Show HENRY an active useful and remark 1 ablo luo ht alio following interesting extracts life of henry 1 arc taken from alic london from fawcett went to kings college school in 1850 and so distinguished in fontics eliat it was determined to send hira to cambridge lie those as bis college anil r stephen 1 I saw l for tirel tiina n months his in october 1852 alio circumstances ins appearance was sinking my memory is very of lucli matters in gc ueral but I 1 could to the precise spot on alic bank ut the cam where 1 noticed a cry tall gaunt figure swinging along nub bilge strides upon abc towing pall lie was over six feet three inches iu height ilis cheat I 1 should say was not very broad in proportion to his lic ight but he remarkably large of bone and massive of limb the face was impressive not band the nas very large my own head vanished as into a cavern if 1 accidentally put on his hat the forehead was lofty though rather retreating and the brow finely arched alic complexion was rather dull but more than one ol 01 his early of the brightness of bis eye and the keenness of lii glance alic eyes n ere full and capable of vivid expression not I 1 think brilliant in color the features were strong and though not delicately carved were far from heavy and gave a general impression of remarkably mar kably energy the mouth long thin lipped and very had a characteristic nervous tremor as of one eager to speak and valuable of discourse the earliest anecdote of his college days is significant of the air crossion pr ossion which ho made there was at a youth nicknamed the captain apparently by way of to his sporting tendencies the captain saw first in only lie country t kin and him to a game at quoits could beat most salisbury lads at this was a salisbury game nod made short work of his antagonist the captain proposed alie more refined game of billiards they alij ed 1 single gaino of after a time the captain had scored ag to I 75 was to play aud the spectators taunted him with offers of acilto one on his opponent fw celt accepted all bets at this and then at lower rates he played and made the necessary twenty live in a single break tuc bets said he to clarke were forced luil were really more llian ten to one against my making twenty live in any position of alic balls though I 1 saw a stroke which I 1 knew that I 1 could make and klueh would leave me a fine agnine clacku thinks that I 1 was in liis arst week of residence he won what seemed a large sum to undergraduates abid obtained a reputation for shrewdness earned for him for a alion lime the old serpent his college bet seem to anve carried on alic tradition of the earlier set described in mills autobiography of which charles austin was the leader who swore by and used alic dyslogistic words declamation and generalities as a lind of shibboleth the phrase current in set by ft liichi a man was placed beyond alic pale of serious was gisli Is he not a gusher meant Is lie not a imbecile the set it must be remembered were still in alic semi schoolboy regards his lessons chiefly as a providential machinery for prize winning they whist aud billiard and had constant social wines and aca fights and did not condescend muscular christianity was y on to pirt athletic panics they and however genuine interests at that period alic inora senti yorlli learned tennyson by libart wept over jane arc and was to appreciate brown ing II 11 inora seriously disposed lie read virlor Sir lor and alic french lie d alic 0 maurice and biad some learning to christian socialism alic sterner looked to mill as their great prophet alicy repudiated carlyle Lar lyle as reactionary and set down maurice ai in alic linal examination he appears to have for once in his life loll 1011 nerve and canio out seventh wrangler lie obtained a fellowship 20 a acar at christmas 1851 ibid on allm knitli 1 small basan life aiu lind from allu airl n nell lor in alic of that year we rind him writing to a lady 1 I regard you wah true aff eliou aliat I 1 likic lung wished to my mind on subjects you know ioma hant of my cliar acter you now hear my ais to my future I 1 in life ai a boy knitli aliu ain lii lioi alay to cuter alic house of commons livery every endeavor whit li I 1 have ever put forth las biad this in MCW I 1 have continually tried mill bial I 1 trust still try ciol honorably to gratify kiy acs but to it for an tiu st and now the Iuli tAlon cf these has even more than the gratification of ambition I 1 avel that I 1 kulil to any to any of calior to obtain aliis position every day L become more deeply impressed MI 11 II tho powerful conviction that this is li position in liichi I 1 could bu of alic greatest use to my and that I 1 could in laic bousu housu of commons cart an in in removing the docial evils of our country and especially the paramount oni alic mental degradation of bor two years the accident which iu n deprived liim of sight lie a gr weakness of jhc thc acs the accident it tans on 17 1758 1 went out shooting with his catl cr upon hill II 11 irit linni hill commands a view of the valley where avon glides between alie great bluffs ot hie chalk downs ami beneath hie spire of salisbury it is one of the views as used to say in abe south of england he now saw it hie last time the party was crossing a turnip field and put up some partridges whit h across n fence into land where sir had not the right of shooting in order to prevent this from happening 1 again advanced sonic thirty yards in front of his parly shortly afterward another covey rose and flew toward anu his father was suffering from incipient cataract of one eye he therefore could not sec his son distinctly and had tor the moment forgotten rc lalive change of position he alius irad at a bird when it was nearly in glinc wilh liis son the bird was hit by the greatest part of iho charge for it was shattered A few pellets lioe cr diverged ami struck henry fancutt most of entered his chest but passing through a thick coat only inflicted a trivial wound two of klicin went higher he was wearing tinted spectacles to protect hii eyes from the glare of the sun one shot passed through glass i of the spectacles making in each 1 lean round liola their force was partly and was further diminished by the resistance of the spectacles they might otherwise have reached alio brain and a fatal injury As it was alicy passed right through the eyes remaining permanently embedded behind ilcin was instantaneously blinded for life almost frem the liesl the case was recognized as hopeless but fawcett up fiig mind at once to combat his disadvantage manfully and not to from liis ambition among his amusement were still rowing as stroke of tho ancient marinero mariners Ma at cambridge walking in which he excelled riding mid skating mr leslie stephen says 1 I accompanied him on his first after the accident after a few strokes the only was to keep his pace down to mine we each held one end of a stick and as we w ere on the crowded serpentino we came into a glod many collisions As however we were a couple and buu of us a heavy man we had decidedly the best of these encounters especially as the conscience of our antagonists was on our side when they saw that they biad tripped up a blind man some severe winters followed and I 1 not the delights of and occasional run beyond ely on the frozen cam remember how we flew bak one evening at somo fifteen an limur leaning on a steady northeaster with the glow of a characteristic fen sunset crimsoning alic irist am reflected snowy banks while between us and the light a row 0 following aaili oilier like a night of wild fowl sent back the ringing music of their skates As we got under shelter of the willows above the ice became and we began to remonstrate after a immersion go on said raw celt 1 I only got my legs through that seemed a quantity of alic humah body for sub glacial liou and the rest of us insisted upon gulting the linal edge upon our appetites by a tramp homewards to a christmas Chiist mas dinner along alic toning path but of his ic creations was fis liing all agree eliat I aceal was a remarkably good fisherman lie performed if anything better han the seeing whether because lie waited more patiently to strike until he felt hi fish or because in was more docile in following directions of his skilled companions lie biad great success in catching million and trout and rolling for pike in alic winter ire showed his usual nerve in crossing narrow planks across streams though he once had an immersion willi bir wright comparative shortness of stature made it total in his case he would wade in alic reams necessary and lr bars liis hearty enjoyment of a rough drive iu alic donkey cart full of fish along a load in wales they made a months expedition in october 1879 As of his sport I 1 have found among liis papers an cm elope linns out 0 o be canvis on which is arau drau uy Uli caton alic pencil outline of a trout caught nic and clr in hertford shire with an lly the ditc ix july y alic rout was twenty one anil inches in length and weighed lc 11 pound besides all was alic unvarying kindness of friends speaking on february 18 tae the silver lining to the dirk cloud is the wonderful and fund of human kindness lo 10 bu found in aliis world and the appi blind people must have at every moment of life of alic cordial and ready willingness willi which alic services which aliey needed were generously to then I 1 am glad to think that these simple and pathetic words represented own experience that liis lii s trouble was alleviated not only by lias GUI pi crey but by alic of aiji friend |