The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-11-15

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81 tie pickels who burn bal.iiug i
the occupancy Of the hostile army
without beng discovered L wa uot
WILSON to say word 10 Bafke on Die
subject, even il he bad proof d, be op-
Grafton. lie naturally pre ferfea GO
dissemble lis chagria aud pay h.m ei'
when the proper time should arrive.
That time arrived, mol very lmany
months after, though long enough tor
Burke to have relaxed tue strietaess
Of his watch for LICK back.
Burke was really a very spirited
sketch writer, and he wrote hug r
stories, when he would enter upon the
lbor, that won and deserved Popu-
lariiy. He won that success, too,
when be did strive for 4, wihou.
9lunsing 1t all INFO the deeply seasa-
tiona or 'blood-and ihander style Of
literature. For everything Of The lat-
ter class he had a most unmtieatel
contempt, and would abolt as soon
have taken dose Of stryehnine as
willingly allowed his name 10 be ap-
pended to anything that has furnished
us the 'Fiery Fiend OF Fiddle addle,
and the Last OF the b lood Tubs
Burke finally commenced story Of
English life, one week, after gather
ing an immense amount Of material
for tale which should run through
fifteen or twenty numbers. What the
name was is how matter OF 20 con
sequence. lie had an unlimited num-
Der OF characters involved, and man
aged them. in the opening chapters,
with extraordinary skill. Sharp, keen
Misunderstanding, with trenchant
wit, graphic descriptions Of scenery,
on art and literature, and
all the pleasanter and more rein ed
characteristics Of he novelette,, were
the staple Of what Burke evidently de-
signed to make his master work, 10
which he Of course put his fall name.
As many other story-wriiers do when
connected with the pap r
10 which they are contributing, Burke
wrote his numbers from week to week
as they were wantel, instead Of lin
ishing up the whole story before tic
commencement of publication.
The tale had been running for some
seven or eight weeks, and the interest
was Just beginning to be evolved, when
Burke was sud lenly called to the East,
BY some property business there. He
went away, expecting to be- back again
il two or three days, but was detained
much longer than he expected. Eli
nalIy letter came from him, saying
that he had been very busy-that lie
could not yet be home for day or
two-that be could not furnish The
number Of the story for that week =
aud that II. would be necessary to make
an apology to the readers aud promise
it for lie nunber following.
| handed the letter to Wilson, who
was nj the time in his room, AMI ask
cd him what was to be done about it.
lie rayed a little over the fact that all
the influence Of the story on the cir
Of the paper was Killed by the
break, and wished every man who
commence publishing story before
he had done writing it was IN some
subslerranean locality
just then, the forman, who knew Of
Burkes absence, but had no heard
anything OF the instalment Of the story,
came down stairs TO look after it. This
set Wilson into renewed rage, which,
however, broke directly into a cauckle,
for which | could not see any especial
reason.
Never mind he said to tie fore
man. Wait till tomorrow morning,
and then we will Try 10 fiud some
thing TO fill up the space. The fore
man accordingly went up stairs again.
A few minutes after, | saw Wilson
come out into the outer room and get
the hangigg-lile Of the current volume
of the Balloon, which he took 10 with
him. From that time | did not see
anything of him dniAI the entire
afternoon, except once or twice when
| had occasion to get into the room for
moment, in which instances he Was
scribbling away at lis. desk with rail
road speed, paying noatteniion 10 any
body or anything. Toward night /
saw him send up to the printers 4
iarge roll Of matter, and supposed, Of
course, thai he had been supplying the
vacant space OF Burke's story with
some lucubrations OF bis own.
When the story proofs came down
TO me, late the next day, | altered my
opinion as 20 what Wilson had been
doing. With a fail recollection Of the
prank played by his partner in the
Notices to Correspondents, Wilson
had not been supplying tie place Of
Bnrke's story, bot supplying BurLcs
story itSely Ard such a supply /!
Burke had intended the story . rua
at least lgo OF three months longer.
but It had no occasion 10 ran, or 10
anything else, after that--it was fa-
ished
Il Is impossible 70 paricularize, at
this distance of time, as | have no
copy, the contents 0. thai wond
three o. four eoiumns. Bot Id.stinet.
" remember that b. brou bt all me
characters over % tbs country, to5k
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