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Show Highly Facetious Cold, Dean Farrar once relnted this story; "At ono small public dinner nt which I mot Charles Dickens I was struck with his chivalry to an absent friend. Mr. Sims Hooves had been nnnounced to sing at tho dinner, and, as impelled im-pelled not Infrequently, Mr. Sims Beeves had something the matter with his throat nnd was uunhle to bo present. pres-ent. Dickens nnnounced this and tho statement was received with n general laugh of incredulity. This raado Dick-ens, Dick-ens, who wns In tho chnlr, very angry, and ho manfully upheld his friend. My friend, Mr. Slmn Beeves, ho snld, 'regrets his inability to fulfill his engagements, en-gagements, owing,' he added with great sovcrlty, 'to an unfoitunately amusing and highly facetious cold!'" |