Telegram-herald., 1890-05-31

chaIk process, anyway nnGt Qoes II
result in after you've worked it?'
Why" said he, you make some lit
tie chalk-snd-water pies, so 20 speak,
and bake them on q piece OF steel Then
you scratch tue picture into the little
square pie. stereotype II and print from
it The value of II is that IL a newspa-
per gets a report Of an earthquake ii
some remote corner Of tho globe about
one a. N, the artist can scratch out
some scenes Of destruction on the chalk
plates 80 as to give full pictorial details
OF the disaster in the edition which goes
TO press at 2.3O. II you had 20 draw
them and photograph them 1t would
tako longer. And II the earthquake
turns out to be a cyclone or only muir
der and suicide, the chalk pictures viii
answer Just as well for a general view
Of the landscape or group picture Of
the coroncr's jury.
But to return 20 the volt lot him
haunt me just as long ss ] could stand
IL. and then. one June day. as the sun
was setting over number q things
that ] nevor wanted 20 sec again pro-
vided that there Was any way < getting
out Of tho town, / registered a solemn
vow that before be rose on new daY !
would discover tho secret 81 the chalk
process. or Il didn't I'd Jump down tho
VOLTS throat and make an end q It,
The amount Of chalk-dUst that stirred
up that night couldn't have been laid
by the deluge- delved and dolvod.
and the dust feW higher and higher.
All tho tine could sec the wolf over
ny shoulder He was as plain - nv
Imagination as any thing else IN tho
room. I have drawn him into little
sketch % that scene. T. would be uu-
grateful not % give bim q show. for Ia
stuck % ne ike the patch on nav panta-
looms during season when my society
had little charm Tor tie insincsre and
uerccnsrT. And So with his inspira-
tioa. toiled on. and at last 7 caught
on J wrenched thc secret from the re-
l0ctaat heart - nature I hti tho
sha X process down - = very fne thing
Before I sought rrv couch { wrote t0 an
editor with whom hsd had some con-
versatior or tbc Sub 5ect and asked him
aoout how m7ny frst-class cbsls plates
a. 80 much apiece be- thought would be
necessary r. guard his establishmeut
from disaster
When woke sb~at noon took
long uai1, end on TIT rofurn - nv
ro0u found Two letters whioh fIle9
rr soul wjth fov ore vas from ire
editor ordering fly dollars worth =
rlstes and fhe other WIS from r17 sni-
lady saving that 81 would tsl-e thst
rhafE 1rs- cot % her -ocr1. nee6rt
rf,d paying tte BILL vss much
sIst|l r. t1e e5itors lrtter. tut 1i5nt
FEEL a. god ahoat TIE o-hsr be~auss
c11fdr-t ct the duet cut - tie ro1u-
and hsd a'read7 rome ~ tte sane
opinion as ere ha3 sf,ort ths fdll
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vould c~,-ae in san5Y almost erv tin.e.
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