OCR Text |
Show STORIES OF DR. HOLMESS. 6. Tonus Woman Who Dian't Uto att Literary Taste. The story is recalled of a yonng Vir ginia country girl dining in Boston somo years ag5 in tho days when Dr. Holmes went to dinners. Seated next to her was a homely, little old gentleman gentle-man whose name she did not catch. He began to talk with her and asked bet how she passed her time in the county. "Oh, we read, my father and II" sha said. "And what do yon read?" asked the little man. "Well, the 'Autocrat of tho Breakfast Break-fast Table' for one thing," sho answer-sd. answer-sd. 'I should think you would aot caro to read that mere than once," remark ed the little old man with a sign of disappointment dis-appointment in his tones. "My father and I may not be judges of literrture," Baid Miss "Virginia airily airi-ly and with a faint accent of 6corn, "bnt when wo gfc to tho end of the 'Autocrat' wo generally turn back te the beginning and read it over again. " Tho little old n:an smiled at this an? was disposed to be friendly, hot Miss Virginia was so displeased with his tone concerning tho "Autocrat" that she met him with chilly indifference. As soon as the guobts went into tho firawing room her hostess whispered reproachfully to her: "You didn't .seem to find Dr. Holmes us interesting as I hoped." "Dr. Holme3l" shrieked Miss Virgin. fa. There were a tableau and an explanation. expla-nation. Another story of Holmes' wit is told. One day old Dr. Peabody was to meet him at a certain place. The vonerabla professor rode in a carriage. When he got there, he was met by Holmes, who had walked Near by was a Btatue of Enrydico. And Holmes said: "Ah, you ride, I seol" "Capital, capitall" cried Peabody. That night he went back home and said to his wife: "Holmes got off a good joka today." His wife asked him what it was. "Why, I was to meet him down at ihe statue of Eurydice, and whou I ar rived, ho said quito happily, 'Oh, yon. samo in a carriage!' " And then tho genial professor wonder vi Twb Ws wife didn't laugh. |