Show Anecdote of Lessing Absentmindedness has been frequently fre-quently a characteristic of men of fame It Is to be supposed no doubt that their minds have been so wholly absorbed by great matters that the smaller trivial things of life have been considered unworthy of their attention at-tention Among men of this stamp who have suffered In this way was LesElng a famous German writer of plays and books of criticism Leasing discovered at one period of his life that he was being robbed ot his ready money by some person In his home and unable to determine who the culprit cul-prit was he put the servants of his household to a test by leaving a handful hand-ful of gold upon his breakfast table one morning Meeting a friend he told him what he had done That was risky said his friend How much did you leave there Dear me cried Lessing I quite forgot to countHarpers Round Table Ta-ble |