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Show THACKBBAT ' MEMORY. ffc Was not only hie moo er that Thst-k-ray Rave to boys: he was always wllltnn to devote hie tlm to imuilnn them. He would take them to the pantomime and he would Rive them dinner flret. On one occasion he took HerrmHn Merlvale, then a lad, to dinner at the Gafklck club. Tears later Mertvala asked the area! man If he remembered havin done so. "Wiry, of course," said Thackeray, promptly; and. what Is more, I remember I save jmu beefsteak and apricot omelet." The nuns man was dellffhted that his host hoiild recollect even the details of the entertainment and expressed his satisfaction. satis-faction. "Yes. said Thackeray, t wink-Una. wink-Una. "I always save boys beefsteak and apricot omelet." Ontury Maaaslne. |