| Show ahll AYS 0 of carlle samuel ml bwy carlyle was one of ahr most painstaking taking of most every other word he wrote being craca and another put in its place aoe day lie visited the printer to urge him to push on with the work why bir said the printer you are really no hard with your corrections they tako up so ciuch time you tee carlyll re plied that lie was to that sort that ho biad bad works iu scotland and yea indeed sir interrupted the printer we are aware of that vo leave ft man here from edinburgh and when he took up a bit of your copy he dropped it like a cinder and died out oh preserve wl have you pot that man to print for Goodne ea only knows when we shall have done with all his corrections the ballou begs of thomson the author of the seasons about money ro altera was truly wonderful even for a poet one day while paying a brewers bill he inadvertently handed the man two bank notes rolled together instead of one the brewer did not discover the error until next day when he honestly returned the tecona note As may be supposed the worthy trades man was considerably astonished at seeing pocket the note with and with the cool remark that he could have gone on without it samuel rogers the ewt was a very slow writer one day beveral of his friends were talking about him and one asked whether he had written anything lately a couplet was his reply this couplet being his celebrated epigram on lord dudley only a couplets cou exclaimed sydney smith who formed one of the party why what would you have when rogera produce a couplet he goes to bed and the knocker is tied and straw 13 laid down and caudle is made and the answer to inquiries is that mr rogers is as well as can be expected no author has ben made the subject of more anecdotes than dumas the elder the following is characteristic on the morning ot his daughters wedding day dumas said to his future law with all the habitual affability for which he was yes I 1 guarantee my daughter an income of aranca a year the bridegroom who was quito indifferent on the subject his marriage being entirely one of affection be gan protesting that his generous ce nerous father iu law was taking too much upon himself when ho was inter erupted by iiii fiancee whispering oh let him be let him be be can well afford to pay the arst months installment A delayed litter de ryu aree pram janet ruseell was the belle of village a canadian village on the st lawrence and was admired by all the swains who dwelt in thoai parts but her company was a handsome young fellow john miller son of the village postmaster who also kept a general store john and janet went together to a rustic frolic one night and on the road john asked the old question was answered in the affirmative things went nicely but at last janet dancing twice in succession with a young fellow wham he had loike dupon as a rival john felt bar and on the way home sharp words paired be tween them the girl told him she wished it had been charley hall the rival who had ask her the question before mentioned where at john raid he would give her a day to take that back and if not why all was over between them janet relented when she hah time to think about it aad the next morning wrote a note to john and dropped it into the letter box at old mr millers store time based on A year or so alter that charley hall and janet bus sell were married and john miller was to another girl some five years passed and old miller died leaving his property and his store to his eon who at once set about making improvements and so happened that the day the old letter bos was broken up mrs hall accompanied by lir eldest daughter four years old was in the batore A letter dropped t the floor a woman picked it up and with the remark heres an old letter addre sd to you mr miller passed it to john at the moment le was talking to lis old sweetheart he took the letter aud turned t over and over in his band As janet ii cats fell on it she bluche d john opened the nolo and nd t ben ho handed it to w th a bow and the that has been iu the box ever lince the day after we went to the dance at Turn erB ah janet if id only mrs hall took her child bv the liand and went home a word janeta poor btttle note had been caught an 1 changed the ca rent ot two liavaa but lor better or aono who can till |
