Telegram-herald., 1890-04-22

60 good humor In . minute he VA soft
ly hGnaming . rood. old-fnshiousd tune,
and In tea more he w&s sleeping a.
ssruasly as 4 he Asd asver beea ruflsd-
The next day vss Friday. Salad"
daY. The usual inquiry for sugges-
tions was made. and Mrs uuntley said:
write Yourself up Describe yourself
as you appeared with the puzzle last
night. kotklzs eSald DO funnier."
This, says the Lady, was as he
afterwards ted rio, the hrst time 30
had ever thought OF himself as sub
1ecs for humorous sketches, but the alb
s1riisy Of his actions "a recalled them
81 him vas quickly apparent 20 hiskeen
aenSe OF the ridiculous. and he sa, down
th-ro and then and wrote The Fifteen
Puzzie, the irst Of the series II Spoop-
ezidyks stories. Il attracted attention
every where. AMI SpooPeadyke was .
perSnanent creation
The bost OF those sketches, such IS
The Lost Collar Batton,' Opening the
Sartines.' etc., were founded upon &C
tuEi occurrences. They were distinctly
hi5 own creations. IL | helped him az
al In them IL was only n pointing out
20 him tho peculiarities OF his own char
actor and In telling him what he him
eef would nevar havo knowrl how
anusingly absurd these poculiarities
seemed 20 other people. All things to
him, As 70 Spoopendyke, were endowed
with life. II he were annoyed by an
obstinate pen or By tho raorsen AIRY loss
OF sny needed article, no would pour
out upon L. such torrent OF vehement
and incOnrruous cpithets as would as
-ound OF couvulso evory body within
hearing"
asked Mrs. Huntley fatty IL IL wore
untrue that she wrote some OF these
sketches
"Well " she hesitsted. 'I attempted
once to initiate hts style IN suoh
sketch, and 4, was published and went
over tho country As his IL was Mr..
| epoopendyko's hunting "trip. Mr.. Hunt
lev was too ill TO write, or even 70 read
n, De fore IL was sens TO tho Eagle.
During tic last two yoars OF his lifo DO
was pitiable invalid. The people who
laughed over the humorous things be
con snued TO write would have felt eoars
bcrning in their hearts IL thoy could
have seon this trail. delicate, nervous
man rackod with pain and burning with
few sitting hravsly az his desk writ
irg ioSes % pay our board bills-
WOW and then when could rot boar
60 SOC him working thus prevailed on
him % lot 1s do 10 FOR him. In this
way I wrote considerably sor the Salad'
column, but is was always supposed a.
the oflce that I had acted merely as bis
enanusnsis. Thus, because OF his i'll
ness aud the pressure FOR money. much
OF Aay work went over the country under
cover OF his name. Once. when driven
I BY neoessity. hs agreed. against his In
/ elination. 20 write a serial story for .
New York young folks paper. Three
veeSs after The beginning of Daddy
Boppler' Mr Huntley broke down com
pletely and was ordered 20 sea By his
phVscian. An increasing board bill
and an unfinished contract stared ne IN
I she face and nerv0d me TO the rasansss
OF writing the next insssllmsnt for
/ which received twspty dollars This
! encouraged ms and I wcnt Ia deeper.
/ A. The end OF eve weeks &f. Hnnsiey
returned. considerably improved, and
found ne with biILs AL paid and new
serial under way; and the gifted editor
apparently none the wiser
Ms. HunhsT has written no Spoop-
I sndyks sketches for publication sincs
Der husband ! death though publishers
have frequently asked her 20 do so
About two years ago in Mianespolis
where she was an editorial writer for
shs Tribune. shs wrote such a sketch
merely FOR the moments amusement Of
lady friend whose husband lad had .
sort q Spooperdyks experiences. Isvs
but a rouCd drzft that MrS Hgntley
took from her escrisoirs for ne 70 see.
r. took deal ~ pleading % ges Il for
Publication just ~ tt wa. bus here is II.
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P1rsa
II think. Vie. saia Mr.. SpcopeutJ re.
sossiag his sunday pager In 20 The corner
--''I think I'll so UPSTAIRS and Ax that
printing oress s-- eur SON
Mr. Soo-pendySs. Ss-trr sr4ss~a .
good iinner. absorbed sbe News trorn
shc ososr and r-f-.sheA himself ~+th .
nap IN HIS essF shsir, rs- IN juss tss
hruor % strsirhscn the kink cut At
Charles refr>ctorT machine.
su-e. ny son sad sith bea-sirg
fa-es father ard offspring lu-n 5ered "a
reswarl vale ArS SpoorensiTks -
rsn.s5 srter tbs-n rith conscious pr1ds-
Wow. nv sen. saiS Mr Spoopend IKE,
-ratinr hL-self on ricke-v EaT-ps
chair sud peerinz critically iaos she
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