The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-21
COULD AS A LITERARY MAN.
lNew York Letter, in Buffalo Expres..l

New York Letter, in Buffalo Express.l
 Two men met at the Rector street station of the Elevated railroad, which is the point where Wall street men get on and of the trains, and shook hands ia a linn, gripiess manner. On the face of each was an expression of worry, of abstrac- ton, of being haunted down by business if not by persons They were uncon- spicuous men in faces and stature. No, many in the throng recognized them as Jay Gould and Ulysses s. Grant. not withstanding the fact that majority be longed to the Wall street region. The two were so ordinary and unpicturesque as to be readily overlooked. have an idea that each was eager to hear some thing said by the other on the sub. ject of perturbed finance, and am sure that l was willing to listen to the smallest remark from either but they stopped at :" Good day" and How d you do," and Grant plodded on towards conference between lawyers as to the disastrous affairs of Grant & Ward. The general has aged perceptibly under the trouble which his venture among spectators has brought on bim. During the year previ- ous to the explosion he steadily improved in fashionable presentability. His silk hat became well brushed, his old style of frock coat in broadcloth turned to a snug Prince Albert in diagonal goods, and a turn-down shirt collar was displaced by a stand-up one but now a relapse was discernible in the care, if not in the cut, of these things, and he had the aspect once again of the Galena tanner.
 Gould was the same nervous, snappy unimpressive little fellow as ever, very neatly but not fashionably clothed, and accompanied as usual by Morosini, the big secretary, who is commonly regarded as the millionaire's body-guard. Gould IS literary feller," although you may have forgotten that fact in your obser- vations of him as a mere fnancier. He has written two books, now lost to nearly
 ll memory except his own he has a notably fine library at home he is close reader of current literature, and he is the packer of the new 4NaaAakkaa Maea-ia<. which shows some strength and much weakness in an effort to compete with the older monthlies. The news stands in the stations of the Elevated railroad do about half of the city's entire retail business in periodicals. Gould controls the road. He fell in with the idea, when it was pre- sented to him, that magazine placed very conspicuously forward on all those would have a winning advan- lage. The diversion of pra -ticalIy editing it caught his fancy. Therefore the Han. aaffaS is in existence. as the eyes of every passenger in the Elevated cars cannot fail to see, so plentiful and we'll placed are the placards. Well, Gould stopped an instant at the stand and glanced at the pile of magazines, possibly to see whether it had grown less by sales than when he last viewed it. There is no use in accosting him on a stock or money topic, for it is certain that he will impart no facts, and his falsities are ofno special but tried the .Hanhafkan as subject of inquiry, beginning with a ques- ton as to how he liked it.
 Very well-very we'll indeed" he re- piled, like the bull that he was in this feature of the literary market. "it is good looking publication.
 They say you are the author of the serial story, Trajan,' now running in it, Mir. Could" ventured is that 90 %
 "Who says SOP"
 "Oh, the people in the different maga- zines and newspaper offices. The idea seems to be that the story has a purpose, which is to reply to The Bread Winners and that, if you didn't write it, you are at least the inspirer."
 Well, that IS all nonsense. have no time to write stories-por the ability, .ither.''
 But he would not deny his personal in- crest in the magazine, and he briefly dis ,ussed that line of serials.
 "The trouble with Haybey's and the Cenfxyy," said he, "is that they are no onger American. In order to get and seep large circulations in England they un heavily to pictures and articles Eng ish in subject and authorship. Look 'ver any issue of either of them and you'd lot suppose, if you didn't know it already. hat it was an American print. This is a 'ig continent, with plenty in it to make pictures and reading matter about.n
 If Gould has been induced to found a literary enterprise, as he seems to have lone in this instance, it is more than his on George has been able to accomplish vith him in the theatrical direction. There was minor actress in the Union 'quare company last season and the 'revious one, in whose professional ad- l 'ancement George took a deep interest. 1 The father owned the WorH in those lays, and the son used to send down | .aragraphs for publication concerning he insignihcanuy insignificant perfor- | aances ofthis charming girl. or course, he had desire to become a star, and lmost as inevitable she convinced her dmirer that she had ability sufficient for he purpose. The young man went to | is parent so it is told, for Sro,ooo with | fhich to render this genius commercially The answer was a decisive | fussl.
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