The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-11-21

that have changed hands have not been insignificant. Besides tAis, he reaped a heavy income from the drAmadsed yer sion of the wsrk.
 "How did 'HugA Conway take his successl oh. as to thas,s said the geniAl publisher. "it made DO difference in the world so him in his GnohtEasive bearing toward friends but >it was very evident that t created a resolve to surrender bus. | mess for literaure--a resolve which he carried into effect lt also made him less scrnpulous about the preservation of hts anonymity. Before Called Back came out he had always nervous dread of be- ring identified. beyond the circle of his imme diate friends, as Hugh Conway.' How did Hugh Conway come to believe so steadily in the Su 1ernAtural as a basis for his tietionf Was he spirit. ualistp Not in the least; but he had a knack ot treating those th,ng with sol idi,y which almost gave the stamp of re atity. l know he has been accused of being medium aud tha, sort of thing but that was nonsense ct purely specu- lAtive kind. Why, he received shoals of letters from spiri,ualistS and dealers ia the mystic generally, demanding to kaow further of the celebrated murder vision in Called Back These ecommuuic ations 1 he treated as jokes more than anything else but they were certainly tributes to hts realistic grasp, He vas swift ana accurate in his concep,lve power but he never divulged to me how he became possessed of the Called Back idea" i His last letter IS written in a neat. com. mercial hand, and is dated "Monte Carlo. April" It proceeds "l am sure the best way oi answering your kind letter to my wife, and ot th anking you for the sympathy and anxiety you have shown during my illness, IS to let you see one oi the first letters l write. l do fatter my. self that the sight of my well-known hand, ~riting will be a pleasant one to you Although not quite well, l am getting on nicely. Of course, have to be devilish careful, as any indiscret,on dur. ing convalescence may bring abou, re- lapse but in two or three days hope to be quite out of the wood. (rhe fatal re. lapse soon aheTward occurred On my return your annual for 1888 will be my hIst work. have n tale ~u,ten with Ii curious original plot, which, with liule extension. think might do. shan't be so we'll to the fore as was with Dark Days, but think you may depend on getting copy in ample time. Speaking oi Dark Days do you know ,ha, our play is accepted, and will come out at the Hasmaiket in September Everyone thinks very highly oi it's chance of sue. cess, have no, been worried much by work undone during my illness Fortunately, The Family AflAlr Is all in MS
 "ln a previous letter." continued Mir 1 Arrowsmi,h, the folloSing passage oc- cured T quite take your view of the Durham case. ltscemcd as if everything combined to advertise Called Back Glignani noticed the resemblance at ! once. and hear on all sides remarks 10 the effect that am answersble for the proceedipgs.' This letter" |" broke in Mi Arrowsmith. is dated from Rome, and [ reme nber the remarkable similarity in the circumstances was matter of univ.T sal comment at the time. fargus letters were, as a rule, particularly interesting and from these and my personal kno~l edge oi him intend having memoir prepared which expect to publish with ont deiavh