Show Charley Dickens Dwarfed T.- T. I 1 1 J By Work of Great Novelist st BY JULIAN JI HAWTHORNE When the great died led he left loft to his eldest son 1 the proprietorship proprietor proprietor- ship and editorship of oC his periodical All the year round It was a few Cew years after that that I made Charleys Charley's called caBell him him acquaintance we we always Charley Chancy for tot some same su subjective reason which I will ask ph to determine de do- e- e termine and c else who began to know him him l I soon became aa and always remained his Char Chancy had his foibles but hut they the were er like beauty spots POts on a pretty prett girl gill and was not nol In other ways was like a a. pretty girl though thought he bore boic ore a strong likeness to his mother S He was In truth quite picturesquely homely He had a n countenance countenance coun coun- with no es to speak of a dull complexion and unimportant ant hair hall He wore spectacles and his figure was that of the of mah crowd you could describe It only by bya a negative e Charley Charlo was sometimes out of or temper owing largely to Ill Ill- health which affected his liver lIe He had got from Ills hIs papa an Inclination to 0 absorb potent liquor but ut had hael not been fortified by hy the theon wonderful won von nervous ous organization or which was part of or the stock in trade of the unconquerable un- un conquerable novelist nO rendered rendered ren ren- dered bred the latter hatter comparable le to the jovial lal German Leasing Le when he ob- ob served ed that hat other uther people became In Intoxicated In- In when twy they but hul that for his part lart ho became Inspired Charles Chales tho the greater got inspiration of 11 his but Charley Chancy got hea headaches headache ache lulled 1 by Fathers Father Name With all nil these drawbacks s Charley Chancy was sas one of or it the most lovable of men clover clever humorous i an and entertaining and he lie could coul write too only he ho heIl wits was afraid to do the it b because U c e of oC it his father fathel Thero can can be only one Charles Dickens I was vas o of cour course e. e familiar with this I line Inc of reason reasoning I ng having since been heen till the beginning ut nf what in these days IlaI 1 1 was pleased to regard ns os my Joy literary lite c ca cT reel reer tho thu victim o of if It and lIy 13 the f olio Ing I 1 was wont ont on one ono occasion to wrestle with Charlo Uon upon up up- on Ott the subject but hut in vain oln At th thai however he was persuaded into a n sort sorl of ur compromise he III was 08 Induced to make mako a dictionary of oC Ion on with stith th the subtitle sub uh- uh title An n Unconventional Handbook huuk and with the th motto notto i from flum Pickwick Mrs Knowledge ge of oC London was tas extensive e and antI peculiar this was magnum opus and It immediately imme mime- me- me I achieved success so that new nev editions of or It were introduced I Charley Chancy wrote most of oC the tIme book which was tas designed on oil quite a a. new plan the things worth seeing nn and knowing knowin in London Ion on vere wc re told and an described de dc- scribed in the various tones of a a. wise vIse but hut witty man maim of or the world of or London London London Lon Lon- don the accuracy of the items were as OR absolute as care anti nel investigation In could make malJ It ft but lut the the- manner of them was such as ua to mak f one wish to roa read anti and read re-read them for their own literary sake sako I was was helped In making the book ool II by Lord Lor who had IH the reputation of oC being the wit wittiest iest man In In London nn amid the thc partnership p was vas Ideal i iThe The excellence of oC the time result of their 1 labors la ou was I indicated t by hy the time number of dictionaries of various other oilier cities which presently appeared on all sIdes side and about all ull tried to bo be wl wise vise e und anti witty witty wit wit- ty but resulted on only 1 In being dull trivial lal nn and vulgar Gained SIlt t Siu The The- emoluments emo of this work were were so considerable rahle limit Ch ChArlcy presently began hean hogan be ho- gan an to put on OIL comparative grandeur eur but hut it was grandeur by lIy comparison only emily he ho wore two tao coats couttS a a. year hUlt instead nt of or one AntI And by 11 alII and by somo sonie one sug sug- suggested 11 a t. t Cor foreign ln lecture tour anti Charley CharIe Char Char- Ie hey ley faintly protecting Buffered himself him him- self to he be borne lorne away avay to America an anthen and then I believe he lie did himself credit on on the tho ie lecture turi though tho I had hod not any personal opportunity of oC scein seeing hl him there Such was the th apogee of Charley Chancy and to mo mu thieve there has always 8 been something pathetic about his whole mild and mod- mod orate crate story 1 ITo Ho io had mal anti lovable lo cl qualities and mal unusual literary abilities anti and perceptions lion Ions but he lie was WI flattened out by the w weight J ht oC of the colossus and 31 dazzled out his hie Intolerable brilliancy I or of sight night h by wish some alle adequate lu tl rl person would WIl his hi biography The Time person perM n have hove LI to be he adequate and also competent com coin potent hut but with these attributes ho he would make malic one of or tho timo most most touching and Illuminating hooks books of or a n mans man's life ever published Wo Ve have ha lives enough nough of oC great rca t men let us hare ha mil oneat one oneat I at al least leant Ifa l of oC a man maim who was nearer to toS the the lovable lu anti and modest human average S |