The following article gaine audddod interest from the vethe veteran "On my leaving school at the age of 13—having won the highest prize, and, us befell Aiexander ad a stage of his care there cing no fresh world to conquer—an inscrutwAe Providence found a tewth for me in the office of a, hide and yahcnin mor-client in Liverpool," writes Sir Henry Say in Journal.'
"There T remained for seven long years, cating my beast out, but steadily keeping my eyes fix:
on the journalism, whither they had long been bent, I taught, riysolf- shorthand, read incessantly, wrote the greater part of a three-volume: novel, and crcasionally, like Mr. Silas Wegg, dropped "into poetry, which ap: peared in the London' "Moreuxy."
"Thin tendency earned for me in the office the name of.'Poot.' A burly country customer, hearing mo thus addrcesod, seanned my stately 5 ft. 2.'im. and enclaimed, ""The Pact! What's his name! Not Longfellow, P'm sure,'
Not bad for a tanier.
My contributions to the "Mer-cary" brought me more'than an honourable name among my fel-Valerie vineyard ing attracted the attention of the then assist-lonia, vineyard.
ant, editor of the "Liverpool Daily Post," and served as an inteoduetion thet proved. the ruming-point of my life: Having more oF less mastered: tha myster~ ies of shorthand, I went the rouid of newspaper offices in Liverpoo}, proffering my services. T was kindly received, but there were no openings. 'T. have vague impression of encountering, at the' "Daily Post" office, someone coming downstairs exceptional speed, I heard some-Where, or somehow, that. Mr. Whitty, the then proprietor, ntlemian subject to excesses of frascibility, had just kicked, him down, That was nob encouraging, for the next caller. My good for Fixe Jed me, not into the office of Mr.' Whitty, but into that, of his assistant, Mr, Edward Ruese!!, who in time became Lord Russel}.
"A wide circle of friends know the sunshine of his kind-haivtedness. Ib instantly" beamed 02 me. He appointed'me some slight tusk, expressed himself grasitied with the manner of its accom: plishmont, promised me sticcessivn to the cushest vacancy ut, the bot tom of the reporting star of the ally Post," and, awaiting that, gave me a Totter of introduetic? that secured an opening Shrewsbury.
"This was my first.job on the Press."
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