The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-12
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Of the journal to vhsch Re ass sssseAes
nv his happy choice et sns2e'ts and
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5av he received g letfsr from Al xnoHy-
mons eorrespondeat hes1aEsrs VITA ssss
nsnal complimentary rkrxsa. Ncz WAC
know everything" snd t~ersaIa<tsaS y
a rather pnxEiins query ~aAy nd M
Alnbonse Karr siect for s voaEAe AZ
tales published sOne tssaty years ASs
the incamprehenShls title O. Heodreal
Soir?'" Fridsy Evening":
s.Not q hsd ides Of NV tr1sa1 D
writer. whoever he nasy he. SID Lee
com,e' with q ehucSie al s~sfsstArssoa-
40 snplv TO ma s. ! happen 20 be the
only person able to answer the quesaon
/ NAV as well CRAFTY him, particularly
the bourse and the boulevard sre pretty
well used M, spd 5 Retrospective arfac3e
Iii - a NCre
Not having the paper by me. And
compelled therefore to trust 70 my
memory, I can oaly si.ez.pi 10 repro
duce the substance Of one Of the lively
ehronicler's most Annslng feu,llefons
related somewhA, in the following terms:
A good many yesrs ago, when 4 nrsi
essayed to gain 8 liv1g by nv pen Al
phonse karr, il not already famous, Vas
at least regarded IS Of the most
prominent young authors Of the day
He then occupied a tlny apartment on
the top hoor-the ssventhEf a house
in the Rue yivienne, where l. occasion
ally passed half an hour with him when
frequent occurrence, alas, n that
period of nv earesr-I had nothing
better to do. One afternoon, After
clsmbering up his intsrminahle STAIR
case, I found him, coniraryt TO his wont,
sitting in a detected attitude At his wiz
dow and looking the picture OF misery-
"What is the msstersT 1 inquired
Anything vrong:
Everything, he replied, drumming
his knuckles impatienily OF the window
pane. 81 have . bill for 800 francs dne
today, and no funds to meet 1t
''Diablei"
ut must be understood that in Louis
Philippe's reign, to & literary .nan,
living as it were from hand TO mouth
300 francs appeared q fabulous sunLo
Not a soul" he continued. 'And thHf
isn't all; Tuesday Is the last DAY OF the
carnival, and l have promised q pretty
neighbor of mine to escorf her to the
bali at the Varieties, which Of course en-
tails supper"
''And Champagne, 1 suggested
Exactly, and where on eazth an 1.
to find the money!:
This was a poser, and Tor sone mln-
utes we looked despondsntiy at each
other.
Suddenly an idea struck me
"Why not ssk your publisher, sAid
!, ''to advance it 10 your
'No use,". he muttered with . meian-
choly shake Of the head. Il kn IN HIS
debt already"
III he won't" / persisted, Others
may. And, nov / come TO think Of It
why not collect those tales knd sketches
you have written for different reyisrss
They ought to make a volume"
'sYes, said karr, with a dedication.
a preface, plenty Of margin and sn in
dex, perhaps they might"
Every well. then. Put On your hat
and come with me to Souverain-
Your publisher You don't mean to
say there is any chance Of his taking
itf"
''Why shouldn't he?7 / replied. sHe
will be only too gisa to hsve your name
in his catalogue. Al al erenta there il
no harm in trying"
The establishment of N. Hippolyts
Souverain, the fashionable Publisher OF
the period In question, was IN the Rue
des Beaux-Arts, and on our arrival there
We were directed by one OF the clerks 70
q restaurant in the Rue jacob, where
the great a was in the habit Of din
ming. he had nearly finished his repast
and shook hands cordially with me ~ /
introduced NY companion / thought
it best TO act as spokesman on the occA-
sion, and explained as briefly ~ posi-
BILE the object Of our coming. SouSerssn
listened atteutiyely while slipping his
coffee.
VERY happy to know N. Ksrr.r he
said. "We will talk the matter over
n Of these days.7
THAT viii be too late, I replied de-
cisevely. 1T must either be settled now
or never. If it doesn't suit You, We
will try Gosselin."
but, my good sir, objected the pub
Usher, you cannot expect me 70 pur-1
chase a book without having the least
idea what il isr'
"Oh," said /, 81 that rs all, there vii
be no difficulty in satisfying You. Kari
Is ready 10 sign an agreement, making
over TO you, say for five years, the ex-
elusive right Of republishing Ia any
form you choose certain specified tales
and sketches which have appeared in
various periodicals, in Consideration Of
the sum Of five hundred francs received
by him from you"
"Not in cash" silyiaterposed Sou
, Grain. "a bill at three months, per-
'FOut Of the question. Karr has one
OF his OWN due, and to pay IL he must
have money down"
very sorry, but / make it q rule
never to pay cash nptn my bills fall
due"
TN that case, said Alphonse, who
chatting at the delay, st il no use
IN wasting any time, and we had better
see Gosselin."
Wait a moment, e1postulsted Bon-
"iou don't suppose I csrrySo0.
about with metz
I'VE said 50O, not 300," quietly OBJ
served Kari, when you have finished