, 1886-01-16

Story About the Young Man.
Did you evcr come TO a dead stand
still for want of something 10 say and
then while taxing the brain for some
subject Of attack, would feel n wave of
silence growing between you and your
guest, like one of those widening circles
caused by throwing a pebble into a
stream? And then from fear Of being
in some way submerged in the circle,
jump at the first subject your eyes rest
upon? l have a young friend who is
just beginning to have evening callers
-all TO herself" A young gentleman
called upon her last evening.
Before she came down stairs the
mother came in and entertained him.
While talking she was asked, -how Miss
Lille was enjoying her first winter
out"
She answered that she thought Lille
was doing very well, and that if she
protected herself from bores through
life as well as she had succeeded in do
ing so far, she thought there was no
bdiiBtIs Dut lhtt hptlCll NOulu dln aNh
be interesting TO the child.
~Why, how does size do it p said the
wonder-struck young man.
oh, said the proud mother, ~she has
a story that she picked up somewhere,
about "A young man who lost the affec-
tons of his lady-love, by letting her see
too much of him. The story, when she
tells it, never fails 10 send her compan-
ion-to other quarters"
The door opens; in sails the radiant
Lille. She talks TO Mr.. Noodle. She
sings TO him. She tells him little anec-
dotes. She yawns a little behind her
handkerchief. But in spite of herself
that awful silence obtrudes itself upon
them. 1t grows and grows until poor
Lille slowly and solemnly says; Mr..
Noodle, did you ever hear that story
about the young man that
~Ah, Miss Lille, excuse me: l had no
idea it was so late. Shall l see you at
Mrs. Us tomorrow night? Ali so glad.
Good night And the bore took his de
parture, while Lilies story remained
untold that night.-Ingleside.
The Advantages of Literary Piracy.
1t was inevitable that in time the
English publisher would awaken to the
great advantages of piracy, and that he
would at last make ready 10 turn the
tables on his American brother. Of late
Year, there have been many evidences
that the English publisher was taking a
leaf out of the American publishers
book-that is to say, he was taking the
whole of the American authors book,
without money, without price, and with
out 50 much as "By your leave, sir"
As the ranks Of the American novel
lists increased, and as the quality of
American fiction improved, it was
plainly only a question of time when tho
English publisher should be as alert to
seize an appetizing American novelty as
the American publisher has long been
to seize the works of the leading Eng
fish novelists. The Americans can
hardly complain if they see their au-
thors robbed right and left as the Eng
lish authors have long been robbed in
the United States. But the case of the
American novelist is very hard indeed
if he is going to be a prey to the British
pirate here, while in his own country
his literary wares are forced to ruinous
competition with the stolen goods OF
the American pirate.
1t was while he was president of the
United States that Gen. Grant declared
that the best way to get a bad law re-
pealed was to enforce it, and it may be
that the best way to get the present no
law of international copyright amended
is to act on the license which now exists,
We do not say that it is the best way
at most we venture to wonder whether
it is the best way. Certainly it is the
way which seems most likely to have
the best trial Of its efficacy, for there ii
no English book of any Importance
which is not now instantly reprinted il
the United States, generally without
payment.-The Saturday Review.