When Sir .Tame'S Matthew Barrie, who celebrated his 65th birthday in May, was a lad at Dumfries Academy, he occasionally caught a glimpse of Carlyle when the sage visited his sister, Mrs Aitken. The old man would walk dourly through tho streets, taking no notice of salutations, hut one day J.M.B. and a friend determined to get o word from him. Waylaying tho great man on a lonely road the boy inquired if he could kindly tell them tho distance to a certain village. Carlyle merely lifted his staff, pointed to a milestone in tho near vicinity, and silently passed on.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19527, 9 July 1925, Page 10
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101Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19527, 9 July 1925, Page 10
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