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Show :b inc and to chat with the !river. Two women. '' ho had been looking across the treet, came m·er and said, "\ \ ' e read in the paper that the grandson of Charles Dickens is in the city and \\ e wondered if the old gentleman who went in \\·it h ) 'OU is he~.. I said, .. \ " es, the g-randson of Charles Dickens is in there and I will be very glad to introduce him to you, if you will wail unt il he colllc out." They stepped to one side iltH I concluded to wait. \\'hen ).Jr. Beeman came out, I approached him and told him that the ladies wanted to be introduced to the grandsun of Charles Dickens ancl procecclecl with the int roduction. The joke on both him and the ladies was too good for him to keep under CO\·er: he beg·an to laugh and the ladies also laughed and went on their way, seemingly enjoying as much as we did the situation. .\fter having spent five busy days in London, and happy one · too, we were obliged to depart ::\lonclay morning, ~lay 13th. for l ~ dinburgh, Scotland, \\'hich ,,.e reached that e\·ening at (>:10 o'clock. llere \\e spent the following clrry with more than the usual delights aiforclecl by mere sight -seeing because of a visit among tho se whose rel<ttives we knew in our llomcland. The e\'ening oi our arri\'al in Edinburgh, ::\1 r. lkeman and I callccl upon ::\Irs. J . . \. R. :\lain, 3 Daly-rim pic Street. who is a sister of :\I iss Laura B. Cra·wford, n friend of the !Jeeman family, and who lives in our home city. \\'e also met, at this time, l\lis. Ella Rams y 1\Iain. and with them spent an in tcresting hour in conversation on matters of mutual concern. \Vc \\'Cre invited, upon lca\·ing, to return the next afternoon to meet l\1 rs. \ \ ' illiam ' ra wforcl and :\Irs. \.E. \ 'osc of 11 ston, :\lass .. who would arri\ e t.hc following morning. The reader need Page One llundred Fifty ,e,·cn |
