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Show RIPENED ROMANCE. On the occasion of the ninetieth birthday of Doctor Martineau, who preached in Liverpool for many years Sir Henry Roscoe, the English chemist, chem-ist, congratulated him on attaining such a fine old age. The distinguished clergyman said that he had been overwhelmed with congratulations, and that he was working through the letters Jic had received. re-ceived. "By degrees," he said, "I shall answer an-swer them all. "One of the most remarkable," Doctor Martineau continued, "was from a lady, the only person who addressed ad-dressed me as 'Dear James.' I had not seen her since we were boy and girl together in Norwich. She is one of the daughters of Doctor Rigby in that city. My friends used to joke me as a young man about Miss Jane Rigby, and I received their chaff pleasantly. "I believed her long since dead; and now comes this letter to remind me of her existence and her friendly recollection of me." |