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Show R'.'BUKED THE GREAT WRITER. , M American Wat Not -Awed by Grouchy H Poet Laurente. M A writer in Harper's Weekly brings ' to light an interesting anecdote of '' Tennjson which well IlliiBtratcB tho ,H singular habits qf tho great laurcato H In his intercourse with Ills frionds. Tt Tho poet was not only brusque and )' rough, but ho was domineering nnd . ' H exacting, nnd niost other men wore ;H afraid of him. Hut an American i .H schoolmaster who for many years lH maintained n great intimacy with him ' lH bad no fear In his heart, and sat and ' smoked on an equality with the eover- ' H clgn Blngor by Farrlngford llreslde. H ."Ono evening," says tho writer, ' "when the two were thus togothcr, H Tennyson said thnt he would depart H from ids custom and narrato a per-l ,H sonal experience; but ho had suffered! 'H n good deal from repetitions ot IiIh "H tales by those to whom he hnd told H tnenvand ho would be obliged to ask his friend novor to repeat what ho H was about to hear. Tho American H smoked on for a few seconds while ' H Tennyson waited for the promise, and JH then ho said: 'My lord, in my coun- H try a gentleman would never mako , H tiat request of another gentleman.' ' H 'H-h-ml' said the poet, nnd looked -H out of eyes thnt wondored it tho '' quiet smoker opposite knew how much ' j H he'd said. Then he told the story." ; H |