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round the eonsmiog bluff, trying to
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step and looked up, stirring her hands
is his. He glanced over bio shoulder
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was • lady- was unmistakably lovely. tae' nd Greek , wow_ 1, fait eetio - the Jct. -black hair, fashion, heightened loosely a ssooft clearness mast►« L.d.aa ie•t 1:1 b'itglen . renw°I
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Harper's Magazine.'
IN 1896
pleMa► awnevelbt •°
itarde
Ter. toil to bogus la Me Lkoent se eters•
b and o ensued le November. .ef.
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lila sweeties. It will M Asad are, elands le ems as •
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4ODERICH, ONT.
HIS LITERARY CAREER.
TURNING overa file of the Gauntlet
just now- a the that has lain dustily
upon my shelves for many a long year
- I cam• across an article signed with
*he name of Hiram Lovell. I was an
ambitious youngster of no small talent
and experience, as youngsters go, but
with a dash of pert lucidity which my
enemies called egotism and my friends
character.
i was deep in a furious analysis of
the district death rate, with special
reference to the state of the sewers,
when he was announced, and, with a
momentary throb of weariness, I hail-
. ed him as an excuse for a few seconds'
intermission of my labors. My shall
clerk departed to pilot my visitor
through the intervenig maul of oorri-
dors, and I poked the fire. He was a
tall, loose limbed, ungainly fellow.
His age might have been anywhere
between nineteen and twenty-six, but
any guess could only have been ap-
proximate.
He produced a manuscript, and I
saw at glance that it was composed
of small sheets legibly written. This
discovery was a relief, though it had
its annoying side. Somehow i fancied
he would be a poet.
"Those cottages at Bulwarr
Bridge," he said, and stopped abrupt-
ly.
" Yea," i said, " there wax so
thing in the Gauntlet about them left
week. Can you tell rile anything as Fate would have it, I was a
fresh y' These same cottage. were the couple of columns short, and as a
property of our wealthiest alderman, g�ce over the thing revealed no glar-
and absolutely unfit for human habi , ing faults of any sort I gave it out,
tation. and the proof duly came in for comic-
"
orrect
" i wen born there," he said. tion. Now, naturally an article or
i looked at the sheet of paper lying story is much score imprevssiva -mon
beside me. convincing—in type than ordinary
"There is no such name among the handwriting. But, making all such
people occupying them now," 1 said. a lowences, this s(ory of Lovell's took
" i have risen in the world," he my breath away. It was short, lees
said( than the average length of a story, or
" i have written about it hers," he I ooukd not have read it. It was 4
went on, holding out the small sheaf of ;tory of love—of unsuetxasful love.
papers. Alt is • good suitiect from a When i read that tale now in the
newspaper point of view.' *' old yellow files it makes my blood stir
His self-possessed though modest with an old anger. i have had my
manner well calculated to create a sorrows. Then it was only literature
:zeal impression upon the most critic- to me, and I apprvvieted it : i thought
al of editor. only that it• author was a genies, and
1 took the manuscript, which wen with lock had the world of letters at
beautifully legible, turned a page or his feet. Forgive rete, i was young—
two, and then glancing up at the curi- how young i know now. • • •
ons figure .handing there, loose-limbed, Hiram Lovell came in next day, as
in the red glow of my blaring fire.
" You (an leave this." 1 said, some
wbet curtly.
" There is a stamp stook in the
Arid, he said, as he turned to go.
This quietly mennered young fellow
wee a journalist* treasure, 1 told my-
self. I laughed at the folly of the
Wee
1 published the article on the cot -
taloa and a very good article it was.
A tremehant, hitter style bad Hinman
Lovell, but lucid. As be told rine, he
had been born in owe of the wretched
cluster of hots bordering the river
of her skin, while blue gray eyes gave
to her face a perfect uncanny fasciae -
tion.
1 bowed, raised my hat and would
have passed on, but a little glance of
reproof from those blue eyes brought
Hiram to his feet with outstretched
hand.
" This u Mr. --, the editor off the
to
Nee he awe pomade Ott Uvittg
seder wWr�bts�Rt.ats w writers will present the
seen or the Kaki of Orle•SS. 1n Mr J.
Number will ape • prntu•mil 111
paper se rearee.sea mad she tramlines. the
Aral d • twee o' .'was papers.
Northam t. • a '"g more attest...'ham at sal h r lie.. ',a., ren U. Amt of
vmpves. r . seat v(wz.w if II Iurr*it'Sl
*Manes � ,rrildame d i n ,,, ,, .1:
desks u^ , a .' JI'UArt It. i rii
win tM.. . seat . % tM.ee
shill peva••• tar the iIAGAY.tNE •amts ot
Gauntlet, Gwen," he said, with suf iiire.e i.r.atevere-tieser'. B..ldmt►elowe
6clent cordiality. " Mina Harrison, .iariee . •.. r will I.egla to the JmeMr1 Num
her Os• nowt eLaoters of t Tama• -part 5evet-
Mr. — " rete, H•st, Hast%
a,11 list's the tower
•'1 have amid your article on e.e •.e xw1 , e'ta•a„ b tide writer.0
M 1. pop
wr11eA
general rate this week. )esu res, Mr.
Lovell."
" Yes," be answer••• i tae. " It was
not very good. I I ...e been busy."
" I wish you ha.. count& time to do
Inn a .tory." I rail. , twually.
" I have given Uli writing 'Aerie-,
Hiram said lepsis .. dy. " I fowl I
can't."
" My clear Hiram " 1 burst out,
"surely you don't We 11 it 1 14 fay,
man, these stories s,:re literature.
Do you think i sett ody clattering
I 1 u•1
Si • ,•host .ton '
aetoIre.lyr:.,ro the YAOAZIN1:.
egad far Illa•tested rveesresst'•
1M Vutuwee et the tie/wore begin wlta
the Numbers for June mid tireemb« of ellen
, war. When out ,111.r r au Lit...nedsubaoriptios•
wW bogie with the Number current et the
time of remit.' i( order. ('loth lyres. t«
bled nit. Stl cents each by mail. post pail.
Resul:Anoes sb•,uJA be tune by Poo otDoe
Mosey Order or Draft. w •,u.d 'Mimeo uI
tees this advertise
ve ti e
int ,. (pe '( on won re ce�,r
went ((wllwrt the express «+Ise (t/ arise
Brothers.
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
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of oourse, and you can alas •s wale • iupg'Ks WI • '~
living by thebut year gift is fiction �RYRKJ i.t►VVI I'KOPLR.. - -- s 1a
near the bridge, and his mother had ! not go very prosperously oa the
fallen the first victim to an epidemic of � whole, the note of tense tragedy
typhus fever, which made its first ap- I sounded in the first one being almost
pearance there. He had come, by an invariably characteristic of the last
extraordinary accident, cancer the fav- weekly short stories. Thea it would
orable notice of the childless old pinto- be the history of some eldtime amour,
crat who owned the Bulwarr Bridge or the simple tale of a school girl's
cottages and half the town beside, and fancy.
had received an excellent elementary I am afraid I was not nearly sorry
education. No sooner was Hiram enough for him. I knew that if this
Lovell well into his teens than he bad not happened these stories would
quarreled with hie patron over no never have been written, and I cher-
other subject than the condition of abed an opinion that Hiram's en -
these cottages, end was thrown out amoratt was some doll of a shop girl
upon the world to earn his own bread or flighty town miss of whom he would
and whatever might chance in the way be well rid.
of butter thereto. For the last five One afternoon as he sat in my big
years he had been a clerk in the gas- chair I took an opportunity to tern
works at a salary of eighteen shillings the shade so that it threw a broad
a week. beam of light on his curious face. He
I fondly hoped that Hiram Lovell sat looking moodily looking into the
would prove to be as ardent a wor- file, which hail burned itself into s
shipper of literature as myself. But I red nsiiormity of brightness.
soon found that he had one almost .. These are superb stories of yours,
unique cnaracterixtic. He detested Lovell," i said.
fiction and poetry. He nodded his head to signify that
Once i ventured to give lune • he had heard, but otherwise took no
novel to review, the work of one of notice of my compliment.
the most fascinating romancists of „ Tliey have quite •new style about
the day, and b. analyzed it as I shoaled them" I said, casually. ' Yen used
have lione a treatise by Huxley.
to
One morning opening the long blue hnd fiction intolerable. Let me
envelope by which i hase, the first of these was written in—
aus come to pick yes,in March last ; it appeared on the
out his letter, 1 found the proper twentieth .,
quota et work, and in addition the „ y ,•• said Hiram, low, to himself.
manuscript Of a short story. i was " I met her on the fourteenth- Sun-
;xositively stdirtled when I learned the day the fourteenth of March."
nature of ths tetra eoutribntion. I did not think it polite to ask who
I tossed the story to one side. But, "she" was at that moment.
--fiction. You must let me have some
more."
I guessed that Lovell had a strange
temper, but I was not prepared for the
effect of this little homily.
" i hate stories, every line of and
word of them-- -as a man must, have
hated the scar of the thumb -screw."
" My dear Lovell," I began, but he
broke in-----
" Do you think I liked to write
them : do you think I like to reed
Usual Every word of them brings
back ray pain, every letter seems
tainted with agony."
He stopped, panting with curious
The girl he had called "Gwen'
spoke as he paused ---quickly, with a
glance of intelligence.
" He means that he wrote those
stories when-- when he loved me, aed
I—I—did not understand him."
Her hand sought his as he stood by
her.
" The heartache would put itself in-
to words," he said. •' My heart feels
satisfied. I have none of that vague,
restless hunger which wove my fancies
into form as sleep weaves idle
thoughts into a dream. 1 cannot
make stories any more. 1 will not.
Why should I eat my begirt out that
that which my pain brings forth should
beguile the chance leisure of the
world 1 Why should life torture c.e
that it may drag what you call genius
out of me 1 i will give you no more
stories."
He regarded me with a look of
positive loathing.
1 sin sorry if I have annoyed
you," I said. The girl " Owen " sat
stroking his hand. Suddenly be fell
on his knees upon the grass et her
side.
" It is no use, Gwen- no use, ' M
burst out. '• I shall lose you after all.
God will not leave me alone to he
happy. 1 was tortured with doubt, 1
am to be broken with grid - I Know
it, I Know it. Then i dull do wort
which will live—live because it has
sucked its life out of me and mine."
He laid his head in her lap and
sobbed violently. I remember think
ing how cold the early June eunabine
seemed. He made no motion to ad-
dress me again, so i passed on, feeling
as though I were reading it all from a
book. When I looked becK he was
still Kneeling with his head in Gwen's
lap, her small fingers stroking his
coarse brown hair.
After this occasional articles, most-
ly on social topica, tame to me from
Hiram Lovell, but i (lid not see him
again personally. At last I went
south to edit a London magazine. A
couple of years paved, and then one
day 1 received s manuscript in & well -
Known handwriting.
There was no note inclosed- the fa-
miliar stamp was stack on at the end,
and an address somewhere in Leona -
shire followed.
A couple of woes. after, changing
from one train to another at Preston,
i caught a glimpr` of Hiram Lovell.
He was seated in one corner of & sec-
ond-class carriage, and i noticed, with
a throb of pity, that a deep crepe band
surrounded his silk hat He was
brooding over a photograph at which,
as I passed the window, I stole is
glance. It was that of "Gwen."
usual, and settled down, according to
his habit, in my great easy chair.
" How on earth did yo,i write itt"
1 asked.
" i don't know," he said.
The next week brought me another
story instinct with the same subdued
teesien of feeling that had .tr'eek me
in the first one. A single line of
poetry stood at the bead.
The desired the tooth for the star."
When I read it i knew what was
the matter with Hiram Lovell
ThsreeAse I traced the muse of his
hers areA prom byes& to week. Hain
" You ought to make your mark is
fiction at this rate, Lovell," I said.
" Douce take me if 1 know what
started you upon fiction."
There was a high hill behind the
tows, a hill from which you can see
the distant sea. Occasionally I climb-
ed this hill on a Sunday morning by
way of a constitutional. One of these
walks I happened to take cn the Sun-
day following the publication of Hi -
ram's last article. There is ---or was ---a seat on the shoulder of this hill
which is sheltered pleasantly fran the
wind and frim the sight of the town.
it was blowing rather freshly and 1
instinctively made tor this spot. As
i reached the bluff of rock behind
which nestled the rough wooden seat 1
heard voices, one of than the voice of
Hiram.
Never mind . I am not going to re-
peat what i heard. Suffice it say that
I listened—for a moment only to a
strong mean, a tun with the soul of a
poet in him, pouring out a monologue
of burning words—words that spoke
of love, of tendernsss, of undying
fidelity. I gathered that the love of
Hiram Lovell had prospered, 11. 11e
spoke as a man Weeks Me hie be -
thrashed. All the ago ry patrion
that had found
ex
in
thaw wonderf.l stories was Isere pour-
ing itself oat into speech—speech idyl-
lier, grilling. primeval. i quaked ea
I listened. Could the man spare any
of this passim for pen send int.
stood
troad.els whether to tura
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able for every class of lousing
represented ia this locality, est
prising laid and wove,
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for account paper would set b
se great ; but there are some ma
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they wonder if the stock willow
run oat. We doa't intend it ig
and at present our stock is ole
pieta in this lin. with four sin,
Good paper and seat ruling.
QttattrnittAs
Both single and double defile
and Dente columns. They ase
cheaper than bill heads, and
the proper thing to send shirk
delinquent one a montk. They
ere sure to fetch him 'mead -
sometime.
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Elegant sad exclusive demises for Nt-4.er
cad Bedew ',statutes. drawn from Worrs
models by S•+nus and rea°
bi-
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tant feature. Thee appear e
.eosmpaaled by minute deeecrlptlos• and de-
tails. •sr Parts Letter. by KArraatis as
Peas*. is • weeekkly transcript of the latest
styles adge tits
ban of caprices Sew Tort ► the pen diinginus
sad full particulars ars gi>es es et40 sham
cue.
Me et well -droned emsd wires. et71N,M'.
Clothing receives prncticsl .41eat1 5. A
taetaigbttl1yy Ae MM
Pattern *beet
& bles reactors Ur cut ahnd [atMma H their01 ewe
g owns. The �wulomaw
ad for every
lite.
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e.whero beautiful
dress la requisite. w(Iwrsra'•
As Americas tl.rW. neeeer
s•sethte.v, by Rgnw(t:• HalustlisDams. •
�novel of �ly' pertly Ain
Pwoyllvaaie ted partly la the (u Swath. Si
occupy the last half of the year.
■ y r� Sols dy. an intemely 'minas
novel, by 1lm&Rrav llusns'a. author el
(led '• pool' *The Greet« ulery.' etc.. win
bees the year.
gassys sail eerie. Mats. T. this depart
meat SrecTsvon will o•°eribnte her eberming
p.p.r. on • Wh•t We are Donna' la New Yort
�•
A Ammer& M C.rrrommebeaaa (Jueettoss era
adv. the persosel anemias of the editor. and
are answered et the earliest ps..ibi• date af-
ter their receipt.
lead for iIltMraSed Premeetes.
The Volumes of the B•x*R begin with the
Sae Number ter January °teach year. When
so time is mentioned. subscriptions wtU begin
with the Namber current at the time of receipt
et order.
Cloth Cases for each volume. sonatas for
binding. will M sent by mail. po.t-paid, es
meow of tl.ef mob.
Remittances should be wade by Poet sales
Idesey Order or Draft. to avoid thence of tae
Newspapers are not te ropy this ode error
went without Ow express ardn of Harron t
Barra ones
e
The first collected edition of Hiram
I ovell's steres appeared recently ee-
rier a nom -de -plume which to the
world represents an untnown writer,
wive has stepped at a bound from ob-
scurity to fame, and whose wort, so
the critics say, is unequalled ia its
tragic &emanation sod sombre 'pleader
of stylo illi es I read the boot
them rads TAW, nig a vision of
Hiram Lovell as i had seem him oa
that gay June morsiag sobbing at
the let of hie love.
got a gong gesern bI*.
•• Woo years • lees es.rtsNp. .ld fl-
1nr oral... so by Indo ked .ins WMis
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HARPER'S WKEKLY is a pictor'.al hinter,
of the times It presents every tmpert•nt
event promptly. accurately and exh•wotivdy
In illustration and descriptive text of tMbigb-
eat Aran.
The .•ricer Is which. diarist IOL it has
treated ih Chicago Rallies/ Strikes sad the
Chino -Jonsson War. sod an aosw$ of
nest it was abk to throw es gores the relent
t ttentton was directed te that
eoe.try, its examples eat its •(mem
mnemes.. Jt -u•111 RALPH, lb. dhtlwg.lebod
sneer sad oorronsodeet, has bees eget ie the
os.$ of war, aid tine )(geed by C. D. W ILeow.
tho ws i -tease Americas •Rhe cow for
nasty years resident in Japan. Wile ME boos
to cooperate with Mr. Astral It
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with vigor and cal preterites la
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sea
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ass* �r'Rre-n. of •i w non eel .. who
mak* Watery. ed peworhl sad eauwlc
poss.w esiNs.a w10 se ntl.oe to be
sagtsW tmww. This Wm weld. caw
kaon gni . v eaNaal int tee loses same
Used
Masa wines two pewcefn' u ak&
both baserollsey riegY.'. —Tire tee deb -
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8xts
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Task. eat,tied Tae sea er N1s eassi r,by
BRAsa►R MArniswo-asv°r•1 aovol..es, cad
e ssay short stories by popular writers.
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along without envelopes, and w
keep up with the demand it
them we keep a large stock w
hand. We have now •lost a
hundred thousand in stuck, ssi
the prices will rang. from i*. is
$2.00 per M. We handle res
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osuriNtrc.w\ Z'ir..&at.
has already been partially eats
crated in some of the heads •baa
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of work under this head fist is
enumerate would more thea tats
.p the entire space occupied h
this adv't, but we do it all sine
8iot•e.
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V rogrturas
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Promptly turned eat, from hi
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in stock plain and fancy pipe
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dinary admission ticket to • tally
basiners card or a bander*
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class of work are evidenced by do
fact that the great bulk s1 11
dors by tis. This line also i
eludes
breams owl elltsie.r
Rea11y t am what 411hrense did that
maks r•
W*M dif r seeWen, if you had to
brill a awed Mho (kat to key est of the
droving -room °peel lime you wool to on
� ,,.la yowl woos woo. to cwt ohmI .
t6►ger
which our three feeillreesag.id
presses are able to tens eat as
surprisingly short tines.
4evON.t, Vi.\.\s
belong to the pester devri=
also, std we make a ppeot•lty
thene--promptsees ing Qur i
is this respect. A sones el
will appear is Tall 4OJAL fres d
charge when bills for same s'e
here.
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