New-York tribune., 1885-07-12

where. You must give him very liberal niIov :;
auce. to make 50 great show! NO maun is1i ,
% Where he gets his money God only can tel but the
rascal knows better than to come 10 me-, me-. p..n.
Phipps-I was not championing LORD beaoohs-
heIa lack Wat aterrnptns % But you might do worse
than champion him. after all. sr. DIZZY naa ny
good points which you confouDdop haacais eInos' es
and that he once belonged 10 it The Grand o,d
Man. on the other hand, is too struphlons 70 90 m
generons. and TOO high minded to DC grateful Al q
helped Dizzy or DIZZY ca%se 'tit that man He
was was snob' sir. hut with the sonl of Bohemian
Gladstone is Reformer.wth tho soul Oh q shoo o.,
Beaconslied is concerned, there Is truth IN whas "
Won saw think all we literary men nave renso1 "
he grateful to the tteratenr who sto9a up ior ,S
rights of the members of his class as gentlemen;
Bnt TO return to the point from when we stai'Gu i
yon cannot deny that authors artists; ana noe
genus omne are much better OH ID wo'iu'S '0"'o
than they used to be in your old Bohemi. ..,o,
Jack-rhey have more money, ana less Pciseuai orn
influence: more versatility and less talent lptc p
poteness of manners ana less goIu have ma,i airsady
spoken is extinct. They don't care brass iar,ning
for each other Why, sir when one 9' sno J,u ouo
was Ill., and had no one to nurse nun, nave Know u
us bearded men take turns about III the SICK room
and if he wanted money we send round tho hat,
and every man gave what he could AFFORD. NGw,
if an author is in trouble. You refer hlm 10 inc
Phiops-No author of any talent if he has proper
business habits has any right to need such ASSIST
Jack-That's your cant Then again your
modern literary cad is required to be moral
person who respects all the social proprcties:
Phipps (smilingD-Would you wish nm 10 oe ah
immoral person. who doesn't >, ,
Jack-No, sr You know very well What
mean. Society has no concern with a. naerary aeiaa
mans private life. or his little personal % Weaknesscs
Phipps--Now you're Inconsistent. oiu Doho'i'-
ians used to parade all that. .,o,,
Jack-Nothing of the sort sir. Az any rate; tney
bore and forbore. They didn't measure ieiow ",.
genius By the cut of his coat by his domestic reia,
tions or by his financial troubles. They reverenced
the divine spark even in n rapscallion. Not many
years ago, when the author OF ORION ~-hicIara u
beggarly pension Gladstone declined to give one 70
him On what grounds. do you ask Becanse IL
was said that Horne. when he went 70 Ans,a,li. "a,
deserted his wife and left her behind him What
the deuce had Gladstone to do with llornos wlie !
Would Peel have acted like that or Dizzy 90,
sir: because Peel was a man with big B3hcnla1n
heart and Dizzy had al least acquired the ruul-
ments of Bohemian education!
Mr.. Phipps looked at his watch ana rose u ni'
feet. - 49, ,,.
convert Won. must 90 now. I've got TO dine with
Nllais aud Sir Garnet Wolselcy. at the club.
The two men walked down stairs, and out oi o, the
court in which the tavern was situa,en ln,o oe,
ST. There MIR. Phipps found his brongham waiting.
Good bye. Jack" he said. Alter ALL bohcnii,
must have been pleasant place when such good
fellows as you made merry ~ IT,
Z" lou may swear To that. dear boy, returned thc
other Literary men were happy then, ahd honest.
and noblchearted. and truly independent. by the
way," lie addict sinking his voice To Il Whisper,
- YOU might lend me couple OF sovercighs' tiii VIZ
Mr. Phipps laughed and slipped the money into
his friends hand then stepping INTO ms Dr9ngham, m
he was driven rapidly away. Jack watched the
vehicle till il disappeared then shook MS neau
thougtfnliy as if regrrttng the dcgeneracy OF the
modern literary class, ana JingIing ile soNe,c.ES
in his pocket. turned back to the Cheshire Cat
ROBERT BUCHANAN.