Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1883-10-10
The Unanisiaed Manuscript

Some time ago the writer visited
Professor CABINET, of Little Rock. Ark,
and while sitting in the library, en-
gagged in conversation with the enter.
tanning gentleman, observed Il roll of
manuscript tied with strip of black
cloth. We asked him if it we're some.
thing designed for publication.
ut will never be published" he
said, and began to unroll it," See how
it ends" and glancing at the bottom
of the last page we read the following:
awhile he sat alone. deeply musing,
a hearse passed the door, and" here
the sentence broke off. Requesting,
almost implorinr. the Professor TO tell
us the history Of the curious manu-.
script. he finally consented
II came to Arkansas when I was a
Young man. One niobt I sat in nv
library writing story for "A magazine.
I was in good health and had cause TO
feel elated over the success had lust
attained by the publication of small
volume of sketches. but still | felt the
heavy weight of melancholy depres.
sion. arose and walked ont Int
soon returned not experiencing any
change. | bent myself to the work OF
writing dreary story and worked
with surprising rapidity until | wrote
"A hearse passed the bouse--.' Here
| STONED. A strange nresentiment
told me that | would never finish the
sentence. Next day | took IN nv pen
to finish it, but | had not touched the
paper with tho pen when piercing
Shrek caused me to spripr to nv feet
and rush from the room lust in time
to see n horse attached to a buggy.
dashing wildly toward nv gate.
frightened woman was in the buggy
and rescued her. | put the manu-.
script away and devoted myself to nv
new acquaintance our friendship
grew into love and we finally married.
Then followed ten wears of hapn,ness
| did not tell my wife of the unfinished
manuscript, but one day she found il
and begged me to finish it. did not
like to confess my foolish fears. and
finally told her that l would. The
next night, after my wife had gone to
bed, took down the story and read il
over. | would finish il for her sake.
| took ND the pen and WAS inst in the
ACT Oh luuCDlUE Tie paper Wnen NV
wife called me. | ran to her and
found her in diving condition. bav.
ing been attacked by rheumatism of
the heart"
"Have YOU ever ATTEMPTED since to
finish it "
Eyes. After nv wife had been
dead for several wears | determined
one night to finish the story. | went
to the desk, but had no sooner dinned
my pen in the ink than noise in the
adjoining room attracted nv attention
Hurrying INFO the room / found NV
son lyinm on the floor dcad Uo bod
always been in wretched health and
had committed suiciden
"Do YOU ever expeet to finish the
story 2"
II EXPECT to try again. II is i'm.
possible for me to remain sunersti.
tious, even though | may have pow.
crful cause for so doing. OF course.
all this would have happened even if
had not begun the story. think that
next Tuesday night. if feel like IT, I
shall devote myself to the completion
of the work, for desire to see il in
print. Come nm and see me start orr
We were busy when Tuesday nioht
came, and-cowardly eonfession-were
not sorry that something kent ms
away. Early Wednesday morning we
hurried to.the house where for wears
the Professor had lived The horrible
thought seized us that he had taken