A Story of Thackeray.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 September 1910, Page 4

A Story of Thackeray.

The constant rumours of the elosin» (/!' the famiiiis London Crystal I'alave (lias caused to be 'retold a story of its opening day. The event coincided with the presence in London of a youny; American n npie on their honeymoon. The husband bad saved for many a day to Kive bis wife the pleasuie of a trip to Europe, but funds were running sliort, and t'lie price for admission to the exhibition on the opening day was so high that one ticket only could be bought. Witili that ticket the young wife made iher way to the ceremony, only to find that, owing to her small statue, she could not see line of the royalties and notabilities in the procession. At the. thought of this disappointment and tihe waste of money represented by her ticket the tears began to flow down her cheeks. At that moment she felt two strong hands under her arm.s and found herself lifted hig'h above the crowd. So held she saw everything, but when she was placed down on the giwund oiK-c more it was to iind herself indebted to a stranger, a stalwart Englishman who ,Ikul divined the cause of her tears. SVune years had passe til away, when, in their own town, the American and his wife went one night to hear a lecture by a famous English autihor. No sooner had the lecturer ascended the platform than the wife, turning excitedly to hei husband, exclaimed:— "That's he; that's my great, kind Englishman!" It was Thackeray.