Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-10-02

novels, and had plenty OF Work on
hand and no difficulty in placing it.
My publishers wanted to see me. /
was delighted; they had probably
something to propose; saw visions OF
a new agreement, and q check in ad-
vance on account, or at least three
months bill Zone can discount q BILL
put on my three-thousand -pound-a
year suit II always put on my three
Thousand -pound-a-year suit when ]
call on a publisher-it swes 'em) and
1 was shown into the sanctum. Old
Mr.. Scorcher, the head Of the firm,
received me. generally see Wagge.
Wagge is the junior partner-Wagge
and | are rather thick
Old Mr.. Scorcher had face yard
long. ai ots lt
will You kindly look at that, Mr..
Nibbs?' he said in awful tones. He
put little book into my hands-a
very nice little book-Japanese paper,
margins, special type, delightful etch-
ings--in fact, the whole bag Of tricks.
began TO turn over the leaves, and
then 1 nearly jumped out Of my skin.
1t was my novel, my successful novel
-'Linda's Lovers a'It's 8 wicked
American piracyP 1 cried; and they'd
have the impertinence to altar the title
and the Names .Rachel's Romance
indeedl BY Jove, they've just simply
turned Linda into Rachel, and-and
and .t-s-t -t 4GaG
1t was published four yea RS ago,
said old Mr.. Scorcher, simply. You
sold it to us as an original novel;
Its a piracy I cried, AN Internal
piracyv 4.',g,
4 don't doubt you, Mr. Nibbs. l
quite believe what you ssy--but-'
Then we talked for long time. l
told him that no human eye but P. J.'s
had ever seen the manuscript till his
firm had purchased 1t. s.,,., ...
you'll have to 60 to New York;
you'll have to uuearth the pirate;
you'll have to Prove the whole thing.
It's very serious thing for us--a
much more serious thing for you, said
old Mr.. Scorcher.
OF course he was right. g.
l went to New York at once.
I called on Barrapus & Co., the pub
fishers of "Rachel's Romance They
were very nice people, particularly
nice people. They would give an in
PRODUCTION to Mr.. Paul Jones the
author, at once. He was q rising man.
Might they give me volume of his
short stories? l thanked them. A
glance was enough--they were my
short stories Paul Jones a miserable
pirate, wretched jackdaw in peacock's
plumes! would make 1t very hot,
indeed, for Paul Jones. / took the
letter of introduction. went straight
to Boston, where Mr.. Jones the talent
ed author lived. eaa.
found his house. l found his
widow, I found his marble tomb,
with catalogue of his virtues; he had
only been dead month.
Then, gradually but slowly, I
learned the truth. MIR. Paul Jones
was an ingenious man. He had photo
graphed my manuscripts; each sheet
of foolscap, when photographed, was
the size Of an ordinary carte de visite.
Then by the aid of Q magnifying glass
he recopled my manuscript; and he at
tanned in this way name and fame md
dollars. 9
Everybody in Boston tn oroughly
believed in Paul Jones' His widow. q
gentle little woman with tender eyes,
sold me many sheets of his original
compositions (photos of my MSS.)
Paul. Mrs. Jones remarked was a
very ingenious man. He was afraid
his work might get lost; it did get
lost. But we had the photos, and
with the help of magnifying glass I
recopied all my husbands work. All,
what clever fellow he was, stranger;
his name will remain written in let
ters of brass on the heart of all Amer
ican readers as the author of This
charming work. and then she handed
me copy of 'Rachels Romance
/ hadn't the heart to undercelve the
poor little woman who believed in her
pirate.
/ returned to England wiser and
sadder man. Scoarcher is perfectly
satisfied = he is indeed. They
scorcher, Wagge & Co. are bringing
out my new book.
Is there 9 moral?. Yes, there is
moral. 1t is as well for an English
author, in submitting his work to a
possible buyer to know something of
the person he is dealing with; for Mr..
Paul Jones (P. J.) is not the only Rich
mond in the field.-St James Gazette.