This is characteristic of , Judge Hughes. London Tit Bits. |