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question he had as usual blown his horn
at noon, when five Indians, equipped
and armed forfght, presented themselves
at his door and demanded redress for
the insult he had given to the authority
of the association. A spirited and angry
discussion ensued, when they were COM
PEELED to retreat from the premises to
the tune Of the old Kings Arm She'll
"Smarting under this unwelcome de-
feat" says Mr.. Gould, "a second COM
pany was dispatched the following Tues
day to enforce submission, and with in
structions to seize the gun and horn, and
if necessary mete out to Mr.. Gould a
salutary coat Of tar and feathers. The
sun had just arrived at the meridian
when, a favorable opportunity present
ing itself. the signal whoop was given,
and the savage horde, springing from
their hiding places, and with demon like
yells, rushed up and surrounded Mr..
Gould, who was standing with his little
son in the open air in front of the house.
eve were that son"
Here is where Mr.. Gould slips gram
matical cog. He for the moment seems
to anticipate his own future and regard
himself as the president. board Of di-
rectors, general passenger agent and con-
ductor; and, even if it be proper to use
the plural first person under those cir
cumstances, would it not have been more
elegant to have said "that son was us?'
It seems so, we think, to the thinking
mind.
But later on Jay says, "Oh, the agony
of my youthful mind as I expected every
moment to behold him Frustrated, a life
less corpse upon the ground!' In this
sentence he again resumes the singular
number. He also refers with much
vigor to the great lack Of vitality so no.
ticeable in corpse. In this, however,
he is not alone. Others have noticed it.
It only remained for a trenchant pen
like that OF this virile young author to
describe it.
Mr.. Gould's book cannot fail to please
those who love a turgid, clear cut style
such as we find in a little book by an
unknown author called the "List of
Names and Numbers Of Telephone Sub
scribers in the City of New York" There
is no surplusage in the writings of Mr..
Gould any more than there is in the
treasury of his corporations after he has
drawn his salary. His language is di-
rect, forthwith and free from rhetorical
ruchings.
While he does not appeal perhaps Sc
strongly to the passions or the supreme
court as Tolstoi does he writes with a
symmetrical, easy running style which
reminds one Of the proceedings of the
State Dairyman's Association of Yer
mont"
Mr.. Gould's name will be proposed at
! the fall meet of the Authors club. OF
New York, social organization which
embraces such minds as my own and
that of the author of "The Little Giant
Joke Book and Choice Songs for Circus
es" shall offer Mr. Gould's name, and
shall ask to have it acted upon at once,
so that he may avail himself of the
privileges of our club.
Later ON Mr.. Gould and myself hope
to appear III some choice readings from
our own works. We will give u pure
evening Of refined thought that will
take the taste out of ones mouth after
reading Tolstoi. Nothing passionate
will be read at all. Mr. Gould is now
getting an upper register part in his
voice, 50 that he can successfully hear
himself in Chickering hall.
He will read selections from his His.
tory of Delaware County" and also from
his map. He will by request also read
! the following, which is one of his COM
positions, earlier than anything yet pub,
lished, and which l saw in the original
manuscript this summer. l am not
thoroughly familiar with Mr.. Gould's
earlier writings, but it purports to be
his. I give it below. 1t is on the sub
ject of Hope.
HOPE.
"Hope is real good thing. 1t some
times springs eternal in the human