The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-15
BaRTLEY caMPBELL's BEGINNING.
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\ Serial >t"r, in iItt"eS'> rirt>hure
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AiOn- in i>ts. Hartley Ca.up' 81 vas about
~ aNAsarl reporter - t.a'rr vtr an the
iIttNburs lr,>S t.e was bright enough,
sad WIS then rrlutai even letter than lie
Was b.'i-ht Tie Wa, mo lest, AMI rallied
his asksar Ines, aud a 'knoHll -e's II frankly
/ ut lie also Thought there Was >ouethlns IN
him, am! " n !eral how II coItd lie brought
out. lie wrote fugitive pieces h" acted as
reporter for the daily Ir,ss uE,n its couli
get a luh. ami about tai' tina. {. nceNed
and carrie out the l!el ot writing a novel,
which h. retained in manuscript
In l>,1 John W llttoek started The sun,
day Leader, which James Melv,r, IA bright
man rs editor In about "A month h, want
on on OF has periodical spree, and Frrd
Watson took his plaa. Then, IN "a about
month, Nat,on followed suit liS this time
Newer Wa ready To 20 TO Nor., and 81
they aternatrl for many moatlN NJ
lushth, however, 10th -ot drunk at tn
stlne time, AMI littotk was at
HI, wits end to decide how
TO get out his paper In his
extremity on hcxt to the last day If the
week he ran a. ross lartl,y anl engaged
him to get out the issue. Write rs fast ~ h.
could, yawnins 'olumn, oi emptiness cont
lrontei him What should be- do The
paper must be full Of original matter. Ito
could not have recourse To reprint. That
novel occurred to him. lie filled u page or
80 witlfthe initial chapters AMI tho paper
went To press on time
Hartley timidly inquired of few of his
friends what they thought OF hi, story. AMI
even venturei to ask soma OF them To read
1t the next day Within a day or two orders
for extra copies of the l.,aler containing
hartley story came in thick AMI fast Then
the newspapers criticised it faNorahly, and
IN a short time Hartley tamp."ll', nauir
VA, we'll known The story W., continued
for weeks, and to the end. IN the leader,
ana it was its Favorable reception by tho
public which inlucol It's author to enter
ulon his career rs u dramatic author.
There werr intermediate STEPS, Of course,
but these are the plain facts IN the case,
written by one who knew lin well IN those
days, AMI has had frequent acknowledge
ment, OF their truth from genial hartley
campbell during later years ''"r Inter
ocean.
4 somewhat strange Theory Advanced.
l'eIgium has pauncd extensive colonies
ri tho upper tonsp, AMI perhaps in further.
anco Of those pro cot, II core pom lent of
The Hovuc Bcst ne n Iylnrcs the strange
theory that the inhabitants of tho African
contin MT may have been 10 mated by war
or famine, but have never dcgenrratcl, like
q l...t.. 4. / 4
imperial battlt-Noi @ OF the I,oman cen
turion has been tanned down tu the ial,,tto
uf IA pu,rulouS Nblntc, but tie iicdouinS
are to-day what thet were 2,Wu years ago,
the ucgrue, ut Scucgamhla ran still cast Of
tho braNny arms that tenn t. d the slave.
trader, of ancient Rome the Egyptian, AMI
Nuhians have lost the heritage but not the
supple limbs oil their furriatlrrN II war
iare were still a matter of phy prove :
tho French admit that their troops woull
not have conquered Al,irrs in "A century
1t is true that the manhood of the SeuIth
faces seem ~ resist til" inilu"n ct a warm
climate, lui II /, also true that the athlete,
uf Algr's AMI Morocco can lo MATCHED in
the Mo,lcm provinces Of British India, $40
halumriani,m encourages war; H. habits
and physical cdu, alton. AMI, Above all It
dis ourasr, intemPcrauce. pr Felix L.
Oswald
Calling on the rcnns, i,ania Go,c,nor.
\ great many queer people visit the
executive department at Harrisburg to call
IN Govcrnor tattson, and the Jr'ler,onian
simplicity with viii Ii affairs ara mannseI
ihclc enables many of til IN to gain admi,
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