Show its my tray jany yeara ago edwin forrest tho celebrated actor was in the habit of timing at Wm dusta a noted restaurant on park row that was a favorite resort of actors and literary men it usually happened that forrect would bo joined by friends and that the little group would sit together at one table on one occasion it chanced that an englishman with a reputation for conceit and impertinence ti nence who had scraped acquaintance with the tragedian was one of the group early in the course of the dinner the englishman began to make criticisms which ho considered pleasantries pleasant ries about forresta For rests conception of certain roles encouraged by his owa appreciation he gave full play to his humor and concluded each of his with pardon my freedom sir is ifs my way to the astonishment of all who knew forresta For rests irascible disposition he bora tho britons offensive remarks patiently and seemingly ignored them as far as possible when however the nuta were brought in by the waiter he took several cracked walnuts in his hand and over to the britons place jocularly snapped them successively in the face of that individual lightly saying after each shot pardon my freedom sir its my way and snapped him out of the restaurant tau rant new ledger |