Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-05-14
.The rr~ad-winncrs.~

B having b,cn announced that the
4teMt-Winncrs" was written bv a
qSDit man and also that Detroit
tl$hanis: furnished the germ OF the
l see no reason why should
l4ef keep silence regar.ling the au-
tl@shin Of the book. especially as the
s}oi must son co.ne OUT. It WIS rue 3
nj1sdnt ono time that de,ec " were
tde sei 10 work to discover who wrote
tieAook. and II thar had been done,
tl wouli have been NO need 0f this
c3o&sion, as The matter would have
ter remained a mystery; but as no
d{kives have been cnwagcd. think
III t0ly question Of time how soon
e}thiny will be known. In a le, or
ID recent numDer OF the Cen ury,
sltd that my business prospects
NIT be injured by acknowled ing
81 w tho Au. hur OF ..'rne Bread VIM
~ md that. Of course. wi be nj
4y asnt 10 every oody. sfur 4 news
kent 4, bss5v tisiI ne n..s b tsl,so s.
snare n tho writing Of books. It IA
slid .dat q naen, er of the staff oi the
Nus York Herald is ai once bounced,
If he commits such an indisc:eiion.
Anyhow. have determined to avow
tn, authorship. let The consequences DO
what they may.
Nv friends ; i | to me when showed
them the manu- cript OF 1.-The Bread-
Winners" flor goodness sake! arn't
there enough cooK-bo0ks now before
the public?" felt. however, that there
was merit in The book that other VOL
u,Aes on read-ms kin did not contain;
and so / persevcred. I sent the manu-
script first TO p per 10 Kalamazoo.
when it " promptly returned 10 me
Ms being unsuitable for their columns.
An Y,s lanti sheet kept il a couple OF
wee, s. and on II req res. for n decision,
said no manuscript was returned With
out stamps-not that they carc,i about
the cxpense-Lut It was the rule Of the
Gfficc. Then the manuscript went back
and forth until it got to the offi ,e Of
Chicago paper that kept stamps-and
all-nnd have since treated all my in
qhiries with cone ,empt. re-wro:e the
book. patting in some new recipes
about bread and otherwise improving
it. kept getting les. and less ambi-
tious, until At /; 81 would have been
quite willing to have had 1t appear even
in Bos on paper;. but the Boston pa
per wasn't Wiling. SO 1t did not appear.
find by reieirlnyt to nv notc- ook that
up 10 this time ...IhA Rrcad-W .nn"rs"
had cost mc in stamps ns0ne S16.3j;
We, now anyone can buy it for $l.y0.
NJ in mate friends urged change of
tile. Ihey sail ..P.e-Bters'' or "The
Potato Mash. rs'' w0u d w more appro-
pirate. Tic American people cared
very little about rUad. Nevertheless.
! resolved 10 stick. to bread aiOne. IL
is irulv said that man cannot live on
that, and the living was making on
''Tne Breal-Winners." was not 10 be
Dragged abou.
Az last. 20 my rs on shment. j; was
81. c.ptc'i by tho Centa y. after b.ing
sllnusi ali that time travc.ing all over
the United S.a,es. II lrav ling and
age improves "A manu.cr,p:. AS u man
or " ne Is Improved. douDi i,ss therein
lies the secret ot its ultimate accept
,nce. q. course. 1t Is quite . come
town rom "a Ka.amazoo paper 10 the
Cenanry; yet WAS glad to get It r.nt-
cd nm, wherc. The result mas shown
that alter ali there is a deep interest in
bread m kin" in this country. and if
he r, sil..oi nv labor is ,v:n oue ue:-
Ter loa.. il W Ii De all the reward tnat
he ind rsi. H. loet.r ASKS. LAKE
Snaty,, Ue9ok Free T.. eSs.