THE LIBERALITY OF "HEROES"

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1642, 22 August 1887, Page 3

THE LIBERALITY OF "HEROES"

4 " You are fond of novel reading i" said a Parisian novelist the other day, as he saw the cabman he engaged stow away a formidable* volume of romances beneath the seat. " Yes, sir, I have read a great many novels ; and 1 am disgusted to observe the uniform ignorance of their authors as to the commonest affairs of every-day life. For Instance, here Is one story m which I read, ' The Prince appeared agisted on hearing these words, . and, hailing a oarrlage, flung himself Into lt, oast his purse to the driver, snd cried, " Drive me to the Faubourg St Honore* \" Then a few lines farther on T see this : 1 Valentine resolved onoe for all to solve the mystery, and hurrying to the stand, sprang Into the first vehicle that presented Itself, and, flinging his pooket-feook to the coachman said, "Follow yon cartage!" Now, sir, I have been driving a hack ln Paris for forty years, and I've driven thousands of people— all sorts of people, under all Imaginable conditions — eloping lovers, jealous wives, levanting cashiers, and so on ; and never ln the course of my long professional career has a fare thrown 9j9 his or her pooket-book. No, sir, they; hava jufct given me thirty-five sous lOKttlmes it was tha roanc} twe fapoi.