Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-20

vi.e diminished the pleasure which II gave
min, he dailied over the reading like an
sn;cure over a rare dish, and IL was several
DAYS before tho novelty of the enjoyment
And then Mrs. Capellc and the little Ca
pelles returned to the city, and dull every.
day life began again. Inc Earth Bubble"
was laid away in an obs ,urs corner amid
bean of rejected MSS. (forit is well known
that even successful writer's have rejected
MSS and Owen Capelle went ploddingly
to work on a series of instructive chill
dren's stories.
Now there il n certain class of people
with whom decisions do not decide. Owen
Capelle belonged TO that class. lie has de-
cided, Of course. not 20 sell Inc Earth
Bubble" or any other manuscriptto MIR: J..
Cecil Eicks--but what bad that 10 do with
the real outcome of the matter! Slr. Hicks
had exclaimed TO the brother-in-law the re-
sults OF the interview. and the latter. as
soon % Mrs. Carelle returped from the sea-
shore, talked il all over with her.
Five thousand dollars IS an awful lot Of
MONEY!" said the worthy woman. " and the
Lord Knows we need it bad enough. Owen
has lust got TO sell him that book he has
been writing on while we were away"
Perhaps ID is hardly fair to Capelle TO
say that the change which presently took
pace III HIS HlillUut iVNdtN W. Vs R'AiA
Hicks was entirely due 20 his wife; out
the trituration of her incessant speech had
its effect, for he was a man WHO was lndo-
lently fond of beng let alone. Ihe
Earth Bubble had given hum aquentum
suf. of pleasure IN its creation ana IN us
subsequent reading but now that the va
cation was over and the impulse which
gave the work its life burned out, the
manuscript could lay no special clam TO
loo "a Lftfn Z IA
offered. as his wife truly said. was good
deal Of money II the fellow were fool
enough to pay it for u manuscript which
Cepelle's experience convinced him no
publisher would consider. Why not yield
and enjoy "a quiet life again
SO Mr. }. Cecil Hicks took away The
Earth Bubble, !" leaving check in IT'S place.
Il should like to know what you propose
to do with IT," remarked Capclle. a. Hicks
carefully wrapped mp the manuscript IN a
large piece OF newspaper.
Il shall copy every line Of it verbatim,
writing and erasing corrections OF words
and phrases. so as 10 have il look as though
il were NV own work. Then | shall destroy
the original. If Vellum d Marble will not
take II on Their own risk, | will stand the
expenses of publication. | shall have
plenty of illustrations made Tor 1t by the
best artists. and the papcr. binding. and SO
1Ofth shall DC III JHe iateat ah" HnOo' up
proved style" .,,
"Wen, / hope it is success" said the
writer with smile that was half sarcasm
and nall regret. a.,
at any rate" replied Mr.. Hicks, II
shall be credited with having written
book"
Now this is the point whore the story of
1.-THE Earth Bubble" merges into the MS
tory Of recent contemporaneous literature
If it should be that the reader has not pc.
rused this remarkable book, lie has al
least heard OF 1t as the reigning sensation
in letters. There are those who claim fol
it a permanent place with the few. famous
gifted Young author, Mr.. j. Cecil Hicks
q splendid future. ] believe that he ha;
as yet, however, withstood all the bland
ishments of the publishers, and rests con-
tented with his one great success. -.
As for Owen Capelle, he still works plod
dinghy along, doing his best to please the
public.